Guide to the Paul Vernon global music research files PA Mss 231
Finding aid prepared by David Seubert and Zachary Liebhaber, 2021.
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
special@library.ucsb.edu
2021 September 29
Title: Paul Vernon global music research files
Identifier/Call Number: PA Mss 231
Language of Material:
English.
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Physical Description:
2.09 Linear Feet
(5 document boxes)
Creator:
Vernon, Paul, 1949-
Date (inclusive): 1900-1940
Abstract: Research files of Paul Vernon, author of
Ethnic and Vernacular Music, 1898-1960 (Westport CT: Greenwood, 1995). The research files are primarily photocopies of documents, including trade catalogs, corporate
correspondence, and published articles.
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish
or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of Item], Paul Vernon global music research files, PA Mss 231. Department of Special Research Collections,
UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Steve Shapiro, 2021.
Scope and Content
Research files of Paul Vernon, author of
Ethnic and Vernacular Music, 1898-1960 (Westport CT: Greenwood, 1995). Vernon's book was the first to give a broad overview of folk and "ethnic" recordings made
by the major record companies (HMV, Columbia, Victor and others) during the 78rpm era.
The research files are primarily photocopies of documents, including trade catalogs, corporate correspondence, and published
articles. Many documents likely were copied from the EMI Archive in London about its various operations around the world before
WWII. The collection is arranged geographically.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Folk music -- History and criticism
Articles
Commercial correspondence
Photocopies
Trade catalogs
Vernon, Paul, 1949- -- Archives
box 1
Africa - East (1)
undated
box 1
Africa - East (2)
undated
box 1
Africa - West and Central
undated
box 1
Africa - Discographies
undated
box 1
Portugal - Catalogs
undated
box 2
Portugal - Discographical
undated
box 2
Portugal - Illustrations
undated
box 2
Portugal - Coimbra
undated
box 2
Portugal - General and Unfiled (1)
undated
box 2
Portugal - General and Unfiled (2)
undated
box 3
Portugal - Valentim de Carvalho
undated
box 3
Italy/Mediterranean
undated
box 3
Middle East (inc Egypt, Greece, Turkey, Iraq) (1)
undated
box 3
Middle East (inc Egypt, Greece, Turkey, Iraq) (2)
undated
box 5
Caribbean Islands (Cuba, Puerto Rico, Trinidad)
box 5
British Library National Sound Archive - International Music Connection (Newsletter)
