1. Discographies
Scope and Contents
These print-outs of discographical databases were a work in progress, and may be of limited value today, except as a corollary
to their collection of recordings.
Box 14
NBC Airchecks, Chronological
Physical Description:
1 folder
Box 14
Title Index A-Z
Physical Description:
2 folders
Box 18, Box 16, Box 17, Box 14, Box 15
Performer Index (missing "A")
Physical Description:
17 folders
Box 7, Box 6
Unnumbered 5"
Physical Description:
40 5" open reel tapes
Box 3, Box 4, Box 5, Box 1, Box 2
Unnumbered 7"
Physical Description:
154 7" open reel tapes
Scope and Contents
Most are minimally annotated.
Box 5
Old handwritten labels
Physical Description:
27 7" open reel tapes
Scope and Contents
Tapes in this series share the same handwriting on boxes. Works by Mahler, Verdi, Mussorgsky, Puccini and others. Many are
conducted by Bruno Walter. Some are Metropolitan Opera broadcasts. There are several pre-production reference copy tapes from
RCA, containing notes such as "approved CP," "OK for prod.," and "high peaks, approved for Red Seal."
Box 5, Box 6
Typed labels
Physical Description:
36 7" open reel tapes
Scope and Contents
Material is similiar to those tapes with handwritten labels. Also some RCA reference copies here.
Box 8, Box 7
San Francisco Opera and Symphony
Physical Description:
40 open reel tapes
: 9 5" reels ; 31 7" reels
Scope and Contents
Please note that the main numbered tape series also contains San Francisco recordings (the unnumbered tapes may also contain
unidentified San Francisco performances). Includes Otello 11/70 ; Falstaff 10/70 ; Nozze di Figaro 1973 ; Makropulos Case
11/66 ; Faust 11/72 ; Tancredi 11/79 ; 50th Anniversary, Stern Grove 1972 ; Gala 11/19/78 ; Thais 9/10/76 ; Die Walkure 11/13/36
; Tosca 10/15/32, 1965, 11/72, 10/8/76 ; Boris Godunov 1973; La Cenerentola 11/1/74 ; L'Italiana in Algieri 6/64 ; Ozawa/Symphony
- Mahler 7, Berlioz Requiem.
Numbered (100/200/300 series)
Physical Description:
270 7" open reel tapes
(approximately)
Arrangement
Numbering spans 97-367, with some gaps. A few other short series of numbers (i.e. 1-12 on 5" reels) are probably unrelated
and were disregarded. The "T" series (for transcriptions) is interfiled (this may match the numbers in their NBC discography).