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Mel Gussow

April 3, 2018, Filed Under: Conservation, Theatre + Performing Arts

Theatre critic Mel Gussow’s legendary interviews available online

by Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa and Eric Colleary British and American theatre history preserved in candid recordings Mel Gussow was the lead cultural critic for the New York Times for more than 40 years. Throughout his career, he recorded interviews with stars and unknowns of the American and British theatre.

April 28, 2017, Filed Under: Digital Collections, Research + Teaching, Theatre + Performing Arts

Mel Gussow’s interviews with actors, playwrights, writers, and directors to be digitized

Mel Gussow and Edward Albee at New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, December 13, 1979.

The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has awarded the Ransom Center a “Recordings at Risk” grant for $24,600, supporting the project “Preserving the Interview Recordings of Mel Gussow, American and British Theater Critic.” The Ransom Center holds the Gussow (1933-2005) papers.

April 27, 2017, Filed Under: Conservation, Digital Collections

Deadline: 2028—Countdown to preserve audio materials

A wax cylinder in new housing.

We left off in part one wondering how to evaluate the Ransom Center’s unique non-commercial sound recordings, particularly when we aren’t able to access their audio content prior to preservation. Verifying written descriptions helps, but there are other considerations to keep in mind, such as a recording’s physical format—different types… read more 

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