Hi,
These are commercially produced albums of
classical and gospel music, which are in fact related to our institution. Our
founder, Dr. Albert Barnes, used the records in conjunction with his collection
of impressionist and post-impressionist paintings and other artworks in his art
school classes. Definitely worth processing.
-Katy
-----Original Message-----
From: Steven Smolian
[mailto:smolians@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 10:56 AM
To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: arsclist Storage of
phonograph records
Are these commercially issued
recordings or one-of-a-kind items made from speeches and radio broadcasts,
etc.? Cleaning and storing can be quite different for the two
types. If commercial and otherwise unrelated to your colecting policy,
they may not be worth the cost of processing.
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Steven Smolian 301-694-5134
Smolian Sound Studios
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CDs made from old recordings,
Five or one or lifetime hoardings,
Made at home or concert hall,
Text and pics explain it all.
at www.soundsaver.com
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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 9:54 AM
Subject: arsclist
Storage of phonograph records
Hi folks,
I am new to this list, so please
forgive me if this question has been asked recently.
I am the new Archivist in an institution
that has approximately 2500 linear feet (More? Less? Who knows?) of completely
unprocessed archival material, piled all over the various buildings. These
materials include perhaps 300 phonograph records from the 1930s-1950s, mostly
stored in some kind of phonograph binders; kind of like a photo album, except
with record sleeves rather than pages for photos. I am working on a preliminary
budget for urgently needed supplies, and one thing I would like to do a.s.a.p.
is re-house these phonographs. I have very little experience with recorded
sound preservation, so my question for you is: how do I store these records? My
first instinct is to store the phonographs in acid-free paper phonograph
sleeves in acid-free boxes, and store the binders/notebooks in boxes
separately, somehow maintaining the intellectual link between which records
were originally stored in which binder. Does this sound plausible? Are there
standards easily available for phonograph storage? Any help is greatly
appreciated!
Thanks,
Katy Rawdon-Faucett
Katy Rawdon-Faucett
Archivist
The Barnes
Foundation
300 North Latch's
Lane
Merion, PA 19066-1759
Ph: (610)
667-0290 ext. 1048
Fax: (610)
664-4026
krawdon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx