[78-L] Lombardo Archive needs a home

[Rjholtin]

The original brothers apparently were not supporters nor alumni of any university that might take it, a la Crosby at Gonzaga or Hoagy at Indiana.  That is one problem.

The other is cultural.  There is no support of the grassroots like Elvis and the city of Memphis.  Lombardo was not rocknroll so none of the rocknroll enclaves are interested.

Hey, even we know the records are largely worthless, so what's the surprise that nobody else wants the rest of it?

At some point, maybe past my lifetime, maybe not, I would expect even those archives that do hold stuff from former pop icons will be shedding that junk as well.  If they can't make money with it, out it goes.  Ever seen that before?

It's not our fathers America and it's not their uncle Guy's Canada anymore, either.

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On Jan 1, 2013, at 12:07 AM, "Ron L'Herault" <lherault at bu.edu> wrote:

How about approaching Boston University. 

Ron L

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[mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Michael Biel
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There is an article in USA Today with a link to another with more pictures
about the Guy Lombardo archive held by Lebert's family. They are looking for
a home for it.  Here's the links and an excerpt

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com

http://m.usatoday.com/article/news/1801403?preferredArticleViewMode=single

  http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012312300042

The items displayed in their homes include photographs, record albums, sheet
music, awards, and even the band's framed first paycheck from 1918, for
$35.70.

Even more items have been sitting in storage for about 40 years, first
placed there by Lebert, Gina said. They include at least 100 manila
envelopes stuffed with original band orchestrations hand-written by Carmen;
at least 40 boxes of reels of 35-millimeter tapes, plus many loose, large
reels of 16mm tapes of the band's 1950s TV show.

The siblings offered it to the Berklee College of Music in Boston and two
other colleges, but was told there wasn't room, she said. So Gina, her son,
James, and Liz make a pilgrimage to the storage units on Sundays, putting
the deteriorating tapes, smelling of vinegar, in archival envelopes and
reboxing them. They don't know what to do with the orchestrations, many of
them yellowing.



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