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The Archive
Music & Drama Library, Greyfriars,
Gloucester GL1 1TS
Plans for our Resource Activity
Centre for operations and public display in the Music and Drama
Library in Gloucester are set. An agreement has been reached
with the Gloucestershire County Library Services and English
Heritage and we accepted a 25 year lease for the second floor.
The building is in the historic Greyfriars area of Gloucester which
is situated in the city centre.
Click on any of the thumbnail photos
to view the current images of the second floor. The space
has been painted and we installed new carpets and convector
heaters.
To date, we have raised
£33,548.59.
Most of it was spent on our legal expenses, insuring the premises
and refurbishment work. We now
require further funding to purchase computers, shelving for books
and display materials and the playback facility for members of the
public to access specific audio/visual material. We welcome
any contribution to the fund and appreciate your support.
Please make all cheques payable
to the
European Blues Association.
Now that
the building works are completed, our aim is to create a
Resource Activity Centre for the study of African American music
that encourages visits from EBA members, members of the general
public and scholars. In addition to access to the Archive,
there will be changing exhibitions and displays. If you
have any items you would like to donate, please do not hesitate
to get in touch.
Items contributed so far include
the bequest of the Paul Oliver Collection and the Dave Dalton
Collection. These
collections are currently being catalogued and the following is a
structural summary of its content.
Recordings:
Various 78 rpm, 10"
long-play,
45s, extended play 45s, 12" long-play and Compact Discs on US
and English labels that cover blues, jazz, gospel and
soul music.
Blues Magazines:
The Archive contains
publications from Blues Unlimited, Living Blues, Blues World,
Juke Blues, Blues and Rhythm,
Storyville and Sing Out.
Blues Ephemera Files:
We have a number of items
that cover a wide range of interests from featured articles to
radio broadcast scripts.
Photographs:
The Archive contains a large
quantity of photographs and 35mm slides of African American
sites and locations of blues singers, jazz musicians and
vocalists,
bands and instrumental groups.
Rare
Publications
:
Our rare publications includes Early Songbooks,
Catalogues, Publicity Sheets,
Posters,
Song Sheets and Music Sheets
.
Books
:
The books within the Archive covers a
range of subject matter that includes Slavery and Reconstruction,
20th Century Black History, WPA Writers Project Reports, Urban
Contexts, Music and Song Traditions for Comparative Studies, Africa,
European Folk Music, African American Sacred and Secular Music, the
Blues, Jazz and Entertainment.
Instruments
:
We have received donations of World and Popular
Musical Instruments.
The EBA is dedicated to keeping the Blues very much
in the forefront of music today. As an educational institute,
our aim is to become 'the resource' for our members and the general
public who are interested in the historical past and the modern
progression of the blues. Our goal is to promote all aspects
of the music and the African American culture from which it evolved.
As the music crossed the Atlantic Ocean, it crossed all cultural
barriers. It is always expanding. Today, it belongs to
everyone! The Archive of African American Music need your
support.
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Last updated July 2008
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