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The Leo Sarkisian Music Time in Africa Fan Mail series contains 28 folders of reports on mail received 7 folders of circa 400 items of fan mail. The first group of materials includes reports from the VOA on measuring program effectiveness (1973), on listening habits and VOA preferences among audiences in Africa (n.d.) and monthly mail reports (1997-1999). The fan mail includes original letters and photocopies. The letters are in two groups, those accompanied by a cassette tape or mailed alone. Many of the letters are addressed to MTIA host Rita Rochelle. Sound recordings sent to VOA by listeners may also be found in the Leo Sarkisian VOA Music Library Cassettes series (1980-2001) and the Leo Sarkisian VOA Music Library Tape Recordings (1953-2000) series in the African Music Reference Recordings and Other Music Reference Recordings subseries.