Career
However, this pivotal event occurred on March 4, 1913, according to Allen Koenigsberg"s latest published research. Thus began Vincent"s private collection of voice recordings of notable individuals and witnesses to history. In 1922, after graduating from Yale, he joined Edison Laboratories. and worked in the restoration and preservation of antique recordings.
After the war, he served as Sound Recording Officer at the Nuremberg Trials.
In 1962, he donated his collection of over 8,000 voice recordings to the Libraries of Michigan State University. lieutenant became the basis of the G. Robert Vincent Voice Library, which as of 2015 has over 100,000 items.
Vincent was named assistant to the Director of the Libraries of Moscow State University and curator of the Voice Library, a position he retained until retiring in 1973.
