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Historical Society of Princeton preserves 300 at-risk oral audio recordings Interviews with friends of Albert Einstein, histories of Princeton residents who were alive at the beginning of the 20th century, and oral histories from the local Italian-American and African-American communities have now been preserved digitally so they can be accessed by the public for years to come. The Historical Society of Princeton has successfully digitized about 300 at-risk audio cassette oral history recordings from the organization’s archival collection. The work was made possible through funding from the state’s New Jersey Historical Commission. Many of the cassette recordings were almost 50 years old and were unplayable and inaccessible. An expert was able to create high-quality digital files from the audio delicate recordings. With the tapes digitized, the recordings are now available to researchers.

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