It is certainly an eclectic collection of great interest. As to the comment regarding it and/or Smith inspiring Dylan; I do sincerely doubt that. Except in the sense that he might have owned a few of the recordings that Smith made.

Smith, as many of you probably know, was a film-maker, collector of recordings, and quite an eccentric.

The Smithsonian set is of great interest, especially the written material that goes with it---and, one of the CDs is a CD Rom (I hope I have used the right term) which you can put into your computer and watch Harry Smith getting an award.

Bill Hahn