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Grant MacEwan College Music Library radio audio disc collection
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ca. 17,000 audio discs
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Grant MacEwan College Music Library acquired these collections in the 1980s from Dr. G. R.A. Rice, owner of Sunwapta Broadcasting Co. Ltd., and record collector David Lennick, for the use of the students in the Grant MacEwan College Music Program. In 2008, when this historic record collection no longer complemented curriculum, Grant MacEwan College donated the records to the Provincial Archives of Alberta.
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The collection consists of 78 rpm, 33 1/3 rpm, LPs, microgroove, shellac, acetate, vinyl, and transcription audio discs that comprised Sunwapta Broadcasting's (CFRN Radio's) music library for radio broadcast, and David Lennick's personal record collection. These two collections were intermixed by the Grant MacEwan College Music Library so are no longer distinct entities. The collection consists mainly of popular music, sound effects, production music, and syndicated radio plays and programs. The original Sunwapta Broadcasting Co. collection consisted of approximately 14,500 audio discs of a mix of American, Canadian, British and other commercial recordings of music, 1920s to 1950s, that comprised Sunwapta Broadcasting's (CFRN's) music library for radio broadcast. Music genres include big band, Christmas, classical, country/western, easy listening, ethnic, pop/jazz vocalist, folk, French, gospel/spiritual, instrumental/easy listening, jazz, military, novelty, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and sacred. The original David Lennick collection consisted of approximately 2500 audio discs of a mix of American, Canadian, British, and other commercial recordings of sound effects, production music, syndicated radio plays and programs, and classical, jazz, western and popular music.
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- The material is mainly in English, with a variety of other languages including French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Norwegian, Hungarian, Ukrainian, Russian, and Swedish.
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Audio discs may not be listened to until access copies are produced. Permission for use required. Subject to the Copyright Act.
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Finding aids
Finding aids are available. Electronic list produced by Grant MacEwan College can be accessed on the Reference Computer in the Provincial Archives of Alberta's Reading Room. A hard copy of Grant MacEwan College Music Library's partial list for the David Lennick collection is on the accession file. The collection also includes Sunwapta Broadcasting's original card catalogue.
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Other Sunwapta Broadcasting Co. records may be found in the Dr. G.R.A. Rice fonds and the CFRN Radio fonds
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Further accruals are expected.
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Record No. PR2009.0527<br><br>
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- Grant MacEwan College (Subject)
- Sunwapta Broadcasting Co. Ltd. Lennick, David (Subject)