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The
National Gallery of the Spoken Word (NGSW) is an ongoing five year research
project funded under the Digital
Library Initiative II
spearheaded by the National Science Foundation. The NGSW is creating an
online fully-searchable digital library of spoken word collections spanning
the 20th century at HistoricalVoice.org. NGSW provides storage for these
digital holdings and public exhibit "space" for the most evocative
collections. From Thomas Edison's first cylinder recordings and the voices
of Babe Ruth and Florence Nightingale to Studs Terkel's timeless interviews
and the oral arguments of the US Supreme Court, the collections of the
NGSW digital library cover a variety of interests and topics. Designed
as an expansive repository of aural resources, Historicalvoices.org
will grow to include many more collections from partnering institutions
around the country and the world. One of the primary goals of the NGSW
is the development of a rich set of exhibits and educational curricula
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Principal
Investigators
Mark Lawrence
Kornbluh
Michael Seadle
Joyce Grant
Jack Deller
External Principal Investigators
Jerry Goldman
John Hansen
Douglas Greenberg
Partners
MSU Partners
Partner Institutions
Consulting Partners
Grant
NGSW Full Grant
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Demonstrations
Historicalvoices.org
Project Manager
Dean
Rehberger
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