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Hi all -- In response to recent inquiries about getting the Alan Lomax Archive in touch with non-contact digitization sources for the supposedly broken glass disc recording of The Man Who Went To War, I'm happy to share some information here: 1) The physical copies of the Alan Lomax Collection are no longer in the custody of the Alan Lomax Archive. They reside at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. They have been there since 2005. 2) This particular glass disc (broken or unbroken) is not contained within the collection at the American Folklife Center. It's possible it was also never actually contained in the Alan Lomax Archive. 3) At the Library of Congress, the Motion Picture, Broadcast and Recorded Sound (MBRS) Division has a tape copy of The Man Who Went to War. It has been digitized and can be requested at any time. You could also contact Todd Harvey at the American Folklife Center for information on how to get access to the digital version of this recording. 4) It's likely the text on the Alan Lomax Archive website needs to be updated. 5) The staff at the Alan Lomax Archive and at the American Folklife Center are aware of non-contact recording technologies and availabilities. Hope that helps clear things up a bit. All the best -- Bert Bertram Lyons, CA AVPreserve | www.avpreserve.com American Folklife Center | www.loc.gov/folklife International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives | www.iasa-web.org