From KWBU:
Every day, 100s of Baylor students walk past an unassuming room, tucked into a corner of the University library…without knowing the treasures inside.
The Black Gospel Archive’s walls are packed from top to bottom with records and sheet music reflecting decades of music history.
“Baylor has the largest digital archive of black gospel music and preaching in the world,” said Dr. Stephen Newby, research lead for the archive.
And it’s about to get bigger.
Newby and his team collect and digitize gospel music from the golden era, roughly the 1940s to the mid 70s.
In the center of the room, a small studio sits ready to turn any record into digital recording and be immortalized online.