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Puget Sounds NW Music Project

Local music preservation

Website: Puget Sounds NW Music Project

Project Synopsis

This ongoing project aims to preserve and make accessible music recordings from Seattle and the surrounding Puget Sound region (e.g., Kearney Barton, Crocodile Cafe, KCMU/KEXP Live Room, Bob Nelson Folk, and Burt Porter Jazz collections). Activities also include offering quarter-long courses on the topic for both the Honors Program and First Year Programs.

People Involved

  • John Vallier, Head of Distributed Media Services at UW Libraries along with many students and community members

Libraries Role

John Vallier manages and lectures about this project.