The Univesity of California, Santa Barbara (USCB) Library, with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Grammy Foundation, and individual and corporate donors has created a digital collection of more than 10,000 cylinder recordings—the majority recorded by the Thomas Edison companies. The cylinders are from the years just before and after 1900 and… Continue reading Some of the earliest recorded sounds of patriotism are up for adoption—just in time for 4th of July.