[Dixielandjazz] Re: Who will get my recordings?

Wed, 27 Nov 2002 14:26:42 EST

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If not donating to TJEN (as outlined in a previous posting), the LOC Recorded 
Sound Section is certainly a good option. And I don't mean to infer that 
bigger libraries and archives won't welcome your collection and use it--but I 
suggest you ask when and how the collection will be catalogued and how 
available it will be to visitors to the library or archives. Also check to 
see if your collection duplicates what they already have on hand. Besides 
considering Tulane's excellent Jazz Archives (which also has invaluable oral 
histories available to jazz researchers), you might also check with the New 
Orleans Jazz Museum.

When subscribers contact The Mississippi Rag about where to donate their back 
issues (most of our subscribers have saved every copy), we suggest that they 
donate the RAGs to their local public library. We've found that the public 
libraries are ecstatic about getting the RAG because they don't have much of 
a budget for small special interest publications. (After receiving the 
issues, many make it available on microfiche because newsprint is fragile.) 
Personally, I've also donated trad jazz recordings to my local public 
library. They either add them to their collection or sell them as part of 
their "Friends of the Library" sales. Either way, the recordings are reaching 
interested listeners. (I became knowledgeable and enthused about opera by 
borrowing a gazillion opera LPs from my local library before building my own 
collection of opera recordings. That can work for trad jazz and ragtime, too. 
I know we've gotten subscribers from those who've discovered the RAG through 
their local library.)  I also agree that the IAJRC is a good group to contact 
regarding collections, especially if you have rare items you'd like to sell.

Leslie Johnson
editor@mississippirag.com OR
lesliemrag@aol.com

P.S. Sheik mentions David Sager in his posting about the Library of Congress, 
and he's right about David's trad jazz credentials--we're so impressed with 
David that he's the cover story of the just-published December RAG! He 
certainly could be trusted to treat any collection with loving care.

In a message dated 11/27/2002 10:39:33 AM Central Standard Time, 
dixielandjazz-request@ml.islandnet.com writes:

> The Library of Congress Recorded Sound Section (or whatever they call it
> these days) worries very much about jazz recordings. Sam Brylowski, the
> Head, knows okom thoroughly, and there's at least one other person there
> who's an okom expert, David Sager, trombonist. They'd be happy to get the
> rarer stuff, including privately recorded tapes, etc. 
> 
> --Sheik
> 
> 
> 

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<HTML>If not donating to TJEN (as outlined in a previous posting), the LOC Recorded Sound Section is certainly a good option. And I don't mean to infer that bigger libraries and archives won't welcome your collection and use it--but I suggest you ask when and how the collection will be catalogued and how available it will be to visitors to the library or archives. Also check to see if your collection duplicates what they already have on hand. Besides considering Tulane's excellent Jazz Archives (which also has invaluable oral histories available to jazz researchers), you might also check with the New Orleans Jazz Museum.
 
 When subscribers contact The Mississippi Rag about where to donate their back issues (most of our subscribers have saved every copy), we suggest that they donate the RAGs to their local public library. We've found that the public libraries are ecstatic about getting the RAG because they don't have much of a budget for small special interest publications. (After receiving the issues, many make it available on microfiche because newsprint is fragile.) Personally, I've also donated trad jazz recordings to my local public library. They either add them to their collection or sell them as part of their "Friends of the Library" sales. Either way, the recordings are reaching interested listeners. (I became knowledgeable and enthused about opera by borrowing a gazillion opera LPs from my local library before building my own collection of opera recordings. That can work for trad jazz and ragtime, too. I know we've gotten subscribers from those who've discovered the RAG through their local library.) &nbsp;I also agree that the IAJRC is a good group to contact regarding collections, especially if you have rare items you'd like to sell.
 
 Leslie Johnson
 editor@mississippirag.com OR
 lesliemrag@aol.com
 
 P.S. Sheik mentions David Sager in his posting about the Library of Congress, and he's right about David's trad jazz credentials--we're so impressed with David that he's the cover story of the just-published December RAG! He certainly could be trusted to treat any collection with loving care.
 
 In a message dated 11/27/2002 10:39:33 AM Central Standard Time, dixielandjazz-request@ml.islandnet.com writes:
 
 
 <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">The Library of Congress Recorded Sound Section (or whatever they call it
 these days) worries very much about jazz recordings. Sam Brylowski, the
 Head, knows okom thoroughly, and there's at least one other person there
 who's an okom expert, David Sager, trombonist. They'd be happy to get the
 rarer stuff, including privately recorded tapes, etc. 
 
 --Sheik
 
 
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