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Title: Roberto Eyzaguirre collection
Dates: ca. 1920-1960
Collection number: CEMA 121
Collector:
Eyzaguirre, Roberto
Collector:
McGrath, Brandon
Collection Size:
1.34 linear feet
(1 flat box)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library.
Dept. of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Abstract: Photos, record disc inserts, press clippings, posters and sheet music related to Argentinian and Peruvian musical recording
artists from the early to mid 20th century.
Physical location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Use of the collection is unrestricted.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Roberto Eyzaguirre collection. CEMA 121, Department of Special Collections, University Libraries, University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Donated by Brandon McGrath, 2011.
Biography / Administrative History
Roberto Nicolas Eyzaguirre Barron was born in the Barrios Altos district of Lima, Peru on March 22, 1919. He first worked
for Standard Oil in 1937, leaving years later to start a transportation business. He retired in the early 1980s and moved
to the United States in order to be closer to his daughter. He died on September 19, 2004 at the age of 85.
As a teenager, he would often go to the cinema to see the latest films of tango singer Carlos Gardel. At home he would listen
to Peruvian tango singer Jose Cómena on Radio Nacional. When he immigrated to the United States, he brought with him his
record collection which is now housed at UCSB Special Collections. This collection continues to be built upon by his grandson,
Brandon McGrath.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection consists of photos, record inserts, press clippings, sheet music and posters all related to Argentinian and
Peruvian musical recording artists from the early to mid 20th century. Especially well represented among these are items related
to Carlos Gardel (1890-1935), singer, songwriter, actor, and a major figure in the history of tango.
The collection is divided into the following series: I. Photographs, II. Clippings, III. Posters, IV. Sheet music. Files in
series IV. Sheet music, are arranged in alphabetical folders.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Gardel, Carlos, 1890-1935
Photographs.
Press clippings.