Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Indiana University, Bloomington. Archives of African American Music and Culture
- Abstract:
- Press releases and administrative materials pertaining to the AAAMC website Black Grooves. The majority of material in this collection and on the website pertain to recordings in the AAAMC's general collections.
- Extent:
- 6 document cases (2.52 linear feet)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
Black Grooves Collection, SC 37, Archives of African American Music and Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington.
Background
- Scope and Content:
The collection contains press releases and administrative materials pertaining to the website Black Grooves. The materials were acquired by the AAAMC as accompanying documents to the CDs and DVDs submitted for review on the Black Grooves website. These materials were separated into this collection, while the CDs and DVDs they accompananied are now part of the AAAMC's general commerical CD and DVD collections.
Series 1 contains paper materials. Series 2 contains digital press releases and email correspondence.
The audio and video content these materials describe cover the entire scope of the AAAMC's collecting focus. To learn more about the types of audio and video, the Black Grooves review site can be browsed at https://blackgrooves.org.
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired by the AAAMC between the years 2000 and 2021.
- Arrangement:
Arranged in one series:
- Series 1: Press releases (chronological/accession number order)
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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Use of time-based media materials (audio and video) may require production of listening or viewing copies.
Access to streaming audio, moving image, and full resolution digital image materials may currently be restricted to researchers who can authenticate with an IU account or who are physically present on campus. Remote streaming to individual researchers may be allowed with the completion of applicable forms.
For further information about access to online audiovisual materials, contact AAAMC staff at aaamc@indiana.edu.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, including but not limited to the Indiana Public Records Act (5-14-3-2 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which Indiana University assumes no responsibility.
Copyright is retained by the creators/authors of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. All requests for copying and publishing materials must be submitted in writing to the Archives of African American Music and Culture, and may require the written permission of the creator(s)/author(s) or donor(s).
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Black Grooves Collection, SC 37, Archives of African American Music and Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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Smith Research Center, Rooms 180-1812805 East 10th StreetBloomington, Indiana 47408-2601, United States
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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812-855-8547aaamc@indiana.edu