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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 12:11
PM
Subject: arsclist Do You Provide Audio
Preservation Services?
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