Plugged-In Virtual Field Trip: Marr Sound Archives
Description
Join ESS and Media Burn on Zoom for a 30-minute virtual field trip to Marr Sound Archives in Kansas City, MI on Tuesday, Sept 29, 2026 from 12-12:30 PM CT. Feel free to bring your lunch!
What to expect:
- Zoom attendees will have their cameras off, but are encouraged to share comments and questions in the chat
- Marr Sound Archives will share a short tour of their space and overview of the organization (history, recent projects, etc.)
- ESS & Media Burn will facilitate a live Q&A, pulling questions from the chat
Want to join this virtual field trip?
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If you’re already Plugged-In, we’ll email you a Zoom link and calendar invite before the tour.
Marr Sound Archives
The Marr Sound Archives is an audiovisual archive, affiliated with the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The Marr Sound Archives is one of four departments comprising the Special Collections and Archives division housed at the Miller Nichols Library.
The collection includes extensive holdings of jazz, blues, country and popular music; historic voices and authors reading their own works; vintage radio programs; classical and opera. The Marr Sound Archives holds a wide range of historic formats including LPs, 78s, 45s, cylinders, transcription discs, instantaneous-cut discs, compact cassette tapes, and open-reel audiotapes. The archives maintain audiovisual materials for a number of archival collections shared with LaBudde Special Collections and The UMKC University Archives.
Photos courtesy of Marr Sound Archives