The problem with collections like this is: 1) There HAVE TO BE common records there with little or no value.
2) The receiving institution probably has many of the records and have to have permission to discard or dispose of the ones they have. 3) There would need to be someone willing to fund the job of cataloguing them. If there are reare and collectivble records in the collection, there are institutions which would want them and in rare cares might even pay to acquire them but the 70,000 records need to be sorted through and common stuff (like ALL Columbia A series or ALL red label Columbias or ALL Caruso discs on any of the Victor related labels) need to be removed. The NY Public library used to accept collections and would then sell thee dups to raise money to catalog the others. But there is no market for common 78s, so they stopped. The saddest thing I remember seeing as part of a "backstage" tour of the NY Public Libraries collection in the 1970s was the private collection of Arturo Toscanini sitting on the top of a cabinet. It was given to the library but no funds were given to catalog it. Best bet for your friend is cull out the junk and put out by the burb for someone to take and then see what they had left. THEN they can approach another collector or institution. Steve Ramm From lherault Sun Dec 14 17:13:55 2003 From: lherault (Ron L'Herault) Date: Sun Dec 24 13:10:28 2006 Subject: [Phono-L] Collection Disposition? X-posted In-Reply-To: <a8.26281d87.2d0d7...@aol.com> Message-ID: <00a501c3c297$eb083620$d45ed...@ronlherault> Give or sell? And where are they? Ron L (how many shelves would I need?) -----Original Message----- From: phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.com [mailto:phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.com] On Behalf Of clockworkh...@aol.com Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 3:49 AM To: phon...@oldcrank.com Subject: [Phono-L] Collection Disposition? X-posted This was posted on the theatreorgan-l list. Does anyone have any suggestions? Someone has already suggested the New York Public Library and they were contacted but do not seem overly enthusiastic about accepting such a collection. I think it would be OK to contact him directly so I included his email address. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm thankful for all the suggestions relative to cleaningup records and putting them on CDs - the project is underway. I have another question. I have a friend who is a worse collector than I. He has 70,000 (yes, seventy thousand) 78s. He, himself is in his mid 70s and is concerned about to whom he might give them. His family is not interested. Does anyone know of an organization dedicated to preserving these things? An organization which will catalog them, keep them, and make them available to interested persons? Even a much younger collector might be interested. I await a response from the collective wisdom of this august list. Dick Geyser rgey...@aol.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks ans seasons greetings to everyone, Al _______________________________________________ Phono-l mailing list phon...@oldcrank.com http://t2.cwihosting.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com
