Here <https://catalog.archives.gov/id/732407> is a relevant series
description from the National Archives Catalog.

Steve Greene
(301) 842-8923
historicity.co
An independent archival professional specializing in still photography,
moving images and recorded sound.


On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 9:38 AM Margarida Ullate i Estanyol <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Yes, of course you can! We’ll be very grateful if you do so!
>
> Complete reference can be found searching by “TOPOGRAFIC” number in our
> catalogue:
>
> http://www.cataleg.bnc.cat/*eng
>
> Margarida
>
> De: Feustle, Maristella [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Enviado el: martes, 21 de mayo de 2019 15:20
> Para: Margarida Ullate i Estanyol
> CC: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
> Asunto: RE: [EXT] RE: [ARSCLIST] Department of State. Office of
> International Information. International Broadcasting Division sound
> recordings
>
> This is a wonderful list. The mention of the Office of International
> Information (and Cultural Affairs) seems to situate them between 1946 and
> 1953, when the U.S. Information Agency was established:
>
> https://eca.state.gov/about-bureau/history-and-mission-eca
>
> The discs can smell very strongly, but I’ve not encountered health issues
> in using them.
>
> May I share the list with a contact at the National Archives? They may be
> able to shed more light on where these came from and if they have those
> recordings in their holdings.
>
> Thanks,
> Maristella
>
> From: Margarida Ullate i Estanyol <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 7:46 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]; Steve Greene <[log in to unmask]>; Feustle,
> Maristella <[log in to unmask]>; Steve Smolian <[log in to unmask]>;
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> Cc: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List <
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> Subject: [EXT] RE: [ARSCLIST] Department of State. Office of International
> Information. International Broadcasting Division sound recordings
>
> Dear Paul, Steve, Maristella and George
>
> Thank you so much for your answers. I apologize for my silence these days,
> but I’ve been away from my computer.
>
> Please find, attached, a partial list of 16-inch sound recordings in our
> collections. Some of them are “acetate” discs [I know; we are missusing
> the term]. Most of the sound recordings are American, but some others came
> from Canada and Tanger (Pan American Radio).
>
> As our sound technician experienced some health problems during the
> transfer of the “acetates”, we are trying to know if there is any other
> institution having the same content already digitized, before hiring
> someone else to do it.
>
> As Steve suggested, these kind of collections might have been catalogued
> in an archival way, which is a bit more difficult to retrieve than a
> bibliographical one. We have MGM 16-inch sound recordings cataloged in an
> archival way too.
>
> Best regards from Barcelona,
>
> Margarida
>
>