If any of the recordings are of black gospel music there is a fellow at
Baylor who is acquiring, recording, and saving it in digital format.

http://www.baylor.edu/lib/electrres/index.php?id=44987


Michiko Okaya
Williams Center Gallery Director/ Art Collections
Lafayette College
Hamilton and High Streets
Easton PA 18042
610 330 5361 
610 330 5642 (f)
www.lafayette.edu/williamsgallery

-----Original Message-----
From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Kristen Lutes
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 2:02 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [MUSEUM-L] records

Hello, 

Some months ago I received a call from a local woman looking to donate a
record collection to our museum. As they were not Edison records I was
unable to accept them, but she asked if I would help her find a good
home
for them. She claims that they include recordings her father, an amateur
musician, made with Billie Holiday and that some have never been
released to
the public. (I have no reason to doubt her, I've just learned to be
skeptical about such things.) 

I have contacted several music libraries and museums and the responses
were
either "thanks, but no thanks" or I was completely ignored. It seems
that it
might be more efficient to do it this way and reach a lot of people at
once. 

If you are interested, feel free to contact me off-list and I'll give
you
more information about the items in question.

Thanks, 

Kristen Lutes
Executive Director
Thomas Edison House
729-731 E. Washington St.
Louisville, KY 40202
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