Finding Aid for the Harvey Sheldon music video collection 2341
Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
2022 February
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0185
ctlibarc@usc.edu
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Harvey Sheldon music video collection
source:
Sheldon, Harvey, 1936-
Identifier/Call Number: 2341
Physical Description:
175.5 Linear Feet
156 Boxes
Date (inclusive): 1940-1998
Abstract: Collection consists of approximately 4,500 music video recordings on U-matic and Beta tapes from primarily the 1980s and 1990s
from broadcaster and music historian Harvey Sheldon.
Language of Material:
English.
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Harvey Sheldon (born 1936) is a broadcaster, and music historian who specializes in the Golden Age of Pop (1930s-1960s), and
Big Band swing and jazz. He founded "America's Rock Network" and began producing and hosting "Monster Rock" on Century Cable
in the mid 1990s. Sheldon has collected moving image music recordings since the 1960s, and has amassed a library of diverse
genres and eras.
This collection consists of approximately 4,500 broadcast tapes for music videos collected by broadcaster Harvey Sheldon.
The videos chiefly are of rock 'n roll bands, but reflect a variety of other genres including pop, blues, alternative, metal,
and country. While the earliest videos are of Louis Jordan from the 1940s and rock bands from the 1960s and 1970s are represented,
the majority of videos date from the late 1980s-1990s. The recordings consist of ¾ Inch U-matic, ¾ Inch U-matic SP, and Beta
and Beta SP video tapes. The videos were originally provided by record companies or the performers, or were purchased.
The videos include both promotional videos and live performances. Many performers are represented in the collection, including
Eric Clapton, The Doors, Guns N Roses, Jimi Hendrix, Iron Maiden, Pink Floyd, Queen, Paul Rodgers, the Yardbirds, and The
Who.
This collection is currently unavailable for access.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library
at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Harvey Sheldon, December 1998.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Harvey Sheldon music video collection, Collection no. 2341, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California.
Collection is unprocessed.
Box 61 missing from the shelf at the time of processing, February 2022.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Music -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Music videos
Sheldon, Harvey, 1936-