Project seeks to preserve rare music

Cliff Williams / TPI A page is marked in the Gospel Pearl belonging to Bille Rawls. She said the guide was used to teach songs to Blacks who could not read.

Music from Elmore County was carefully documented Friday.

It could soon be a part of an online archive at the Birmingham base Southern Music Research Center.

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Cliff Williams / TPI Billie Rawls talks about some of the pieces of music and other related items she has collected over the years. She brought part of her collection to be scanned by the Southern Music Research Center as it hosted its first community archiving event.