The New York Times – Music:
Websites offering up free — and not always legal — music flourished in the gap between the fall of the CD era and the rise of streaming. Keeping those archives intact is proving difficult.
Category: Archives and Records
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What’s the Best Way to Store Clothes? Here’s What Some Fashion Brands Do
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
What’s the best way to preserve fashion? For some brands, it’s a white-glove storage service.
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Wax Cylinders Hold Audio From a Century Ago. The Library Is Listening.
The New York Times – Music:
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts acquired a machine that transfers recordings from the fragile format. Then a batch of cylinders from a Met Opera librarian arrived.
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Museums Find Value in Sharing Jewels’ History
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
The Museum of Islamic Art in Qatar is just one of the institutions that is expanding its exhibit labels and putting more information online.
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Earl McGrath Was a Character. His Closet Was Filled With Rare Recordings.
The New York Times – Music:
When the art and music world figure died in 2016, he left behind a trove of reels from his years scouting for his own label and the one he ran for the Rolling Stones.
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Lesley Gore’s Archive Arrives at the New York Public Library
The New York Times – Music:
The collection, which includes family photos, scrapbook pages and annotated music, traces the singer’s arc from releasing bubble gum hits to creating a powerful feminist statement.
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In London, Treasured Jewelry From the Tiffany Archive
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
More than 400 pieces from the jeweler, including the treasured Tiffany Diamond, are on view in a free exhibition.
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Digging Into Bob Dylan and Lou Reed’s Archives
The New York Times – Music:
Attempting to uncover unknown things about very well known people.