Collection name: University of Huddersfield Archive; Subjects: Oral History: The archive of the University of Huddersfield. The archive charts the full history of the University and its predecessor organisations, whose origins date back to the 1840s. The collection contains oral history recordings of students' and employees' experiences at the institution, and sound recordings of the institution's awards ceremonies; items: 20 Compact Cassette, 20 published CD Collection name: The British Music Collection; Subjects: Classical Music; Contemporary Music; Sound/Art Music; Experimental Music: Formerly the music archive of the British Music Information Centre, which was founded in 1967 by the Composers' Guild of Great Britain. The collection contains over 21,000 sound recordings of 20th and 21st century British Classical and sound/art music stored on a variety of different formats. The recordings include both commercial and privately produced recordings, recordings of unique live performances and radio broadcasts. The collection is owned by Sound and Music, the successor organisation to the British Music Information Centre, but access is maintained and administered by the University of Huddersfield Archive Service at Heritage Quay; items: 600 Vinyl Disc, 2 Open Reel Tape, 3200 Compact Cassette, 16 DAT, 1300 published CD, 1000 Audio CD-R, Betamax tapes - 400; VHS 60 Collection name: Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival; Subjects: Classical Music; Contemporary Music; Sound/Art Music; Experimental Music: The archive of the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (hmcf//), the UK’s largest international festival of new and experimental music. The archive charts the full history of the festival, from its establishment in 1978 to the present day. The collection contains audio recordings of works by artists/composers that have performed at the Festival; items: 320 Compact Cassette, 800 published CD, 100 Audio CD-R Collection name: The Rugby League Up and Under Oral History Project Archive; Subjects: Oral History; Sport: The Up and Under Rugby League project was an oral history project about rugby league in West Yorkshire. The archive contains all the oral history recordings produced during the project's lifetime; items: 100 Digital Audio Files Collection name: Asian Voices Oral History Project Archive; Subjects: Oral History: The Asian Voices Project was an oral history project carried out by University of Huddersfield Centre for Oral History Research. The project recorded the memories of elderly Asians about settling in the Huddersfield and Kirklees area. The recordings cover topics such as finding jobs; setting up homes, community centres & places of worship; and how other communities responded to them; items: 100 Digital Audio Files Collection name: Two Minutes Silence Oral History Project Archive; Subjects: Oral History: The Two Minutes Silence oral history project, carried out by University of Huddersfield Centre for Oral History Research, traced the evolution and continuing relevance of the Remembrance Day two-minute silence through the personal experience and testimony of Huddersfield people. The collection contains the recorded oral history interviews conducted during the project. ; items: 100 Digital Audio Files Collection name: Greenhead Stories Oral History Project Archive; Subjects: Oral History: The Greenhead Stories oral history project, carried out by University of Huddersfield Centre for Oral History Research, collected testimonies and memories of Greenhead Park, Huddersfield. The collection contains the recorded oral history interviews conducted during the project. ; items: 100 Digital Audio Files Collection name: Graham Thurgood Archive; Subjects: Oral History; Nursing: Records collated by Graham Thurgood during his PhD research into the history of nursing in Halifax and Huddersfield, 1870-1960. The collection includes oral history recordings of nurses experiences in Halifax and Huddersfield, 1870-1960; items: 80 Compact Cassette Collection name: Storthes Hall Archive; Subjects: Oral History: Storthes Hall was a psychiatric hospital which was founded in 1900 in the Kirkburton district of Huddersfield. It opened on 2 June 1904 and had various names before its closure in June 1991. The collection contains tapes from an oral history project which took place during the mid-1980s which intended to preserve memories of the hospital; items: 95 Compact Cassette Collection name: Gosling Jazz Archive; Subjects: Jazz: Robert Henry Gosling's jazz memorabilia collection. ; items: 450 Open Reel Tape Collection name: Paul Ward Archive; Subjects: Oral History: Records collated by Paul Ward during his research, seminar and oral history project concerning anti-racism in Huddersfield in the 1970s and 1980s. The collection includes oral history recordings of activists and political figures who took a significant stance in the anti-racism movement; items: 16 Compact Cassette Collection name: Viol Music Archive; Subjects: Classical Music: Extensive collection of commercially published vinyl LP records of viola music donated by Robin Adams; items: 1800 Vinyl Disc Collection name: Mikron Theatre Company Archive; Subjects: Drama & Literature: The archive of Mikron Theatre Company, one of the UKs most prolific small scale theatre companies, renowned for touring productions via canal, road and rail transport. The collection charts the full history of the Company from its establishment in 1967 to the present day. The collection contains commercially produced recordings of songs composed/performed by the company, and oral history recordings of individuals who lived and worked on the canals in the 20th century created as part of research for an original production that Mikron produced that was based on this theme. ; items: 10 Vinyl Disc, 2 Open Reel Tape, 100 Compact Cassette, 20 published CD