Access and Use
Access
Listening and viewing access to the collection is unrestricted. The American Folklife Center is the custodial division for this collection; the original sound recordings are stored in the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division (hereafter M/B/RS), Library of Congress. Reference copies of sound recordings are available in analog and digitized forms (WAV and mp3 formats) through the Folklife Reading Room. Consult a reference librarian in the Folklife Reading Room for specific information.
An Access database contains entries for sound recordings and manuscripts that were digitized as part of the Save Our Sounds project. This database includes a short log for each recording, information on discs, interpolations of notes on disc sleeves, and background information on some of the recordings. This updated database is now available in the Folklife Reading Room.
Restrictions may apply concerning the use, duplication, or publication of items in this collection. Consult a reference librarian in the Folklife Reading Room for specific information. To order audio reproductions, please refer to http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mopic/folkrec.html.
A selection of audio recordings from the American Dialect Society Collection is incorporated into the American Memory online presentation, "Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories" at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/vfshtml/vfshome.html.