Creator:
unknown
Inclusive Dates:
1890- 1995
Abstract:
Commercially produced phonograph disc recordings. Speeds range from 45 RPM to 78 RPM. Sizes include 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9.5, 10, 11 and 12-inch. The vast majority of the collection is comprised of 10 and 12 inch 78 RPM recordings released by American record companies.
Type of Material:
45 rpm records.
78 rpm records.
Audiotapes.
Long-playing records.
Phonograph records.
Sound recordings.
Subject:
Music
Popular culture
Folk music -- United States.
Jazz -- United States.
Music -- United States.
Music -- Latin America -- 20th century.
Music -- United States -- 20th century.
Popular music -- Latin America -- 20th century.
Popular music -- United States -- 20th century.
Creator:
unknown
Inclusive Dates:
1890- 1929
Abstract:
Collection of early recorded music on commercially released 2-, 3- and 4-minute wax cylinders of standard diameter. The collection also includes small diameter to large diameter concert series
cylinders as well as home recordings. Recordings cover a broad spectrum:
classical, musical theatre, operetta, ballads, patriotic, dance band music, jazz and blues, ethnic and foreign language,
religious, military marches, comedy, opera, children’s music songs and spoken word, country, vaudeville skits, speeches,
instructional systems, foreign languages, office skills and test recordings. Also, more than 600 cylinder inserts.
Type of Material:
Sound recordings.
Cylinders (sound recordings)
Subject:
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Songs and music.
Music
Popular culture
Band music.
Big band music.
Cakewalk (Dance)
Carols.
Christmas music.
Christmas stories.
Old-time music.
Country music.
Dance orchestras.
German wit and humor.
Irish wit and humor.
Italian wit and humor.
Scottish wit and humor.
Jewish wit and humor.
Fiddle tunes.
Songs, Hawaiian.
Personal recordings.
Humorous recitations.
Hymns.
Jazz.
Marches.
Minstrel music.
Minstrel shows.
National songs.
Operas.
Orchestral music.
Patriotic music.
Polkas.
Popular music -- United States -- 19th century.
Popular music -- United States -- 20th century.
Ragtime music.
Sacred music.
Sermons.
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Spirituals (Songs)
String quartets.
Vaudeville -- United States.
Vaudeville songs.
Vocal duets.
Vocal quartets.
Waltzes.
Whistling.
Whistling music.
French language -- Study and teaching.
English language -- Study and teaching.
Italian language -- Study and teaching.
Spanish language -- Study and teaching.
German language -- Study and teaching.
Prohibition -- Songs and music.
Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Songs and music.
Transportation -- Songs and music.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Songs and music.
Creator:
unknown
Inclusive Dates:
1900- 1980
Abstract:
Record sleeves from several dozen record companies, labels, stores and dealers, the majority located in the United States and a few in other countries.
Type of Material:
Record covers.
Picture sleeves.
Subject:
Music
Popular culture
Sound recording industry.
Creator:
Bell Music Box
Inclusive Dates:
1910- 1963
Abstract:
Collection consists of non-commercial recordings on 78RPM, 45RPM,
and 33RPM phonograph records and 1/4 inch audio tapes.
Type of Material:
45 rpm records.
78 rpm records.
Audiotapes.
Long-playing records.
Phonograph records.
Sound recordings.
Subject:
Music
Popular culture
Jazz -- United States.
American popular music.
20th century American music.
Music -- United States.
Radio broadcasting.
Radio advertising.
Creator:
Shaktman, Ben, 1937-
Inclusive Dates:
1949- 2009
Abstract:
Papers of the American playwright and
director. Correspondence subject files; production material comprising research, notes,
costume sketches, and drafts for plays by Bertolt Brecht, Eugene O'Neill, Arnold Wesker, Ben Shaktman and others; manuscripts; printed material (posters, playbills, programs,
more); audiovisual material including audiotapes, photographs; material pertaining to Royal Court Theater in London, The Berliner Ensemble, Pittsburgh Public Theater (PPT), Theatre Nationale Populaire (TNP) in Paris, The National Endowment for the Arts; more
Type of Material:
Audiotapes.
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Drafts (documents)
Lecture notes.
Photographs.
Research notes.
Reviews (documents)
Scripts (documents)
Sketches.
Slides (photographs)
Theater programs.
Subject:
Directors.
Dramatists.
Dance and theatre
Popular culture
Acting -- Study and teaching.
African Americans in the performing arts.
Musicals -- Production and direction.
Television -- Production and direction.
Theater -- Production and direction.
Creator:
Bell Music Box
Inclusive Dates:
1950- 1982
Abstract:
A subset of the Bell Brothers Collection focusing on Latin American and Caribbean musical genres.
Type of Material:
45 rpm records.
78 rpm records.
Subject:
Music
Popular culture
Popular music -- 1971-1980.
Popular music -- Cuba -- 1961-1970.
Popular music -- Mexico -- 1961-1970.
Protest songs -- Puerto Rico.
Aguinaldos.
Boleros.(Music)
Bossa nova (Music)
Calypso (Music)
Charango music.
Cumbia (Music)
Danzones (Music)
Guaguancos (Music)
Guajira.
Guarachas (Music)
Huapangos (Music)
Mambos (Music)
Merengue (Dance)
Milongas (Music)
Pachangas (Music)
Pasillos (Music)
Paso dobles (Music)
Plenas.
Polkas.
Porros.
Rancheras.
Creator:
unknown
Inclusive Dates:
1969- 1974
Abstract:
Color photographs showing Barbie and
Francie dolls in various outfits.
Type of Material:
Photographs.
Subject:
Photography
Plastics
Popular culture
Barbie dolls -- 1970-1980.
Fashion.
Girls in popular culture -- United States.
Mod culture (Subculture)
Toys -- Design and construction.
Toy industry -- United States.
Women in popular culture -- United States.