SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION SOUND ARCHIVES

Washington, DC
December 2009

Thanks to Jeff Place, Smithsonian sound archivist, for giving us a tour.
Photos: Elizabeth Lofgren

 

Smithsonian Stacks
Bud Claeson & Jeff Place
One of many aisles in the archives
Bud Claeson (L), Jeff Place, with three interns

Smithsonian Record Albums
Smithsonian Tapes
78 RPM Record Albums
A small sample of the Folkways master tapes

Woody Guthrie Letter
Jeff Place & Lyle Lofgren
Letter from Woody Guthrie, March 21, 1946
Jeff Place (L) and Lyle Lofgren

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