Guide to the Juris Svendsen Collection ARS.0011

Finding aid prepared by Ray Heigemeir.

Archive of Recorded Sound

Braun Music Center

541 Lasuen Mall

Stanford University

Stanford, California, 94305-3076

650-723-9312

soundarchive@stanford.edu

Descriptive Summary

Title: Juris Svendsen Collection

Dates: 1960-1994

Collection number: ARS.0011

Creator: Svendsen, Juris

Collection size: 7 boxes: 94 open reel tapes, 34 audiocassettes

Repository: Archive of Recorded Sound

Abstract: Audio tapes of spoken word and musical performances, largely related to Bertolt Brecht and radical theater of the 1960s.

Language of Material: English

Access

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Preferred Citation

Juris Svendsen Collection, ARS-0011. Courtesy of the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Source

The Juris Svendsen Collection was donated to the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound by the estate of Juris Svendsen, January 1998.

Biography

Juris Svendsen was an actor, director, and Bertolt Brecht scholar. He directed and translated works for the San Francisco Mime Troupe, broadcast on KPFK in Berkeley, California and wrote criticism for various journals.

Arrangement note

Recordings in this collection are arranged by format. Series 1 contains audio cassettes and Series 2 contains reel to reel tapes. There is no chronological order.

Related Collections

Stanford University Library's Manuscripts Department also holds The Juris Martin Svendsen Papers, M1028.

Sponsor

This finding aid was produced with generous financial support from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Indexing Terms

Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956

Theatre--Study and Teaching (Higher)

Box 1

1. Audiocassettes

Physical Description: 34 audiocassettes

Scope and Contents note

14 unidentified, 13 musical performances (including works by Hanns Eisler), 6 spoken word, 1 memorial service (May 1994)

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Eisler, Hanns

2. Open reel tapes

Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous music and poetry readings, including audio by Robert Creeley, Gail Chugg, Jack Spicer, Carl Weber, Lee Strasberg, and Ezra Pound.

Box 2, Box 3, Box 4

Unnumbered reels- mostly spoken word

Box 5

Svendsen-assigned numbers: #1-3, 5-15

Box 6

Svendsen-assigned numbers: #30-32 (plus two unnumbered)

Audio 7

Svendsen-assigned numbers: #16, 18-29, 34-49, 51-54, 57, 58

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