Marr Sound Archives | Digital Projects

Collage of photos from Special Collection Digital Projects

To promote preservation and enhance access to material, Special Collections and the Marr Sound Archives have worked together to create several online projects that include photos, sheet music, texts, and multimedia exhibits and audio. The audio files are served using RealAudio.


	All Aboard: Travel in the American Age of Locomotion A snapshot of the golden age of train travel from the late 1800s to the mid 1900s, featuring photographs, postcards, sheet music, topical records and more.

	Walt Bodine Audio Collection Vintage broadcasts of Walt Bodine, a Kansas City institution heard across the airwaves for over seven decades; available are programs focusing on events of historic importance in the history of Kansas City, including the 1951 flood, the 1957 tornado, and the 1968 riots, as well as interviews with notable figures from the worlds of politics, music, literature, and science.

	Brush Creek Follies For nearly 20 years in Kansas City and across the Midwest, Saturday nights meant a date with KMBC's Brush Creek Follies, a show that held the #2 spot in the nation among rural music radio programs for 14 years. Selected by Yahoo! Picks for July 18, 2003 Award-winning radio segment about the Brush Creek Follies 1st prize, Public Radio News Directors International Conference, Montreal, 19 July 2003; 2nd place, "Best Feature Broadcast", Missouri Broadcasters Association Awards Banquet, 7 June 2003

	Chant Book (Medieval Latin) Bound volume of liturgical music compiled from multiple sources and scribes.

	Club Kaycee Music, photos, and more highlighting the golden age of Kansas City jazz.

	Nat "King" Cole: The Early Years: 1936-1942 Before his international acclaim as a pop vocalist, Nathaniel Adams Coles built an indelible reputation as a jazz pianist in the groundbreaking combo, The King Cole Trio.

	Kansas City: Paris of the Plains Website chronicling Jazz Age Kansas City, a time when the city was one of the most dynamic arts centers in America; examines the musical, political, social & cultural heritage, as well as the innovative and physical developments that defined the city.

	Musicians Local No. 627 and the Mutual Musicians Foundation Website on the history of Kansas City's Local 627, the African-American Musicians Union founded in 1917 and now known as the Mutual Musicians Foundation; features photographs, sound recordings and other historic information documenting union functions, social events and the bands and members of Local 627 who created the internationally recognized Kansas City style of jazz.

	Presidential Speeches Harry S. Truman speeches digitized by the Marr Sound Archives in partnership with the Truman Presidential Museum and Library; also includes speech excerpts from other Presidents: Harry S. Truman Acceptance Speech 1948 Democratic National Convention Harry S. Truman Radio Address National Democratic Women's Day, September 27, 1949 William Taft, Teddy Roosevelt & Woodrow Wilson Additional speeches (excerpts) from three noted presidents

	Raymond Scott: Manhattan Research, Inc Pioneer in the field of electronic music, designing several electronic instruments including the Clavivox, Circle Machine, Karloff, and Electronium; Scott's electronic compositions included songs, commercial jingles, and scores for film shorts.

	Voices And Music of World War I Website focusing on the American war experience through sheet music and recordings of the day; conceived in cooperation with the National World War I Museum.

	Voices of World War II Website focusing on WWII and how it was experienced in Kansas City and on the front through the popular media - specifically local radio station KMBC as well as popular and topical songs.