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ARS-0013
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Title: Julius J. Spector Collection
Dates: 1934-1968
Collection number: ARS-0013
Creator:
Julius J. Spector
Collection Size:
.5 linear feet
Repository:
Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, California 94305-3076
Abstract: Consists of correspondence from and signed photographs of musicians, and misc. papers.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open for research. Listening appointments may require 24 hours notice. Contact the Archive Operations Manager.
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.
Julius J. Spector Collection, ARS-0013. Courtesy of the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Collection donated by the Spector family in 2004.
Biography / Administrative History
Julius J. Spector attended Fordham University and studied art at Cooper Union, later finding employment in New York-based
advertising agencies; he later gained prominence in the direct marketing industry. Spector once worked as an extra in New
York City Opera productions, played the clarinet, and in the course of his lifetime befriended many prominent musicians.
Scope and Content of Collection
Collection includes typed or handwritten correspondence and signed photographs from persons prominent in the classical music
world, a typed script for a speech on Toscanini, and a limited-edition copy of Arthur Schnabel's "Reflections on music," signed
by the author. A significant number of sound and video recordings of broadcast music performances have been trqansferred to
the Archive's Broadcast Recordings Collection.
The arrangement scheme was imposed during processing, in the absence of any indication of original arrangement.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Spector, Julius J.
Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957
Musicians--Portraits
75 audiocassettes, 45 videocassettes, and 428 reel-to-reel tapes of broadcast music performances transferred to the ARS Collection
of Performance Recordings.