So how many linear feet is 56,500 records? joe salerno Richard L. Hess wrote: > This popped up in my CBC news feed, but the Winnipeg Free Press had more > details. > > http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/u-of-m-rejects-massive-donation-of-recordings-90816414.html > > > The University of Manitoba first accepted and then rejected a donation > of 56,500 discs. Some points in the article don't seem to hold up (like > dates and record types), but here is a collection of 56,500 discs dating > back to 1913 that appears to be looking for a home. The collection > apparently stops about 1990. > > Cheers, > > Richard > > Richard L. Hess email: [log in to unmask] > Aurora, Ontario, Canada (905) 713 6733 1-877-TAPE-FIX > Detailed contact information: http://www.richardhess.com/tape/contact.htm > Quality tape transfers -- even from hard-to-play tapes.