Sound Files: Oral Histories and Native Alaskan Languages
by Jesse Johnston on June 14, 2024
Listen to our interview with Leslie McCartney on the work of preserving oral history and Native Alaskan languages.
Recent Features
Sound Files: Preserving HBCU Radio Archives
by Jesse Johnston on May 28, 2024
Sound Files is now live! Listen to our interview with Jocelyn Robinson on preserving HBCU radio archives.
Celebrating the 2024 Class of the National Recording Registry
by Jesse Johnston on April 16, 2024
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.
Announcing the Sound Files Podcast
by Jesse Johnston on April 14, 2024
The trailer for the NRPF’s Sound Files podcast is now available!
Webinar for Grant Seekers: Funding Audio Preservation Projects
by Jesse Johnston on April 5, 2024
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.
Llewyn Davis Concert Will Air on Showtime
by William Levay on December 11, 2013
NRPF board member T-Bone Burnett, and Joel and Ethan Coen, donated $15,000 of the proceeds to the Foundation.
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Press Releases
Librarian of Congress Appoints New Directors to the National Recording Preservation Foundation
Released March 11, 2024 | Press contact
National Recording Preservation Foundation Awards $28,350 for Audio Preservation
Released November 1, 2023 | Press contact
National Recording Preservation Foundation Distributes $50,000 in Grants for Audio Preservation, 2020
Released December 3, 2020 | Press contact
2020 Call for Proposals
Released July 28, 2020 | Press contact
National Recording Preservation Foundation Distributes $50,000 in 5 Grants for Audio Preservation
Released December 11, 2019 | Press contact
National Recording Preservation Foundation Distributes $50,000 in 4 Grants for Audio Preservation
Released October 30, 2018 | Press contact
RIAA – The Recording Industry Association of America – Supports NRPF With a Grant
Released September 11, 2018 | Press contact
National Recording Preservation Foundation Awards Grant to Preserve Mike Seeger Collection
Released May 10, 2016 | Press contact
National Recording Preservation Foundation Gives Grant for Orson Welles Preservation
Released April 26, 2016 | Press contact
