Harvard University

The Milman Parry Collection of Oral Literature (MPCOL), at Harvard University, will adapt optical scanning methods for use on aluminum discs, a historically significant sound recording medium used mainly in the late 1920s. This will address significant challenges of the aluminum transcription disc for both conservation and digitization, as the physical characteristics of the medium previously made conventional methods of digital reformatting impractical. The project will use optical scanning methods that were developed through the IRENE project, an IMLS funded grant to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL).