Guide to the Benno Häupl collection PA Mss 122

Finding aid prepared by Zachary Liebhaber, 2018.
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
special@library.ucsb.edu
2018 February 27


Title: Benno Häupl collection
Identifier/Call Number: PA Mss 122
Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 5.55 linear feet (10 document boxes, 1 half-size document box, 1 flat box)
Creator: Häupl, Benno
Date (inclusive): 1860-1989
Abstract: Approximately 2,100 postcards, cabinet cards, "cartes-de-visite" and other albumen prints featuring musicians with their instruments from around the world, as well as Country and Western, Cajun, and Folk sound recording research files amassed by ethnographic 78 rpm disc and photograph collector Benno Häupl.
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.

Acquisition Information

[Identification of Item], Benno Häupl collection, PA Mss 122. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Scope and Content

Approximately 2,100 postcards, cabinet cards, "cartes-de-visite" and other albumen prints amassed by ethnographic 78 rpm disc and photograph collector Benno Häupl. The collection is global in scope, featuring anonymous traditional musicians with their instruments from all regions of the world, including Africa, Eurasia, North and South America, and Oceania. Particularly well represented are photographs of bagpipers with regional varieties of bagpipes from countries such as Estonia, Armenia, Austria, Russia, Macedonia, India, Serbia, Libya, Sudan and Portugal. The dates of these photographs range from 1860-1970. While the bulk of the collection consists of postcards, it also includes cabinet cards, cartes-de-visite, unbacked albumen prints, stereoscopic photographs, small albumen portraits and a daguerrotype, assorted modern photographic prints of record disc labels, record disc collections and collectors, and a photographic print of the Martin Cayla storefront.
The collection also contains sound recording research files created by Häupl. Most of these files cover Country and Western music, including numerical listings of Country and Western and banjo recordings, research files on Country, Cajun and Folk recordings, correspondence (incoming), and programs.

Arrangement

The collection has been divided into two series: 1. Photographs and 2. Research files.

Related Material

Häupl's vast collection of 78 rpm discs, encompassing ethnic, traditional, and regional music, has been separated for cataloging on UC Santa Barbara Library's online catalog.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Ethnomusicology
Musicians -- Pictorial works
Musical instruments -- Pictorial works
Bagpipe -- Pictorial works
Albumen prints
Cabinet photographs
Cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
Postcards
Research (documents)
Häupl, Benno -- Archives

 

Series 1. Photographs

 

Postcards

box 1

Afghanistan

box 1

Africa

box 1

African-Arab

box 1

Albania

box 1

Algeria

box 1

Altai

box 1

Angola

box 1

Australia

box 1

Austria

box 1

Argentina

box 1

Bahamas

box 1

Bali

box 1

Bedouins

box 1

Belgium

box 1

Bermuda

box 1

Bolivia

box 1

Borneo

box 1

Bosnia

box 1

Brazil

box 1

Bulgaria [1], bagpipes

box 1

Bulgaria [2], wind instruments

box 1

Buryat

box 1

Burkina Faso

box 1

Burma

box 1

Cambodia

box 1

C. African Republic

box 1

Cameroon

box 1

Canada [1], drum (tom-tom)

box 1

Canada [2], wind instruments

box 1

Caucasus [1], stringed instruments

box 1

Caucasus [2], wind instruments, bagpipes

box 1

Ceylon

box 1

Chad, wind instruments

box 1

Chile

box 2

China/Tibet

box 2

Congo

box 2

Colombia

box 2

Corea [Korea]

box 2

Costa Rica

box 2

Cote d'Ivoire

box 2

Croatia [1], bagpipes

box 2

Croatia [2]

box 2

Cuba (rhumba)

box 2

Czech [1], stringed instruments

box 2

Czech [2], wind instruments

box 2

Djibouti

box 2

Egypt

box 2

England

box 2

Equador

box 2

Eritrea

box 2

Estonia, bagpipes

box 2

Ethiopia

box 2

Fiji

box 2

France [1], bagpipes

box 3

France [2]

box 3

Gabon

box 3

Gambia

box 3

Germany/Austria/Switzerland

box 3

Germany, violin

box 3

Ghana

box 3

Greece [1], bagpipes

box 3

Greece [2]

box 3

Guadaloupe

box 3

Guatemala

box 3

Guinea

box 3

Haiti

box 3

Hawaii, guitar

box 3

Hungary [1], bagpipes

box 3

Hungary [2]

box 3

India [1]

box 3

India [2], bagpipes

box 4

Indonesia

box 4

Iran

box 4

Irish/Scottish, pipers

box 4

Italy [1]

box 4

Italy [2], bagpipes

box 4

Jamaica

box 4

Japan

box 4

Java

box 4

Kazakh, stringed instruments

box 4

Kenya

box 4

Kirghizstan

box 4

Kosovo

box 4

Krim Tatar

box 4

Laos

box 4

Lebanon/Syria/Yemen

box 4

Libya, percussion instruments

box 4

Macedonia [1], bagpipes

box 4

Macedonia [2]

box 4

Madagascar

box 4

Malaysia

box 4

Mali, percussion instruments

box 4

Malta, Gozitan orchestra

box 4

Martinique, guitar

box 4

Mexico (street musicians)

box 5

Montenegro, stringed instruments

box 5

Morocco

box 5

Mozambique

box 5

New Caledonia, conch

box 5

New Zealand

box 5

Nicaragua

box 5

Nicobar, nose flute

box 5

Niger

box 5

Nigeria

box 5

Oceania (Guam, New Hebrides)

box 5

Pakistan

box 5

Peru

box 5

Philippines

box 5

Poland [1]

box 5

Poland [2], bagpipes

box 5

Puerto Rico

box 5

Romania

box 5

Russia, bagpipes

box 5

Scandinavia, stringed instruments

box 5

Senegal

box 5

Serbia [1]

box 5

Serbia [2], stringed instruments

box 5

Seychelles

box 5

Sierra Leone

box 5

Slovenia [2], bagpipes

box 5

Solomon Islands

box 5

Somalia

box 5

South Africa [1] (native musicians)

box 5

South Africa [2]

box 6

Spain [1], guitar

box 6

Spain [2], percussion instruments, bagpipes

box 6

Sudan

box 6

Sumatra

box 6

Tahiti

box 6

Tajikistan

box 6

Tanzania

box 6

Thailand

box 6

Tibet

box 6

Togo

box 6

Trinidad

box 6

Tuareg

box 6

Tunisia

box 6

Turkestan

box 6

Turkey

box 6

Uganda, Flute

box 6

Ukraine, stringed instruments

box 6

Uruguay

box 6

USA, stringed instruments

box 6

Uzbek

box 6

Vietnam

box 6

Zambia

box 9

Miscellaneous postcards (non-ethnographic)

 

Cabinet cards, cartes-de-visite, and other formats

 

Cabinet cards and albumen prints

box 7

Africa (sub-saharan)

box 7

Arabia, North Africa, and the Levant

box 7

Balkans (Romania, Bulgaria, Greece)

box 7

Europe (France, Hungary)

box 7

Europe (Italy)

box 7

Europe (Scotland, Ireland)

box 7

Japan

box 7

South America

box 7

South Asia (India, Pakistan)

box 7

Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Indochina)

box 7

Spain

box 7

USA

box 7

Cartes-de-visite [4" x 3"]

Scope and Content

Two folders of 4" x 3" cartes-de-visite depicting anonymous musicians with their instruments from around the world.
box 7

Cartes-de-visite [4" x 3"]

Scope and Content

4" x 3" cartes-de-visite portraits of unidentified people.
box 8

Stereoscopic photographs

Scope and Content

Stereoscopic photographs of musicians and their instruments from around the world.
box 8

Prints [8" x 11"]

Scope and Content

8" x 11" prints of musicians and their instruments from around the world.
box 9

Miscellaneous modern prints

Scope and Content

Miscellaneous modern prints of record disc labels, record disc collections and collectors, and the Martin Cayla storefront.
flat-box 12

Prints [8" X 11"]

Scope and Content

8" X 11" cardboard backed and fragile prints of musicians and their instruments from around the world, and one unidentified daguerrotype portrait.
 

Series 2. Research files

box 10

Articles on record dating

box 10

Numerical listings (Country and Western): Arc, Banner, Bell, Bluebird

box 10

Numerical Listings (Country and Western): Broadway, Brunswick, Cameo, Challenge, Champion, Clarion, Columbia

box 10

Numerical Listings (Country and Western): Conqueror, Crown, Domino, Edison Diamond Disc, Electradisk, Gennett, Grey Gull, Harmony

box 10

Numerical Listings (Country and Western): Herschel, Gold Seal, Herwin, Homestead, Jewel, Melotone, Montgomery Ward, Okeh, Oriole, Paramount-Puritan, Perfect, Polk, Puritan

box 10

Numerical Listings (Country and Western): Radiex, Regal, Romeo, Silvertone, Sunrise, Superior, Supertone, Timely Tunes, Van Dyke-Madison, Varsity, Velvet Tone-Diva, Victor, Vocalion-Okeh

box 10

Research files: Cajun music

box 10

Research files: Country music

box 10

Correspondence: incoming

box 10

Cajun labels and record shops: Goldband, Lanor, La Louisiane, Floyd's

box 10

Sheet music: Turkish and French (Auvergne region)

box 10

Draft: "Physical characteristics and label iconography of the 7" American Berliner record" by Michael Sherman

box 10

Paul Vernon articles from Folk Roots magazine

box 10

Martin Cayla: business correspondence 1949

box 10

Program: Udi Hrant Jubilee

box 10

Program: American Folk Blues Festival 1966

box 10

Program: Spiritual and Gospel Festival, Germany 1965

box 10

Program: Inauguration of Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Bangalore, India 1980-1981

box 11

Tentative Banjo Discography (Cylinders/78) A-Z, Rainer E. Lotz, Bonn Germany 1989 October