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Cleveland’s Rock Hall of Fame and Museum opens new library and archives to public

CLEVELAND (AP).- The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum opened its new library and archives to the public on Tuesday to give scholars and fans access to the stories behind the music through such “artifacts” as personal letters from Madonna and Aretha Franklin and 1981-82 video of the Rolling Stones tour. The collection, catalogued over the last few years, includes more than 3,500 books, 1,400 audio recordings and 270 videos, and is housed in the new four-story, $12 million building. Thousands more books and recordings and hundreds of videos will be added as previously stored items and new donations are catalogued, said Andy Leach, director of the library and archives. “We hope to serve music scholars, teachers, students and the general public,” Leach said. “We hope to see all of them here.” Tuesday’s opening of the building on the Cuyahoga