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Papers from the Isabelle Sayers Collection, circa 1886-1980, 1920-1980

Title: Papers from the Isabelle SayersCollection circa 1886-1980 1920-1980

Paper and photographic materialscreated and gathered by Isabelle S. Sayers as she assembled her collection ofearly recordings and audio equipment.

ArchivalResource: 3.7 linear feet (6 boxes)

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Walsh, Jim, 1903-1990. Papers from the Jim Walsh collection, 1867-1987, and undated (bulk1913-1985).

Title: Papers from the Jim Walsh collection, 1867-1987, and undated (bulk1913-1985).

These papers make up part of the much larger Jim Walsh Collection of approximately 40,000 discs and 500 cylinders recorded during the acoustical era (pre-1926), along with 23 early phonographs. Included in this portion of the collection are documents and other materials that relate to Walsh's career and collecting efforts, particularly correspondence with prominent artists and collectors, research notes, photographs of performers, scripts for Walsh's radio shows, drafts of his columns and articles, clippings, bound journals, advertisements, and ephemera. The papers also hold a wealth of biographical information about Jim Walsh, including a diary, scrapbooks, photographs, and writings.

ArchivalResource: 23.58 linear feet (approximately 12,860 items)

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Papers from the Jim Walsh Collection, 1867-1987, and undated, 1913-1985

Title: Papers from the Jim WalshCollection 1867-1987, and undated 1913-1985

The papers consist ofcorrespondence, research files, photographs, scrapbooks, and other materialsthat form part of a larger collection of sound recordings and audio equipmentassembled by journalist, radio host, and early recording collector JimWalsh.

ArchivalResource: 23.58 linear feet

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Sayers, Isabelle S. Papers from the Isabelle Sayers collection, circa 1886-1980 (bulk 1920-1980).

Title: Papers from the Isabelle Sayers collection, circa 1886-1980 (bulk 1920-1980).

The papers were created and gathered by Sayers as she assembled a collection of early disc and wax cylinder recordings, phonographs, and related equipment that was donated to the Library of Congress between 1981 and 1987. Included in the papers is correspondence between Sayers and collectors, experts, and dealers; lecture and other notes; a diary; newsletters, journals, programs, pamphlets, and other printed materials relating to music, recordings and phonographs; ephemera; and photographic prints, negatives, and slides. Frequent or prominent correspondents represented in the papers include Harlan and Grace Kishpaugh, L. Brevoort Odell, Duane D. Deakins, Lawrence McKinley Marken, Lewis G. Green, Clarence A. Ferguson, and Jim Walsh. Materials relating to vaudeville performer Elsie Janis are also included.

ArchivalResource: 3.7 linear feet (6 boxes, approximately 3,241 items)

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