RE: arsclist Preservation of reel-to-reel, etc.

["Jim Lindner" <jim@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

VidiPax is indeed in NY and does this type of work.

jim

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Richard L. Hess
> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 3:49 PM
> To: Lisa Coats
> Cc: arsclist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: arsclist Preservation of reel-to-reel, etc.
>
>
> Lisa,
>
> While I would not suggest trashing the original tapes (I believe in
> preserving the original artifact), in my opinion, converting them to CD-R
> is a reasonable approach for the short-to-near term.
>
> I am sure there are people in the Princeton area who can do this. Vidpax
> is, I believe, in New York City and they should be able to do this.
>
> I could do a few for you as well, but I'm on the left coast and
> it's not my
> day job <smile>.
>
> You could also do the cassettes yourself with an audio CD recorder, the
> special audio CD blanks, a good cassette player, and a couple of standard
> audio patch cords to connect them together.
>
> I would suggest transferring both sooner rather than later. The
> 60's tapes
> MAY be deteriorating (or may not, depends on many factors) and cassettes
> don't have that great a reputation (although in many respects I find the
> reputation is worse than my experience).
>
> While in theory the reel-to-reel tapes will last a good long time
> (especially new ones made today) you've already helped prove my
> point that
> access to working players (especially in good condition) is going to be
> harder and harder to come by. I maintain two very good reproducers for
> different formats of 1/4 inch tape.
>
> Please reply to richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- the from address is
> the one from
> which I subscribe to the list.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard
>
> At 03:32 PM 01/12/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>
> > > I am the Archive Assistant at the Institute for Advanced Study in
> > > Princeton, NJ.  We are in need of some help here.  We have several
> > > reel-to-reel audio tapes of lectures that have occurred here
> (these are
> > > from the 1960s, primarily) that we need preservation copies
> made of, but
> > > we don't even have the equipment to listen to them.  We also
> have quite a
> > > few regular cassette tapes of an oral history project from
> the 1980s (that
> > > is currently on hold) that we aren't sure how to preserve.  I
> have read
> > > that cassettes are not the best preservation medium and they should be
> > > converted to reel-to-reel as "masters," but obviously having
> the cassettes
> > > makes them easier to listen to for research purposes.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know of a place, preferably in the Princeton
> area, that does
> > > this sort of work?
> > >
> > > Thank you for your help.
> > > Lisa Coats
> > > ----------
> > > Lisa Coats - Archives
> > > Institute for Advanced Study
> > > Einstein Drive
> > > Princeton, New Jersey 08540
> > > Tel: 609-734-8375
> > > Fax: 609-951-4515
> > > Email: lcoats@xxxxxxx
> > > Website: http://www.admin.ias.edu/hslib/archives.htm
> > >
>
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