In 2012 he was chosen by the Library of Congress to create the National Book Festival Poster.

In 2004, it was chosen by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry.

It was chosen by the Library of Congress to be preserved in the National Recording Registry in 2005.

It was one of 50 recordings chosen by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry in 2006.

In 2006, Blazing Saddles was chosen by the Library of Congress for the National Film Registry.

Sherman's March was also chosen for preservation by the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 2000 as an "historically significant American motion picture."

In 1989, "Singin' in the Rain" was among the first 25 films chosen by the Library of Congress for its National Film Registry of significant motion pictures.

Mingus Ah Um was one of fifty recordings chosen by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry in 2003.

In spite of the controversy, the film was one of one-hundred films chosen by the Library of Congress for the National Film Registry in the year 1992.

In 2003, it was one of 50 recordings chosen by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry.