ASSOCIATION FOR RECORDED SOUND COLLECTIONS INC
EIN 23-7001161 · Arts, Culture & Humanities (A24Z)
What they do
FOUNDED IN 1966, THE ASSOCIATION for RECORDED SOUND COLLECTIONS, INC. 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. ARCHIVISTS, LIBRARIES, and CURARTORS REPRESENTING MANY of THE WORLDS LEADING AUSIOVISUAL REPOSITORIES PARTICIPATE IN ARSC ALONGSIDE RECORD COLLECTORS, RECORD DEALERS, RESEARCHERS, HISTORIANS, DISCOGRAPHERS, MUSICIANS, ENGINEERS, PRODUCERS, REVIEWERS, and BROADCASTERS.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1970
- Location
- PO BOX 543, ANNAPOLIS, MD 21404-0543
- County
- Anne Arundel
- In care of
- DIANE NAPERT