[78-L] Collection remains mute

[Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr.]

Hello,
In my search for material for my Lou Breese biography, I found the 
Ashton Stevens collection at the Newberry Library in Chicago, Illinois. 
In the collection of papers, news clips, etc, is a number of glass 
acetate, aluminum acetate and other types of records. One of them 
happens to be a recording of Lou Breese. The entire collection remains 
locked in silence because the library lacks any means of playing them.

They are reluctant to even let me see them. But the librarian said that 
if someone were to offer the library a means of digitizing them without 
doing them appreciable harm, they might consider allowing them to be 
heard. My brain immediately started rolling. I could take a few days 
off, go down there with my equipment and set up a recording lab and 
digitize the entire collection.

But then I though there might be someone in the Chicago area who would 
be interested in doing this who has credentials and the equipment an and 
the time to perform this task.

Here is a list of the materials in the collection:
First, this is his wife, Kay's collection:
http://www.newberry.org/collections/FindingAids/stevensk/StevensKb.html#series5subseries1
Then Ashton's
http://www.newberry.org/collections/FindingAids/stevens/Stevens.html#series6

The collection include Ediphone and other cylinders, which I could be of 
no help for.

Any thoughts?

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