Very cool! Thanks for the information, Jerry! UC Santa Barbara has done an amazing job with Wax Cylinders and someday I hope to visit their lab. Also, I moved to Metuchen on the border of Menlo Park last year and so this is doubly fascinating. On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 10:01 AM Railroads On Parade < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > It appears Paul Vernon's book will be rereleased. > Guy Walker > > On Mon, 28 Feb 2022 at 09:49, Jerry Fabris < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Thomas Edison National Historical Park News Release > > National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior > > 211 Main Street, West Orange, NJ 07052 > > 973 736-0550 phone ; 973 736-6567 fax > > > > For Release: February 28, 2022 > > Contact: Jerry Fabris, TENHP Museum Curator > > Phone: 201-421-8774 > > Link to online news release: > > > https://www.nps.gov/edis/learn/news/2022-02-28-disc-recordings-released-online.htm > > > > Thousands of Rare Edison Disc Phonograph Recordings Released Online > > > > WEST ORANGE, NJ – Thomas Edison National Historical Park (TENHP) > announces > > the release of 2,400 historic Edison disc sound recordings, digitized and > > made available online in cooperation with the University of California, > > Santa Barbara Library Special Research Collections on their Discography > of > > American Historical Recordings (DAHR) website at adp.library.ucsb.edu. > > The recordings from TENHP include many rarities, including unissued test > > pressings. > > > > The disc records originate from phonograph inventor Thomas Edison’s own > > collection preserved at TEHNP and contain music recorded by Thomas A. > > Edison, Incorporated in New York City and European cities from 1910 > through > > 1929. “Edison discs document a fascinating era of performance and > > technology that is of interest to music historians and audiophiles still > > today,” said Jerry Fabris, Museum Curator at TENHP. > > > > “Sharing these historically important recordings with the public > perfectly > > fits the mission of both the University of California and the National > Park > > Service,” said David Seubert, Curator of the Performing Arts Collection > at > > UCSB, who heads the DAHR. “UCSB was pleased to be able to join in this > > important partnership to preserve our history.” > > > > The cooperative effort to make Edison disc recordings available to the > > public at no cost began in 2012 when TENHP shared its catalog database of > > Edison disc textual information with UCSB Library. TEHNP also shared > copies > > of historic hand-written recording ledgers and studio cashbooks. Using > > funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, data from TENHP > > formed the basis from which researchers at UCSB Library developed the > > DAHR’s complete online discography of Edison disc recordings. The DAHR > > documents more than 14,000 Edison recording sessions that resulted in > more > > than 8,000 published two-sided discs. With the digitized audio recordings > > from TENHP, the DAHR now has a total of more than 7,400 Edison disc > > recordings available for listening. > > > > -- > > > > The Discography of American Historical Recordings (DAHR) is a database of > > master recordings made by American record companies during the 78rpm era. > > It is part of the American Discography Project (ADP)—an initiative of the > > University of California, Santa Barbara and the Packard Humanities > > Institute that is edited by a team of researchers based at the UCSB > > Library. DAHR currently includes information on more than 327,000 master > > recordings (matrixes) made by Victor, Columbia, OKeh, Berliner, Edison, > > Zonophone, Leeds & Catlin, Brunswick, and Decca. The ADP is also a > partner > > with the Library of Congress National Jukebox project and provides most > of > > the cataloging data used in the Jukebox. As a result of this partnership, > > 11,000 recordings made by Victor and Columbia between 1900 and 1925 can > be > > streamed online. An additional 35,000 masters from Columbia, Okeh, > > Zonophone and Edison are also available via UCSB's streaming player or > > embedded YouTube links. Visit DAHR online at > https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/ > > . > > > > Thomas Edison National Historical Park is a National Park Service site > > dedicated to promoting an international understanding and appreciation of > > the life and extraordinary achievements of Thomas Alva Edison by > > preserving, protecting, and interpreting the Park’s extensive historic > > artifact and archive collections at the Edison Laboratory Complex and > > Glenmont, the Edison family estate. The Visitor Center is located at 211 > > Main Street in West Orange, New Jersey. The Laboratory Complex, Glenmont > > Mansion and its grounds are currently closed to the public and will > reopen > > on March 12, 2022. Schools and organized groups may make reservations for > > virtual programming. Call 973-736-0550 ext. 26 Wednesday through Sunday > for > > more information or visit the park’s website at www.nps.gov/edis. > > > > -NPS- > > >