George Robert Vincent (July 17, 1898 - November 13, 1985) was an American audio engineer and a pioneer in the field of sound recording and archiving.
[2] 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[3] and worked in the restoration and preservation of antique recordings.
In 1943, his intervention in the musicians' strike led to the creation of the V-Disc,[4] and he was subsequently awarded the Legion of Merit for his contributions to troop morale.
It became the basis of the G. Robert Vincent Voice Library, which as of 2015[update] has over 100,000 hours of recordings from over 500,000 people.