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When I learned that Marlene Englander (Jack Saul’s daughter) and her husband Jon would be visiting us on Feb. 28, 2011 I couldn’t have been more excited. Marlene had been very helpful to the Recorded Sound Archives in negotiating the details of the delivery of two large truckloads of audio recordings<\/a> from her mother’s home in Cleveland to FAU Libraries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a matter of fact, it was this enormous gift of recordings from the Saul family that inspired FAU Libraries to create the Recorded Sound Archives (RSA). Over the past six years the Judaica Sound Archives has been gaining in prominence and size. So you can imagine the excitement when we started unpacking the Saul Collection and found hundreds of gems that were new the JSA collection. Since Jack Saul had a wonderful collection of early Victor recordings we were able to put together collections of music by such Jewish entertainment super-stars as Al Jolson<\/a>, Jascha Heifetz<\/a>, Efrem Zimbalist <\/a>and Alma Gluck<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FAU Libraries’ large collection of Jazz recordings did not fit within the parameters of the JSA and had been sitting dormant on the shelves at Wimberly Library. This new addition of more than 50,000 non-Jewish 78rpm recordings of classical, popular and folk music as well as historic speeches were also inappropriate for the JSA. Luckily, we were in a position to apply what we had learned processing Jewish recordings to these other music treasures. Creating a more comprehensive Recorded Sound Archives<\/strong><\/a> just seemed like the logical thing to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We gave Marlene and Jon a tour of the new RSA\u2019s three separate areas: Judaica, Jazz and Vintage 78\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Photo of Alethea Perez (RSA Operations Coordinator) and Marlene Englander (Jack Saul’s daughter)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cHow much of this came from my father?\u201d she asked looking down a long aisle of records. \u201cJust about all of them,\u201d I replied. I was especially pleased to be able to show Marlene the recognition \u201cgold record\u201d that had been placed on our Sound Angels<\/em> wall and to present  her with a similar plaque to take home to her mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not long ago I received the following email from Marlene.  I am proud to share it with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat a pleasure it was to … see the fabulous things you are doing with both the Recorded Sound Archives in general and the Jack Saul collection in particular. Our family is so pleased with the dedication and devotion of your staff and volunteers in working to provide access to this unique resource.\u00a0 [We] were\u00a0pleased to see familiar faces \u2013 you, Ben, Alethea, Dean William Miller and Associate Dean Rita Pellen \u2013 and to meet a volunteer who was so excited to have found a signed 78 recording from the collection while we there!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upon returning home, I couldn\u2019t wait to show my mother some of the pictures, and she, of course, was very pleased. She also was touched by the plaque you had made for her and to see that our family\u2019s name is now on your donor wall. I hope she will join us on our next trip \u2013 the way the weather is up here, it may be sooner than anticipated!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Again, many thanks for all your hard work, your wonderful blogs (which I read regularly) and your ongoing commitment to preserving not only my father\u2019s collections of Jazz, vintage and Judaica recordings, but those of others as well.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marlene and Jon Englander<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Jack Saul Family)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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