The Strachwitz Frontera Collection of Mexican and Mexican American Recordings
- Label
- The Strachwitz Frontera Collection of Mexican and Mexican American Recordings
- Principal Link
- frontera.library.ucla.edu
- Description
- The Arhoolie Foundation's Strachwitz Frontera Collection of Mexican and Mexican American Recordings is the largest repository of these commercially produced vernacular recordings in existence. The nearly 160,000 recordings in the collection were made primarily in the United States and Mexico and were issued on 78 rpm, 45 rpm, and 33rpm (long-playing, or LP) phonograph records and cassette and reel-to-reel tapes. The earliest recording was made in 1908, and the latest recordings were released in the 1990s. These performances are divided into three sections, roughly by era. Because of the depth and breadth of each section, and because many of the recordings are irreplaceable, the Strachwitz Frontera Collection is unique.
- Creators
- UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, Arhoolie Foundation, UCLA Digital Library, Chon A. Noriega, Chris Strachwitz, Stephen Davison
- Contact Information
- info@arhoolie.org
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- Status
- active