Help Preserve Elmore County Music History! The nonprofit Southern Music Research Center will digitize and return your music artifacts — including personal and family photos, concert / event programs, flyers, and recordings — and include them in a public online archive devoted to the musical heritage of this region.
Maybe you have some old photos, a scrapbook in the attic, or home recordings that reflect the music of your family or community. Maybe a parent, grandparent, uncle or aunt played piano, banjo, harmonica, or horn, taught music, or sang in the choir. Maybe you’ve got a stash of posters from a long-gone, beloved venue, or clippings chronicling a favorite local band. We would love to help preserve your musical artifacts, whether that’s a single photo or a thick collection of materials. You’ll keep your original items, we’ll provide you a digital copy, and together we’ll create a lasting document of the River Region’s music.
We’re interested in all genres and all eras: marching bands, church choirs, hip hop, bluegrass, classical music, campfire singalongs, punk rock, gospel, big bands, country, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, shape note singing, front porch and backyard jam sessions, and everything in between. Our mission is to document the musical experiences of ordinary Alabamans, reflecting the ways music shapes all our lives — but we need your help to tell the full story.
Southern Music Research Center staff will be at Wetumpka's Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts from 10 to 3 on Saturday, May 3, ready to scan and return your items. We’ll also have a station set up to record brief interviews about the items you've brought. Please note that some oversized items and recording formats may not be able to be digitized on site at the event, but we’ll work with you to find the best solution for preserving that material, too.
If you've got a large collection of materials to share, please select no more than three to five items to be scanned at the event. This will help us accommodate all attendees.
We'll assume you'd like to keep your original items, but if you'd like to discuss possibilities for archival donation and longterm, institutional preservation of those items, our staff is here to offer those resources as well.
Questions? Email
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To explore our online archive, visit www.southernmusicresearch.org.
Event location: The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts
301 Hill St, Wetumpka, AL 36092
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