[Dixielandjazz] Transcriptions

[billsharp]

So, Mr. Barbone, et. al.,  where did all these transcriptions end up?  
As I practice my instruments, I've always thought that it would be 
wonderful to have transcriptions to play in order to see how the 
artists played their solos.  Recently I have been trying to learn to 
play guitar solos and it seems that having transcriptions of other 
instrumental solos would be the way to go, playing transcriptions of 
artists like Vic Dickenson, Ruby Braff, Lester Young, etc.  There must 
be hundreds of thousands of transcriptions out there lying dormant in 
musicians' closets and file drawers because once upon a time they took 
the time (often many hours) to pick up and drop a needle countless 
numbers of times on an an LP, 45, or 78, and unfortunately they are 
unavailable.  Can anyone tell me if they know of a particular 
University of other facility that has a "transcriptions section" in the 
music section of their library where one might go to get copies?   
Perhaps we could locate a library interested in housing such items, and 
we could send our transcriptions there, to be filed for future 
research.
  P.S.  Bill Guner - -do you have any washboard solo transcriptions you 
could contribute?  (especially of that 12-washboard symphony you wrote 
- -did you ever get the funding you sought to get it performed 
publicly?)