National Recording Preservation Foundation

National Recording Preservation Foundation Saving the Sounds of America The National Recording Preservation Foundation is an independent, non-profit charitable corporation established by the U.S.

Congress for the purpose of supporting archives, libraries, cultural institutions and others committed to preserving America’s radio, music and recorded sound heritage. Where appropriate, it will also assist privately-held collections and commercial archives that may have been damaged through the ravages of time or random acts of nature when those holding them cannot do so with their own resources

. Importantly, the Foundation will help to further database and digitize our vast and often hidden treasures — delivering them to the nation at large.

Check out this post from Southern Folklife Collection reviewing and sharing their ongoing work with the Mike Seeger coll...
03/19/2026

Check out this post from Southern Folklife Collection reviewing and sharing their ongoing work with the Mike Seeger collection! 🙌

Remembering Mike Seeger (August 15, 1933 – August 7, 2009). Born in New York City. Photo: March 17, 1966, Mike Seeger Collection ( #20009) Southern Folklife Collection, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Popular uses of historical recordings! 🤩
03/18/2026

Popular uses of historical recordings! 🤩

This post describes Alice Fletcher's Korean Cylinder Recordings from 1896, and their history.

02/13/2026
02/13/2026

February 11, 1967: Loretta Lynn #1 on the Billboard Country Singles chart with "Don't Come Home A'Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)"

Researchers may find these these AFC fellowships of interest!
02/13/2026

Researchers may find these these AFC fellowships of interest!

Information and application instructions for American Folklife Center funding opportunities.

02/13/2026

In today’s episode of “Matt About Town,” we’re heading to Culpeper, Virginia, for an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the Library of Congress Packard Campus.

01/27/2026

We're very excited about this series from the HBCU Radio Project! 👏

01/23/2026

From the next episode of Sound Files! Listen at podcast.recordingpreservation.org !

When a teacher in Alaska helped his students start recording community elders in the 1970s, he didn't know what an irrep...
01/21/2026

When a teacher in Alaska helped his students start recording community elders in the 1970s, he didn't know what an irreplaceable resource it would create. Nearly 50 years later, those tapes—called the Cuttlefish Project—are helping keep an endangered language alive. 🗣️✨

🎙️ NEW episode on Sound Files: The Cuttlefish Project: Preserving Unangax̂ Culture
🎧 https://www.recordingpreservation.org/features/2026/cuttlefish-project

01/20/2026

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