Guide to Non-Commercial Disc Collections ARS.0033
Franz Kunst
Archive of Recorded Sound
2012
soundarchive@stanford.edu
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Contributing Institution:
Archive of Recorded Sound
Title: Non-Commercial Disc Collections
Identifier/Call Number: ARS.0033
Identifier/Call Number: 795
Physical Description:
329 box(es)
[10570 discs - 134 7" discs ; 1461 10" discs ; 2892 12" discs ;
6083 16" discs]
Date: 1918-1976
Physical Location: Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound
Stanford University Libraries Stanford, California 94305-3076
Abstract: The Archive of Recorded Sound's
Non-Commercial Disc Collections consist of over 10,000 disc recordings from a variety of
donors, the majority of which are either broadcast transcriptions or instantaneous
recordings. None were ever available for sale to the general public, and many are
unique.
Material Specific Details: 10414 discs
[approx.] / 356 boxes 7" and smaller: 132 (2 boxes) 10": 1431 (20 boxes) 12": 2494 (50
boxes) 16": 4682 (260 boxes, including 2 oversize) Condition stats: Palmitic acid: 1107
discs Mildew/mold: 50 discs Delamination: 83 discs (21 severe) Laminate cracks: 11 Rim
chips: 54 discs (some small, many large. Some pieces missing prior to accession) Cracks: 70
discs 6 boxes of broken 12 & 16" discs in custom enclosures (approx. 18 discs) Physical
materials: Pressings: Shellac (majority shellac): 334 Plastic (vinyl, vitrolac, vinylite,
etc.): 4264 Cardboard (paper, fiber): 10 Instantaneous base: Plastic: 14 discs (mostly RCA
Home Recordings) Cardboard: 220 discs Glass: 338 discs (2 without laminate) Metal base: 5088
discs (aluminum, steel, etc.) Metal, no laminate: 141 discs
Access
Open for research; material must be requested at least two business days in advance of
intended use. Contact the Archive for assistance.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with repository. Publication and reproduction rights reside with the
creators or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the
Head Librarian of the Archive of Recorded Sound.
Preferred Citation
Non-Commercial Disc Collections, ARS-0033. Courtesy of the Stanford Archive of Recorded
Sound, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Scope and Contents
The Archive of Recorded Sound's Non-Commercial Disc Collections consist of over 10,000 disc
recordings from a variety of donors, most of which are either transcriptions or
instantaneous recordings. None were ever available for sale to the general public, and many
are unique. Despite the variety contained in this collection, the majority are related to
radio broadcasting. Recordings were either produced for broadcast or captured from
broadcasts as air checks.
Transcriptions were made in a variety of sizes (often 16 inches to accommodate a longer
playing time), and were typically vinyl or other plastic pressings, but many were
instantaneous. Some earlier transcriptions were made of shellac. These discs reflect the
diversity of the Golden Age of radio, with recordings of music, drama, news, commentary,
advertisements, public service announcements, and educational programming.
Instantaneous discs, on the other hand, could be made by virtually anyone with access to a
recording machine. These were recorded one at a time, and while it was possible to make
duplicates, most are also one of a kind. These recordings, sometimes referred to as
lacquers, acetates, or soft-cuts, were not the first recordable media (blank cylinders were
available since the beginning of recording), but for over twenty years they were the
dominant form of recording. The collection even contains a few discs recorded in the
mid-1970s.
Content was only bounded by what could be placed in front of a microphone. These discs were
used in professional recording studios, concert halls, record-your-own-voice booths, living
rooms, and in the field. Some are merely dubs of other recordings; this was especially
common with collectors prior to the reissue industry. Others capture live performances and
are of inestimable value.
A major component of the collection is armed forces-issued recordings. These were used for
a variety of purposes, including recruitment, entertainment, and instruction. Other types of
recordings in the collection include soundtracks, sound effects and production discs for
motion pictures, promotional giveaways and premiums, and demos and vanity pressings by
recording studio clients (not all of whom, it should be noted, were amateurs).
Only a portion of the collection has been described below. Multiple recordings on a single
disc, missing and damaged labels, conflicting or no information, and the inability to
aurally preview contents make cataloging these discs a challenge. Also, there are serious
preservation concerns with ancient recordings on such fragile media. The Archive maintains a
comprehensive off-line database of the collection. Please contact ARS for further
information.
Sponsor
This finding aid was produced with generous financial support from the National Historical
Publications and Records Commission.
Other Finding Aids
A spreadsheet inventory of the entire collection is available via the Stanford Digital
Repository http://purl.stanford.edu/qb033zz8036.
arrangement
Prior to processing, discs were segregated according to size. There are four MARC records
and four sets of boxes with the same numerical sequence. Therefore, box numbers have been
assigned a size-based prefix. Some series (such as Standard Hour and Standard School
Broadcast) are large enough to qualify for their own collection, which may happen in the
future.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Radio airchecks
Advertising
Broadcast journalism
Radio programs
Radio journalism
Personal recordings
Instantaneous discs
Live sound recordings
1. program and series titles, A-Z
Physical Description: 6824
disc(s)
Scope and Contents
only traceable names of programs or series which were indicated on disc or sleeve. some
may not be what is indicated, many others likely. few complete programs
Acme Hop
1951-07-03
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Adventures Of Frank Race
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Affairs of Peter Salem
1949
Physical Description: 3 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
African Music Research
Physical Description: 6 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Album Of Music
1951
Physical Description: 2 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Aldrich Family
1942
Physical Description: 2 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Alec Templeton Time
1947
Physical Description: 2 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
All American Radio Program Sellers
Physical Description: 9 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Amateur Hour
1948
Physical Description: 1 7"
instantaneous disc(s)
American Album of Familiar Music
1946-1948
Physical Description: 5 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
American Cancer Society
1951-1957
Physical Description: 4 16" vinyl
disc(s)
American Education Forum
1935-1941
Physical Description: 11
instantaneous disc(s)
American Heart Association
1959
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
American Legion. Box Score Review
1948-04
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
American Legion. Decision Now
1947-1948
Physical Description: 4 16" vinyl
disc(s)
American Melody Hour
1946
Physical Description: 1 10"
instantaneous disc(s)
American National Red Cross
1960
Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl
disc(s)
American Rhapsody
1950-1951
Physical Description: 9 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
American Social Hygiene Association
Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Amos 'N' Andy
Physical Description: 2 10"
instantaneous disc(s)
Andre Kostelanetz
1944
Physical Description: 3 12"
instantaneous disc(s)
Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith
Physical Description: 2 audio
disc(s)
Arkansas Traveler, The
1943-10-07
Physical Description: 1 10"
instantaneous disc(s)
Armed Forces Radio Service / Armed Forces Radio & Television Service /
American Forces Radio & Television Service
Physical Description: 920
disc(s)
Scope and Contents
Please note that many of these programs were also originally broadcast without AFRS
affiliation. Programs here have not been cross-referenced with those without armed
forces labels.
American Album of Familiar Music
1945
Physical Description: 9 16" vinyl
disc(s)
American Rhapsody
1945-01-28
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Andre Kostelanetz
1943-1944
Physical Description: 5 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Armed Forces Radio Theatre
Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl
disc(s)
At Ease
Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Basic Musical Library
Physical Description: 88 16"
vinyl disc(s)
Best Plays
1956-12
Physical Description: 3 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Bob Hope
1945, 1949
Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Physical Description: 14 16"
vinyl disc(s)
Burns And Allen
1944-10-24
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Carnival Of Music
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Charlie McCarthy
1944-1945
Physical Description: 7 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Christmas Program
1944-1945
Physical Description: 6 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Cleveland Symphony Orchestra
1944-1945
Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Comedy Caravan
1945-05-03
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Command Performance
Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Concert Hall
Physical Description: 8 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Date With The Duke
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Double Feature (Bob Crosby)
1944
Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Downbeat
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Dragnet
1951
Physical Description: 3 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Eddie Condon
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Escape
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Family Hour
1944-12-31
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Fibber McGee & Molly
1945-01-30
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Frank Black
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Fred Waring
1944
Physical Description: 4 16" vinyl
disc(s)
G.I. Jive
Physical Description: 3 16" vinyl
disc(s)
G.I. Journal
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Ginny Simms
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Globe Theatre
1944-1945
Physical Description: 4 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Great Moments In Music
1945-06-06
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Guy Lombardo
1945
Physical Description: 3 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Hall Of Fame
1945-04-08
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Harvest Of Stars
1950-06-04
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Here's To Romance
1944, 1946
Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Hildegarde
1945-11-27
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Hollywood Bowl
1946-1950
Physical Description: 482 16"
vinyl disc(s)
Scope and Contents
includes Music For The Wounded program 7/2/1947.
Hollywood Music Hall
1950-05-16
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Hour Of Charm
1944-1945
Physical Description: 11 16"
vinyl disc(s)
Inner Sanctum
1948
Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Intermezzo
Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Jack Benny
1944-1945
Physical Description: 7 16" vinyl
disc(s)
James Melton
1944-1945
Physical Description: 11 16"
vinyl disc(s)
Jill's All Time Juke Box
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
John Charles Thomas
1943-1946
Physical Description: 5 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Johnny Mercer's Music Shop
1944-09-25
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Lite Up Time
1950-11-15
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Mail Call
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Major Bowes
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Martin & Lewis
1949-1950
Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Melody Hour
1944-1950
Physical Description: 10 16"
vinyl disc(s)
Metropolitan Opera
1944-12-23
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Music America Loves Best
1944-1945
Physical Description: 3 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Music For Sunday
Physical Description: 8 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Music For The Wounded
Physical Description: 4 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Music From America
1944-1945
Physical Description: 14 16"
vinyl disc(s)
Music Hall
1944-1945
Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl
disc(s)folders
Music Transcription Library
Physical Description: 2 16"
instantaneous disc(s)folders
Music We Love
1944-1946
Physical Description: 10 16"
vinyl disc(s)
Mystery Playhouse
1944
Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl
disc(s)
NBC Symphony Orchestra
1944-1951
Physical Description: 21 16"
vinyl disc(s)
New York Philharmonic
1945
Physical Description: 6 16" vinyl
disc(s)
News Of The World
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
One Night Stand
1944-1945
Physical Description: 9 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Personal Album
Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Phil Harris
1950-11-12
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Philadelphia Orchestra
1944
Physical Description: 4 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Phonograph Album
Physical Description: 5 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Piano Playhouse
1946
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Popular Music Replacement
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Ray Noble
1945-07-04
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Raymond Scott
1944
Physical Description: 3 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Saturday Night Serenade
1944-12-16
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Semi-Classical Replacement, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
1945-07-01
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Showtime
Physical Description: 5 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Sinfonietta
1944-09-08
Physical Description: 2 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Slow Sports News
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Sound Off
1944-12-09
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Spotlight Bands
1944-1945
Physical Description: 4 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Station Library
1955-1959
Physical Description: 39 16"
vinyl disc(s)
Sunday Serenade
1945-04-29
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Supper Club
1945
Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Symphony Replacement
1944-1945
Physical Description: 10 16"
vinyl disc(s)
To The Rear March
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Village Store
Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Waltz Time
1944-1945
Physical Description: 6 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Whistler, The
1950-09-03
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Words With Music
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Yank Bandstand
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Yank Swing Session
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
You Bet Your Life
1950-04-19
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Your Radio Theater
1944-1945
Physical Description: 5 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Arthur Godfrey
1949-1953
Physical Description: 9 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Associated Program Service
1951
Physical Description: 11 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Associated Program Service Muzak Transcription
Physical Description: 56 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Atwater Kent Auditions
1948-1950
Physical Description: 2
instantaneous disc(s)folders
Australian Broadcasting Commission. Australian Compositions
Physical Description: 14 12" vinyl
disc(s)
Author Meets Critic
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)folders
Auto News Of The Week
1946-01-03
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Automobile Club of Southern California
Physical Description: 1 10" vinyl
disc(s)folders
B-Bar-B Ranch
1949-09-11
Physical Description: 2 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
BBC. Music By British Composers
1969-12
Physical Description: 2 12" vinyl
disc(s)
Bell Telephone Hour
1943-1960
Physical Description: 18
instantaneous disc(s)
Bill Gwinn Show
1946-10-09
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)folders
Borden's Hour
1948-05-19
Physical Description: 1 10"
instantaneous disc(s)folders
Boy's Club Of America
1960
Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl
disc(s)folders
Bragg and Keene
1936
Physical Description: 1 12" shellac
disc(s)
Bulldog Drummond
1947-06
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Burns & Allen
Physical Description: 2
instantaneous disc(s)
California Highway Patrol
Physical Description: 1 10" vinyl
disc(s)
California Melodies
1947-06
Physical Description: 2
instantaneous disc(s)
Call From Les Paul, A (World Broadcasting System)
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Canada Dry a Las Puertas De La Habana
Physical Description: 1 12"
instantaneous disc(s)
Canadian Broadcasting Corp. International Service
Physical Description: 15 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Canary Chorus [i.e. Canary Pet Show]
1947-1949
Physical Description: 4 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Candid Microphone
1948-02-26
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Capitol Transcriptions
Physical Description: 7 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Carnation Contented Hour
1950-1951
Physical Description: 5 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Cavalcade of America
Physical Description: 3
disc(s)
Celanese Hour
1945-1946
Physical Description: 6
instantaneous disc(s)
Centennial Hour
1949-07-18
Physical Description: 1 12"
instantaneous disc(s)folders
Chase And Sanborn Hour
1945-1935
Physical Description: 3 12"
instantaneous disc(s)folders
Chatterbox, The
1951-07-22
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)folders
Chesterfield Hour
1948
Physical Description: 1 7"
instantaneous disc(s)
Chesterfield Supper Club
1935-1939
Physical Description: 3 12"
instantaneous disc(s)folders
Chicago Theater
1947-11
Physical Description: 4 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Christmas Seals
1944-1947
Physical Description: 4 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Circle, The (Kellogg's)
1939
Physical Description: 54 12"
instantaneous disc(s)
Scope and Contents
Almost all feature the singing of Lawrence Tibbett. While these discs were donated by
Jerome Kleinsasser, more information about them can be found in the
Lawrence Tibbett
Collection (ARS0041).
Cisco Kid, The
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)folders
Coca Cola Hour
1944-02-27
Physical Description: 1 10"
instantaneous disc(s)folders
Command Performance
1942-1944
Physical Description: 2 12"
instantaneous disc(s)
Community Chest
1946-10-14
Physical Description: 2 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Concert Hall, U.S.A.
1943-07-06
Physical Description: 1 10"
instantaneous disc(s)
Crusade For Freedom
1960
Physical Description: 1 10" vinyl
disc(s)folders
Disabled American Veterans
1953
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)folders
Dixieland Small Fry
1957-09-02
Physical Description: 1 10"
instantaneous disc(s)folders
Doorway To Life
1947-11-06
Physical Description: 1 12"
instantaneous disc(s)
Double Or Nothing
1951-08-28
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)folders
Dramas Of Youth
1941-08
Physical Description: 3 16"
instantaneous disc(s)folders
Duffy's Tavern
1940-1947
Physical Description: 7 10"
instantaneous disc(s)folders
Earl Wrightson
1951-11-19
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Edmund Hockridge Show
Physical Description: 2 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Encore
1953-03-23
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Evening With Romberg, An
1945-1948
Physical Description: 22
instantaneous disc(s)
Examiner Schoolcast
1947
Physical Description: 2 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Falcon, The
1949
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Family Theater
1947
Physical Description: 3 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Federal Agent
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Fibber McGee & Molly
1945-1952
Physical Description: 9 10"
instantaneous disc(s)
Fitch Bandwagon
1942-05
Physical Description: 1 10"
instantaneous disc(s)
Flight Into The Past
1947
Physical Description: 5 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Ford Sunday Evening Hour
1939-1947
Physical Description: 20
instantaneous disc(s)
Frank And Ernest
1942-1948
Physical Description: 14 16"
shellac disc(s)
Fred Waring Show
1940-1946
Physical Description: 13
instantaneous disc(s)
Fred Allen Show
Physical Description: 1 10"
instantaneous disc(s)
French Broadcasting System in North America
Physical Description: 394 audio
disc(s)
inserts location
Production sheets for many FBS programs are in a folder under French Broadcasting
Sysytem in the finding aid file cabinet.
French Broadcasting System in North America. Special Features
Physical Description: 4 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Bonjour Mesdames
Physical Description: 10 16"
vinyl disc(s)
Five Centuries of French Music
Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Gai Paris
Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Masterworks From France
Physical Description: 256 audio
disc(s)
Masterworks Of French Music
Physical Description: 66 12"
vinyl disc(s)
Songs Of France
Physical Description: 42 audio
disc(s)
Paris Star Time
Physical Description: 10 16"
vinyl disc(s)
Fulton Lewis, Jr.
1945-1947
Physical Description: 6 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
General Motors Symphony Of The Air
1945-1946
Physical Description: 15 16"
instantaneous disc(s)folders
Girl Scouts of the United States of America
Physical Description: 1 12"
instantaneous disc(s)
Gold And Silver Minstrels
1946-10-14
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Golden Gate Hour
1948-08-22
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Grand Ole Opry
1942
Physical Description: 2 16"
instantaneous disc(s)folders
Great Moments In Music
1946
Physical Description: 3 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Green Hornet
1941-08
Physical Description: 3 16"
instantaneous disc(s)folders
Grunow Varieties
1933-1934
Physical Description: 10 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Hall Of Fame, The
1944-05
Physical Description: 1 10"
instantaneous disc(s)
Hallmark Playhouse
1950-09-09
Physical Description: 1 12"
instantaneous disc(s)folders
Happy Gang, The
1948-05
Physical Description: 2 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Harlem Hospitality Club
1947
Physical Description: 8 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Harry Babbitt Show
1947-04
Physical Description: 2 10"
instantaneous disc(s)folders
Harvest Of Stars
1949-1950
Physical Description: 4 16"
instantaneous disc(s)folders
Headlines of 1946
1946
Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl
disc(s)folders
Hemophilia Foundation
Physical Description: 1 10" vinyl
disc(s)folders
High School On The Air
1946-10-03
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)folders
Hills Brothers Coffee
Physical Description: 3 shellac
disc(s)folders
Hollywood Bowl
1945-1960
Physical Description: 38
instantaneous disc(s)
photocopied notes
Notes concerning some Hollywood Bowl/Standard Hour discs (Wecker donation) are in the
finding aid cabinet under "HollywoodBowl/Standard Hour").
Hollywood Music Hall
1947-1954
Physical Description: 37
instantaneous disc(s)
Hollywood Whispers
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)folders
Sands Of Time
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)folders
Hour of Charm, The
1945
Physical Description: 3
instantaneous disc(s)folders
House Party
1948-03-08
Physical Description: 1 10"
instantaneous disc(s)folders
Hughesreel
Physical Description: 13 16"
shellac disc(s)folders
Human Relations In Bay Area Industry
1953-1954
Physical Description: 36 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
In Which We Serve
Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl
disc(s)folders
Information Please
1942
Physical Description: 3 16"
instantaneous disc(s)folders
Institute For Democratic Education
1950
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Inter-American Symphony
1949-06-13
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)folders
International Airport
1949
Physical Description: 5 16"
instantaneous disc(s)folders
Invitation to Music
1950
Physical Description: 3 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Jack Benny Show
Physical Description: 2
instantaneous disc(s)
Jack Owen Show
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Jack Smith Show
1946-10-14
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
James Melton
1947-01-26
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Jimmie And Jane
Physical Description: 1 16" shellac
disc(s)
Johnny Madero, Pier 23
1947-08
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Judy Canova Show
1945-10-13
Physical Description: 1 12"
instantaneous disc(s)
Junior High Quiz
1946-10-10
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)folders
Just Plain Bill
Physical Description: 1 16" shellac
disc(s)
Juvenile Jury
1946-1947
Physical Description: 4 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
King Cole Trio Time (Wildroot Cream Oil)
Physical Description: 29 10"
instantaneous disc(s)folders
Kingston Trio, The
1960-05
Physical Description: 1 12"
instantaneous disc(s)folders
Koffee Klub
1949-04-16
Physical Description: 1 12"
instantaneous disc(s)folders
Kraft Music Hall
1940-1947
Physical Description: 6
instantaneous disc(s)
Lang-Worth Planned Program Service
1936-1937
Physical Description: 8 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Lang-Worth Recorded Music Service
Physical Description: 424 16" vinyl
disc(s)folders
Latin American Serenade
1947-1948
Physical Description: 3 16"
instantaneous disc(s)folders
Lawrence Welk Show
1952-1965
Physical Description: 51
instantaneous disc(s)
Lawyer Q
1947
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Leave It To The Girls
1947
Physical Description: 4 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Lest We Forget
1940-1943
Physical Description: 49 16"
shellac disc(s)
Lest We Forget These Great Americans
Physical Description: 7 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Leukemia Society
1962
Physical Description: 7 12" vinyl
disc(s)
Liberace Radio Program
Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Liberace Show
1952-1954
Physical Description: 8 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Little Boy Blue
1949
Physical Description: 6 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Lives Of The Great
Physical Description: 1 16" shellac
disc(s)
Lives Of The Saints, The
Physical Description: 4 16" shellac
disc(s)
Longines Symphonette, The
1948-1957
Physical Description: 92
instantaneous disc(s)
Love Finds Andy Hardy
1938
Physical Description: 1 12"
instantaneous disc(s)
Lower Basin Street
1944-06-11
Physical Description: 1 10"
instantaneous disc(s)
Main Street Music Hall
1951-08-12
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour
Physical Description: 1 12"
instantaneous disc(s)
Man From Homicide, The
Physical Description: 2 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Man Who Came to Dinner, The
1949-12-25
Physical Description: 2 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
March of Dimes
1939-1956
Physical Description: 8
disc(s)
March of Time
1935-1942
Physical Description: 4 12"
instantaneous disc(s)
Maxwell House Showboat
1933-06-15
Physical Description: 9 12"
instantaneous disc(s)
Meet Me at Parky's
1946
Physical Description: 11 12"
instantaneous disc(s)
Meet The Press
1947
Physical Description: 3 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Memory Shop
1951-1952
Physical Description: 3
instantaneous disc(s)
Mercury Theatre on the Air
1938-08-08
Physical Description: 4 12"
instantaneous disc(s)
Meredith Willson's Music Review
1949-1952
Physical Description: 4 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Metropolitan Opera
1935-1954
Physical Description: 90
instantaneous disc(s)
Miracles Of Sport
1937
Physical Description: 1 12" shellac
disc(s)
Mirth And Melody Time
1948-12
Physical Description: 5 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Mission To The Middle East
1948-12
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Moods Musical
Physical Description: 1 16" shellac
disc(s)
Mr. President
1948-05
Physical Description: 3 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Muscular Dystrophy Associations Of America
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Music America Loves Best
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Music For Half An Hour
1949
Physical Description: 4 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Music For Moderns
1944-05
Physical Description: 1 10"
instantaneous disc(s)
Music For Today
1951-08-20
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Music For You
1949-1951
Physical Description: 4 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Music In The Morgan Manner
1949-09-22
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Music Library Records
1949-1952
Physical Description: 131
instantaneous disc(s)
Other Finding Aids
Music with the Hormel Girls
1950
Physical Description: 2 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Mutual Melody Hour
1946-09-05
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Mutual Security Agency. On The Roads Of Italy
Physical Description: 3 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Mutual's Block Party
1948-03-14
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)folders
Muzak Transcription. This We Have Done
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)folders
Myrt And Marge
Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl
disc(s)folders
Mysterious Traveler
1949
Physical Description: 3 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Mystery Hall
1949
Physical Description: 3 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
National Association Of Broadcasters
Physical Description: 2 12" vinyl
disc(s)
National Committee For Mental Hygiene. The Inquiring Parent
1950
Physical Description: 3 16" vinyl
disc(s)
National Conference Of Christians And Jews
Physical Description: 2 10" vinyl
disc(s)folders
National Council Of The Churches Of Christ In The U.S.A.
Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl
disc(s)
National Education Forum
1939-04-29
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)folders
National Foundation For Neuromuscular Diseases
1961
Physical Description: 1 10" vinyl
disc(s)
National Guard
Physical Description: 2 12" vinyl
disc(s)
National Guard. Let's Go To Town
Physical Description: 16 16" vinyl
disc(s)
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Physical Description: 1 7" vinyl
disc(s)
National Safety Council
Physical Description: 1 10" vinyl
disc(s)folders
National Society For The Prevention Of Blindness
Physical Description: 1 12"
instantaneous disc(s)folders
Natural Resources Roundtable
1940-03-11
Physical Description: 2 12"
instantaneous disc(s)folders
Naval Supply Center
1951-1955
Physical Description: 109
instantaneous disc(s)
Scope and Contents
Music recordings probably used for local radio broadcast at the Naval Supply Center
in Oakland, California.
New Car News
1959-1960
Physical Description: 14 10" vinyl
disc(s)folders
News Of The World
Physical Description: 1 12"
instantaneous disc(s)
Office of Civil Defense
Physical Description: 2 audio
disc(s)
Office Of Education. Americans All - Immigrants All
Physical Description: 74 12"
shellac disc(s)
Office of War Information
Physical Description: 147
disc(s)
Office of War Information
Physical Description: 13
disc(s)folders
American Almanac
Physical Description: 6 12" vinyl
disc(s)
American Town Meeting
1946
Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Exploring The Unknown
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Franco-American Friendship
Physical Description: 2 12" vinyl
disc(s)
French Outpost
Physical Description: 29 12"
vinyl disc(s)
From America
1946
Physical Description: 3 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Italian Outpost
Physical Description: 23
disc(s)
Let's Go To The Opera
1946-05-12
Physical Description: 2 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Meet An American
Physical Description: 3 16" vinyl
disc(s)
NBC Symphony Orchestra
1945-05-20
Physical Description: 2 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
New York Philharmonic
1944-1946
Physical Description: 25 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
News Of The World
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Outpost Concert Series. Music Of The Jazz Bands
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Outpost Concert Series. Music Of The Theatre
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Radio Symphonies Of America
Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl
disc(s)
This Is The U.S.A.
Physical Description: 10 audio
disc(s)
Treasure Hour Of Song
1946
Physical Description: 9 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Voice Of America (Arabic)
Physical Description: 7 12"
instantaneous disc(s)
Voice Of America (Persian)
Physical Description: 5 12"
instantaneous disc(s)
Official Detective
1949
Physical Description: 3 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Opinion-aire
1947-04
Physical Description: 2 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Orchestras Of The Nation
1945-1948
Physical Description: 8 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Orchestras Of The World
1950
Physical Description: 28 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Ozark Mountain Folks
1948-01-28
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Pan American Roundtable
1942
Physical Description: 5 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Passing Parade
1948
Physical Description: 2 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Paul Whiteman Hour, The
1946-1947
Physical Description: 3 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Pause That Refreshes, The
1945-02-11
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Pepsodent Show, The
1943-01-26
Physical Description: 1 10"
instantaneous disc(s)
Philco Radio Time
1947, 1949
Physical Description: 6 10"
instantaneous disc(s)
Prudential Family Hour
1944-1948
Physical Description: 14
instantaneous disc(s)
Quaker City Serenade
1946-09-17
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Quiet Please
1947
Physical Description: 2 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Radio Free Europe
Physical Description: 1 7" vinyl
disc(s)
Radio Nederland
Physical Description: 7 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Radio Nederland. Dutch Light Music
Physical Description: 7 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Radio Nederland. Netherlands Composers
Physical Description: 25 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Railroad Hour, The
1949-1953
Physical Description: 14 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
RCA Magic Key Of Radio
1951-04-16
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Rainbow House
1946-02-02
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Rhapsody For Strings
Physical Description: 2 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Redwood Empire
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Reviewing Stand
1946-10
Physical Description: 2 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Road Of Life
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Robert Merrill Show
1946-1949
Physical Description: 7 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Rubinoff's Musical Moments Revue
Physical Description: 4 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Salute To Reservists
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Salvation Army
1956
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Salvation Army. Reflections By Starlight
1961
Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl
disc(s)
San Francisco Sketchbook
1951-1952
Physical Description: 5 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Saturday Night Serenade
1949-06-28
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Say It With Music
1946-1943
Physical Description: 2
disc(s)
Schaeffer Parade, The
1948-08-15
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Secret Agent
1941-03
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Serenade For Strings
1946-09-07
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
SESAC Transcriptions Library Service
Physical Description: 59 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Shady Valley Folks
1947-12
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Sherlock Holmes
1942-02-08
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Showtime, U.S.A.
1950-12-18
Physical Description: 1 12"
instantaneous disc(s)
Sincerely, Kenny Baker
1945-1946
Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Sing Along With Mitch
1961-1965
Physical Description: 14
instantaneous disc(s)
Smile Time
1947-05-05
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Spirit Of The Vikings, The
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Stage Door Canteen
1942, 1946
Physical Description: 2
instantaneous disc(s)
Stairway To The Stars
1949-05-15
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Standard Hour
1938-1955
Physical Description: 611
disc(s)
General
Folders of notes concerning some Hollywood Bowl/Standard Hour discs (Wecker donation)
are in the finding aid cabinet under "HollywoodBowl/Standard Hour").
Accompanying paper materials
Cue sheets/scripts, album covers and programs (including bound volumes containing
1932-1955 programs) are available for this series.
Standard Program Library
Physical Description: 298 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Standard School Broadcast
1935-1969
Physical Description: 953
disc(s)
Accompanying paper materials
Cue sheets/scripts, album covers and programs (including bound volumes containing
1928-1965 programs) are available for this series.
Star Spangled Vaudeville
1942
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Starlight Operetta
1950-07-30
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Stars For Defense
1957-1962
Physical Description: 6 audio
disc(s)
Stradivari Program
1946
Physical Description: 6 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Straight Arrow
1948-05
Physical Description: 2 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Streamlined Fairy Tales
1947
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Summer Electric Hour
1948-06-06
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Sunrise Salute
1949
Physical Description: 2 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Sunset Serenade
1950-04-05
Physical Description: 2 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Symphonies of the Sage (Sons Of The Pioneers)
Physical Description: 14 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Synagogue
Physical Description: 12 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Tapestries of Life
1951
Physical Description: 2 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Tennessee Ernie Show
Physical Description: 5 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Thesaurus (RCA, NBC)
Physical Description: 15 16" vinyl
disc(s)
This I Believe
Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl
disc(s)
This Is America
1941
Physical Description: 4 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
This, Our America
1939-06-04
Physical Description: 2 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Through The Looking Glass
1950-04-15
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Tide Show, The
1952-09-01
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Time To Smile
1941-12
Physical Description: 1 10"
instantaneous disc(s)
Titan Library Service
Physical Description: 1 12" shellac
disc(s)
Transatlantic Call
Physical Description: 23 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Treasure Hour Of Song
1946-06
Physical Description: 3 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Treasury Department
Physical Description: 81
disc(s)
Treasury Department
Physical Description: 9
disc(s)
Eddy Arnold
Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Guest Star
1947-1962
Physical Description: 38 16"
vinyl disc(s)
Take Stock In America
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Treasury Song Parade
Physical Description: 25 16"
vinyl disc(s)
Voices Of The Farm
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Voices Of The People
1942-1943
Physical Description: 6 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Minute Man
1943-02-01
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
True or False
1949
Physical Description: 2 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Twenty Questions
1947-1948
Physical Description: 4 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
U.S. Air Force
Physical Description: 184 audio
disc(s)
U.S. Air Force
Physical Description: 2 audio
disc(s)
U.S. Air Force Reserve. Reserved For You
1956-1962
Physical Description: 28 audio
disc(s)
U.S. Air Force Reserve. Soundflights Into Jazz
Physical Description: 4 12" vinyl
disc(s)
Country Music Time
Physical Description: 48 12"
vinyl disc(s)
Flight Through Life
Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl
disc(s)
Manhattan Melodies
Physical Description: 13 12"
vinyl disc(s)
Music in the Air
Physical Description: 2 7" vinyl
disc(s)
Serenade In Blue
Physical Description: 86 audio
disc(s)
U.S. Armed Forces Institute
Physical Description: 3 12" vinyl
disc(s)
U.S. Army
Physical Description: 66 audio
disc(s)
U.S. Army
Physical Description: 5 12" vinyl
disc(s)
Army Bandstand
Physical Description: 19 audio
disc(s)
Country Style, USA
Physical Description: 16 12"
vinyl disc(s)
Forward March
1956
Physical Description: 5 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Gene Price Country Express
1974
Physical Description: 2 12" vinyl
disc(s)
March Music
Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl
disc(s)
National Anthems
Physical Description: 2 12" vinyl
disc(s)
Proudly We Hail
1956
Physical Description: 13 16"
vinyl disc(s)
Stars On Parade
1950
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Voice Of The Army
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
U.S. Department Of Labor
Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl
disc(s)
U.S. Department Of The Interior Fish And Wildlife Service, Bureau Of
Commercial Fisheries
Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl
disc(s)
U.S. Marine Corps
Physical Description: 26 audio
disc(s)
U.S. Marine Corps
Physical Description: 6 audio
disc(s)
It's The Tops
Physical Description: 3 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Jazz On The Potomac
Physical Description: 7 12" vinyl
disc(s)
Jerry Gray Show
Physical Description: 3 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Les Brown Show
Physical Description: 5 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Take Five
Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl
disc(s)
Toni Arden Show
1954
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
U.S. Navy
Physical Description: 70
disc(s)
U.S. Navy
Physical Description: 17 audio
disc(s)
Broadway In Review
1954
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Join The Navy
1956
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Land's Best Bands
1951
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Music On Deck. Lawrence Welk
1959-1960
Physical Description: 28 audio
disc(s)
Music On Deck. Pat Boone
Physical Description: 8 audio
disc(s)
Navy Band Showcase
Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl
disc(s)
Navy Hour
1945-07-10
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Navy Swings, The
Physical Description: 4 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Portraits in Patriotism
Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl
disc(s)
Teacher, The
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Travel The World In Song
Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl
disc(s)
What In The World Happened?
1976
Physical Description: 2 12" vinyl
disc(s)
Your Navy Show
1954
Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Your Star Time
1953
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
U.S. Office of Civilian Defense
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
U.S. Office of Civilian Defense. Yankee Doodle
Physical Description: 3 16" vinyl
disc(s)
U.S. Post Office Department
1967
Physical Description: 1 10" vinyl
disc(s)
United Nations
Physical Description: 64
disc(s)
United Nations
Physical Description: 12
disc(s)
Celebration Of The First Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights
1949-12-10
Physical Description: 8 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Commemoration Of The Second Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights
1950-12-10
Physical Description: 5 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Document A/777
Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Eleven Memory Street
Physical Description: 3 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Memo From Lake Success
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Shooting Gallery
Physical Description: 4 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Tomorrow For Two
Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl
disc(s)
U.N. Story
Physical Description: 1 10" vinyl
disc(s)
U.N. Birthday Story, The
1949-10-24
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
UNESCO. Energy In The Service Of Man
Physical Description: 2 12"
instantaneous disc(s)
UNESCO. Backdoor Travelogue
Physical Description: 1 12"
instantaneous disc(s)
UNESCO. Canticle of Hope
Physical Description: 2 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
UNICEF. Billy Hits the Jackpot
1958
Physical Description: 1 10" vinyl
disc(s)
UNICEF. Meanest Man In Town, The
Physical Description: 1 10" vinyl
disc(s)
UNICEF. Trial of Sergeant Bill, The
1957
Physical Description: 1 10" vinyl
disc(s)
United Nations Story, The
Physical Description: 13 16"
vinyl disc(s)
United Nations Today, The
1950
Physical Description: 2 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Your Seat at the Table
1955
Physical Description: 1 10" vinyl
disc(s)
United Service Organizations
1961
Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl
disc(s)
United States Information Service
1949
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
United States Steel Hour, The
1949-1952
Physical Description: 11 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Unlimited Horizons
1941-04-22
Physical Description: 6 12"
instantaneous disc(s)
Veterans Administration
1949
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Veterans Administration. Here's To Veterans
Physical Description: 34 audio
disc(s)
Veterans' Theater Of The Air
1948-05
Physical Description: 2 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Voice Of America
Physical Description: 20 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Voice Of America. Fun With Music
Physical Description: 5 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Voice Of America. Musica De Siempre
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Voice Of Firestone, The
1936-1956
Physical Description: 22
disc(s)
War Department
Physical Description: 34 12" vinyl
disc(s)
Warriors Of Peace
1947
Physical Description: 6 16" vinyl
disc(s)
We The People
Physical Description: 3
instantaneous disc(s)
Wealth Of The West
1941
Physical Description: 2 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Western Hit Revue
1949-04-28
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Westertype
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Westinghouse Adventures In Research
Physical Description: 12 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Witch's Tale
Physical Description: 1 16" shellac
disc(s)
Works Progress Administration
1936-1942
Physical Description: 339
disc(s)
notes
A folder of notes about WPA discs is filed in the finding aid cabinet under "Works
Progress Administration"
World Feature. Jam Session
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
World Feature. Sing, America, Sing
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
World Program Service
Physical Description: 34 16" vinyl
disc(s)
World's Best Seller, The
Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl
disc(s)
Yesterday Brings You Tomorrow
Physical Description: 1 16" shellac
disc(s)
You And Gadgets
1949
Physical Description: 2 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
You And Your America
1940-05-19
Physical Description: 3 12"
instantaneous disc(s)
You Bet Your Life
Physical Description: 1 10"
instantaneous disc(s)
Young Men's Christian Association
Physical Description: 3 10" vinyl
disc(s)
Your Hit Parade
1935-1952
Physical Description: 18
instantaneous disc(s)
Zane Grey Show
1947-12
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
2. general content types
Scope and Contents
For the most part, content types have been identified for genres other than music.
Quantities are estimated.
advertisements
Physical Description: 100
disc(s)
advertisements (political)
Physical Description: 10
disc(s)
amateur recordings
Physical Description: 105
disc(s)
Scope and Contents
Label information suggests relatively informal speech, singing and playing by family
or friends.
custom/vanity pressings
Physical Description: 57
disc(s)
Scope and Contents
For the most part, studio and pressing plant information has been recorded when
present. Please note that the general ARS record library also contains many custom and
privately-printed recordings.
motion picture-related (including soundtracks)
Physical Description: 98
disc(s)
Scope and Contents
Includes soundtracks, production discs (largely from MGM 1940s musicals), promotional
recordings and advertisements.
news and speech
Physical Description: 456
disc(s)
Scope and Contents
News, commentary, panel discussion, speeches, lectures, sportscasting, etc. Most are
from or for the radio.
dubbed copies
Physical Description: 157
disc(s)
Scope and Contents
Some identified as dubs may not be issued takes, and there are probably other dubs
not identified as such. Many appear to be party records (i.e. risque songs not
otherwise easily available in record stores).
ethnographic and field recordings
Physical Description: 64
disc(s)
African Music Research discs from Johannesburg, South Africa
Physical Description: 6 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Aboriginal Music From the Northern Territory of Australia (Australian
Broadcasting Commission, Processed By Columbia Graphophone)
1948
Physical Description: 11 12"
vinyl disc(s)
Cook Island Songs Recorded For The South Seas Commission (Columbia
Graphophone (Aust.) Pty. Ltd.)
Physical Description: 2 12" vinyl
disc(s)
Finnie Collection recordings from Lebanon, Venezula, Korea and elsewhere
for use in Bechtel films
1951-1956
Physical Description: 15
instantaneous disc(s)
Folk Songs and Dances From The Pacific, Recorded by Fred Drilhon
(Australian Broadcasting Commission, processed By Columbia Graphophone)
1954
Physical Description: 3 12" vinyl
disc(s)folders
Linnell Migratory Camp, Visalia, California. A. Carl Killion - Turkish Lady
B. Evelyn Pennington - Old Grumbler
1945-12-27
Physical Description: 1 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
Scope and Contents
This unusual 16" cardboard-base lacquer was recorded by Nadean Hart in 1945 This
recording has been deposited at the Library Of Congress American Folklife Center as
part of AFS 9434-9447: Nadean Hart Collection of Folk Songs and Ballads. It is
unclear what relationship this disc has to the AFS collection. It is probably a
contemporary dub.
New Guinea and Papuan Native Music (Australian Broadcasting Commission,
processed By Columbia Graphophone)
1950
Physical Description: 6 12" vinyl
disc(s)
Pueblo Indian songs
1945-01-14
Physical Description: 2 12"
instantaneous disc(s)
Scope and Contents
Two glass-based discs recorded by Albuquerque Radio & Appliance featuring Mike
Reyna, Paul Toya and Heinrich Shultz singing traditonal Taos Pueblo songs as well as
popular material (such as "Bomb the Berlin"). Discs originally owned by Virgil
Whitaker, a Stanford alum and professor emeritus who worked in the Indian Education
Service in New Mexico during WWII. However, the original recordings were made by
anthropologists Florence Hawley Ellis and Donovan Senter, and these are probably
copies made at the time. For more information refer to the Florence Hawley Ellis and
Donovan Senter Collection of Hispanic, Isleta, and Laguna Songs at the University of
New Mexico Center for Southwest Research.
Sam Kapa, J. Louis Hila, Donald Parshon, Cazimero. Kaikoo ; Lihiwai
[photocopy of lyrics in Hawaiian enclosed]
Physical Description: 1 10"
instantaneous disc(s)folders
Sanscrit Chant, Sri-Sulul (Aladdin Recording, Portland, Oregon)
Physical Description: 1 10"
instantaneous disc(s)
Sarat Lahiri & Todi, Sitar, Tabla & Banya, 341 West 58th St. New
York City - Raga Behag ; Hindu Love Song [handwritten label]
Physical Description: 1 10"
shellac disc(s)
Sydney University Expedition 1949. Chants And Rituals Recorded By Professor
Elkin (Australian Record Company)
1949
Physical Description: 12 16"
vinyl disc(s)
public service announcements and programs
Physical Description: 69
disc(s)
visually unidentifiable
Physical Description: 372
disc(s)
3. major orchestras represented
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops
Physical Description: 90
disc(s)
CBS Symphony Orchestra
Physical Description: 43
disc(s)
Hollywood Bowl
Physical Description: 538
disc(s)
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Physical Description: 150
disc(s)
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Physical Description: 241
disc(s)
New York Philharmonic
Physical Description: 112
disc(s)
Philadelphia Orchestra
Physical Description: 24
disc(s)
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and Opera
Physical Description: 147
disc(s)
4. Stanford University recordings
Physical Description: 178
disc(s)
Scope and Contents
Not all Stanford-related discs have been identified. The collection contains donations
from Sandor Salgo, Herbert Nanney, Leroanrd Ratner, Harold Schmidt, Jan Popper and other
faculty and alumni. Many transcriptions were once part of KZSU's library. While most
discs are of various baccalaureates, commencements, and other addresses, a few
highlights are as follows:
David Starr Jordan's "The Stanford Spirit" on a 1916 custom shellac pressing ; an
interview with Mrs. David Starr Jordan in 1951 ; Richard Lyman home recordings from the
early 1930s ; Stanford Women's Glee Club 1937 ; Stanford Symphony Orchestra conducted by
Sandor Salgo and Leonard Ratner ; original recordings of the Stanford Scalp Song from
composer Irving Bibo ; Stanford Players productions from the late 1940s ; Ray Lyman
Wilbur and D.B. Tressider at an Alumni Banquet in 1943 ; Yvor Winters readings ; Wallace
Stegner singing Sam Hall ; Herbert Nanney playing the organ at Memorial ; Putnam Aldrich
Harpsichord Recital 1953 ; Stanford Big Game Gaieties 1940.
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5. notable donations
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By no means is this an exhaustive list. Many of the donors below also have their own
collections, and links are provided to their finding aids.
Arnold, Bob
Physical Description: 16
instantaneous disc(s)
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Arnold was a collector and researcher in Berkeley, California. Some or all discs are
from Jaxyson Radio Service in Oakland, a studio which was known for a few blues and
gospel pressings, as well as many instantaneous recordings (many of which were
compiled on a commercial CD set titled The Jaxyson Records Story).
Blackmar, Lois
1934-1950
Physical Description: 6 12"
instantaneous disc(s)
Benton file
folder in finding aid files under "Benton" contains photocopies of contents listings
from sleeves.
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Six discs compiling rare recordings by singer Joseph Bentonelli.
Block, Al
1937-1971
Physical Description: 275
disc(s)
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Block was a collector and long-time friend of the Archive. Most of these discs were
from the last of his many donations. While his interest was mainly in classical, one
may also find dramatic performances, popular music and even a country & western
program (the Sons Of The Pioneers' Symphonies of the Sage).
Bonelli, Mona Modini
1949-04-17
Physical Description: 4
disc(s)
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Richard Bonelli with Fern Sayre, soprano, G. Alexander Schriener, organ, Mormon
Tabernacle Choir. Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Deutsches Requiem.
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Borisoff, Alexander (via Janice Ortega)
1945-1949
Physical Description: 15 12"
instantaneous disc(s)
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Discs originally owned by cellist and composer Alexander Borisoff and donated by his
grandaughter Janice Ortega. Includes a complete Your Hit Parade (Lucky Strike) program
on NBC/KFI from 9/14/1935 and a 1949 private recording of Borisoff's Poeme Ancient by
the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra conducted by Victor Young with Borisoff playing cello
and narration by Edward G. Robinson.
Brown, Nate
1935-1949
Physical Description: 210
disc(s)
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The Western Sound Archive, run collector and trader Nate Brown along with fellow
collector Ed Wilkinson, was a non-profit service that distributed rare classical
recordings on open reel tape. These discs were the original sources for much of this
privately circulated material.
Davis, Hugh
Physical Description: 65
instantaneous disc(s)
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Exact provenance is unclear; discs may have been donated by an intermediary. Davis
was a jazz fan and recording engineer originally from Wichita, Kansas who worked as an
electrical engineer and for the Seeburg jukebox company. An associate of John Steiner,
they ran the S.D. (Steiner-Davis) and Paramount reissue labels together, and recorded
traditional jazz performances both live and from the radio in the Chicago area. Most
of these discs have minimal annotations, and some may be dubs or tests of commercially
issues. Notable recordings include: Sunday Swing Concert, Sherman Hotel in Chicago
11/3/1940 ; Teddy Wilson, Duffy's Tavern 4/7/1942 ; Bob Crosby, Jess Stacy, Fitch
Bandwagon 5/24/42 ; George Barnes, Roy Shields Program WMAQ 5/21/42 ; Bill Davison -
Blatz Palm Gardens 5/30/41 ; and various recordings of Mel Henke, Don Ewell, Billy
Maxted, Floyd Bean, and others.
Drob, Harold
Physical Description: 85
instantaneous disc(s)
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Drob was a jazz record collector and researcher devoted to trumpeter Bunk Johnson.
Many of these discs are dubs from rare jazz 78s, but others may be unique recordings.
The Boris Blinder records are probably not part of this donation.
Elwood, Phil
Physical Description: 16
disc(s)
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A few discs from the collection of famed San Francisco music critic and radio
producer Phil Elwood. Most discs are unidentified, but there are two of Bill Russell
Introducing and playing with Bunk Johnson and an undated Kid Ory aircheck.
Fagan, Ted
Physical Description: 20
instantaneous disc(s)
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Finnie, Anne Ackerman
1941-1956
Physical Description: 63
instantaneous disc(s)
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Discs from Richard Sterling Finnie, donated by his widow. Finnie was a writer and
producer who worked for Bechtel and traveled around the world making recordings for
use in promotional films. He was also an enthusiastic home-recorder, with many hours
of radio broadcasts in his collection. Most of the discs here are 1940s airchecks of
popular music from WEAF, WABC, WNEW, and other stations, but there are also original
field recordings of ethnic music from Lebanon, Venezula, Korea, and Trinidad, and folk
music by Massachusetts pipline worker P.G. Spike Downes (mosty of which are also exist
as tape transfers in the Finnie Collection).
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Jacobsen, Arnold
1935-1959
Physical Description: 435
disc(s)
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Arnold Jacobsen was a record collector and dealer with a specialization in popular
music of the early-to-mid 20th century. The discs here reflect that broadness, and
include many airchecks and transcriptions. There are also discs of Jacobsen's radio
program The Memory Shop (named for his record store), audio letters he made while in
the army, and several location recordings of temple services.
Kapfenberg, Eleanor
1944-1962
Physical Description: 254
disc(s)
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Kapfenberg's donation largely consists of pressed transcriptions, but there are also
several location recordings of San Francisco Bay Area dance bands, such as John
Wolohan Orchestra at the El Patio Ballroom in 1946-47 and the Jack Fina Orchestra at
the Claremont Hotel in 1946.
Layer, Harold
Physical Description: 187
disc(s)
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Hal Layer is Professor Emeritus at San Francisco State University and a man of
diverse interests (http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~hl/). His collection here includes CBS
Symphony, NBC Symphony, and New York Philharmonic airchecks, WBBM broadcasts, Nat King
Cole's Wildroot Cream Oil program, and many pressed transcriptions.
Lund, Jack
Physical Description: 19
instantaneous disc(s)
Scope and Contents
Most discs are a performance of Otello by the NBC Symphony Orchestra under Toscanini
12/6-13/1947.
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Malloch, William (via Bill Doggett)
Physical Description: 53
instantaneous disc(s)
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Malloch was music director at KPFK, artistic director of the Ojai Music Festival, and
a music teacher at UCLA. All discs from his collection are instantaneous-cut, and
contain rare recordings of the NBC Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Cleveland
Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, and other orchestral performances.
Moran, William R.
1936-1953
Physical Description: 20
instantaneous disc(s)
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William Moran was a collector, researcher, writer, and discographer, particularly in
the field of early sound recordings and vocal art music. Moran was one of the founders
of the Archive of Recorded Sound, and he donated thousands of rare recordings and
ephemera to the Archive until he passed away in 2004.
Quilter, Thomas J.
1935-1961
Physical Description: 193
disc(s)
Scope and Contents
One of the largest single donations of transcriptions and instantaneous discs to the
Archive. Among the many offerings: Standard Hour and Standard School Broadcasts ; AFRS
discs stamped U.S.S. Antietam and Oneida ; Royal Hawaiian Minstrels on Stichting Radio
Omroep [Netherlands] in 1949 ; several San Francisco Sketchbook programs on ABC
1951-1952 ; many Masterworks From France programs ; a KGO program on Socialism.
Rhines, Howard
1935-1952
Physical Description: 41
disc(s)
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Howard Rhines was a composer, announcer and program director at Los Angeles classical
radio station KFAC.
Schmidt, Harold
1948
Physical Description: 15 16"
instantaneous disc(s)
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Schmidt was choral director and a professor of music at Stanford. These discs are
primarily two sets of the Stanford Players' performance of Britten's Peter Grimes, May
27-29, 1948.
Schwabacher, Cynthia
1940-1953
Physical Description: 109
instantaneous disc(s)
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Cynthia is the sister of singer and voice teacher James Schwabacher, and although the
James Schwabacher Collection also contains instant discs, it would seem that their
collections have been mixed to a certain degree. Nevertheless, the discs included here
are probably all from Cynthia, and offer a remarkable snapshot of 1940s radio,
including news, sports, comedy, and political programming.
Waggener, Hewitt (via Richard Gould)
1935-1965
Physical Description: 1524
instantaneous disc(s)
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Waggener was a saxophonist who ran a professional recording studio in Southern
California, but spent much of his free time perfecting his home recording system.
Almost all of these discs are air checks, some of which are from television programs,
most from stations KFI, KFAC, KFWB, and KCBH. Waggener meticulously logged his
recording setup on disc sleeves, but usually only wrote a few notes about what was
being recorded. Many appear to be broadcasts of transcriptions or pre-recorded music,
but there are undoubtedly many undiscovered and unique recordings in a collection this
size.