Guide to the Sound recording trade catalog collection PA Mss 26
Processed 1998-1999 by David Seubert, Matt Kawamura and Lionel Garcia; machine-readable finding aid created by James Ryan;
latest update by Frances Smith and Zachary Liebhaber, 2020.
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Title: Sound recording trade catalog collection
Identifier/Call Number: PA Mss 26
Language of Material:
English.
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Physical Description:
53.38 Linear Feet
(128 document boxes)
Date (inclusive): approximately 1898-1990s
Abstract: Sound recording manufacturer and distributor catalogs, primarily from the 78 rpm era (approximately 1900-1955), including
annual catalogs, monthly supplements, numerical catalogs, and overseas catalogs from most major manufacturers.
The collection is open for research. For access to the collection, consult PDF of container inventory by clicking on link
in Container Inventory note.
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.
[Identification of item], Sound recording trade catalog collection, PA Mss 26. Department of Special Research Collections,
UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
The bulk of the collection is from the collections of William R. Moran, Edouard Pecourt, Benno Häupl, Allen G. Debus, Peter
Martland, Verne Todd, and Harry and Grace James, as well as gifts and acquisitions.
The catalogs are arranged alphabetically by record company, and chronologically for each company. The country of issue for
catalogs for overseas branches of a company are noted in parentheses after the catalog title. For example, Italian Gramophone
Co. catalogs for the Italian market are under Gramophone Co. as "[Italy] La Voce del Padrone: Catalogo Dischi 1948." Page
numbers have been added for later additions and will eventually be added for all catalogs. In cases where catalogs are for
more than one label or where a label is a subsidiary of another, the catalog is listed under the first label represented or
under the parent company. Cross references are provided where multiple labels are represented or where there may be confusion.
The Sound recording trade catalog collection consists of over 5,000 manufacturer, distributor, and dealer catalogs of commercial
sound recordings from 1898 through the 1980s (bulk, 1900-1955). It contains annual catalogs, monthly supplements, numerical
catalogs and other trade literature for companies around the world including Victor/RCA, Columbia, Brunswick, Edison, Decca,
Gramophone Co, Pathé, Odeon, and others. The catalogs from the 78rpm era are the bulk of the collection and there are many
significant and rare catalogs including many numerical catalogs, foreign language catalogs and supplements, and catalogs from
European companies.
Other trade catalogs related to music, musical instruments, phonographs, audio equipment, and radio may be found in the Lawrence
B. Romaine trade catalog collection, Mss 107, University of California, Santa Barbara. Special Research Collections.