"The Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden, announced the 2017 additions to the National Recording Registrywhich includes a collection held at Indiana University's Archives of Traditional Music (ATM). A collection of 195 wax cylinder recordings made in 1928 at the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in Fort Yates, North Dakota, is one of 25 historically and culturally significant recordings added to the registry this year. Initiated in 2002, the Registry was one result of the creation by Congress of the National Recording Preservation Act. The purpose of the Act is to maintain and preserve sound recordings and collections of sound recordings that are culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant. With this year’s announcement, the total number of recordings on the registry list reaches 500 recordings. Other recordings on this year’s list include “Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley and the Comets, “Rumours” by Fleetwood Mac, and “My Girl” by the Temptations." You can read the rest of the article here