Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1940-2003 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
4 boxes of audio and video recordings
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Series consists of audio and video recordings of performances by Ron Collier and of compositions and arrangements by Collier. The series includes audio cassettes from the Duke Ellington Society that were issued to its members; audio recordings of Collier's lectures on Ellington at Humber College (1980s); performances by the Ron Collier Quintet and the Ron Collier Tentet; and records from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) radio transcription service of performances by Collier, his groups, and his compositions and arrangements.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Materials in this series are arranged by type of recording medium (audio reels, videocassettes, audio cassettes, compact audio discs, and audio discs, or 33 1/3 rpm vinyl records, from the CBC radio transcription service).