Guide to the Juris Svendsen Collection ARS.0011
Finding aid prepared by Ray Heigemeir.
Archive of Recorded Sound
November 2005
soundarchive@stanford.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Archive of Recorded Sound
Title: Juris Svendsen Collection
Creator:
Svendsen, Juris
Identifier/Call Number: ARS.0011
Identifier/Call Number: 9
Physical Description:
7 box(es)
94 open reel tapes, 34 audiocassettes
Date: 1960-1994
Abstract: Audio tapes of spoken word and musical performances, largely related to Bertolt Brecht and radical theater of the 1960s.
Physical Location: Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, California 94305-3076
Open for research; material must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Contact the Archive for
assistance.
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.
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.
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.
Juris Svendsen Collection, ARS-0011. Courtesy of the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
The Juris Svendsen Collection was donated to the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound by the estate of Juris Svendsen, January
1998.
Stanford University Library's Manuscripts Department also holds The Juris Martin Svendsen Papers, M1028.
This finding aid was produced with generous financial support from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Theatre -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Brecht, Bertolt
box 1
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)
box 7
Svendsen-assigned numbers: #16, 18-29, 34-49, 51-54, 57, 58