Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Indexing Terms
Related Collections
Descriptive Summary
Title: Golden Voices (Radio Program) Tapes,
Date (inclusive): 1964-1968.
Collection number: PA Mss 29
Creator:
Boucher, Anthony, 1911-1968.
Extent:
170 open reel tape recordings
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library.
Dept. of Special Collections
Abstract: Tapes of Anthony Boucher's "Golden Voices" radio program devoted to early 20th century singers, aired on the Pacifica Network
from 1964-1968.
Physical location: For current information on the location of these materials,
please consult the library's online catalog.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
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.
Preferred Citation
Golden Voices (Radio Program) Tapes, PA Mss 29, Department of Special Collections, University Libraries, University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Donated 2001, Pacifica Radio Archives.
Biography
Anthony Boucher (born 1911 as William Anthony Parker White in Oakland, California) was best known as the mystery novel critic
for the New York Times. An incredibly talented individual with broad-ranging interests, Boucher produced a weekly radio program
"Golden Voices" for Pacifica station KPFA in Berkeley, California from 1949 until his death in 1968.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Anthony Boucher produced a weekly radio program for Pacifica station KPFA in Berkeley California from the year Pacifica was
founded in 1949 until his death in 1968. The show focused on the singers from the "Golden Age" of singing, primarily the acoustic
years of the phonograph from 1900 until the mid 1920s.
This collection contains 170 tapes with approximately 214 shows spanning the years 1964-1968. It is unknown if prior years
were not taped or if they were not saved. There is some dupliction of shows in the collection. Original Pacifica master tapes
(donated by Pacifica Radio Archives in 2001) contained one program each, while dubbed tapes (originally acquired with the
Boucher collection) held two shows each. Only Pacifica masters have been kept unless there was no master in which case the
dub was kept. In some cases, there was a master for one of the shows on a dub, and both were kept, resulting in two copies
of a show in the collection.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Opera.
Singers.
Radio programs.
Genres and Forms of Material
Sound recordings.
Index Terms Related to this Collection
Pacifica Radio.
Related Collections
Boucher's collection of 78 rpm recordings and the collection amassed after his death by his wife, Phyllis White, are both
owned by UCSB and are cataloged in Pegaus.
Boucher's papers are held by the Lilly Library at Indiana University.
