The Arts is a broad subdivision of culture, comprised of many expressive disciplines. In modern usage, it is a broader term than art, which usually means the visual arts (comprised of both fine art and crafts).
A precise definition of the arts can be contentious, but the following areas of activity are usually included:
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American Comedy Archives - Archives held at Emerson College, Boston, Massachusetts, containing primary source material on the history, craft, and art of comedy. Features oral history interviews with comedy writers, producers, and performers.
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Archive of Contemporary Music - America's largest collection of poular recordings with over 1.6 million discs. A research facility providing information on all aspects of popular music.
Archive of Turkish Oral Literature - Full-text digital archive containing materials on Turkish folklore, history, literature, ethnography, from the Special Collections Library at Texas Tech University.
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Archives of African American Music and Culture - Includes oral histories, photographs, musical and print manuscripts, audio and video recordings, and educational broadcast programs, at Indiana University in Bloomington.
Meta Description: [ The Archives of African American Music and Culture is a repository of materials covering various musical idioms and cultural expressions from the post-World War II era. ]
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution - World's largest primary source collection of the visual arts in America, with 14 million items.
Bradford Textile Archive - Over 4,000 items, including fabric samples, pattern publications and cards, and periodicals. Part of Bradford College.
Meta Description: [ Bradford Textile Archive - wide collection of textiles, patterns, work books and design. Available to students, researchers and commerce. ]
Chicago Jazz Archive - Collection of sheet music, recordings, photographs and stock arrangements, focusing on Chicago style jazz. Part of the University of Chicago's Regenstein Library.
Contemporary Fashion Archive - An international project in which five European fashion institutions join forces to establish an information network in fashion design, composed of a digital archive and local documentation centres at the different institutions.
Mukul Dey Archives - A private archive at Santiniketan, West Bengal, India, of the work, collection and papers of pioneer Indian graphic artist Mukul Dey. Biography, gallery, details of access.
Shubert Archive - Documents the business and artistic records of the theater-owning Shubert Brothers and the Shubert Organization, held by the Shubert Foundation at the Lyceum Theatre, New York City.
The Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research - Contains manuscripts, films, photographs and graphics relating to the entertainment industry, held in Madison.
William Ransom Hogan Archive of New Orleans Jazz - Tulane University collection including oral histories, recorded music, photographs and film, sheet music and orchestrations, and manuscripts related to New Orleans jazz.
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