New Interviews

Please see http://www.baylor.edu/lib/gospel for some interviews of Robert Darden and Bob Marovich about the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project.

Update on Copyright and the Collection

As a result of the preservation work of the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project, these recordings are presented here free for personal, non-commercial use as a contribution to education and scholarship. Baylor University does not own the rights in this collection and therefore cannot grant or deny permission to distribute material in this collection. It…

New Endowment Created

A new endowment for Baylor University, the Lev H. Prichard III Traditional Black Music Restoration Endowed Fund, was created recently.  For more information see http://www.baylor.edu/pr/news.php?action=story&story=63770.  We are grateful to the Prichard family for their generous support of the Baylor Libraries.

The First Engineer’s Update on the BGMRP (3/20/2008)

Hello, I finished up the Preservation transfer of our lot 27 this morning. Lot 27 contains 52 items, mostly LPs. One of the highlights of the Lot is an item which is signed by 4 members of the Staple Singers. We plan to finish up scanning this collection next week. Up next is Lot 28,…