Subseries 1. Sound Recordings, 195?-1998

Reel-to-reel and cassette magnetic tapes, phonograph records.

Magnetic tapes (6 ft., 5 in., 98 reels, 61 cassettes) include recordings made of collected folk music, of radio programming, of speeches and lectures by Paredes, dubs of commercial recordings, and commercially produced cassettes. Includes tapes compiled for use by students (see Series III, Subseries 3, Course Files). Some tapes include catalog numbers from the UT English Department's Folklore Archive, of which Paredes was Archivist (1957-1967). Paredes's personal tape collection includes copies of some of his 1954 field recordings (the Paredes Collection), field recordings made by his students and by colleagues. The original Paredes Collection tapes now reside in the UT Folklore Center Archives at the Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin. Some of Paredes's personal tapes include photocopies of his catalog descriptions, created for the Folklore Archive. Transcriptions of lyrics from songs in the Paredes Collection may be found in Series II, Subseries 3, Research Materials.

Phonograph records (1 ft., 4 in., 61 twelve-inch record albums, 24 seven-inch records) are commercially reproduced long playing albums and singles, primarily containing popular and folk music of Mexico and of Mexican-Americans, though other Latin American music is included.

All titles in the following inventory were taken from tapes' reels or boxes. Some tapes included written, typed, or photocopied lists and notes, which have been separated to folders.