<div dir="ltr"><div>Carrie,<br><br>Are these 3/4" Umatic video cassettes? (They sound like it, try googling for images.) You can probably find some players on ebay or on a/v hobby shops. We have tons of Umatic and for many years weren't able to do anything with them. Then we stumbled upon a player and with the right cables were able to watch the recordings. Umatic usually holds up better than VHS, so it might outlast your VHS.<br>

<br></div><div>Even if you can't play them, if you have some description, you might want to hold on to them. Vendors can digitize them. (We've used SceneSavers in Covington, KY before, they do an excellent job.) Some of our Umatic is starting to get used now, so we're glad we kept them.<br>

<br></div><div>Incidentally, we seem to keep getting Umatic video cassettes in new donations!<br><br></div><div>Best,<br>Nathan<br></div><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 3:48 PM, Phillips, Carrie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:phillipsc@bluffton.edu" target="_blank">phillipsc@bluffton.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">I have just received a large transfer of broadcast videocassettes from our public relations department.  These are the large videocassette master tapes from which regular VHS tapes were produced.  What do other college/university archives do with these items?  We do not have the equipment anywhere on campus to access the video on these tapes.  But, while the information on the tapes is pretty much inaccessible, it seems prudent to store them.  Is that line of thinking appropriate?<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Thanks in advance for your advice.<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Carrie<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">-^-^-^-^-^-</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>

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