First Lehmann archivist on the job

The University of California at Santa Barbara has appointed a part-time archivist to catalogue the Lehmann sound holdings and to make them publicly accessible. James Stenger graduated from UCSB with majors in music, French and theater arts. He is a long-time record collector with well-trained ears. His first assignment is to assemble (mostly from sources in Santa Barbara) the full collection of commercial recordings, in other words the complete sound discography of 78rpms. When these 421 recordings are in place, Jim will catalogue them into a data base. At that point he will tackle the non-commercial recordings, which include off-the-air tapes, live recitals, complete operas, as well as interviews and master classes.

Finally, he will record all items not represented on LPs or CDs onto DAT (digital audio tape). The complete discography will then be available to scholars, historians and the interested public within the Lehmann Archives itself for the first time.

--GH