[ARSCLIST] Identifying lacquer sides.

[Brandon Burke <thejosephboys@xxxxxxxxx>]

Question:

We have several lacquer discs in our collection whose labels have
become detatched from the discs themselves.  This is not a problem
when the recordings are one-sided, but when both sides contain data
and both labels are detached how are you matching the sides with their
corresponding labels?

Because the sides do not have unique identifiers (matrix numbers,
etc), we cannot simply match them up with a quick note.  I'm tempted
to put a small "X" on one side of the disc in the center--the furthest
distance from the grooves--with a wax pencil, and then applying this
same "X" to the acid/lig-free envelope that will house that particular
label.  This way, at least the coding structure will be easy to
understand fifteen...twenty...forty years down the road when none of
use work here anymore.  (I'm not particularly excited about this
idea.)

As always, thanks in advance.

Brandon

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Brandon Burke
Archival Specialist
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6010
voice: (650) 724-9711
email: burke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx