Research Guides: Analog sound recordings: History

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Mainspring Press
Blog of a major producer of print resources on early recordings, with link to their catalog.
ARSC
The Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and study of sound recordings, in all genres of music and speech, in all formats, and from all periods. ARSC is unique in bringing together private individuals and institutional professionals—everyone with a serious interest in recorded sound.
Recording pioneers
A biographical dictionary of early entrepreneurs in the recording industry.