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Does anyone have a direct contact with the Alan Lomax Archive. They report on a broken glass disc that can surely be rescued using Irene ... On the webpage at: http://research.culturalequity.org/home-radio.jsp "..., The Man Who Went to War, was written by Langston Hughes and starred Canada Lee, Paul Robeson, and Ethel Waters. Alan Lomax helped select the music. Bridson described this as one of the most popular programs he ever had on the air, “being heard by millions on its first broadcast alone” (Bridson, 1971, p. 111). Sadly, the glass masters for the program were accidentally broken before they could be preserved on tape." ==== The Atlantic on IRENE http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/06/how-a-machine-in-the-basement-of-the-library-of-congress-is-saving-the-history-of-recorded-sound/372723/ ==== NEW HOPE FOR DAMAGED AUDIO MEDIA: WNYC 1943 Radio Broadcast on Broken Glass Transcription Disc Successfully Imaged at NEDCC with IRENE. NEDCC is beginning to wrap up the pilot project for the IRENE Audio Preservation grant. The Center was able to use radio transcription discs from the New York Public Radio Archives to test the IRENE system's ability to retrieve sound from broken media. READ MORE: http://www.nedcc.org/audio-preservation/irene-blog/2014/06/20/damaged-media/ ==== Chris B.