gua oi^ Do You Want 40,000 Records? %e of the largest private collections of recordings in the U.S. has been given to Hill College by a retired Lincolnton couple. Compiled by Mr. and Mrs. Frank ndges, the collection contains over 40,000 items ranging from wax cylinders to 78’s, to stereo LP albums. It is^one of only two collections known to be of ^ size in the nation. ow retired from the Seaboard Railroad, Bridges began collecting in 1946. The ®st recordings in the collection date from around the turn of the century; and all of music, including jazz, the blues, country, folk, popular, classical, and rock, j^f®Presented in the assemblage. According to Bridges, his offer to donate the col- ''^0 to several other colleges and universities met with some resistance as the . only wanted portions of the collection while he preferred to keep the collec- !? intact. Tk 6 Bridgeses made contact with Mars Hill through Dr. Harley Jolley, professor jf ^^ory at the school and well-known regional author. Dr. Jolley is in the process a new book about the mountain region during the 1930’s. It was at a reunion of Civilian Conservation Corps workers that Dr. Jolley and Bridges D( ’^Covered they had friends in common, and Bridges mentioned his collection, ij' °ney then went to Lewis Miller, the college’s librarian, who quickly recognized ,_^lue of such a collection. he value of this collection is its diversity,” noted Miller, “and its sheer size.” (jj^^'hiates that two tractor trailer loads will be required to move the collection I Bridges’ home to the college. % k retirement the Bridgeses had moved to a farm; but even with the aid pro- a bai-jj Qjj tbe property, their living space was becoming crowded. “The tail ®8Un to wag the dog,” Bridges commented. Continued on page 4 'SI N) Silltoitf ^5^ VOLUME LV, Number 7 FEBRUARY 14, 1982 The Hilltop MARS HILL COLLEGE Mars Hill, N.C. 28754 m 6 lule iSCO zanies) ''.ii I i # im t /V - T m Vake %■ Ge 'Wltk One if&u Ime

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