[Dixielandjazz] Re: Who(m) to leave my recordings to?

[David W. Littlefield]

At 08:45 AM 11/26/2002 -0600, Dan Augustine wrote:
>Rebecca and others--
>    Good idea about the Tulane Jazz Museum.  But what about donating my 
>recordings (etc.) to either the Library of Congress or the Smithsonian?  Do 
>they accept donations like that?  They'd (eventually) make the materials 
>accessible to the public, wouldn't they?  Would they accept everything, or 
>pick and choose?
>    Dan

If you have some rare items, that's probably cool, but the non-rarities
would be better in a smaller institution because LoC and presumably
Smithsonian would not keep most duplicates. Accessability at LoC means
making an appointment to hear specific items, and they play them for
you--you're at a console listening on headphones; the records are not
loaned out as they might be in smaller institutions...Dunno about Smithsonian.

--Sheik