Belfer Audio Archive

Belfer Audio Archive struggles to be heard
By Nick Reichert
November 2, 2013 - 1:07pm
Director Jenny Doctor charges to improve Belfer’s profile among students and faculty and to bring the archive out of the dark with 50th anniversary celebration.

Recordings, antique record players charmed with rustic luster and state-of-the-art audio equipment fill a bunker of sound that would make any audiophile drool.

However, despite a wealth of sonic recordings and scholarship, the Belfer Audio Archive at Syracuse University is currently suffering a tragic irony: one of the most extensive recordings of audio in North America is struggling to be heard.