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Early Sound Recording History Files

 

Columbia Files

Box 7, Folder 10

Bound copy and 2 articles relating to the history of Okeh records undated

Box 7, Folder 17

Charles Sumner Tainter papers (1) undated

Box 7, Folder 18

Charles Sumner Tainter papers (2) undated

Box 10, Folder 1

Charles Sumner Tainter Volta Lab Notebooks [v.1-5] undated

Box 10, Folder 2

Charles Sumner Tainter Volta Lab Notebooks [v. 6-12] undated

Box 10, Folder 3

Charles Sumner Tainter Volta Lab Notebooks and Home lab notebooks undated

Box 12, Folder 1

A. G. Bell and C. A. Bell papers re Volta Labs and subsequent companies Ex LC Bell Papers undated

 

Columbia Graphophone Files

Box 1, Folder 13

Columbia Graphophone Co Ltd. papers 1917-1931

Box 4, Folder 1

Columbia papers undated

Box 6, Folder 6

Columbia Phonograph Co. Inc. papers (1) before 1914

Box 6, Folder 7

Columbia Phonograph Co. Inc. papers (2) before 1914

Box 6, Folder 12

Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd. papers, accounts and general meetings undated

Box 6, Folder 20

The Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd. business papers undated

Box 6, Folder 21

The Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd. agreements, accounts, business papers and letters; Columbia Phonograph Co. Inc. business papers undated

Box 8, Folder 1

Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd., business papers, biographies of company executives, Sir Isaac Shoenberg papers a letter from his son 1992

Box 8, Folder 2

Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd., agreements and company papers 1917-1931

Box 8, Folder 3

Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd., minutes of meetings and balance sheets 1923-1930

Box 8, Folder 4

Columbia Graphophone Co Ltd, business papers, assets and liabilities, manufacturing data and accounts ledger undated

Box 8, Folder 5

Columbia Phonograph Co Inc, business and other papers – includes two JP McCoy trade intelligence reports for Thomas Edison undated

Box 8, Folder 6

Carl Lindstrom AG, mainly business letters relating to the Gramophone Company failed early 1920s takeover undated

Box 14, Folder 3

Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd. report 29 July 1930 'Upon the profits of the Company for the three years ended 31 December 1929 and assets and liabilities at 31 December 1929 undated

 

Edison Bell Files

Box 5, Folder 3

Edison Bell papers and advertisements undated

Box 6, Folder 24

Edison Bell business papers, accounts and articles undated

Box 7, Folder 1

Edison Bell papers (1) before 1900

Box 7, Folder 2

Edison Bell papers (2) before 1900

Box 14, Folder 2

Edison Bell Phonograph Corporation Ltd. (1892) and Edison Bell Consolidated Phonograph Co. Ltd. (1898) Board of Trade company registration papers BT31/5448 and BT31/7861 1892-1898

 

EMI Files

Box 1, Folder 12

EMI merger papers 1927-1931

Box 1, Folder 16

Statistics file – mainly early EMI undated

Box 1, Folder 17

Thorn EMI papers undated

Box 1, Folder 19

William Sinkler Darby diaries (1) undated

Box 1, Folder 20

William Sinkler Darby diaries (2) undated

Box 3, Folder 4

Recording industry executives and recording engineers – biographies etc. undated

Box 3, Folder 5

Material relating to recording artists – biographies, obituaries, correspondence, sales etc. undated

Box 3, Folder 6

Gramophone Co./EMI business and other papers and articles undated

Box 3, Folder 7

Advertising and monthly supplements undated

Box 4, Folder 4

Bound copy of a translation of The History of the Odeon Co. undated

Box 5, Folder 2

Gramophone and Columbia Graphophone Co. merger papers undated

Box 5, Folder 4

Sir Louis Sterling undated

Box 6, Folder 9

George Croydon Marks (Lord Marks of Woolwich) 1858-1938

Box 6, Folder 10

David Sarnoff undated

Box 7, Folder 5

EMI Ltd: business papers, includes a key document A Review of UK Record Sales 2 copies 1905-1956

Box 8, Folder 10

Photocopies of pictures for EMI History (1) undated

Box 8, Folder 11

Photocopies of pictures for EMI History (2) undated

Box 8, Folder 12

Early EMI papers – Mittell diary notes mainly concerning US EMI relations and German post war reorganisation. Blumlein papers undated

Box 8, Folder 13

EMI Ltd. early annual reports and some business papers undated

Box 9, Folder 6

Alfred Clark papers undated

Box 9, Folder 12

EMI executives and record producers - Sir Joseph Lockwood, David Bicknell, Sir Landon Ronald, Sir Ernest de la Rue, Glenn Walich, Dario Sorio, Sir Ernest Fisk, Maclean and Walter Legge undated

Box 12, Folder 10

EMI Clippings undated

 

Emile Berliner Files

Box 1, Folder 9

Emile Berliner files - photos of Grace, letters, articles, agreements etc. (1) undated

Box 1, Folder 10

Emile Berliner files - photos of Grace, letters, articles, agreements etc. (2) undated

Box 1, Folder 11

Emile Berliner files - photos of grace, letters, articles, agreements etc. (3) undated

Box 3, Folder 3

Photocopy of Frederick Wile Emile Berliner (Washington, D.C.) 1926

Box 6, Folder 1

Joseph Sanders I (1) undated

Box 6, Folder 2

Joseph Sanders I (2) undated

Box 6, Folder 3

Joseph Sanders II undated

 

Gramophone Company Files

Box 1, Folder 2

Competition: letters from FM Prescott to Australian dealers & Cinch manufacturing material. 1901; 1913-14

Box 1, Folder 4

Pre-1914 Gramophone Co. Ltd. - some Emile Berliner correspondence and some Australian branch correspondence 1902-1903

Box 2, Folder 3

The Gramophone Co. Ltd. Bound collection of monthly trade epitomes and sales data relating to the British branch 1904-1905

Box 2, Folder 4-10

Monthly Epitomes of the British Branch: The Gramophone and Typewriter Ltd. 1905-1930

Box 3, Folder 9

Carl Lindstrom AG business papers undated

Box 3, Folder 10

Gramophone Co. Ltd. annual published accounts (1) 1899-1931

Box 3, Folder 11

Gramophone Co. Ltd. annual published accounts (2) 1899-1931

Box 3, Folder 12

Gramophone Co. Ltd. papers and accounts. Victor papers, Macy Judgements and miscellaneous papers undated

Box 3, Folder 15

Gramophone Co. Ltd.: World War I papers, also papers relating to the loss of DGAG and the post war Mixed Arbitral Tribunal 1919-1931

Box 4, Folder 3

Bound copy of Future prospects for the entire general business of the Gramophone Company Ltd survey of the entire business since its foundations 1921

Box 4, Folder 7-21

The Gramophone Co. Ltd.: Bound collection of Managing Directors half yearly and annual reports to the board 1902-1913

Box 5, Folder 1

Gramophone Co. Ltd. reprints of early catalogues and article on early matrix numbers undated

Box 5, Folder 5

Gramophone Co. Ltd. capital investments before 1931

Box 5, Folder 6

Papers relating to the British branch of the Gramophone Co. Ltd. undated

Box 5, Folder 7

Gramophone Co. Ltd.- sales and financial data together with a copy of the first Gramophone Co. nominal ledger undated

Box 5, Folder 8

Victor - Gramophone correspondence 1909-1929

Box 5, Folder 9

Gramophone Co. Ltd. - timeline data relating to turnover, profit, dividend etc; British branch sales data; US record sales by dollar values; some Caruso record sales data 1921-1961

Box 5, Folder 10

Gramophone Co Ltd Russian Branch I (1) undated

Box 5, Folder 11

Gramophone Co Ltd Russian Branch I (2) undated

Box 5, Folder 12

Gramophone Co Ltd Russian Branch II (1) undated

Box 5, Folder 13

Gramophone Co Ltd Russian Branch II (2) undated

Box 6, Folder 11

Gramophone Co. (Italy) Ltd. Articles of Association undated

Box 6, Folder 13

The Gramophone Co. Ltd., business papers and articles undated

Box 6, Folder 14

Papers including contracts relating to: Enrico Caruso, Geraldine Farrar, Adelina Patti, Dame Nellie Melba and Louise Homer undated

Box 6, Folder 15

Business papers relating to Jack Hylton undated

Box 6, Folder 16

Business papers relating to Sir Harry Lauder and Sir Winston Churchill undated

Box 6 , Folder 17

Royalty and record sales data extracted from EMI Archive ledgers undated

Box 7, Folder 3

Alfred Clark report to the Board The Gramophone Co. Ltd. regarding the situation in its European branches after the signing of the Peace Treaty 1919 June

Box 7, Folder 11

Bound copy Alfred Clark report to the board of the Gramophone Co. Ltd. Assessment of the Carl Lindstrom AG organisation Key document relating to the pre-1914 German record industry 1912

Box 7, Folder 12

File relating to Joseph Berliner undated

Box 7, Folder 15

Gramophone Company recording experts' letters and reports (1) undated

Box 7, Folder 16

Gramophone Company recording experts' letters and reports (2) undated

Box 7, Folder 19

Papers relating to the Gramophone Company Russian branch undated

Box 8, Folder 8

Gramophone Co. Ltd. data, business and other papers. EMI Ltd. data 1931-1962

Box 9, Folder 1

Recording artist papers (1) undated

Box 9, Folder 2

Recording artist papers (2) undated

Box 9, Folder 3

William Barry Owen papers undated

Box 9, Folder 4

Theodore Birnbaum papers undated

Box 9, Folder 5

E.T.L Williams papers undated

Box 9, Folder 10

Enrico Caruso artist file The Gramophone Co. Ltd. undated

Box 9, Folder 13

DGAG, Electrola and German record industry papers. undated

Box 10, Folder 4

Pricing undated

Box 10, Folder 5

Gramophone Co. Ltd. formation papers (1) 1897-1898 March 31

Box 10, Folder 6

Gramophone Co. Ltd. formation papers (2) 1898 April 1-1898 August 31

Box 10, Folder 7

Gramophone Co. Ltd. formation papers (3) 1898 September 1-1899 April 30

Box 10, Folder 8

Gramophone Co. Ltd. formation papers (4) 1899 May 1-1899 August 31

Box 10, Folder 9

Gramophone Co. Ltd. formation papers (5) 1899 September

Box 10, Folder 10

Formation of the German branch of the Gramophone Co. undated

Box 10, Folder 11

Leonard Petts 'Loss of the German branch of the Gramophone Co. 1914-1930

Box 10, Folder 12

The Gramophone Co Ltd (Italy) Ltd Articles of Association 1899

Box 10, Folder 13

The Gramophone Co Ltd Articles of Association 1900

Box 10, Folder 14

The Gramophone Co. Ltd. letters of Peter Bohanna (the company traveller) written during his first UK tour (1) 1898

Box 10, Folder 15

The Gramophone Co. Ltd. letters of Peter Bohanna (the company traveller) written during his first UK tour (2) 1898

Box 10, Folder 18

Theodore Birnbaum report to the board of the Gramophone Co. Ltd. 1909

Box 11, Folder 6

Recording artist correspondence and sales data-includes Jack Hylton, Jack Payne, Sir Edward Elgar, Marlene Dietrich and Chaliapine undated

Box 12, Folder 2

William Barry Owen papers 1902-1905

Box 12, Folder 7

The Gramophone Co ltd, board minutes and papers. Also U.S. Department of Justice correspondence re the creation of EMI [1] undated

Box 12, Folder 8

The Gramophone Co ltd, board minutes and papers. Also U.S. Department of Justice correspondence re the creation of EMI [2] undated

Box 12, Folder 9

Alfred Clark 'A record' Bound copy of Clark's unpublished memoir undated

Box 14, Folder 1

The Gramophone Co Ltd Board of Trade company registration papers, BT31/8687 1899

Box 15, Folder 1

The Gramophone Co. Ltd., Russian accounts and balance sheets (1) 1903-1917

Box 15, Folder 2

The Gramophone Co. Ltd., Russian accounts and balance sheets (2) 1903-1917

Box 15, Folder 3

The Gramophone Co. Ltd., Russian accounts and balance sheets (3) 1903-1917

Box 15, Folder 4

The Gramophone Co. Ltd., Russian accounts and balance sheets (4) 1903-1917

 

Peter Martland Files

Box 1, Folder 3

Bibliography and research notes undated

Box 2, Folder 2

Peter Martland A Business History of the Gramophone Company Ltd. 1897-1918 1991

Box 8, Folder 14

Peter Martland PhD chapter notes (1) undated

Box 8, Folder 15

Peter Martland PhD chapter notes (2) undated

Box 8, Folder 16

Peter Martland PhD chapter notes (3) undated

Box 12, Folder 11

'Since Records Began' Chapter 5 - Anthony Pollard undated

 

National Phonograph Company Files

Box 1, Folder 18

National Phonograph Co. Ltd. Ledger and Edison articles undated

Box 3, Folder 1

Typescript of A. F. Wagner Recollections of Thomas A. Edison Ltd. - Edison National Historic Site 1904-1947

Box 3, Folder 2

Binder containing photocopies of illustrations for Wagner Recollections … ENHS undated

Box 3, Folder 14

Papers relating to Odeon Co. – Emil Rink; Neophone Co. – Dr A Michaelis; Fonotipia Co – Alfred Michaelis; Russell Hunting Co. and other miscellaneous companies before 1914

Box 5, Folder 14

Thomas A Edison (ENHS) Index to general files, Phono files index (ex TAE Rutgers project) 1887-1890; 1887-1889

Box 6, Folder 22

National Phonograph Co. Ltd. & Thomas A. Edison Ltd. business papers, court papers and photographs undated

Box 10, Folder 17

National Phonograph Co. Ltd., Thomas A Edison Ltd. and Col. Gouraud demonstration papers 1888

Box 11, Folder 1

Thomas A. Edison Inc. and National Phonograph Inc. business papers undated

Box 11, Folder 2

National Phonograph Co. Ltd. business papers and Edison National Historic Site research notes undated

Box 11, Folder 3

National Phonograph Co. Ltd. and National Phonograph Co. Inc. business papers (1) 1902-1904

Box 11, Folder 4

National Phonograph Co. Ltd. and National Phonograph Co. Inc. business papers (2) 1905-1907

Box 11, Folder 5

National Phonograph Co. Ltd. and National Phonograph Co. Inc. business papers (3) 1908-1915

 

Pathe Files

Box 12, Folder 3

Pathe Freres undated

 

Victor Talking Machine Company Files

Box 1, Folder 5

Talking Machine World speeches, papers etc by major figures in US TM industry 1909 July

Box 1, Folder 6

Universal Talking Machine Co./International Zonophone Co. - agreements with VTM Co., board minutes, correspondence and a note about FM Prescott undated

Box 1, Folder 8

Agreements - E.R .Johnson, VTM Co. and Gramophone Co. and VTM Co. and American Graphophone Co. and correspondence. 1899-1929; 1907

Box 1, Folder 14

Victor Talking Machine Co. and RCA Victor papers – includes judgement in Starr Piano Co. case snd Alfred Clark's statement (1) 1921

Box 1, Folder 15

Victor Talking Machine Co. and RCA Victor papers – includes judgement in Starr Piano Co. case snd Alfred Clark's statement (2) undated

Box 2, Folder 11

Dale Kramer unpublished biography of Elridge Reeves Johnson ex Johnson Victor Museum, Dover, Delaware undated

Box 2, Folder 12

Dale Kramer unpublished biography of Elridge Reeves Johnson; University of Wyoming of Laramie 1975

Box 4, Folder 5

Bound copy of the trial transcript of Victor Talking Machine Co. vs. Starr Piano Co. undated

Box 4, Folder 6

Bound copy of David Sarnoff Future of Home Entertainment 1929

Box 6, Folder 4

Victor-Gramophone correspondence (1) 1901-1908

Box 6, Folder 5

Victor-Gramophone correspondence (2) 1901-1908

Box 6, Folder 8

Victor Talking Machine Co. business papers and McCoy industrial intelligence reports on Victor for Thomas Edison undated

Box 6, Folder 19

Miscellaneous artist material including letter from Calvin Child to E. R. Johnson regarding Original Dixieland Jazz Band records. 1917

Box 7, Folder 6

Victor TM Co. and RCA Victor articles and business papers undated

Box 7, Folder 7

Victor TM Co. accounts and business papers undated

Box 7, Folder 13

Files relating to Joseph W. Jones undated

Box 9, Folder 8

US Department of Justice antitrust record industry investigation papers 60-23-0 (1) undated

Box 9, Folder 9

US Department of Justice antitrust record industry investigation papers 60-23-0 (2) 1917

Box 10, Folder 16

Victor TM Co. papers undated

 

Zonophone Files

Box 6, Folder 23

Zonophone papers and Cinch material undated

 

Miscellaneous Files

Box 1, Folder 1

ARSC Journal & letter Tessler to Edison, (from Bob Sanders) 1888; 1976; 1990

Box 1, Folder 7

UK TM Patents and Patent Office indexes together with research notes. undated

Box 2 , Folder 1

Henry Seymour The reproduction of sound (London) 1918

Box 3, Folder 8

Pamphlets, articles and other miscellaneous papers relating to early recording industry US and Europe undated

Box 3, Folder 13

Material and biographies of Frederick Gaisberg and Arthur H Brooks undated

Box 4, Folder 2

Miscellaneous papers relating to World War I undated

Box 6, Folder 18

City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society calendar. 2009

Box 7, Folder 4

Recording executives and engineers: UK articles, biographies, obituaries and death certificates. Also includes important letters from Calvin Child to Sydney Dixon undated

Box 7, Folder 8

UK and US census of production data relating to recording industry. Also a copy of key document Merchandizing survey of GB: gramophones circa 1930

Box 7, Folder 9

Articles relating to records and recording industry undated

Box 7, Folder 14

Press reports and literature relating to the record industry undated

Box 8, Folder 7

Misc. reports, articles and bibliographies undated

Box 8, Folder 9

Misc company papers: National Phonograph Co. Ltd., Edison Bell, Clarion, Decca and Columbia – plus some data and business executive biographies undated

Box 9, Folder 7

The Gramophone articles undated

Box 9, Folder 11

Sir Harry Lauder artist file National Phonograph Co. Ltd. (ENHS) undated

Box 11, Folder 7

Misc. US papers (1) 1890s

Box 11, Folder 8

Misc. US papers (2) 1890s

Box 11, Folder 9

Misc. letters, articles and photographs undated

Box 11, Folder 10

Copyright Act debates in the trade and in parliament and U.S. copyright papers 1911

Box 12, Folder 4

Photocopies of advertising and photographs undated

Box 12, Folder 5

UK trade associations undated

Box 12, Folder 6

Talking Machine World and Talking Machine News undated

Box 12, Folder 12

A&M Records, Inc v. Napster, Inc - Court Case undated

Box 14, Folder 4

Copy of 1910 UK parliamentary committee on copyright evidence and submissions relating to mechanical copyright. UK State Papers undated

 

Audiocassettes

item A26586/CS

Conversation between Countess Lily McCormack and Lady Dorothy Mayer (Tape 1) 1958

item A26587/CS

Conversation between Countess Lily McCormack and Lady Dorothy Mayer (Tape 2) 1958

item A26588/CS

Radio broadcast about John McCormack. Parts 2 & 3 (Tape 3) 1958

item A26589/CS

John McCormack centenary (Tape 4) BBC radio 3 1984 June 17

item A26590/CS

John McCormack centenary Broadcast BBC radio 3 (Tape 5) 1984 June 1

item A26591/CS

John McCormack centenary Broadcast BBC radio 3 (Tape 6) 1984 June 1

item A26592/CS

John McCormack BBC Radio 2 (Tape 7) 1992 September 20

item A26593/CS

John McCormack 50th Anniversary of his death (Tape 8) 1995 September 1

item A26594/CS

Paul Robeson-BBC Radio 4-75th birthday tribute (Tape 9) 1995 May 27

item A26595/CS

Paul Robeson-BBC Radio 2-centenary celebration (Tape 10) 1998 April 14

item A26596/CS

Cecil Sharp- From Taunton to Tennessee and back (Tape 11) 1995 January 2

item A26597/CS

Kathleen Ferrier-Radio 3 (Tape 12) 1988 September 1

item A26598/CS

Emmy Destinn-BBC Radio 3 (Tape 13) 1990 January 31

item A26599/CS

Lotte Lehmann-BBC Radio 3 (Tape 14) 1993 March 1

item A26600/CS

Richard Tauber (John Steane & Derek McCulloch) (Tape 15) 1991 May 15

item A26601/CS

Richard Tauber Centenary-Introduced by Henry Tauber (Tape 16) 1995 July 1

item A26602/CS

Richard Tauber Centenary-BBC Radio 2 Part 1 (Tape 17) 1991

item A26603/CS

Richard Tauber Centenary-BBC Radio 2 Part 2 (Tape 18) 1991

item A26604/CS

Richard Tauber Centenary-BBC Radio 2 Part 3 (Tape 19) 1991

item A26605/CS

Groovin' - the story of the EMI Music Archive BBC radio 2 (Tape 20) 1997 April 26

item A26606/CS

Berliner material-Interview with Joe Sanders (Tape 21) 1950s

item A26607/CS

Mr. Alfred Clark's message to employees of H.M.V. on his 40th anniversary in the talking machine industry and his 30th with the Gramophone company (Tape 22) 1929

item A26608/CS

1888 Berliner experimental disc (Tape 23) undated

item A26609/CS

Records from LC Robert Sanders collection (Tape 24) 1990

item A26610/CS

Northrop Moore-History of the Gramophone (Tape 25) 1976

item A26611/CS

History of folk music Part 1 Radio 2 (Tape 26) 1990

item A26612/CS

W Sinkler Darby collection 3190 (Tape 27) undated

item A26613/CS

J.E. Hough-A new year's greeting (Tape 28) 1925

item A26614/CS

Gramophone introding itself and returning thanks (Tape 29) undated

 

Phonograph Ephemera

Box 16, Folder 1

Record company stock certificates

Box 16, Folder 2

Phonograph price lists

Box 16, Folder 3

Phonograph price lists

Box 16, Folder 4

Phonograph advertisements and price lists

Box 16, Folder 5

Artist programs

Box 16, Folder 6

Phonograph postcards

Box 16, Folder 7

Phonograph invoices 1903-1939

Box 16, Folder 8

Phonograph flyers 1899-1904

Box 16, Folder 9

Our Ms. Magazine 1880

 

Talking Machine News

Box 17, Folder 1

January 1913

Box 17, Folder 2

February 1913

Box 17, Folder 3

March 1913

Box 17, Folder 4

April 1913

Box 17, Folder 5

May 1913

Box 17, Folder 6

June 1913

Box 17, Folder 7

July 1913

Box 17, Folder 8

August 1913

Box 17, Folder 9

September 1913

Box 17, Folder 10

October 1913

Box 17, Folder 11

November 1913