I know it wasn't in one of the listening booths, because if there was I'd remember. (Didn't even know there was such a record, and now I want to hear it. Maybe it's played somewhere in the exhibit?) During my old job when I used to travel across the continent I would sometimes stop at the museum but never spent more than an hour there because of my time schedule, so I would only be half way through the museum when my one-hour limit was up and then have to walk through the rest. I would really like to spend half a day there at some point. -Ryan
> Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 13:23:11 -0400
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> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] ARSC Kansas City
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> Ryan, does the museum have audio of the HMV disk labelled as audio of a gas attack being launched on
> German positions? That is some scary audio!
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
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> From: "Ryan Barna" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2012 12:18 PM
> Subject: [ARSCLIST] ARSC Kansas City
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> If anyone is going to the ARSC conference in Kansas City next year, I would highly recommend
> visiting the National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial. I was surprised to find that it was
> not listed as one of the local attractions in the outreach email, yet it's closer to the Kansas City
> Marriott Country Club Plaza than almost all of the other attractions they listed (the only exception
> is the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art). World War I has always been one of my absolute favorite
> historical subjects during my years of collecting and researching acoustic sound recordings (that,
> and the Titanic). The museum has sound booths where visitors can listen to period recordings. If my
> memory is correct, there is also an Edison Army Navy Diamond Disc phonograph on display that had
> seen better days. But even if you're slightly fond of Cohan's "Over There," you'll enjoy this. I
> don't know if there is public transportation to it (although if you're coming by Amtrak, it's in
> walking distance from the station). It's almost 3 miles north of the Marriott. If you can find any
> time to squeeze in during the conference, most people can walk and casually browse through the
> museum in an hour (but if you're a big fan of the period like me, and want to digest everything,
> three hours is barely enough). Their website is www.theworldwar.org. -Ryan
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