WOW! Behind the scenes at Interlochen. I was pleased to read in the 
Summer issue of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections 
newsletter a long article about the ARSC grant of $9000.00 to 
Interlochen for the digitization of open reel tapes during the fall of 
2016. 637 tapes have been preserved from 1954 (the year before I was on 
staff as stage manager) and 2001. I'm particularly proud that this work 
is being done and the help from ARSC, a group I initiated the steering 
meetings for in 1965, which founded in 1966. I would hope all my 
Interlochen friends, students, and others could read this amazing 
account of the work done. Much more needs to be done with recordings 
from 1938 and forward. As the initial Exec. Dir. of ARSC, I applaud both 
groups for their commitment to preservation and documentation. As one 
who participated in some of the performances with the faculty orchestra, 
and as counselor at the Academy, I'll be interested to see/hear some of 
this work. The article is found in issue no. 144, summer 2017 of the 
newsletter which has yet to appear online.
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