Recorded Sound Research Center (Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress)

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Please be advised that our software for playing digitized audio will be offline and unavailable March 22nd through March 31st. All systems should be operational by April 1st. If you are planning to listen to material in the Recorded Sound Research Center during our software upgrade, please contact the reference desk by Wednesday, March 20th to ensure that any digitized materials can be made available for your appointment.

About Collections & Services Collection Overview & Highlights Obtaining Copies of Recordings Preserving Your Sound Recordings Preservation Publications Web Radio Recording Schedule National Recording Preservation Board Donations Packard Campus of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center National Recording Preservation Plan Research Tools Guidelines for Listening Reference Assistance How to Find Recordings (SONIC) Recorded Sound Catalog Finding Aids NBC Radio Collection Guide Radio Form/Genre Guide Show Music on Record Database Jazz on the Screen Database Chasanoff/Elouza "Amazing Grace" Collection What's Online Joe Smith Collection Tony Schwartz Collection WWOZ Collection Recordings Available Online Ordering Poetry Recordings	Sports Byline USA Collection Listen to interviews from the Sports Byline USA Collection Now See Hear! The Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division blog American Archive of Public Broadcasting Record of the Month from the National Jukebox National Jukebox *10,000 streaming historical recordings* Food for Thought: Speakers at the National Press Club Bob Hope Collection Finding Aid What's Happening: March 16th--Saturday Research Orientation	Location: 101 Independence Ave. SE James Madison Building, LM 113 Performing Arts Reading Room Washington, D.C. 20540-4690 Map showing location Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm Closed Weekends & Federal Holidays Contact
		ATTENTION: Listeners are advised to contact the Recorded Sound Research Center two weeks prior to visiting. All sound recordings are stored offsite and researchers must schedule a listening appointment at least two weeks in advance. Most manuscript collections are stored offsite and require a week to be retrieved.
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The Recorded Sound Research Center provides access to the commercial and archival audio holdings of the Library of Congress. The collection dates from 1926 when Victor Records donated over 400 discs to the Library's Music Division to supplement its print and manuscript holdings. In the custody of the Motion Picture Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division since 1978, the collection has grown to include over 2 million items encompassing audio formats from cylinders to CDs. The holdings complement the field recordings of the American Folklife Center and the moving image collections served in the Moving Image Research Center.

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March 14, 2019

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