Weighty Words Being Protected for Posterity
From Times Wire Reports
Close your eyes and just listen. There’s President Theodore Roosevelt denouncing corporate swindles. Robert Frost reading his poetry. Buffalo Bill Cody urging war with Spain over Cuba.
They are joined by 2.5 million other voices and sounds preserved at the Library of Congress.
Today, Librarian of Congress James Billington is to announce the first 50 sounds to be entered in a National Recording Registry. It seeks to ensure even greater protection for notable songs, speeches and other utterances.