Guide to the Julius J. Spector Collection ARS.0013
Finding aid prepared by Ray Heigemeir and Frank Ferko
Archive of Recorded Sound
April 2006
soundarchive@stanford.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Archive of Recorded Sound
Title: Julius J. Spector Collection
creator:
Spector, Julius J.
Identifier/Call Number: ARS.0013
Physical Description:
12.5 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1934-1998
Physical Description: The collection contains approximately 500 LP discs, 428 open reel tapes, 75 audiocassettes, and 45 videocassettes, correspondence,
photographs and other paper materials. The materials are housed in 11 record storage boxes and 1 document storage box, for
a total of 12.5 linear feet.
Separated Materials note
The LP discs (approximately 500) were interfiled with the ARS LP collection.
Arrangement note
Correspondence, photographs, and other paper materials have been filed in a single box. Audio tapes have been organized alphabetically
by composer name.
Scope and Contents note
Collection includes typed and handwritten correspondence, signed photographs from persons prominent in the classical music
world, a typed script for a speech on Toscanini, and a limited-edition copy of Arthur Schnabel's "Reflections on Music," signed
by the author. Audio tapes in the collection contain various broadcast performances of operas and concerts between 1955 and
1996. VHS tapes contain primarily operas but also several concert performances, all dating from the mid 1980s through the
1990s.
Biographical/Historical note
Julius J. Spector attended Fordham University and studied art at Cooper Union, later finding employment in New York-based
advertising agencies; he later gained prominence in the direct marketing industry. Spector once worked as an extra in New
York City Opera productions, played the clarinet, and in the course of his lifetime befriended many prominent musicians.
Preferred Citation note
Julius J. Spector Collection, ARS-0013. Courtesy of the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with repository. Publication and reproduction rights reside with the creators or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Head Librarian of the Archive of Recorded Sound.
Source
The Julius J. Spector Collection was donated the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound by Eric Spector in 2004.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Musicians -- Portraits
Operas
Sound recordings
Videocassettes
Spector, Julius J.
box 1, folder 1
Correspondence
1938-1968
Physical Description: 7 typescript or handwritten letters
Scope and Contents note
Typescript or handwritten letters from Willem Mengelberg, Olga Samaroff Stokowski, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, "Arthur or Artur"
Rubinstein, C. H. Clemens, Walter Toscanini.
box 1, folder 2
Photographs
Physical Description: 12 photographs : chiefly black and white
Scope and Contents note
12 signed photographs (chiefly black and white) of John Barbirolli, Thomas Beecham, Phyllis Diller, Kirsten Flagstad, Glenn
Ford, Giovanni Martinelli, Lauritz Melchior, Willem Mengelberg, Luciano Pavarotti, Friedrich Schorr, Jean Sibelius, and Bruno
Walter. An additional signed portrait of Mengelberg is located in the ARS Posters/Prints Box #1.
box 1, folder 3
Schnabel: Reflections on Music
1934
Physical Description: 1 book(s)
Physical Description: no content
Scope and Contents note
Copy no. 30 of a limited edition of 200. Signed by the author.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Music -- History and criticism
Schnabel, Artur, 1882-1951
box 1, folder 4
Chotzinoff speech
Physical Description: 25 leaves (typescript)
Physical Description: no content
Scope and Contents note
Typescript of speech, "Our need for Toscanini," composed for the America-Italy Society.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Chotzinoff, Samuel
America-Italy Society
box 1, folder 5
Misc. papers
ca. 1940-1960
Physical Description: [20?] leaves + 1 booklet
Scope and Contents note
Copies of newspaper reviews; list of Toscanini recordings available on full track tapes; program for Rigoletto, presented
by the San Carlo Opera Co. at the Center Theater (NY) signed by John Barrymore and Elaine Barrie.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
San Carlo Opera Company
Audio tapes, open reel
1955-1996
Audio tapes, cassettes
1987-1995
Video tapes (VHS)
1980s-1990s
Box 11
VHS tapes: opera performances
Box 12
VHS tapes: opera and other live performances
