The Sound of History:
Megnut pointed the other day to Save Our Sounds, a federal organization to preserve America’s audio heritage. Many of the original recordings of Langston Hughes’s early poetry readings, work songs by Chinese railway workers and speeches by nearly every president of the 20th century were recorded on wax cylinders and other fragile media. Many of these sounds could be lost forever if not safely transfered to digital. If my experience with film preservation is indicative of anything, this is a time consuming and expensive process.
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