Deadline Approaching for the 2026 National Recording Registry Recommendations Due by October 1, 2025
It’s not too late to nominate!
Every year, the Librarian of Congress, in association with the National Recording Preservation Board, selects 25 recorded sound works—music, broadcast, field recordings, speeches, news reports—to add to the National Recording Registry.
But the Librarian also wants to hear from you on this topic!
The deadline for submitting suggestions for the NRR is fast approaching. What culturally, historically and/or aesthetically significant recordings do you think belong on this esteemed list?
For a complete list of works already on the Registry, click HERE.
For all the details about the Registry and how to submit nominations, visit www.loc.gov/recording. The deadline to nominate is October 1, 2025.
Let’s look back at the 2025 National Recording Registry announcement. Which recordings should be next?
Comments (5)
Predator is the film id like to nominate
Please at Sing Sing Sing, Benny Goodman at the Carnegie.
sadly, President Trump’s first inauguration speech, the “American Carnage” speech, should be kept as it may be seen in the future as an inflection point in the life of the American Democratic Republic.
CARY AT THE LC: Hi Stephen, the Goodman at Carnegie Hall album is already on the Registry. Thx.
“Get Happy” – Judy Garland. MGM Records 1950.