39th Annual ARSC Conference (Austin, Texas, March 30-April 2, 2005)

Conference Program

Wednesday, March 30
8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.	ARSC Board meeting
9:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.	ARSC Pre-conference Workshop -- "The Assessment, Preservation and Access of Audio Collections in the Digital Age: an Archival Case Study"
5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.	Registration desk
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.	Exhibit setup (exhibitors only)
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.	Opening reception
Thursday, March 31
8:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.	Registration desk
8:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.	Exhibits
8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.	Welcome and Opening Remarks
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	A Look Back at 78-rpm Records Blues Images: Advertising Paramount Records in the 1920s JOHN TEFTELLER, World’s Rarest Records, Grants Pass Oregon Vernon Dalhart: From Opera to Country Recordings JACK PALMER, Battle Creek, Michigan Far from the Field: Sacred Harp 78s, 1922-1940 WARREN STEEL, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Coffee break
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.	Texas Music History and Collections in Austin and Texas Local guest speakers TBALocal guest speakers to be announced
12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.	More Music and Collections from Texas Southwest Collection Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University CURTIS PEOPLES, Texas Tech University, Lubbock Independent Texas Record Labels and Their Role in Recording Vernacular Mexican American Music in the Mid 20th Century CHRIS STRACHWITZ and TOM DIAMANT, Arhoolie Foundation, El Cerrito, California
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.	Buses to LBJ Library
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Tours of the LBJ Library
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.	Buses to Austin City Limits Studio
4:15 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.	Reception at Austin City Limits Studio
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.	Buses to hotel
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.	Associated Audio Archivists (AAA) Committee Meeting (all interested persons welcome) CHARLES J. HADDIX, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Chair
Friday, April 1
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Registration desk
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Exhibits
8:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Recording Technology: Past and Future In the Trenches: Surveying the Groove GEORGE BROCK-NANNESTAD (Gentoft, Denmark); BILL KLINGER (Chardon, Ohio) Correction of Wow and Flutter Artifacts: Theoretical Implications for Analog Signal Degradation ROBERT HEIBER, Chace Audio, Burbank, California New Magnetic Tape Restoration Process to Eliminate the Sticky Shed Problem from Magnetic Tapes CHARLES A. RICHARDSON, Annapolis, Maryland
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	Coffee break
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Recordings and Society The Invisibility of Music in the Age of Recording MARK KATZ, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland The Gramophone Company in Central Asia: Social History through Discography WILL PRENTICE, British Library Sound Archive, London, UK
12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch
FRIDAY AFTEROON – TRACK ONE
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.	Classical Music Careers and Recordings Eugene Ormandy’s Career DENNIS D. ROONEY, New York Stravinsky, Robert Craft, and Ross Russell’s Dial Records JERRY YOUNG, Austin, Texas Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend MARK MCKNIGHT, University of Texas, Austin
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Coffee break
4:00 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.	New Discoveries in Jazz and Literary Recordings Rosetta Reitz—Rediscovering Women in Jazz & Blues AVA LAWRENCE, Northeastern University, Boston Jimmy Giuffre: Unsung Avant-garde Jazz Composer and Improviser PETER JOHNSTON, York University, Toronto, Canada Naropa University Archive Project: Preserving, Reformatting, and Cataloging 20th Century American Literary Culture TIM HAWKINS, DEENA WADE, and JOE CONWAY, Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, Boulder, Colorado
FRIDAY AFTERNOON – TRACK TWO
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.	Traditional Musics: Folk, Country, and Hillbilly Folk Music on the Radio: Forgotten Roots of the Revival MATTHEW BARTON, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress Ben Botkin and Folklore of the Badman MARY ELLEN DUCEY and PETERSON E. BRINK, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Outlaw Country: Godfather to the Muzik Mafia NANCY A. JACOBSON, University of Michigan, Detroit “Pass the Biscuits, Pappy”—W. Lee O’Daniel or How to Win an Election with No Substance But a Lot of Entertainment Value CARY GINELL, Origin Jazz Library, Thousand Oaks, California
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Coffee break
4:00 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.	Vintage Records, Blues, and Gospel A Tour of Nauck’s Vintage Records JOE SALERNO, Houston, Texas A Brief Introduction to the Sheldon Harris Blues Collection GREG JOHNSON, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi “There’s a Rainbow Shining Somewhere”: Homer Rodeheaver and the Birth of the Gospel Recording Industry DAVID N. LEWIS, All Music Guide, Ann Arbor, Michigan
5:45 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.	Dinner
7:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.	Rare Motion Picture Screening: Homer Rodeheaver’s Gospel Music, 1933-1954 DAVID N. LEWIS, All Music Guide, Ann Arbor, Michigan
8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.	Record Collector’s Gathering: Sharing Stories and Music Host: KURT NAUCK, Nauck’s Vintage Records, Spring, Texas
Saturday, April 2
8:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.	Registration desk
8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.	Exhibits
11:00 a.m.	Silent auction closes
8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Finding and Using Sound Recordings Wann geht der naechste Schwann?—A History of the Schwann Catalog MICHAEL BIEL, Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky DAVID N. LEWIS, All Music Guide, Ann Arbor, Michigan Sound Recording Reissue Practices Under Current U.S. Copyright Law TIM BROOKS, Greenwich, Connecticut STEVE SMOLIAN, Frederick, Maryland
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.	Coffee break
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 noon	Technical Measures and Comparisons Preservation Metrics for Audio Collections MICHAEL OLSON, Stanford University, Stanford, California A Comparison of Software Based Digital Audio Restoration Methods MARK SARISKY, University of Texas, Austin
12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.	Technical Trials More Than We Can Chew? Audio Preservation Digitization and Small Profit Institutions ANDY KOLOVOS, Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, Vermont WRVA Radio, the “Voice of Virginia” JAY GAIDMORE, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia Also written by James Sam, Ryan Davis, and Anji Cornette, The Cutting Corporation, Bethesda, Maryland
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	After the Converter: Moving Forward with Enduring Preservation of Audio in the Digital Domain – ARSC Technical Committee An Overview of Worldwide Developments in Digital Preservation of Audio MIKE CASEY, Indiana University. Bloomington, Indiana Digital Preservation Plans at the Library of Congress PETER ALYEA, Library of Congress Technical Metadata and Storage Issues for Small Archives JOHN SPENCER, Bridge Media Solutions, Nashville, Tennessee When Audio Becomes Data: The Management and Storage of Digital Audio Files JON DUNN, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.	ARSC Business Meeting (open to all)
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.	ARSC Banquet Threadgill’s Restaurant *Guest speakers:* THE KITCHEN SISTERS (Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva)