2003
In March 2004, the following 50 selections were made by the National Recording Preservation Board.
| Recording or collection | Performer or agent | Year | National Archives |
|---|---|---|---|
| "The Lord's Prayer" and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" |
Emile Berliner | c. 1890 | |
| "Honolulu Cake Walk" | Vess Ossman | 1898 | |
| Victor Releases | Bert Williams and George Walker |
1901 | |
| "You're a Grand Old Rag " | Billy Murray | 1906 | |
| Chippewa/Ojibwe Cylinder Collection | Frances Densmore | 1907–1910 | |
| The Bubble Book |
1917 | ||
| Cylinder recordings of African-American music |
Guy B. Johnson | 1920s | |
| "Cross of Gold" speech |
William Jennings Bryan | 1921 | |
| "OKeh Laughing Record" | Lucie Bernardo and Otto Rathke | 1922 | |
| "Adeste Fideles" | Associated Glee Clubs of America | 1925 | |
| Cajun-Creole Columbia releases | Amédé Ardoin and Dennis McGee |
1929 | |
| "Goodnight, Irene" | Lead Belly | 1933 | |
| "Every Man a King" speech | Huey P. Long | February 23, 1935 | copy |
| "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" | Marian Anderson | 1936 | |
| The Complete Recordings | Robert Johnson | 1936–1937 | |
| Interviews conducted by Alan Lomax | Jelly Roll Morton, Alan Lomax | 1938 | |
| Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert | Benny Goodman | 1938 | |
| Complete day of radio broadcasting, WJSV (Washington, D.C.) | WJSV, Washington, D.C. | September 21, 1939 | original |
| "New San Antonio Rose" | Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys | 1940 | |
| Porgy and Bess (George Gershwin) |
Original cast | 1940, 1942 | |
| Beethoven String Quartets | Budapest Quartet | 1940–1950 | |
| World Series-Game Four | New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers |
October 5, 1941 | |
| Oklahoma! (Rodgers and Hammerstein) |
Original cast | 1943 | |
| Othello | Paul Robeson, Uta Hagen, José Ferrer, and others |
1943 | |
| Bach B-Minor Mass | Robert Shaw Chorale | 1947 | |
| The Four Seasons (Vivaldi) | Louis Kaufman and the Concert Hall String Orchestra |
1947 | |
| Piano Sonata No. 2, "Concord"
(Ives) |
John Kirkpatrick | 1948 | |
| Pictures at an Exhibition (Modest Mussorgsky) |
Rafael Kubelík conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
1951 | |
| "Problems of the American Home" | Billy Graham | 1954 | |
| Goldberg Variations (Bach) | Glenn Gould | 1955 | |
| Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook | Ella Fitzgerald | 1956 | |
| "Roll Over Beethoven" | Chuck Berry | 1956 | |
| Brilliant Corners | Thelonious Monk | 1956 | |
| Steam locomotive recordings, 6 vol. | O. Winston Link | 1957–1977 | |
| Complete Ring Cycle (Richard Wagner) |
Georg Solti and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra |
1958–1965 | |
| Winds in Hi-Fi | Eastman Wind Ensemble with Frederick Fennell |
1958 | |
| Mingus Ah Um | Charles Mingus | 1959 | |
| New York Taxi Driver | Tony Schwartz | 1959 | |
| Ali Akbar College of Music, Archive Selections |
1960s–1970s | ||
| "Crazy" | Patsy Cline | 1961 | |
| Kennedy Inauguration Ceremony | John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Robert Frost, and others |
January 20, 1961 | original |
| Judy at Carnegie Hall | Judy Garland | 1961 | |
| "I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)" | Otis Redding | 1965 | |
| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | 1967 | |
| At Folsom Prison | Johnny Cash | 1968 | |
| What's Going On | Marvin Gaye | 1971 | |
| Tapestry | Carole King | 1971 | |
| A Prairie Home Companion |
Garrison Keillor | July 6, 1974 | |
| Born to Run | Bruce Springsteen | 1975 | |
| Live at Yankee Stadium | Fania All-Stars | 1975 |
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