Temporary ACC 2021/97 - Audio recordings of Michael Burton of Dereham

Identity area

Reference code

ACC 2021/97

Title

Audio recordings of Michael Burton of Dereham

Date(s)

  • c 1970-c 2000 (Creation)

Level of description

Temporary

Extent and medium

75 boxed and unboxed reels of tape, 16 cassette tapes, 1 cd

Context area

Name of creator

(1938-2020)

Biographical history

Lived in Dereham, Norfolk. He died in September 2020.

Archival history

Inherited by the donor from the creator's estate.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Mr B. Scholes

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Audio recordings of the local dawn chorus in Dereham Old Rectory garden and birdsong in general, mainly undertaken in the 1980s.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

None

Conditions governing reproduction

None

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Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Reels of magnetic tape, some dirty, and partly unwound. Most are boxed. In addition, there are some cassette taped recordings and a cd with digitized copies of the recordings on cassette (digitized by the donor).

Finding aids

A paper list of the digitized files on cd exists with the accession form.

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Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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Status

Uncatalogued

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Accession area