User:Gyrofrog/NARA 2

WP:JAZZ
Speaking as a participant in (if not necessarily on behalf of) WP:JAZZ:

First, I am not familiar with any of the Archive's items that I'm about to describe. Second, I wouldn't expect to complete a lot of this (much less all of it) in one afternoon (I'm not even certain I can attend).

There are a lot of radio, film, and television archives (e.g. Willis Conover broadcasts like this one) that I am guessing cannot be used on Wikimedia, because the content therein (i.e., the music) is under copyright, even if the item itself is a government publication. (More obvious are actual commercial productions (e.g. this) that happen to be in the Archives.) I suppose that with VoA interviews, we could edit out any non-free content (music) and retain only the interview, unless altering the source material this way is considered unacceptable (another concern is whether any music runs underneath the interview).

With that in mind, the following items did not raise any obvious concerns regarding non-free content:
 * http://research.archives.gov/description/51232 "The Origin of Jazz" (Eddie Condon; silent film - will there be a practical way to convert this?)
 * http://research.archives.gov/description/1150156 "Tailgate Man from New Orleans (Kid Ory and His Creole Jazz Band)" (VoA film script; no luck in finding whether the film itself is available)
 * http://research.archives.gov/description/1937974 "Program Records of the American Jazz Celebration, 1971 - 1977" (papers)
 * http://research.archives.gov/description/2216076 "American Bicentennial Jazz Celebration" (booklet)

These items are identified as interviews (or discussions) but (I am guessing) could also incorporate non-free content (music):
 * http://research.archives.gov/description/124229 "Interview with Bruce Fischer, director of the University of Michigan Jazz Band, 11/1964" (audio 1/4" reel)
 * http://research.archives.gov/description/130296 "R. Crawford and Addis Ababa Interview with Lee Schipper, Leader of the University of California Jazz Quintet, 05/27/1968" (audio 1/4" reel)
 * http://research.archives.gov/description/133237 "Interviews for New York, New York Show with Dick Gibson, Jazz Band, Ben Tucker, Jazz Composer, Grady Tate, Singer/Drummer" (audio 1/4" reel)
 * http://research.archives.gov/description/562767 discussion of House Resolution 189 honoring Willis Conover, jazz, and the "Voice of America" jazz broadcasts (VHS)
 * http://research.archives.gov/description/562909 discussion and passage of House Resolution 189, honoring Willis Conover, jazz and "Voice of America." (VHS)
 * http://research.archives.gov/description/563067 "Interview with Alberta Hunter, 01/21/1982" (Video: U-matic 3/4")
 * http://research.archives.gov/description/563141 "Interview with Willis Conover, 10/23/1985" (Video: U-matic 3/4")
 * http://research.archives.gov/description/563243 "Interview with Art Blakey, ca. 1982 " (Video: U-matic 3/4")
 * http://research.archives.gov/description/563244 "Interview with Mel Lewis, ca. 1982" (Video: U-matic 3/4")
 * http://research.archives.gov/description/563323 "Interview with Joe Williams, ca. 1984" (Video: U-matic 3/4")
 * http://research.archives.gov/description/563324 "Interview with Art Farmer, 02/08/1982" (Video: U-matic 3/4")
 * http://research.archives.gov/description/563328 "Interview with Red Norvo, 1982" (Video: U-matic 3/4")

Less obvious are these items, which evidently include interviews/discussion, but (I'm guessing) probably incorporate non-free content (music):


 * http://research.archives.gov/description/563325 "Jazz at the Smithsonian -- Art Farmer, 1982" (Video: U-matic 3/4")
 * http://research.archives.gov/description/563327 "Jazz at the Smithsonian -- Red Norvo, 1982" (Video: U-matic 3/4")
 * http://research.archives.gov/description/563330 "Jazz at the Smithsonian -- Bob Wilber, 1984" (Video: U-matic 3/4")
 * http://research.archives.gov/description/563331 "Jazz at the Smithsonian -- Benny Carter Quartet, 1982" (Video: U-matic 3/4")
 * http://research.archives.gov/description/563350 "Ambassador of Note [Willis Conover], 01/12/1986" (Video: U-matic 3/4")

I found additional items that looked interesting, but they were within the series "Records Relating to Copyright Clearances for Radio Use of Material Contained in Magazine Articles...." I am guessing, by the nature of the series, that these items are protected by copyright (i.e. non-free content).

-- Gyrofrog (talk) 19:45, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

WP:ETHIOPIA

 * http://research.archives.gov/description/609196 "Foreign Geologic Maps, 1944 - 1974" (incl. Ethiopia)