Guide to the Peter Martland collection on sound recording industry history PA Mss 106
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Early Sound Recording History Files
Columbia Files
Bound copy and 2 articles relating to the history of Okeh records undated
Charles Sumner Tainter papers (1) undated
Charles Sumner Tainter papers (2) undated
Charles Sumner Tainter Volta Lab Notebooks [v.1-5] undated
Charles Sumner Tainter Volta Lab Notebooks [v. 6-12] undated
Charles Sumner Tainter Volta Lab Notebooks and Home lab notebooks undated
A. G. Bell and C. A. Bell papers re Volta Labs and subsequent companies Ex LC Bell Papers undated
Columbia Graphophone Files
Columbia Graphophone Co Ltd. papers 1917-1931
Columbia papers undated
Columbia Phonograph Co. Inc. papers (1) before 1914
Columbia Phonograph Co. Inc. papers (2) before 1914
Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd. papers, accounts and general meetings undated
The Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd. business papers undated
The Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd. agreements, accounts, business papers and letters; Columbia Phonograph Co. Inc. business papers undated
Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd., business papers, biographies of company executives, Sir Isaac Shoenberg papers a letter from his son 1992
Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd., agreements and company papers 1917-1931
Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd., minutes of meetings and balance sheets 1923-1930
Columbia Graphophone Co Ltd, business papers, assets and liabilities, manufacturing data and accounts ledger undated
Columbia Phonograph Co Inc, business and other papers – includes two JP McCoy trade intelligence reports for Thomas Edison undated
Carl Lindstrom AG, mainly business letters relating to the Gramophone Company failed early 1920s takeover undated
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
Edison Bell papers and advertisements undated
Edison Bell business papers, accounts and articles undated
Edison Bell papers (1) before 1900
Edison Bell papers (2) before 1900
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
EMI merger papers 1927-1931
Statistics file – mainly early EMI undated
Thorn EMI papers undated
William Sinkler Darby diaries (1) undated
William Sinkler Darby diaries (2) undated
Recording industry executives and recording engineers – biographies etc. undated
Material relating to recording artists – biographies, obituaries, correspondence, sales etc. undated
Gramophone Co./EMI business and other papers and articles undated
Advertising and monthly supplements undated
Bound copy of a translation of The History of the Odeon Co. undated
Gramophone and Columbia Graphophone Co. merger papers undated
Sir Louis Sterling undated
George Croydon Marks (Lord Marks of Woolwich) 1858-1938
David Sarnoff undated
EMI Ltd: business papers, includes a key document A Review of UK Record Sales 2 copies 1905-1956
Photocopies of pictures for EMI History (1) undated
Photocopies of pictures for EMI History (2) undated
Early EMI papers – Mittell diary notes mainly concerning US EMI relations and German post war reorganisation. Blumlein papers undated
EMI Ltd. early annual reports and some business papers undated
Alfred Clark papers undated
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
EMI Clippings undated
Emile Berliner Files
Emile Berliner files - photos of Grace, letters, articles, agreements etc. (1) undated
Emile Berliner files - photos of Grace, letters, articles, agreements etc. (2) undated
Emile Berliner files - photos of grace, letters, articles, agreements etc. (3) undated
Photocopy of Frederick Wile Emile Berliner (Washington, D.C.) 1926
Joseph Sanders I (1) undated
Joseph Sanders I (2) undated
Joseph Sanders II undated
Gramophone Company Files
Competition: letters from FM Prescott to Australian dealers & Cinch manufacturing material. 1901; 1913-14
Pre-1914 Gramophone Co. Ltd. - some Emile Berliner correspondence and some Australian branch correspondence 1902-1903
The Gramophone Co. Ltd. Bound collection of monthly trade epitomes and sales data relating to the British branch 1904-1905
Monthly Epitomes of the British Branch: The Gramophone and Typewriter Ltd. 1905-1930
Carl Lindstrom AG business papers undated
Gramophone Co. Ltd. annual published accounts (1) 1899-1931
Gramophone Co. Ltd. annual published accounts (2) 1899-1931
Gramophone Co. Ltd. papers and accounts. Victor papers, Macy Judgements and miscellaneous papers undated
Gramophone Co. Ltd.: World War I papers, also papers relating to the loss of DGAG and the post war Mixed Arbitral Tribunal 1919-1931
Bound copy of Future prospects for the entire general business of the Gramophone Company Ltd survey of the entire business since its foundations 1921
The Gramophone Co. Ltd.: Bound collection of Managing Directors half yearly and annual reports to the board 1902-1913
Gramophone Co. Ltd. reprints of early catalogues and article on early matrix numbers undated
Gramophone Co. Ltd. capital investments before 1931
Papers relating to the British branch of the Gramophone Co. Ltd. undated
Gramophone Co. Ltd.- sales and financial data together with a copy of the first Gramophone Co. nominal ledger undated
Victor - Gramophone correspondence 1909-1929
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
Gramophone Co Ltd Russian Branch I (1) undated
Gramophone Co Ltd Russian Branch I (2) undated
Gramophone Co Ltd Russian Branch II (1) undated
Gramophone Co Ltd Russian Branch II (2) undated
Gramophone Co. (Italy) Ltd. Articles of Association undated
The Gramophone Co. Ltd., business papers and articles undated
Papers including contracts relating to: Enrico Caruso, Geraldine Farrar, Adelina Patti, Dame Nellie Melba and Louise Homer undated
Business papers relating to Jack Hylton undated
Business papers relating to Sir Harry Lauder and Sir Winston Churchill undated
Royalty and record sales data extracted from EMI Archive ledgers undated
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
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
File relating to Joseph Berliner undated
Gramophone Company recording experts' letters and reports (1) undated
Gramophone Company recording experts' letters and reports (2) undated
Papers relating to the Gramophone Company Russian branch undated
Gramophone Co. Ltd. data, business and other papers. EMI Ltd. data 1931-1962
Recording artist papers (1) undated
Recording artist papers (2) undated
William Barry Owen papers undated
Theodore Birnbaum papers undated
E.T.L Williams papers undated
Enrico Caruso artist file The Gramophone Co. Ltd. undated
DGAG, Electrola and German record industry papers. undated
Pricing undated
Gramophone Co. Ltd. formation papers (1) 1897-1898 March 31
Gramophone Co. Ltd. formation papers (2) 1898 April 1-1898 August 31
Gramophone Co. Ltd. formation papers (3) 1898 September 1-1899 April 30
Gramophone Co. Ltd. formation papers (4) 1899 May 1-1899 August 31
Gramophone Co. Ltd. formation papers (5) 1899 September
Formation of the German branch of the Gramophone Co. undated
Leonard Petts 'Loss of the German branch of the Gramophone Co. 1914-1930
The Gramophone Co Ltd (Italy) Ltd Articles of Association 1899
The Gramophone Co Ltd Articles of Association 1900
The Gramophone Co. Ltd. letters of Peter Bohanna (the company traveller) written during his first UK tour (1) 1898
The Gramophone Co. Ltd. letters of Peter Bohanna (the company traveller) written during his first UK tour (2) 1898
Theodore Birnbaum report to the board of the Gramophone Co. Ltd. 1909
Recording artist correspondence and sales data-includes Jack Hylton, Jack Payne, Sir Edward Elgar, Marlene Dietrich and Chaliapine undated
William Barry Owen papers 1902-1905
The Gramophone Co ltd, board minutes and papers. Also U.S. Department of Justice correspondence re the creation of EMI [1] undated
The Gramophone Co ltd, board minutes and papers. Also U.S. Department of Justice correspondence re the creation of EMI [2] undated
Alfred Clark 'A record' Bound copy of Clark's unpublished memoir undated
The Gramophone Co Ltd Board of Trade company registration papers, BT31/8687 1899
The Gramophone Co. Ltd., Russian accounts and balance sheets (1) 1903-1917
The Gramophone Co. Ltd., Russian accounts and balance sheets (2) 1903-1917
The Gramophone Co. Ltd., Russian accounts and balance sheets (3) 1903-1917
The Gramophone Co. Ltd., Russian accounts and balance sheets (4) 1903-1917
Peter Martland Files
Bibliography and research notes undated
Peter Martland A Business History of the Gramophone Company Ltd. 1897-1918 1991
Peter Martland PhD chapter notes (1) undated
Peter Martland PhD chapter notes (2) undated
Peter Martland PhD chapter notes (3) undated
'Since Records Began' Chapter 5 - Anthony Pollard undated
National Phonograph Company Files
National Phonograph Co. Ltd. Ledger and Edison articles undated
Typescript of A. F. Wagner Recollections of Thomas A. Edison Ltd. - Edison National Historic Site 1904-1947
Binder containing photocopies of illustrations for Wagner Recollections … ENHS undated
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
Thomas A Edison (ENHS) Index to general files, Phono files index (ex TAE Rutgers project) 1887-1890; 1887-1889
National Phonograph Co. Ltd. & Thomas A. Edison Ltd. business papers, court papers and photographs undated
National Phonograph Co. Ltd., Thomas A Edison Ltd. and Col. Gouraud demonstration papers 1888
Thomas A. Edison Inc. and National Phonograph Inc. business papers undated
National Phonograph Co. Ltd. business papers and Edison National Historic Site research notes undated
National Phonograph Co. Ltd. and National Phonograph Co. Inc. business papers (1) 1902-1904
National Phonograph Co. Ltd. and National Phonograph Co. Inc. business papers (2) 1905-1907
National Phonograph Co. Ltd. and National Phonograph Co. Inc. business papers (3) 1908-1915
Pathe Files
Pathe Freres undated
Victor Talking Machine Company Files
Talking Machine World speeches, papers etc by major figures in US TM industry 1909 July
Universal Talking Machine Co./International Zonophone Co. - agreements with VTM Co., board minutes, correspondence and a note about FM Prescott undated
Agreements - E.R .Johnson, VTM Co. and Gramophone Co. and VTM Co. and American Graphophone Co. and correspondence. 1899-1929; 1907
Victor Talking Machine Co. and RCA Victor papers – includes judgement in Starr Piano Co. case snd Alfred Clark's statement (1) 1921
Victor Talking Machine Co. and RCA Victor papers – includes judgement in Starr Piano Co. case snd Alfred Clark's statement (2) undated
Dale Kramer unpublished biography of Elridge Reeves Johnson ex Johnson Victor Museum, Dover, Delaware undated
Dale Kramer unpublished biography of Elridge Reeves Johnson; University of Wyoming of Laramie 1975
Bound copy of the trial transcript of Victor Talking Machine Co. vs. Starr Piano Co. undated
Bound copy of David Sarnoff Future of Home Entertainment 1929
Victor-Gramophone correspondence (1) 1901-1908
Victor-Gramophone correspondence (2) 1901-1908
Victor Talking Machine Co. business papers and McCoy industrial intelligence reports on Victor for Thomas Edison undated
Miscellaneous artist material including letter from Calvin Child to E. R. Johnson regarding Original Dixieland Jazz Band records. 1917
Victor TM Co. and RCA Victor articles and business papers undated
Victor TM Co. accounts and business papers undated
Files relating to Joseph W. Jones undated
US Department of Justice antitrust record industry investigation papers 60-23-0 (1) undated
US Department of Justice antitrust record industry investigation papers 60-23-0 (2) 1917
Victor TM Co. papers undated
Zonophone Files
Zonophone papers and Cinch material undated
Miscellaneous Files
ARSC Journal & letter Tessler to Edison, (from Bob Sanders) 1888; 1976; 1990
UK TM Patents and Patent Office indexes together with research notes. undated
Henry Seymour The reproduction of sound (London) 1918
Pamphlets, articles and other miscellaneous papers relating to early recording industry US and Europe undated
Material and biographies of Frederick Gaisberg and Arthur H Brooks undated
Miscellaneous papers relating to World War I undated
City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society calendar. 2009
Recording executives and engineers: UK articles, biographies, obituaries and death certificates. Also includes important letters from Calvin Child to Sydney Dixon undated
UK and US census of production data relating to recording industry. Also a copy of key document Merchandizing survey of GB: gramophones circa 1930
Articles relating to records and recording industry undated
Press reports and literature relating to the record industry undated
Misc. reports, articles and bibliographies undated
Misc company papers: National Phonograph Co. Ltd., Edison Bell, Clarion, Decca and Columbia – plus some data and business executive biographies undated
The Gramophone articles undated
Sir Harry Lauder artist file National Phonograph Co. Ltd. (ENHS) undated
Misc. US papers (1) 1890s
Misc. US papers (2) 1890s
Misc. letters, articles and photographs undated
Copyright Act debates in the trade and in parliament and U.S. copyright papers 1911
Photocopies of advertising and photographs undated
UK trade associations undated
Talking Machine World and Talking Machine News undated
A&M Records, Inc v. Napster, Inc - Court Case undated
Copy of 1910 UK parliamentary committee on copyright evidence and submissions relating to mechanical copyright. UK State Papers undated
Audiocassettes
Conversation between Countess Lily McCormack and Lady Dorothy Mayer (Tape 1) 1958
Conversation between Countess Lily McCormack and Lady Dorothy Mayer (Tape 2) 1958
Radio broadcast about John McCormack. Parts 2 & 3 (Tape 3) 1958
John McCormack centenary (Tape 4) BBC radio 3 1984 June 17
John McCormack centenary Broadcast BBC radio 3 (Tape 5) 1984 June 1
John McCormack centenary Broadcast BBC radio 3 (Tape 6) 1984 June 1
John McCormack BBC Radio 2 (Tape 7) 1992 September 20
John McCormack 50th Anniversary of his death (Tape 8) 1995 September 1
Paul Robeson-BBC Radio 4-75th birthday tribute (Tape 9) 1995 May 27
Paul Robeson-BBC Radio 2-centenary celebration (Tape 10) 1998 April 14
Cecil Sharp- From Taunton to Tennessee and back (Tape 11) 1995 January 2
Kathleen Ferrier-Radio 3 (Tape 12) 1988 September 1
Emmy Destinn-BBC Radio 3 (Tape 13) 1990 January 31
Lotte Lehmann-BBC Radio 3 (Tape 14) 1993 March 1
Richard Tauber (John Steane & Derek McCulloch) (Tape 15) 1991 May 15
Richard Tauber Centenary-Introduced by Henry Tauber (Tape 16) 1995 July 1
Richard Tauber Centenary-BBC Radio 2 Part 1 (Tape 17) 1991
Richard Tauber Centenary-BBC Radio 2 Part 2 (Tape 18) 1991
Richard Tauber Centenary-BBC Radio 2 Part 3 (Tape 19) 1991
Groovin' - the story of the EMI Music Archive BBC radio 2 (Tape 20) 1997 April 26
Berliner material-Interview with Joe Sanders (Tape 21) 1950s
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
1888 Berliner experimental disc (Tape 23) undated
Records from LC Robert Sanders collection (Tape 24) 1990
Northrop Moore-History of the Gramophone (Tape 25) 1976
History of folk music Part 1 Radio 2 (Tape 26) 1990
W Sinkler Darby collection 3190 (Tape 27) undated
J.E. Hough-A new year's greeting (Tape 28) 1925
Gramophone introding itself and returning thanks (Tape 29) undated
Phonograph Ephemera
Record company stock certificates
Phonograph price lists
Phonograph price lists
Phonograph advertisements and price lists
Artist programs
Phonograph postcards
Phonograph invoices 1903-1939
Phonograph flyers 1899-1904
Our Ms. Magazine 1880
Talking Machine News
January 1913
February 1913
March 1913
April 1913
May 1913
June 1913
July 1913
August 1913
September 1913
October 1913
November 1913