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The Leo Sarkisian VOA Music Library 45s series contains 651 seven-inch, 45 rpm sound discs dating from 1960 to 1988 and acquired by Leo Sarkisian for selective use in the Music Time in Africa show. The series includes a small number of discs donated by listeners. Many of the labels indicate the language of the song lyric. The discs are arranged by record label and thereunder by catalog number as available. Inventory lists provide detailed descriptions of items in this series.

The Leo Sarkisian VOA Music Library Cassettes series consists of 774 cassette tapes spanning the period between 1980 and 2002, grouped by type of content. The series contains a mixture of audio sources, including cassettes produced at the VOA, supporting materials for MTIA radio shows, including interviews, commercially produced tapes acquired by Leo Sarkisian for selective use in the MTIA show, tapes sent to the MTIA show by listeners, dubbed content, and copies of other VOA Africa service radio shows. The collection also includes the tapes Sarkisian acquired on his last trip to Africa in 1986.