Content type: Performed music / Format: Lacquer disc - RPTF/ARSC Sound Collections Database Search Results

Description:: The Archive of Recorded Sound's Non-Commercial Disc Collections consist of over 10,000 phonographic disc recordings from a variety of donors, the majority of which are either broadcast transcriptions or instantaneous recordings. None were ever available for sale to the general public, and many are unique.
Content types:: Performed music and Spoken word
Formats:: Pressed 78rpm disc and Lacquer disc
Extent:: 329 boxes (10570 discs - 134 7" discs ; 1461 10" discs ; 2892 12" discs ; 6083 16" discs)
Repository/Collector:: Stanford University, Archive of Recorded Sound

Description:: Over 250 16-inch broadcast transcriptions dated from July of 1941 through February of 1950, divided more or less evenly between news material (principally from the NBC "Blue" network) and "classical" music: largely orchestral music, with some opera selections.
Content types:: Notated music, Performed music, and Spoken word
Formats:: Lacquer disc
Extent:: 10 boxes
Repository/Collector:: University of North Texas Music Library
Online finding aid:: View on findingaids.library.unt.edu

Description:: The collection documents Frances Wallace's many musical activities during her long career as a pianist and organist in Atlanta, and it provides a glimpse of Atlanta's musical scene during the middle years of the twentieth century.The Wallace papers are organized into four series: (I) Personal records; (II) Scripts and performance notes; (III) Music; and (IV) Audio-visual materials. she performed frequently on piano and organ on WSB, WAGA and WCON radio, as well as at the Roxy theater, Rich's and Davison's department stores, and made notable appearances with the Atlanta Pops Orchestra.
Content types:: Notated music, Performed music, Still image, and Text
Formats:: Text document, Lacquer disc, and Photographic print
Extent:: 9 linear feet
Repository/Collector:: Georgia State University Special Collections and Archives
Online finding aid:: View on digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu

Description:: Transcription discs of local radio broadcasts, 1946-1964, primarily of contemporary classical music performances and including some broadcasts of premieres (world premieres, first radio broadcasts, and first Washington performances), recorded by Rothschild, and some live recordings from Chamber Music Society of Baltimore concerts. Radio stations recorded include WBAL, WJZ, WCAO, WFBR, WITH, and WRC. The collection also includes several popular and jazz recordings, commercial releases, and some private home performances. Recordings of Chamber Music Society of Baltimore concerts and local radio broadcasts on reel-to-reel tapes, 1955-1991. The collection includes several world premieres from CMS concerts and other notable performances in broadcasts (first Washington performances, etc.). Radio recordings are concentrated in earlier recordings while CMS performances are concentrated later. The collection also includes a large subsection of recordings from Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz.
Content types:: Notated music, Performed music, Still image, and Text
Formats:: Lacquer disc, Analog audiocassette, Polyester open reel tape, and Acetate open reel tape
Extent:: 62 cubic feet
Repository/Collector:: Arthur Friedheim Library
Online finding aid:: View on aspace.library.jhu.edu

Description:: The records contain correspondence, memos, scrapbooks, news clippings, publicity materials, program log books, scripts, radio engineering lesson plans, contracts, licenses, photographs, sound recordings, moving image recordings, transcripts, and artifacts relating to the early history of WSB Radio, to WSB performers, programs, awards, and sponsored events (such as news workshops and career conferences for students), and to WSB-FM and WSB-TV.
Content types:: Notated music, Performed music, Spoken word, Still image, Text, Three-dimensional form, and Two-dimensional moving image
Formats:: Pressed LP disc, Pressed 78rpm disc, Pressed 45rpm disc, Lacquer disc, Analog audiocassette, Polyester open reel tape, Motion picture film, Photographic print, Photographic negative, and Text document
Extent:: 24 linear feet, 250 Lacquer discs, 40,000 Pressed 78rpm, LP, and 45rpm discs
Repository/Collector:: Georgia State University Special Collections and Archives
Online finding aid:: View on digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu

Description:: A description of 110,000 recorded radio programs.
Content types:: Performed music, Sounds (Other than music & language), Spoken word, Text, and Two-dimensional moving image
Formats:: Pressed LP disc, Pressed 78rpm disc, Lacquer disc, Optical disc (including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD), Metal disc, LaserDisc, MiniDisc, Cylinder, Sound wire reel, Analog audiocassette, Digital Audio Tape (DAT), Polyester open reel tape, Acetate open reel tape, Paper open reel tape, and Digital audio file (including MP3, WAV, AIFF, etc.)
Repository/Collector:: J. David Goldin

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