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Scope and Content
Title: Peter Martland collection on sound recording industry history
Identifier/Call Number: PA Mss 106
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
18.33 linear feet
(13 cartons, 4 flat oversize Boxes, 30 audiocassettes)
Creator:
Martland, Peter
Source:
Gramophone Company
Source:
Victor Talking Machine Company
Source:
Columbia Records, Inc.
Date (inclusive): 1897-1930
Abstract: Early sound recording industry research files collected by Peter Martland. Includes correspondence and other business papers,
records, and reports of the Victor Talking Machine Company, RCA VIctor, EMI, Thorn EMI, Columbia, Gramophone, and others.
The collection also contains papers, notebooks and diaries of individual recording artists, engineers, and executives.
Physical Location: UCSB Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish
or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research 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
[Identification of Item], Peter Martland collection on sound recording industry history, PA Mss 106. Department of Special
Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Peter Martland, 2015.
Processing Information
Processed by David Seubert, Nadine Turner, and Mona Luo, 2015.
Scope and Content
Early sound recording industry research files collected by Peter Martland. Includes correspondence and other business papers,
records, and reports of the Victor Talking Machine Company, RCA VIctor, EMI, Thorn EMI, Columbia, Gramophone, and others.
The collection also contains papers, notebooks and diaries of individual recording artists, engineers, and executives.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Reports
Papers (document genre)
Records (documents)
Diaries
Notebooks
Sound recording industry -- United States -- History
Audiocassettes
Gramophone Company
Victor Talking Machine Company
Columbia Records, Inc.