[78-L] Large University Throwing away records?

[Bill McClung]

Good question, Robert.  I'm in Austin tomorrow and I think I'll drop by the
library and see what they say.


> [Original Message]
> From: Robert M. Bratcher Jr. <bratcher at pdq.net>
> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: 7/6/2009 6:43:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Large University Throwing away records?
>
> At 06:23 PM 7/3/2009, you wrote:
> >Aaaaaaaak!
> >
> >Okay, got that out of my system..and I'm sure it's not unusual, 
> >whenever space
> >is needed for something "more important". About 5 years ago I hauled
away a
> >couple of thousand 78s from Hobart-William Smith College in Geneva NY.
They
> >weren't free but they were the next best thing, about 3 for a buck, 
> >and most of
> >this stuff had been part of a Carnegie Collection that had hardly 
> >been played.
> >But at least in this case, a dealer was notified and he called a 
> >collector (me)
> >and a few other people got in on the deal.
> >
> >dl
>
> I think every college or university that decides to throw away 
> records should notify collectors to come haul away all they want (for 
> free would be really nice) before those records hit a landfill. What 
> I wonder is does the University Of Texas Fine Arts Library still have 
> records of any speed in it's collection? Or were they gotten rid of 
> sometime back & I never knew about it? 
>
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