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The Sound Files podcast recounts the rediscovery and preservation of the oldest known audio recordings of whalesongs, dated to 1949 and preserved in the collections of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institition. The WHOI preserved these historic recordings with the support of an NRPF grant.
This week, NRPF salutes 25 new additions to the National Recording Registry. Inductees were chosen for their significance to the cultural, historical, or aesthetic importance to the nation’s recorded sound heritage.
The Sound Files podcast traces the preservation journey of the Cuttlefish Project, a series of oral histories that contain a wealth of cultural knowledge and Alaska Native language.
Help us to amplify our renewal! Consider supporting NRPF in 2025 with a year-end gift.
The Sound Files podcast explores the efforts to preserve, restore, and revive the Appalshop Archive following the devastating 2022 floods in eastern Kentucky.
Ready to step back in time? This episode explores The Great 78 Project, an initiative by the Internet Archive and George Blood Audio to preserve old records as digital treasures.
Explore the amazing world of Citizen DJ, a platform that lets you remix historical sounds in ways you never imagined. Join us, whether you’re a history buff or just love fresh music, in this new episode of Sound Files!
NRPF celebrates the 2025 additions to the National Recording Registry. The Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, announced 25 new additions to the registry, chosen for their signifance to the cultural, historical, or aesthetic importance to the nation’s recorded sound heritage.
The National Recording Preservation Foundation releases its annual report for 2024.
On GivingTuesday 2024, consider a gift to the National Recording Preservation Foundation!
NRPF’s 2024 summer grant and communications intern reflects on work to document our grantmaking history.
New episode of the Sound Files podcast features the Federal Cylinder Project and Native American audio archives at the American Folklife Center.
Listen to our interview with Leslie McCartney on the work of preserving oral history and Native Alaskan languages.
Sound Files is now live! Listen to our interview with Jocelyn Robinson on preserving HBCU radio archives.
NRPF celebrates 2024 inductees to the National Recording Registry. The Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, has announced the selection of 25 additions to the registry, chosen for their signifance to the cultural, historical, or aesthetic importance to the nation’s recorded sound heritage.
The trailer for the NRPF’s Sound Files podcast is now available!
Learn about grant opportunities for audio preservation projects from the Council for Library and Information Resources, Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the National Endowment for the Humanities! A recording is linked in the post.
NRPF board member T-Bone Burnett, and Joel and Ethan Coen, donated $15,000 of the proceeds to the Foundation.
John Cohen, musicologist, photographer, filmmaker, and founding member of the New Lost City Ramblers, speaks about the importance of preserving our recorded heritage.
Chris Strachwitz, president of Arhoolie Records and the Arhoolie Foundation, speaks about the importance of preserving audio recordings for future generations.
We are delighted to announce that the Chervenak-Nunnallé Foundation has donated $10,000 to the National Recording Preservation Foundation. The New York City-based Chervenak-Nunnallé Foundation is ...
The Mattina R. Proctor Foundation has awarded the National Recording Preservation Foundation a $5,000 grant for the preservation of culturally-significant recordings from Maine, with a special emph...
Joel and Ethan Coen, T Bone Burnett, and Scott Rudin announced today a benefit concert entitled Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of “Inside Llewyn Davis,” which will take place at ...
