Greater Manchester County Record Office

Location: 

Manchester Central Library
St Peter's Square
Manchester
M2 5PD
United Kingdom
Description

Collection owner: 

Library/Archive

Holdings: 

Collection name: Moving Images; Subjects: Film & Television: Various moving image productions including those produced by oral history projects; items: 5 Audio CD-R, 5 x VHS Tapes, 5 x Betamax Tapes. Collection name: Miscellaneous Sound Archives; Subjects: Radio; Popular Music & Jazz: Original recordings, copies of broadcasts and published material; items: 100 Open Reel Tape, 100 Compact Cassette, 100 MiniDisc, 100 published CD, 88 x Betmax Tapes. Collection name: Church Services; Subjects: Speeches & Events: Recordings of church services in Greater Manchester; items: Various formats. Collection name: Granada TV Solidarity Collection; Subjects: Speeches & Events: Original recordings of meetings, talks and speeches in Poland; items: 59 Open Reel Tape, VHS copies. Collection name: Shellac 78 Records; Subjects: Classical Music: Published music with a Greater Manchester connection. Most recordings either feature local artists orchestras or recordings made at Greater Manchester venues.; items: 57 Shellac Disc. Collection name: Records; Subjects: Classical Music: Copies of published LPs of performances by local orchestras; items: 52 Compact Cassette. Collection name: John Barbirolli; Subjects: Classical Music: John Barbirolli conducted the Hallé Orchestra from 1943 to 1970. These are copies of recordings of performances by the orchestra; items: 244 Shellac Disc, 1 Open Reel Tape, 243 Compact Cassette. Collection name: Royal Northern College of Music; Subjects: Classical Music: Copies of published LPs of performances by local orchestras; items: Lacquer Disc,62 Vinyl Disc. Collection name: Local Music; Subjects: Classical Music: Copies of published recordings by the Lochrian Ensemble of the Six String Quartets; items: 34 Compact Cassette. Collection name: Thomas Pitfield Collection; Subjects: Classical Music: Original recordings of classical music performances in Greater Manchester; items: 44 Open Reel Tape. Collection name: Tameside Operatic & Amateur Dramatic Societies; Subjects: Classical Music, Drama & Literature: Original recordings of organ and operatic performances in Tameside; items: 108 Open Reel Tape. Collection name: Oldham FM Jingles and Adverts; Subjects: Documentary & News: Oldham FM jingles and adverts; items: 72 Compact Cassette. Collection name: Mike Craig Collection; Subjects: Documentary & News; Radio: Collection of local and national BBC programmes; items: 1588 Open Reel Tape. Collection name: BBC Radio Manchester; Subjects: Documentary & News; Radio: BBC Radio Manchester broadcasts; items: 18610 Open Reel Tape. Collection name: Frank Dixon & Audrey Kaye Collection; Subjects: Documentary & News; Radio: Frank Dixon and Audrey Kaye were radio journalists who contributed to BBC radio programmes including Talkabout and Today. These recordings are mostly of interviews; many of the tapes are the original recordings before edits; items: 257 Open Reel Tape. Collection name: Davies Collection; Subjects: Documentary & News; Radio: Copies and demos of local radio stations and Manchester Hospital Radio programmes; items: 157 Open Reel Tape. Collection name: Oldham FM; Subjects: Documentary & News; Radio: Copies of radio broadcasts; items: 279 Compact Cassette. Collection name: Retro Radio; Subjects: Documentary & News; Radio: Copies of radio broadcasts; items: 25 Audio CD-R. Collection name: Salford City Radio; Subjects: Documentary & News; Radio: Radio recordings; items: 51 MiniDisc. Collection name: Wilkinson; Subjects: Documentary & News; Radio: Off-air recordings; items: 100 Open Reel Tape. Collection name: Drury; Subjects: Documentary & News; Radio: Off-air recordings; items:. Collection name: Stan Mason; Subjects: Documentary & News; Radio: Off-air recordings; items:. Collection name: Radio Piccadilly; Subjects: Documentary & News; Radio: Copies of radio broadcasts; items: 706 Open Reel Tape. Collection name: Radio Piccadilly Continued; Subjects: Documentary & News; Radio: Copies of radio broadcasts; items: 480 Open Reel Tape. Collection name: Radio Piccadilly News; Subjects: Documentary & News; Radio: Copies of radio broadcasts; items: 448 Open Reel Tape. Collection name: Roots FM; Subjects: Documentary & News; Radio: Copies of radio broadcasts; items: 31 Audio CD-R. Collection name: Manchester United Football Club Radio; Subjects: Documentary & News; Radio: Off-air recordings; items: 300 Open Reel Tape. Collection name: Peak & Northern Footpaths Society; Subjects: Documentary & News; Radio; Oral History: Radio recordings and interviews about footpaths; items:. Collection name: Robert Donat; Subjects: Drama & Literature: Robert Donat reading his own works; items: 50 Compact Cassette, 57 x Betamax tapes. Collection name: Dialect Poetry; Subjects: Language & Dialect; Drama & Literature: Recordings of dialect poetry and speech; items: 18 Shellac Disc, 20 Open Reel Tape, 20 Compact Cassette, Various formats including 20 x Betamax tapes. Collection name: Denton Oral History; Subjects: Oral History: Recordings of oral history interviews conducted by the Denton Local History Society with people in Denton; items: Betamax. Collection name: Halle Orchestra; Subjects: Oral History: Oral histories with employees, visitors and performers at the Hallé Orchestra; items: 64 MiniDisc. Collection name: Manchester Oral History; Subjects: Oral History: Oral histories with people in Manchester; items: 46 Compact Cassette. Collection name: Stockport Oral History; Subjects: Oral History: Oral histories with people in Stockport; items: 90 Compact Cassette. Collection name: Bolton Oral History; Subjects: Oral History: Recordings of oral history interviews with people in Bolton; items: 161 Open Reel Tape, 140 x VHS cassettes. Collection name: Dunham Massey Oral History; Subjects: Oral History: Recordings of oral history interviews conducted with people in Dunham; items: 42 Open Reel Tape. Collection name: Manchester Jewish Museum Oral History; Subjects: Oral History: Oral histories with Greater Manchester's Jewish communities; items: 250 Open Reel Tape, 250 Compact Cassette, 94 MiniDisc. Collection name: Manchester International Airport Oral History; Subjects: Oral History: Oral histories with people connected to Manchester International Airport; items: 120 x Betmax Tapes. Collection name: Mossley All Saints Oral History; Subjects: Oral History: Oral history interviews with people connected to Mossley All Saints; items: 47 MiniDisc. Collection name: Rochdale Telling Tales Oral History; Subjects: Oral History: Oral histories with people in Rochdale; items: 10 Compact Cassette, 40 MiniDisc. Collection name: Saddleworth Voices Oral History; Subjects: Oral History: Oral histories with people in Saddleworth; items: 45 published CD. Collection name: Sale Oral History; Subjects: Oral History: Oral histories with people in Sale; items: 53 Compact Cassette. Collection name: Salford Oral History; Subjects: Oral History: Oral histories with people in Salford; items: 229 Compact Cassette, 100 x Betamax Tapes. Collection name: Tameside Immigrants Oral History; Subjects: Oral History: Oral histories with immigrants in Tameside; items: 141 DAT. Collection name: Co-operative Society; Subjects: Oral History: Oral histories with people connected to the Co-operative movement; items: 20 Open Reel Tape, 20 Compact Cassette. Collection name: Bolton Little Theatre; Subjects: Oral History: Oral histories with staff and theatre-goers; items: 20 Compact Cassette. Collection name: Oldham Oral History; Subjects: Oral History: Oral histories with people in Oldham; items: 154 Compact Cassette. Collection name: Wigan Oral History; Subjects: Oral History: Oral histories with people in Wigan; items: 72 Compact Cassette. Collection name: Feminist Webs Oral History; Subjects: Oral History: Feminist Webs is both an online and real-world ‘women and girls work space’ that acts as an archive and a resource for practitioners, volunteers and young women involved in youth and community work with young women. These oral histories concentrate on women's involvement with feminism; items: 24 Digital Audio Files. Collection name: Greater Manchester Oral History; Subjects: Oral History: Main collection of oral histories with people in Greater Manchester. Includes projects and one-off recordings. Many recordings by the North West Sound Archive; items: 224 Open Reel Tape, 500 Compact Cassette, 500 MiniDisc, 490 published CD, 10 Digital Audio Files. Collection name: Working Class Movement Library; Subjects: Oral History, Speeches & Events: Oral histories with people connected with the Working Class Movement Library; items: 100 Compact Cassette. Collection name: Greater Manchester Museum of Science & Industry Oral History; Subjects: Oral History; Speeches & Events: Oral histories and lectures on science and industry in Greater Manchester; items: 117 Compact Cassette. Collection name: English Traditional Music Archive; Subjects: Oral History; World, Folk & Traditional Music: Oral histories and original music recordings; items: 20 Open Reel Tape. Collection name: Popular Music Collection; Subjects: Popular Music & Jazz: Published music with a Greater Manchester connection or interest. Many organ performances from Blackpool; items: 900 Lacquer Disc,1000 Vinyl Disc, 37 published CD. Collection name: Music Work; Subjects: Popular Music & Jazz: Copies of published music relating to Greater Manchester; items: 3 Shellac Disc, 2 published CD. Collection name: Tom Foy; Subjects: Popular Music & Jazz: Recordings by Tom Foy (Record Company); items: 42 Shellac Disc. Collection name: General Music; Subjects: Popular Music & Jazz: Original recordings and copies of published music relating to Greater Manchester; items: 246 Shellac Disc. Collection name: Northwest Records; Subjects: Popular Music & Jazz; Oral History; Speeches & Events: Original recordings, oral histories and copies of published works by Greater Manchester musicians, groups or orchestras. Includes many performances by Manchester schools of Christmas carols; items: 200 Shellac Disc, 200 Open Reel Tape, 200 Compact Cassette, 200 published CD, 135 x Betamax Tapes; 200 x VHS Tapes. Collection name: National Museum of Labour History; Subjects: Popular Music & Jazz; Oral History; Speeches & Events: Original recordings and copies of published material. Includes: music, oral history and speeches; items: 32 Shellac Disc. Collection name: Library Openings; Subjects: Speeches & Events: Speeches at library opening ceremonies in Greater Manchester; items: 19 Open Reel Tape. Collection name: Manchester Town Hall Speeches; Subjects: Speeches & Events: Original recordings of speeches at Manchester Town Hall; items: 40 Open Reel Tape. Collection name: Hytner Enquiry; Subjects: Speeches & Events: Recordings of the public enquiry into the 1981 civil disturbances in Moss Side; items: 20 Compact Cassette. Collection name: Sound Effects; Subjects: Wildlife & Natural Sounds; Mechanical Sounds: Sound effects around Greater Manchester including industrial and nature sounds; items: 10 Open Reel Tape, 10 Compact Cassette, 10 DAT, 12 MiniDisc, 10 published CD, 10 Audio CD-R. Collection name: Jodrell Bank Oral History; Subjects: Wildlife & Natural Sounds; Oral History; Radio; Speeches & Events: Copies of radio broadcasts, lectures and sounds from space missions; items: 48 Open Reel Tape. Collection name: Paul Graney Memorial Folk Trust; Subjects: World, Folk & Traditional Music: An internationally important collection of original folk recordings made by Paul Graney in folk clubs and private homes around Greater Manchester; items: 1758 Open Reel Tape. Collection name: Club Cheoil; Subjects: World, Folk & Traditional Music: Club Cheoil was a Heritage Lottery Fund project to create an archive of Irish music in Manchester. The collection most contains recordings of performances and sessions in Manchester; items: 43 Compact Cassette,
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0161 234 1979

Contact name 1: 

David Govier

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