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1. program and series titles, A-Z

Physical Description: 6824 disc(s)

Scope and Contents

only traceable names of programs or series which were indicated on disc or sleeve. some may not be what is indicated, many others likely. few complete programs
 

Acme Hop 1951-07-03

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Adventures Of Frank Race

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Affairs of Peter Salem 1949

Physical Description: 3 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

African Music Research

Physical Description: 6 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Album Of Music 1951

Physical Description: 2 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Aldrich Family 1942

Physical Description: 2 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Alec Templeton Time 1947

Physical Description: 2 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

All American Radio Program Sellers

Physical Description: 9 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Amateur Hour 1948

Physical Description: 1 7" instantaneous disc(s)
 

American Album of Familiar Music 1946-1948

Physical Description: 5 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

American Cancer Society 1951-1957

Physical Description: 4 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

American Education Forum 1935-1941

Physical Description: 11 instantaneous disc(s)
 

American Heart Association 1959

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

American Legion. Box Score Review 1948-04

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

American Legion. Decision Now 1947-1948

Physical Description: 4 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

American Melody Hour 1946

Physical Description: 1 10" instantaneous disc(s)
 

American National Red Cross 1960

Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl disc(s)
 

American Rhapsody 1950-1951

Physical Description: 9 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

American Social Hygiene Association

Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Amos 'N' Andy

Physical Description: 2 10" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Andre Kostelanetz 1944

Physical Description: 3 12" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith

Physical Description: 2 audio disc(s)
 

Arkansas Traveler, The 1943-10-07

Physical Description: 1 10" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Armed Forces Radio Service / Armed Forces Radio & Television Service / American Forces Radio & Television Service

Physical Description: 920 disc(s)

Scope and Contents

Please note that many of these programs were also originally broadcast without AFRS affiliation. Programs here have not been cross-referenced with those without armed forces labels.
 

American Album of Familiar Music 1945

Physical Description: 9 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

American Rhapsody 1945-01-28

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Andre Kostelanetz 1943-1944

Physical Description: 5 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Armed Forces Radio Theatre

Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

At Ease

Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Basic Musical Library

Physical Description: 88 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Best Plays 1956-12

Physical Description: 3 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Bob Hope 1945, 1949

Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Physical Description: 14 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Burns And Allen 1944-10-24

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Carnival Of Music

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Charlie McCarthy 1944-1945

Physical Description: 7 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Christmas Program 1944-1945

Physical Description: 6 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Cleveland Symphony Orchestra 1944-1945

Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Comedy Caravan 1945-05-03

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Command Performance

Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Concert Hall

Physical Description: 8 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Date With The Duke

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Double Feature (Bob Crosby) 1944

Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Downbeat

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Dragnet 1951

Physical Description: 3 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Eddie Condon

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Escape

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Family Hour 1944-12-31

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Fibber McGee & Molly 1945-01-30

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Frank Black

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Fred Waring 1944

Physical Description: 4 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

G.I. Jive

Physical Description: 3 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

G.I. Journal

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Ginny Simms

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Globe Theatre 1944-1945

Physical Description: 4 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Great Moments In Music 1945-06-06

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Guy Lombardo 1945

Physical Description: 3 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Hall Of Fame 1945-04-08

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Harvest Of Stars 1950-06-04

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Here's To Romance 1944, 1946

Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Hildegarde 1945-11-27

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Hollywood Bowl 1946-1950

Physical Description: 482 16" vinyl disc(s)

Scope and Contents

includes Music For The Wounded program 7/2/1947.
 

Hollywood Music Hall 1950-05-16

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Hour Of Charm 1944-1945

Physical Description: 11 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Inner Sanctum 1948

Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Intermezzo

Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Jack Benny 1944-1945

Physical Description: 7 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

James Melton 1944-1945

Physical Description: 11 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Jill's All Time Juke Box

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

John Charles Thomas 1943-1946

Physical Description: 5 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Johnny Mercer's Music Shop 1944-09-25

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Lite Up Time 1950-11-15

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Mail Call

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Major Bowes

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Martin & Lewis 1949-1950

Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Melody Hour 1944-1950

Physical Description: 10 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Metropolitan Opera 1944-12-23

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Music America Loves Best 1944-1945

Physical Description: 3 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Music For Sunday

Physical Description: 8 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Music For The Wounded

Physical Description: 4 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Music From America 1944-1945

Physical Description: 14 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Music Hall 1944-1945

Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl disc(s)folders
 

Music Transcription Library

Physical Description: 2 16" instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

Music We Love 1944-1946

Physical Description: 10 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Mystery Playhouse 1944

Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

NBC Symphony Orchestra 1944-1951

Physical Description: 21 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

New York Philharmonic 1945

Physical Description: 6 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

News Of The World

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

One Night Stand 1944-1945

Physical Description: 9 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Personal Album

Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Phil Harris 1950-11-12

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Philadelphia Orchestra 1944

Physical Description: 4 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Phonograph Album

Physical Description: 5 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Piano Playhouse 1946

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Popular Music Replacement

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Ray Noble 1945-07-04

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Raymond Scott 1944

Physical Description: 3 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Saturday Night Serenade 1944-12-16

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Semi-Classical Replacement, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra 1945-07-01

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Showtime

Physical Description: 5 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Sinfonietta 1944-09-08

Physical Description: 2 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Slow Sports News

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Sound Off 1944-12-09

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Spotlight Bands 1944-1945

Physical Description: 4 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Station Library 1955-1959

Physical Description: 39 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Sunday Serenade 1945-04-29

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Supper Club 1945

Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Symphony Replacement 1944-1945

Physical Description: 10 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

To The Rear March

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Village Store

Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Waltz Time 1944-1945

Physical Description: 6 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Whistler, The 1950-09-03

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Words With Music

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Yank Bandstand

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Yank Swing Session

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

You Bet Your Life 1950-04-19

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Your Radio Theater 1944-1945

Physical Description: 5 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Arthur Godfrey 1949-1953

Physical Description: 9 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Associated Program Service 1951

Physical Description: 11 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Associated Program Service Muzak Transcription

Physical Description: 56 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Atwater Kent Auditions 1948-1950

Physical Description: 2 instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

Australian Broadcasting Commission. Australian Compositions

Physical Description: 14 12" vinyl disc(s)
 

Author Meets Critic

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

Auto News Of The Week 1946-01-03

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Automobile Club of Southern California

Physical Description: 1 10" vinyl disc(s)folders
 

B-Bar-B Ranch 1949-09-11

Physical Description: 2 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

BBC. Music By British Composers 1969-12

Physical Description: 2 12" vinyl disc(s)
 

Bell Telephone Hour 1943-1960

Physical Description: 18 instantaneous disc(s)
 

Bill Gwinn Show 1946-10-09

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

Borden's Hour 1948-05-19

Physical Description: 1 10" instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

Boy's Club Of America 1960

Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl disc(s)folders
 

Bragg and Keene 1936

Physical Description: 1 12" shellac disc(s)
 

Bulldog Drummond 1947-06

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Burns & Allen

Physical Description: 2 instantaneous disc(s)
 

California Highway Patrol

Physical Description: 1 10" vinyl disc(s)
 

California Melodies 1947-06

Physical Description: 2 instantaneous disc(s)
 

Call From Les Paul, A (World Broadcasting System)

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Canada Dry a Las Puertas De La Habana

Physical Description: 1 12" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Canadian Broadcasting Corp. International Service

Physical Description: 15 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Canary Chorus [i.e. Canary Pet Show] 1947-1949

Physical Description: 4 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Candid Microphone 1948-02-26

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Capitol Transcriptions

Physical Description: 7 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Carnation Contented Hour 1950-1951

Physical Description: 5 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Cavalcade of America

Physical Description: 3 disc(s)
 

Celanese Hour 1945-1946

Physical Description: 6 instantaneous disc(s)
 

Centennial Hour 1949-07-18

Physical Description: 1 12" instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

Chase And Sanborn Hour 1945-1935

Physical Description: 3 12" instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

Chatterbox, The 1951-07-22

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

Chesterfield Hour 1948

Physical Description: 1 7" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Chesterfield Supper Club 1935-1939

Physical Description: 3 12" instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

Chicago Theater 1947-11

Physical Description: 4 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Christmas Seals 1944-1947

Physical Description: 4 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Circle, The (Kellogg's) 1939

Physical Description: 54 12" instantaneous disc(s)

Scope and Contents

Almost all feature the singing of Lawrence Tibbett. While these discs were donated by Jerome Kleinsasser, more information about them can be found in the Lawrence Tibbett Collection (ARS0041).  
 

Cisco Kid, The

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)folders
 

Coca Cola Hour 1944-02-27

Physical Description: 1 10" instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

Command Performance 1942-1944

Physical Description: 2 12" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Community Chest 1946-10-14

Physical Description: 2 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Concert Hall, U.S.A. 1943-07-06

Physical Description: 1 10" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Crusade For Freedom 1960

Physical Description: 1 10" vinyl disc(s)folders
 

Disabled American Veterans 1953

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)folders
 

Dixieland Small Fry 1957-09-02

Physical Description: 1 10" instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

Doorway To Life 1947-11-06

Physical Description: 1 12" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Double Or Nothing 1951-08-28

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

Dramas Of Youth 1941-08

Physical Description: 3 16" instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

Duffy's Tavern 1940-1947

Physical Description: 7 10" instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

Earl Wrightson 1951-11-19

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Edmund Hockridge Show

Physical Description: 2 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Encore 1953-03-23

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Evening With Romberg, An 1945-1948

Physical Description: 22 instantaneous disc(s)
 

Examiner Schoolcast 1947

Physical Description: 2 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Falcon, The 1949

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Family Theater 1947

Physical Description: 3 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Federal Agent

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Federal Civil Defense Administration

Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Fibber McGee & Molly 1945-1952

Physical Description: 9 10" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Fitch Bandwagon 1942-05

Physical Description: 1 10" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Flight Into The Past 1947

Physical Description: 5 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Ford Sunday Evening Hour 1939-1947

Physical Description: 20 instantaneous disc(s)
 

Frank And Ernest 1942-1948

Physical Description: 14 16" shellac disc(s)
 

Fred Waring Show 1940-1946

Physical Description: 13 instantaneous disc(s)
 

Fred Allen Show

Physical Description: 1 10" instantaneous disc(s)
 

French Broadcasting System in North America

Physical Description: 394 audio disc(s)

inserts location

Production sheets for many FBS programs are in a folder under French Broadcasting Sysytem in the finding aid file cabinet.
 

French Broadcasting System in North America. Special Features

Physical Description: 4 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Bonjour Mesdames

Physical Description: 10 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Five Centuries of French Music

Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Gai Paris

Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Masterworks From France

Physical Description: 256 audio disc(s)
 

Masterworks Of French Music

Physical Description: 66 12" vinyl disc(s)
 

Songs Of France

Physical Description: 42 audio disc(s)
 

Paris Star Time

Physical Description: 10 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Fulton Lewis, Jr. 1945-1947

Physical Description: 6 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

General Motors Symphony Of The Air 1945-1946

Physical Description: 15 16" instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

Girl Scouts of the United States of America

Physical Description: 1 12" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Gold And Silver Minstrels 1946-10-14

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Golden Gate Hour 1948-08-22

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Grand Ole Opry 1942

Physical Description: 2 16" instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

Great Moments In Music 1946

Physical Description: 3 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Green Hornet 1941-08

Physical Description: 3 16" instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

Grunow Varieties 1933-1934

Physical Description: 10 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Hall Of Fame, The 1944-05

Physical Description: 1 10" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Hallmark Playhouse 1950-09-09

Physical Description: 1 12" instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

Happy Gang, The 1948-05

Physical Description: 2 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Harlem Hospitality Club 1947

Physical Description: 8 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Harry Babbitt Show 1947-04

Physical Description: 2 10" instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

Harvest Of Stars 1949-1950

Physical Description: 4 16" instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

Headlines of 1946 1946

Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl disc(s)folders
 

Hemophilia Foundation

Physical Description: 1 10" vinyl disc(s)folders
 

High School On The Air 1946-10-03

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

Hills Brothers Coffee

Physical Description: 3 shellac disc(s)folders
 

Hollywood Bowl 1945-1960

Physical Description: 38 instantaneous disc(s)

photocopied notes

Notes concerning some Hollywood Bowl/Standard Hour discs (Wecker donation) are in the finding aid cabinet under "HollywoodBowl/Standard Hour").
 

Hollywood Music Hall 1947-1954

Physical Description: 37 instantaneous disc(s)
 

Hollywood Whispers

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

Sands Of Time

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

Hour of Charm, The 1945

Physical Description: 3 instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

House Party 1948-03-08

Physical Description: 1 10" instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

Hughesreel

Physical Description: 13 16" shellac disc(s)folders
 

Human Relations In Bay Area Industry 1953-1954

Physical Description: 36 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

In Which We Serve

Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl disc(s)folders
 

Information Please 1942

Physical Description: 3 16" instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

Institute For Democratic Education 1950

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Inter-American Symphony 1949-06-13

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

International Airport 1949

Physical Description: 5 16" instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

Invitation to Music 1950

Physical Description: 3 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Jack Benny Show

Physical Description: 2 instantaneous disc(s)
 

Jack Owen Show

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Jack Smith Show 1946-10-14

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

James Melton 1947-01-26

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Jimmie And Jane

Physical Description: 1 16" shellac disc(s)
 

Johnny Madero, Pier 23 1947-08

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Judy Canova Show 1945-10-13

Physical Description: 1 12" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Junior High Quiz 1946-10-10

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

Just Plain Bill

Physical Description: 1 16" shellac disc(s)
 

Juvenile Jury 1946-1947

Physical Description: 4 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

King Cole Trio Time (Wildroot Cream Oil)

Physical Description: 29 10" instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

Kingston Trio, The 1960-05

Physical Description: 1 12" instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

Koffee Klub 1949-04-16

Physical Description: 1 12" instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

Kraft Music Hall 1940-1947

Physical Description: 6 instantaneous disc(s)
 

Lang-Worth Planned Program Service 1936-1937

Physical Description: 8 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Lang-Worth Recorded Music Service

Physical Description: 424 16" vinyl disc(s)folders
 

Latin American Serenade 1947-1948

Physical Description: 3 16" instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

Lawrence Welk Show 1952-1965

Physical Description: 51 instantaneous disc(s)
 

Lawyer Q 1947

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Leave It To The Girls 1947

Physical Description: 4 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Lest We Forget 1940-1943

Physical Description: 49 16" shellac disc(s)
 

Lest We Forget These Great Americans

Physical Description: 7 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Leukemia Society 1962

Physical Description: 7 12" vinyl disc(s)
 

Liberace Radio Program

Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Liberace Show 1952-1954

Physical Description: 8 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Little Boy Blue 1949

Physical Description: 6 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Lives Of The Great

Physical Description: 1 16" shellac disc(s)
 

Lives Of The Saints, The

Physical Description: 4 16" shellac disc(s)
 

Longines Symphonette, The 1948-1957

Physical Description: 92 instantaneous disc(s)
 

Love Finds Andy Hardy 1938

Physical Description: 1 12" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Lower Basin Street 1944-06-11

Physical Description: 1 10" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Main Street Music Hall 1951-08-12

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour

Physical Description: 1 12" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Man From Homicide, The

Physical Description: 2 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Man Who Came to Dinner, The 1949-12-25

Physical Description: 2 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

March of Dimes 1939-1956

Physical Description: 8 disc(s)
 

March of Time 1935-1942

Physical Description: 4 12" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Maxwell House Showboat 1933-06-15

Physical Description: 9 12" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Meet Me at Parky's 1946

Physical Description: 11 12" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Meet The Press 1947

Physical Description: 3 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Memory Shop 1951-1952

Physical Description: 3 instantaneous disc(s)
 

Mercury Theatre on the Air 1938-08-08

Physical Description: 4 12" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Meredith Willson's Music Review 1949-1952

Physical Description: 4 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Metropolitan Opera 1935-1954

Physical Description: 90 instantaneous disc(s)
 

Miracles Of Sport 1937

Physical Description: 1 12" shellac disc(s)
 

Mirth And Melody Time 1948-12

Physical Description: 5 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Mission To The Middle East 1948-12

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Moods Musical

Physical Description: 1 16" shellac disc(s)
 

Mr. President 1948-05

Physical Description: 3 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Muscular Dystrophy Associations Of America

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Music America Loves Best

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Music For Half An Hour 1949

Physical Description: 4 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Music For Moderns 1944-05

Physical Description: 1 10" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Music For Today 1951-08-20

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Music For You 1949-1951

Physical Description: 4 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Music In The Morgan Manner 1949-09-22

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Music Library Records 1949-1952

Physical Description: 131 instantaneous disc(s)

Other Finding Aids

Discs used in the production of recordings by this company. See also the Metal Parts Collections (ARS0126).  
 

Music with the Hormel Girls 1950

Physical Description: 2 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Mutual Melody Hour 1946-09-05

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Mutual Security Agency. On The Roads Of Italy

Physical Description: 3 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Mutual's Block Party 1948-03-14

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

Muzak Transcription. This We Have Done

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)folders
 

Myrt And Marge

Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl disc(s)folders
 

Mysterious Traveler 1949

Physical Description: 3 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Mystery Hall 1949

Physical Description: 3 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

National Association Of Broadcasters

Physical Description: 2 12" vinyl disc(s)
 

National Committee For Mental Hygiene. The Inquiring Parent 1950

Physical Description: 3 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

National Conference Of Christians And Jews

Physical Description: 2 10" vinyl disc(s)folders
 

National Council Of The Churches Of Christ In The U.S.A.

Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl disc(s)
 

National Education Forum 1939-04-29

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

National Foundation For Neuromuscular Diseases 1961

Physical Description: 1 10" vinyl disc(s)
 

National Guard

Physical Description: 2 12" vinyl disc(s)
 

National Guard. Let's Go To Town

Physical Description: 16 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Physical Description: 1 7" vinyl disc(s)
 

National Safety Council

Physical Description: 1 10" vinyl disc(s)folders
 

National Society For The Prevention Of Blindness

Physical Description: 1 12" instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

Natural Resources Roundtable 1940-03-11

Physical Description: 2 12" instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

Naval Supply Center 1951-1955

Physical Description: 109 instantaneous disc(s)

Scope and Contents

Music recordings probably used for local radio broadcast at the Naval Supply Center in Oakland, California.
 

New Car News 1959-1960

Physical Description: 14 10" vinyl disc(s)folders
 

News Of The World

Physical Description: 1 12" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Office of Civil Defense

Physical Description: 2 audio disc(s)
 

Office Of Education. Americans All - Immigrants All

Physical Description: 74 12" shellac disc(s)
 

Office of War Information

Physical Description: 147 disc(s)
 

Office of War Information

Physical Description: 13 disc(s)folders
 

American Almanac

Physical Description: 6 12" vinyl disc(s)
 

American Town Meeting 1946

Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Exploring The Unknown

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Franco-American Friendship

Physical Description: 2 12" vinyl disc(s)
 

French Outpost

Physical Description: 29 12" vinyl disc(s)
 

From America 1946

Physical Description: 3 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Italian Outpost

Physical Description: 23 disc(s)
 

Let's Go To The Opera 1946-05-12

Physical Description: 2 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Meet An American

Physical Description: 3 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

NBC Symphony Orchestra 1945-05-20

Physical Description: 2 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

New York Philharmonic 1944-1946

Physical Description: 25 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

News Of The World

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Outpost Concert Series. Music Of The Jazz Bands

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Outpost Concert Series. Music Of The Theatre

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Radio Symphonies Of America

Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

This Is The U.S.A.

Physical Description: 10 audio disc(s)
 

Treasure Hour Of Song 1946

Physical Description: 9 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Voice Of America (Arabic)

Physical Description: 7 12" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Voice Of America (Persian)

Physical Description: 5 12" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Official Detective 1949

Physical Description: 3 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Opinion-aire 1947-04

Physical Description: 2 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Orchestras Of The Nation 1945-1948

Physical Description: 8 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Orchestras Of The World 1950

Physical Description: 28 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Ozark Mountain Folks 1948-01-28

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Pan American Roundtable 1942

Physical Description: 5 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Passing Parade 1948

Physical Description: 2 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Paul Whiteman Hour, The 1946-1947

Physical Description: 3 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Pause That Refreshes, The 1945-02-11

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Pepsodent Show, The 1943-01-26

Physical Description: 1 10" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Philco Radio Time 1947, 1949

Physical Description: 6 10" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Prudential Family Hour 1944-1948

Physical Description: 14 instantaneous disc(s)
 

Quaker City Serenade 1946-09-17

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Quiet Please 1947

Physical Description: 2 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Radio Free Europe

Physical Description: 1 7" vinyl disc(s)
 

Radio Nederland

Physical Description: 7 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Radio Nederland. Dutch Light Music

Physical Description: 7 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Radio Nederland. Netherlands Composers

Physical Description: 25 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Railroad Hour, The 1949-1953

Physical Description: 14 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

RCA Magic Key Of Radio 1951-04-16

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Rainbow House 1946-02-02

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Rhapsody For Strings

Physical Description: 2 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Redwood Empire

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Reviewing Stand 1946-10

Physical Description: 2 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Road Of Life

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Robert Merrill Show 1946-1949

Physical Description: 7 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Rubinoff's Musical Moments Revue

Physical Description: 4 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Salute To Reservists

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Salvation Army 1956

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Salvation Army. Reflections By Starlight 1961

Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

San Francisco Sketchbook 1951-1952

Physical Description: 5 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Saturday Night Serenade 1949-06-28

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Say It With Music 1946-1943

Physical Description: 2 disc(s)
 

Schaeffer Parade, The 1948-08-15

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Secret Agent 1941-03

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Serenade For Strings 1946-09-07

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

SESAC Transcriptions Library Service

Physical Description: 59 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Shady Valley Folks 1947-12

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Sherlock Holmes 1942-02-08

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Showtime, U.S.A. 1950-12-18

Physical Description: 1 12" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Sincerely, Kenny Baker 1945-1946

Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Sing Along With Mitch 1961-1965

Physical Description: 14 instantaneous disc(s)
 

Smile Time 1947-05-05

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Spirit Of The Vikings, The

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Stage Door Canteen 1942, 1946

Physical Description: 2 instantaneous disc(s)
 

Stairway To The Stars 1949-05-15

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Standard Hour 1938-1955

Physical Description: 611 disc(s)

General

Folders of notes concerning some Hollywood Bowl/Standard Hour discs (Wecker donation) are in the finding aid cabinet under "HollywoodBowl/Standard Hour").

Accompanying paper materials

Cue sheets/scripts, album covers and programs (including bound volumes containing 1932-1955 programs) are available for this series.
 

Standard Program Library

Physical Description: 298 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Standard School Broadcast 1935-1969

Physical Description: 953 disc(s)

Accompanying paper materials

Cue sheets/scripts, album covers and programs (including bound volumes containing 1928-1965 programs) are available for this series.
 

Star Spangled Vaudeville 1942

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Starlight Operetta 1950-07-30

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Stars For Defense 1957-1962

Physical Description: 6 audio disc(s)
 

Stradivari Program 1946

Physical Description: 6 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Straight Arrow 1948-05

Physical Description: 2 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Streamlined Fairy Tales 1947

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Summer Electric Hour 1948-06-06

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Sunrise Salute 1949

Physical Description: 2 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Sunset Serenade 1950-04-05

Physical Description: 2 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Symphonies of the Sage (Sons Of The Pioneers)

Physical Description: 14 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Synagogue

Physical Description: 12 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Tapestries of Life 1951

Physical Description: 2 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Tennessee Ernie Show

Physical Description: 5 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Thesaurus (RCA, NBC)

Physical Description: 15 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

This I Believe

Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl disc(s)
 

This Is America 1941

Physical Description: 4 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

This, Our America 1939-06-04

Physical Description: 2 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Through The Looking Glass 1950-04-15

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Tide Show, The 1952-09-01

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Time To Smile 1941-12

Physical Description: 1 10" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Titan Library Service

Physical Description: 1 12" shellac disc(s)
 

Transatlantic Call

Physical Description: 23 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Treasure Hour Of Song 1946-06

Physical Description: 3 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Treasury Department

Physical Description: 81 disc(s)
 

Treasury Department

Physical Description: 9 disc(s)
 

Eddy Arnold

Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Guest Star 1947-1962

Physical Description: 38 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Take Stock In America

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Treasury Song Parade

Physical Description: 25 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Voices Of The Farm

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Voices Of The People 1942-1943

Physical Description: 6 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Minute Man 1943-02-01

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

True or False 1949

Physical Description: 2 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Twenty Questions 1947-1948

Physical Description: 4 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

U.S. Air Force

Physical Description: 184 audio disc(s)
 

U.S. Air Force

Physical Description: 2 audio disc(s)
 

U.S. Air Force Reserve. Reserved For You 1956-1962

Physical Description: 28 audio disc(s)
 

U.S. Air Force Reserve. Soundflights Into Jazz

Physical Description: 4 12" vinyl disc(s)
 

Country Music Time

Physical Description: 48 12" vinyl disc(s)
 

Flight Through Life

Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl disc(s)
 

Manhattan Melodies

Physical Description: 13 12" vinyl disc(s)
 

Music in the Air

Physical Description: 2 7" vinyl disc(s)
 

Serenade In Blue

Physical Description: 86 audio disc(s)
 

U.S. Armed Forces Institute

Physical Description: 3 12" vinyl disc(s)
 

U.S. Army

Physical Description: 66 audio disc(s)
 

U.S. Army

Physical Description: 5 12" vinyl disc(s)
 

Army Bandstand

Physical Description: 19 audio disc(s)
 

Country Style, USA

Physical Description: 16 12" vinyl disc(s)
 

Forward March 1956

Physical Description: 5 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Gene Price Country Express 1974

Physical Description: 2 12" vinyl disc(s)
 

March Music

Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

National Anthems

Physical Description: 2 12" vinyl disc(s)
 

Proudly We Hail 1956

Physical Description: 13 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Stars On Parade 1950

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Voice Of The Army

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

U.S. Department Of Labor

Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl disc(s)
 

U.S. Department Of The Interior Fish And Wildlife Service, Bureau Of Commercial Fisheries

Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl disc(s)
 

U.S. Marine Corps

Physical Description: 26 audio disc(s)
 

U.S. Marine Corps

Physical Description: 6 audio disc(s)
 

It's The Tops

Physical Description: 3 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Jazz On The Potomac

Physical Description: 7 12" vinyl disc(s)
 

Jerry Gray Show

Physical Description: 3 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Les Brown Show

Physical Description: 5 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Take Five

Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl disc(s)
 

Toni Arden Show 1954

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

U.S. Navy

Physical Description: 70 disc(s)
 

U.S. Navy

Physical Description: 17 audio disc(s)
 

Broadway In Review 1954

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Join The Navy 1956

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Land's Best Bands 1951

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Music On Deck. Lawrence Welk 1959-1960

Physical Description: 28 audio disc(s)
 

Music On Deck. Pat Boone

Physical Description: 8 audio disc(s)
 

Navy Band Showcase

Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl disc(s)
 

Navy Hour 1945-07-10

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Navy Swings, The

Physical Description: 4 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Portraits in Patriotism

Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl disc(s)
 

Teacher, The

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Travel The World In Song

Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl disc(s)
 

What In The World Happened? 1976

Physical Description: 2 12" vinyl disc(s)
 

Your Navy Show 1954

Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Your Star Time 1953

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

U.S. Office of Civilian Defense

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

U.S. Office of Civilian Defense. Yankee Doodle

Physical Description: 3 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

U.S. Post Office Department 1967

Physical Description: 1 10" vinyl disc(s)
 

United Nations

Physical Description: 64 disc(s)
 

United Nations

Physical Description: 12 disc(s)
 

Celebration Of The First Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1949-12-10

Physical Description: 8 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Commemoration Of The Second Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1950-12-10

Physical Description: 5 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Document A/777

Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Eleven Memory Street

Physical Description: 3 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Memo From Lake Success

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Shooting Gallery

Physical Description: 4 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Tomorrow For Two

Physical Description: 2 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

U.N. Story

Physical Description: 1 10" vinyl disc(s)
 

U.N. Birthday Story, The 1949-10-24

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

UNESCO. Energy In The Service Of Man

Physical Description: 2 12" instantaneous disc(s)
 

UNESCO. Backdoor Travelogue

Physical Description: 1 12" instantaneous disc(s)
 

UNESCO. Canticle of Hope

Physical Description: 2 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

UNICEF. Billy Hits the Jackpot 1958

Physical Description: 1 10" vinyl disc(s)
 

UNICEF. Meanest Man In Town, The

Physical Description: 1 10" vinyl disc(s)
 

UNICEF. Trial of Sergeant Bill, The 1957

Physical Description: 1 10" vinyl disc(s)
 

United Nations Story, The

Physical Description: 13 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

United Nations Today, The 1950

Physical Description: 2 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Your Seat at the Table 1955

Physical Description: 1 10" vinyl disc(s)
 

United Service Organizations 1961

Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl disc(s)
 

United States Information Service 1949

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

United States Steel Hour, The 1949-1952

Physical Description: 11 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Unlimited Horizons 1941-04-22

Physical Description: 6 12" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Veterans Administration 1949

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Veterans Administration. Here's To Veterans

Physical Description: 34 audio disc(s)
 

Veterans' Theater Of The Air 1948-05

Physical Description: 2 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Voice Of America

Physical Description: 20 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Voice Of America. Fun With Music

Physical Description: 5 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Voice Of America. Musica De Siempre

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Voice Of Firestone, The 1936-1956

Physical Description: 22 disc(s)
 

War Department

Physical Description: 34 12" vinyl disc(s)
 

Warriors Of Peace 1947

Physical Description: 6 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

We The People

Physical Description: 3 instantaneous disc(s)
 

Wealth Of The West 1941

Physical Description: 2 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Western Hit Revue 1949-04-28

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Westertype

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Westinghouse Adventures In Research

Physical Description: 12 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Witch's Tale

Physical Description: 1 16" shellac disc(s)
 

Works Progress Administration 1936-1942

Physical Description: 339 disc(s)

notes

A folder of notes about WPA discs is filed in the finding aid cabinet under "Works Progress Administration"
 

World Feature. Jam Session

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

World Feature. Sing, America, Sing

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

World Program Service

Physical Description: 34 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

World's Best Seller, The

Physical Description: 1 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

Yesterday Brings You Tomorrow

Physical Description: 1 16" shellac disc(s)
 

You And Gadgets 1949

Physical Description: 2 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

You And Your America 1940-05-19

Physical Description: 3 12" instantaneous disc(s)
 

You Bet Your Life

Physical Description: 1 10" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Young Men's Christian Association

Physical Description: 3 10" vinyl disc(s)
 

Your Hit Parade 1935-1952

Physical Description: 18 instantaneous disc(s)
 

Zane Grey Show 1947-12

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

2. general content types

Scope and Contents

For the most part, content types have been identified for genres other than music. Quantities are estimated.
 

advertisements

Physical Description: 100 disc(s)
 

advertisements (political)

Physical Description: 10 disc(s)
 

amateur recordings

Physical Description: 105 disc(s)

Scope and Contents

Label information suggests relatively informal speech, singing and playing by family or friends.
 

custom/vanity pressings

Physical Description: 57 disc(s)

Scope and Contents

For the most part, studio and pressing plant information has been recorded when present. Please note that the general ARS record library also contains many custom and privately-printed recordings.
 

motion picture-related (including soundtracks)

Physical Description: 98 disc(s)

Scope and Contents

Includes soundtracks, production discs (largely from MGM 1940s musicals), promotional recordings and advertisements.
 

news and speech

Physical Description: 456 disc(s)

Scope and Contents

News, commentary, panel discussion, speeches, lectures, sportscasting, etc. Most are from or for the radio.
 

dubbed copies

Physical Description: 157 disc(s)

Scope and Contents

Some identified as dubs may not be issued takes, and there are probably other dubs not identified as such. Many appear to be party records (i.e. risque songs not otherwise easily available in record stores).
 

ethnographic and field recordings

Physical Description: 64 disc(s)
 

African Music Research discs from Johannesburg, South Africa

Physical Description: 6 16" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Aboriginal Music From the Northern Territory of Australia (Australian Broadcasting Commission, Processed By Columbia Graphophone) 1948

Physical Description: 11 12" vinyl disc(s)
 

Cook Island Songs Recorded For The South Seas Commission (Columbia Graphophone (Aust.) Pty. Ltd.)

Physical Description: 2 12" vinyl disc(s)
 

Finnie Collection recordings from Lebanon, Venezula, Korea and elsewhere for use in Bechtel films 1951-1956

Physical Description: 15 instantaneous disc(s)
 

Folk Songs and Dances From The Pacific, Recorded by Fred Drilhon (Australian Broadcasting Commission, processed By Columbia Graphophone) 1954

Physical Description: 3 12" vinyl disc(s)folders
 

Linnell Migratory Camp, Visalia, California. A. Carl Killion - Turkish Lady B. Evelyn Pennington - Old Grumbler 1945-12-27

Physical Description: 1 16" instantaneous disc(s)

Scope and Contents

This unusual 16" cardboard-base lacquer was recorded by Nadean Hart in 1945 This recording has been deposited at the Library Of Congress American Folklife Center as part of AFS 9434-9447: Nadean Hart Collection of Folk Songs and Ballads. It is unclear what relationship this disc has to the AFS collection. It is probably a contemporary dub.
 

New Guinea and Papuan Native Music (Australian Broadcasting Commission, processed By Columbia Graphophone) 1950

Physical Description: 6 12" vinyl disc(s)
 

Pueblo Indian songs 1945-01-14

Physical Description: 2 12" instantaneous disc(s)

Scope and Contents

Two glass-based discs recorded by Albuquerque Radio & Appliance featuring Mike Reyna, Paul Toya and Heinrich Shultz singing traditonal Taos Pueblo songs as well as popular material (such as "Bomb the Berlin"). Discs originally owned by Virgil Whitaker, a Stanford alum and professor emeritus who worked in the Indian Education Service in New Mexico during WWII. However, the original recordings were made by anthropologists Florence Hawley Ellis and Donovan Senter, and these are probably copies made at the time. For more information refer to the Florence Hawley Ellis and Donovan Senter Collection of Hispanic, Isleta, and Laguna Songs at the University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research.
 

Sam Kapa, J. Louis Hila, Donald Parshon, Cazimero. Kaikoo ; Lihiwai [photocopy of lyrics in Hawaiian enclosed]

Physical Description: 1 10" instantaneous disc(s)folders
 

Sanscrit Chant, Sri-Sulul (Aladdin Recording, Portland, Oregon)

Physical Description: 1 10" instantaneous disc(s)
 

Sarat Lahiri & Todi, Sitar, Tabla & Banya, 341 West 58th St. New York City - Raga Behag ; Hindu Love Song [handwritten label]

Physical Description: 1 10" shellac disc(s)
 

Sydney University Expedition 1949. Chants And Rituals Recorded By Professor Elkin (Australian Record Company) 1949

Physical Description: 12 16" vinyl disc(s)
 

public service announcements and programs

Physical Description: 69 disc(s)
 

visually unidentifiable

Physical Description: 372 disc(s)
 

3. major orchestras represented

 

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops

Physical Description: 90 disc(s)
 

CBS Symphony Orchestra

Physical Description: 43 disc(s)
 

Hollywood Bowl

Physical Description: 538 disc(s)
 

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Physical Description: 150 disc(s)
 

NBC Symphony Orchestra

Physical Description: 241 disc(s)
 

New York Philharmonic

Physical Description: 112 disc(s)
 

Philadelphia Orchestra

Physical Description: 24 disc(s)
 

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and Opera

Physical Description: 147 disc(s)
 

4. Stanford University recordings

Physical Description: 178 disc(s)

Scope and Contents

Not all Stanford-related discs have been identified. The collection contains donations from Sandor Salgo, Herbert Nanney, Leroanrd Ratner, Harold Schmidt, Jan Popper and other faculty and alumni. Many transcriptions were once part of KZSU's library. While most discs are of various baccalaureates, commencements, and other addresses, a few highlights are as follows:
David Starr Jordan's "The Stanford Spirit" on a 1916 custom shellac pressing ; an interview with Mrs. David Starr Jordan in 1951 ; Richard Lyman home recordings from the early 1930s ; Stanford Women's Glee Club 1937 ; Stanford Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sandor Salgo and Leonard Ratner ; original recordings of the Stanford Scalp Song from composer Irving Bibo ; Stanford Players productions from the late 1940s ; Ray Lyman Wilbur and D.B. Tressider at an Alumni Banquet in 1943 ; Yvor Winters readings ; Wallace Stegner singing Sam Hall ; Herbert Nanney playing the organ at Memorial ; Putnam Aldrich Harpsichord Recital 1953 ; Stanford Big Game Gaieties 1940.

Related Collections

 

5. notable donations

Scope and Contents

By no means is this an exhaustive list. Many of the donors below also have their own collections, and links are provided to their finding aids.
 

Arnold, Bob

Physical Description: 16 instantaneous disc(s)

Related Materials

Scope and Contents

Arnold was a collector and researcher in Berkeley, California. Some or all discs are from Jaxyson Radio Service in Oakland, a studio which was known for a few blues and gospel pressings, as well as many instantaneous recordings (many of which were compiled on a commercial CD set titled The Jaxyson Records Story).
 

Blackmar, Lois 1934-1950

Physical Description: 6 12" instantaneous disc(s)

Benton file

folder in finding aid files under "Benton" contains photocopies of contents listings from sleeves.

Scope and Contents

Six discs compiling rare recordings by singer Joseph Bentonelli.
 

Block, Al 1937-1971

Physical Description: 275 disc(s)

Related Materials

Scope and Contents

Block was a collector and long-time friend of the Archive. Most of these discs were from the last of his many donations. While his interest was mainly in classical, one may also find dramatic performances, popular music and even a country & western program (the Sons Of The Pioneers' Symphonies of the Sage).
 

Bonelli, Mona Modini 1949-04-17

Physical Description: 4 disc(s)

Scope and Contents

Richard Bonelli with Fern Sayre, soprano, G. Alexander Schriener, organ, Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Deutsches Requiem.

Related Materials

See also Box 34, Tape 26 in the Richard Bonelli Collection (ARS0005).  
 

Borisoff, Alexander (via Janice Ortega) 1945-1949

Physical Description: 15 12" instantaneous disc(s)

Scope and Contents

Discs originally owned by cellist and composer Alexander Borisoff and donated by his grandaughter Janice Ortega. Includes a complete Your Hit Parade (Lucky Strike) program on NBC/KFI from 9/14/1935 and a 1949 private recording of Borisoff's Poeme Ancient by the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra conducted by Victor Young with Borisoff playing cello and narration by Edward G. Robinson.
 

Brown, Nate 1935-1949

Physical Description: 210 disc(s)

Related Materials

Scope and Contents

The Western Sound Archive, run collector and trader Nate Brown along with fellow collector Ed Wilkinson, was a non-profit service that distributed rare classical recordings on open reel tape. These discs were the original sources for much of this privately circulated material.
 

Davis, Hugh

Physical Description: 65 instantaneous disc(s)

Scope and Contents

Exact provenance is unclear; discs may have been donated by an intermediary. Davis was a jazz fan and recording engineer originally from Wichita, Kansas who worked as an electrical engineer and for the Seeburg jukebox company. An associate of John Steiner, they ran the S.D. (Steiner-Davis) and Paramount reissue labels together, and recorded traditional jazz performances both live and from the radio in the Chicago area. Most of these discs have minimal annotations, and some may be dubs or tests of commercially issues. Notable recordings include: Sunday Swing Concert, Sherman Hotel in Chicago 11/3/1940 ; Teddy Wilson, Duffy's Tavern 4/7/1942 ; Bob Crosby, Jess Stacy, Fitch Bandwagon 5/24/42 ; George Barnes, Roy Shields Program WMAQ 5/21/42 ; Bill Davison - Blatz Palm Gardens 5/30/41 ; and various recordings of Mel Henke, Don Ewell, Billy Maxted, Floyd Bean, and others.
 

Drob, Harold

Physical Description: 85 instantaneous disc(s)

Scope and Contents

Drob was a jazz record collector and researcher devoted to trumpeter Bunk Johnson. Many of these discs are dubs from rare jazz 78s, but others may be unique recordings. The Boris Blinder records are probably not part of this donation.
 

Elwood, Phil

Physical Description: 16 disc(s)

Scope and Contents

A few discs from the collection of famed San Francisco music critic and radio producer Phil Elwood. Most discs are unidentified, but there are two of Bill Russell Introducing and playing with Bunk Johnson and an undated Kid Ory aircheck.
 

Fagan, Ted

Physical Description: 20 instantaneous disc(s)

Related Materials

See also the discs in the Ted Fagan Collection (ARS0008).  
 

Finnie, Anne Ackerman 1941-1956

Physical Description: 63 instantaneous disc(s)

Scope and Contents

Discs from Richard Sterling Finnie, donated by his widow. Finnie was a writer and producer who worked for Bechtel and traveled around the world making recordings for use in promotional films. He was also an enthusiastic home-recorder, with many hours of radio broadcasts in his collection. Most of the discs here are 1940s airchecks of popular music from WEAF, WABC, WNEW, and other stations, but there are also original field recordings of ethnic music from Lebanon, Venezula, Korea, and Trinidad, and folk music by Massachusetts pipline worker P.G. Spike Downes (mosty of which are also exist as tape transfers in the Finnie Collection).

Related Materials

 

Jacobsen, Arnold 1935-1959

Physical Description: 435 disc(s)

Related Materials

Scope and Contents

Arnold Jacobsen was a record collector and dealer with a specialization in popular music of the early-to-mid 20th century. The discs here reflect that broadness, and include many airchecks and transcriptions. There are also discs of Jacobsen's radio program The Memory Shop (named for his record store), audio letters he made while in the army, and several location recordings of temple services.
 

Kapfenberg, Eleanor 1944-1962

Physical Description: 254 disc(s)

Scope and Contents

Kapfenberg's donation largely consists of pressed transcriptions, but there are also several location recordings of San Francisco Bay Area dance bands, such as John Wolohan Orchestra at the El Patio Ballroom in 1946-47 and the Jack Fina Orchestra at the Claremont Hotel in 1946.
 

Layer, Harold

Physical Description: 187 disc(s)

Scope and Contents

Hal Layer is Professor Emeritus at San Francisco State University and a man of diverse interests (http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~hl/). His collection here includes CBS Symphony, NBC Symphony, and New York Philharmonic airchecks, WBBM broadcasts, Nat King Cole's Wildroot Cream Oil program, and many pressed transcriptions.
 

Lund, Jack

Physical Description: 19 instantaneous disc(s)

Scope and Contents

Most discs are a performance of Otello by the NBC Symphony Orchestra under Toscanini 12/6-13/1947.

Related Materials

 

Malloch, William (via Bill Doggett)

Physical Description: 53 instantaneous disc(s)

Scope and Contents

Malloch was music director at KPFK, artistic director of the Ojai Music Festival, and a music teacher at UCLA. All discs from his collection are instantaneous-cut, and contain rare recordings of the NBC Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, and other orchestral performances.
 

Moran, William R. 1936-1953

Physical Description: 20 instantaneous disc(s)

Related Materials

Scope and Contents

William Moran was a collector, researcher, writer, and discographer, particularly in the field of early sound recordings and vocal art music. Moran was one of the founders of the Archive of Recorded Sound, and he donated thousands of rare recordings and ephemera to the Archive until he passed away in 2004.
 

Quilter, Thomas J. 1935-1961

Physical Description: 193 disc(s)

Scope and Contents

One of the largest single donations of transcriptions and instantaneous discs to the Archive. Among the many offerings: Standard Hour and Standard School Broadcasts ; AFRS discs stamped U.S.S. Antietam and Oneida ; Royal Hawaiian Minstrels on Stichting Radio Omroep [Netherlands] in 1949 ; several San Francisco Sketchbook programs on ABC 1951-1952 ; many Masterworks From France programs ; a KGO program on Socialism.
 

Rhines, Howard 1935-1952

Physical Description: 41 disc(s)

Related Materials

Scope and Contents

Howard Rhines was a composer, announcer and program director at Los Angeles classical radio station KFAC.
 

Schmidt, Harold 1948

Physical Description: 15 16" instantaneous disc(s)

Related Materials

This collection contains only 16" discs from Schmidt. Smaller-sized discs remain in the Harold Schmidt Collection (ARS0120). 

Scope and Contents

Schmidt was choral director and a professor of music at Stanford. These discs are primarily two sets of the Stanford Players' performance of Britten's Peter Grimes, May 27-29, 1948.
 

Schwabacher, Cynthia 1940-1953

Physical Description: 109 instantaneous disc(s)

Related Materials

Scope and Contents

Cynthia is the sister of singer and voice teacher James Schwabacher, and although the James Schwabacher Collection also contains instant discs, it would seem that their collections have been mixed to a certain degree. Nevertheless, the discs included here are probably all from Cynthia, and offer a remarkable snapshot of 1940s radio, including news, sports, comedy, and political programming.
 

Waggener, Hewitt (via Richard Gould) 1935-1965

Physical Description: 1524 instantaneous disc(s)

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Waggener was a saxophonist who ran a professional recording studio in Southern California, but spent much of his free time perfecting his home recording system. Almost all of these discs are air checks, some of which are from television programs, most from stations KFI, KFAC, KFWB, and KCBH. Waggener meticulously logged his recording setup on disc sleeves, but usually only wrote a few notes about what was being recorded. Many appear to be broadcasts of transcriptions or pre-recorded music, but there are undoubtedly many undiscovered and unique recordings in a collection this size.