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Greetings all.
In the next week or two I will be preparing a
consultant's report for a client who has in their collection approximately 200
seven-inch reels of acetate tape and 35 12" acetate (lacquer coated aluminum)
instantaneous discs. The discs are from the late 1940s and early 1950s. The
tapes are from the late 1940s to the mid 1960s.
In my report I would like to provide a list of
people, organizations, or archives that could provide professional preservation
transfer services for the above formats. This is simply for informational
purposes at this point. The client has received funding to do some preservation
microfilming of related paper materials and to do a survey of the sound
recordings (which I just did). They will need to raise grant funds in order to
proceed with the recordings preservation work, so that is still a-ways off. But
when I submit my report, it would be helpful if I could list some resources so
when the time comes the client could solicit bids for the work.
If you do this type of work for hire, please send
me any pertinent information by email or by snail mail. If you have a brochure,
I'd like to receive at least two copies-- one that I'd attach to the
report and the other I'd keep for my own files. If you have only a web site (or
prefer that as a source of information), let me know the URL. I'll compile all
the information and send it along to the client in the next couple of
weeks.
Finally, for those who are curious, the reels of
acetate tape are not in great shape-- the usual pack expansion with lots
of air spaces, some cinching, curling, spoking, splices, stiffening, etc. At
least there is no mold.... The discs are very clean and show no signs of
flaking-- yet. The significance of the recordings and the desirability of
doing preservation transfers is something I'm still investigating.
Oh yes-- I am familiar with quite a few of the
people on this list that do this sort of work, but it wouldn't hurt for me to
have the most current info you've prepared about your services.
Thanks in advance,
Steve Green
Western Folklife Center
501 Railroad Street
Elko, NV 89801
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