Finding Aid for the Harold Bronson Sound Recording Collection PASC-M.0255
Finding aid prepared by Shira Peltzman, 2020.
UCLA Library Special Collections
Online finding aid last updated 2020 December 11.
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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Harold Bronson sound recording collection
Source:
Bronson, Harold
Identifier/Call Number: PASC-M.0255
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1956-1987
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access
special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on
this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
Portions of collection unprocessed. Audio materials are unavailable for access. Please
contact Special Collections reference (spec-coll@library.ucla.edu) for more information.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
CONTAINS UNPROCESSED AUDIO MATERIALS: Audio materials are not currently available for
access and will require further processing and assessment. If you have questions about this
material please email spec-coll@library.ucla.edu.
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national and local standards and best practices.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
5360741
Administrative/Biographical History
Harold Bronson, co-founder of Rhino Records, worked as a writer for the UCLA Daily bruin
and went on to write for Rolling stone, the Los Angeles times, L.A. Free Press, and Rock
magazine. He played music at UCLA with Mark Leviton, (and subsequent noted author) Jon
Kellerman in the retro-punk band, Mogan David and His Winos. Joining Richard Foos at the
Rhino Records store, he started the Rhino Records label in the store's back room in 1978.
The label began with novelty records, eventually branching out into archival reissues and
definitive anthologies and various-artists series. Foos and Bronson established Rhino Home
Video in 1985 specializing in oddball cult films and classic TV programs, and Kid Rhino in
1991. Rhino became a part of the Warner Music Group in 1998. Materials are in English.
Collection consists of commercial sound recordings donated by the Rhino Records co-founder,
Harold Bronson. Included in the collection are many Rhino Records recordings as well as
recordings produced by other labels. The collection consists of musical recordings as well
as spoken-word comedic recordings, sound effects recordings, picture discs, and a
considerable number of recordings by Ian Whitcomb.
This collection has been arranged in the following series: Series 1: Rhino recordings;
Series 2: Ian Whitcomb recordings; Series 3: Picture discs; Series 4: Recordings on other
labels.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Bronson, Harold