This collection of audio recordings provides primary data on singers, musicians, and others in the Upper Saint John River Valley during the period 1949 through 1978 (most date from 1970 through 1974). It contains a wealth of local songs and musicians and provides a resource of samples of French as it is spoken in the Saint John Valley. Twenty-four of the cassettes are devoted primarily to singers and to songs, three primarily to instrumental music, and twelve to interviews. There are three cassettes of concerts and six tapes of meetings or lectures. Three tapes appear to be accoustic dubs of other tapes, LP recordings, or broadcasts. A number of the recordings contain interviews (mostly in French) which may contain oral histories or other information. Several of the recordings appear to have been of public events, such as meetings, concerts, and dances.
