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Broadcasting and recording records, [ca. 1925-1980]

Title: Broadcasting and recording records, [ca. 1925-1980]

Included are scripts for New York Philharmonic radio programs, 1940s-ca. 1980; letters from listeners, 1951-1956; program notes; press releases; and correspondence, contracts, bills, reports, and promotional brochures, 1920s-1970s, relating to fund raising, radio membership, and the radio programs. Also included are contracts, correspondence (largely with Columbia Records), labor agreements and other legal documents, clippings, and accounts, ca. 1925-1970s, relating to the New York Philharmonic's recordings; press releases, correspondence, and legal documents relate to the orchestra's participation in projects for television, 1950s, and film, 1930s.

ArchivalResource: ca. 40 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155513183 View

CBS Records (Firm). CBS Records.

Title: CBS Records. ca. 1978-1996.

This collection contains several videotapes: one of a Lori Yates performance, one announcing the video duplication operation beginning in 1991, and one of 1996's Family Day. Also included is the program for the initial ground breaking ceremony in 1978 and a letter asking Georgia citizens to boycott CBS products. In the 1970s, CBS was looking to increase its number of production plants in order to keep up with demand. Carrollton, Georgia had placed and lost bids on manufacturing plants before, and they tried once more with CBS Records. CBS preferred a college town that was "fair to labor, but not union oriented" for the site of their new plant, which kept Carrollton in the running. By January 1978, CBS had cut the list of potential sites down from 300 to three. All three cities were in Georgia--Carrollton, Newnan, and Evans--and Carrollton aggressively pursued the contract. CBS was impressed with the effort put in by Carrollton citizens to get the factory, and the city had several characteristics that appealed to CBS. It was in close proximity to a main interstate, an airport, and railroads, and there was a university in town. Also of importance to CBS was the minor union activity in the town. However, there was picketing at the ground breaking ceremony, accusing CBS of unfair hiring, and letters circulated asking people to boycott CBS products (one of which is in the collection). Such people argued that CBS's hiring practices contributed to the economic problems of the state, since it decreased wages for workers and purchasing power for consumers. The citizens of Terra Haute, Indiana even blamed the Carrollton plant for the closing of their plant in 1983, citing the fact that the Indiana workers were part of a union and Carrollton's were not. The name eventually changed to Sony Music, and although the plant closed in 2001, Sony still maintains warehousing and distribution operations in Carrollton.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/265024741 View

Johnston, Bob, 1932-. Johnston, Bob, collection, [ca. 1950s-1980s]

Title: Johnston, Bob, collection, [ca. 1950s-1980s]

Composed of classified files, audio and video recordings, publications, and artifacts, the Bob Johnston Collection, [ca. 1950s-1980s], documents the music industry career of Johnston while a CBS staff producer in New York and Nashville as well as an independent producer.

ArchivalResource: ca. 50 ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/719596815 View

Johnston, Bob, collection 92-082., [ca. 1950s-1980s]

Title: Johnston, Bob, collection [ca.1950s-1980s]

Composed of classified files, audioand video recordings, publications, and artifacts, the Bob Johnston Collection, [ca.1950s-1980s], documents the music industry career of Johnston while a CBS staffproducer in New York and Nashville as well as an independent producer.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/02271/02271-P.html View

Lieberson, Goddard, 1911-1977. Reminiscences of Goddard Lieberson : oral history, 1966.

Title: Reminiscences of Goddard Lieberson : oral history, 1966.

Early life, Seattle; Eastman School of Music; Columbia Recording Corporation and Columbia Records, 1940-1966; United States recording industry.

ArchivalResource: Transcript: 95 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122451681 View

Fred Friendly Papers, 1917-2004, [Bulk Dates: 1950-1990]

Title: Fred Friendly Papers, 1917-2004 [Bulk Dates: 1950-1990]

This collection encompasses the life and career of Fred Friendly as an author, educator, and television news producer.

ArchivalResource: 97.4 linear feet (220 document boxes, 3 index card boxes, 2 record cartons, 1 oversized box).

http://findingaids.cul.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-rb/ldpd_6297812 View

Plaut, Frederick, 1907-1985. The Frederick and Rose Plaut papers, 1907-1986 (inclusive).

Title: The Frederick and Rose Plaut papers, 1907-1986 (inclusive).

The Frederick and Rose Plaut Archives consist mainly of negatives, contact sheets, and enlargements of photographs taken by Fred Plaut during his years as a recording engineer for Columbia Records. Over 35,000 negatives and 3,600 enlargements portray musicians, writers, actors, artists, and diplomats, both in candid studio shots and posed publicity photos. An additional 23,000 negatives and 2,000 enlargements depict travel and miscellaneous subjects. The Archives contain books, magazines, posters, and record jackets which reproduce Plaut's photographs. The Archives also house correspondence between the Plauts and various composers, including Francis Poulenc, Virgil Thomson, Ned Rorem, and Henri Sauguet. The Plauts' life and work are documented further by exhibit announcements, recital programs of Rose Plaut (known as singer Rose Dercourt), and personal papers.

ArchivalResource: 28 linear ft. (69 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122542549 View

George Balanchine archive, 1924-1989 (inclusive), 1961-1983 (bulk).

Title: George Balanchine archive, 1924-1989 (inclusive), 1961-1983 (bulk).

Papers documenting the American career of Russian-American choreographer George Balanchine. Also includes records of the New York City Ballet (1948-1987), and records of the George Balanchine Foundation and the George Balanchine Trust (1983-1989).

ArchivalResource: 115 boxes, 1volume, and 61 videotapes (62.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01785/catalog View

Friendly, Fred W. Fred Friendly papers, 1917-2004 [Bulk dates: 1950-1990].

Title: Fred Friendly papers, 1917-2004 [Bulk dates: 1950-1990].

This collection encompasses the life and career of Fred Friendly as an author, educator, and television news producer. The collection is comprised of correspondence, printed materials, invitations to events, awards, photographs and audio-visual materials of news programs. Also represented are administrative files and memos from his work at CBS, the Ford Foundation, and Columbia University.

ArchivalResource: 97.4 linear ft. (220 document boxes, 3 index card boxes, 2 record cartons, 1 oversized box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/299029819 View

General correspondence, [ca. 1920]-1981.

Title: General correspondence, [ca. 1920]-1981.

Correspondents include Hesper Anderson, Maxwell Anderson, Quentin Anderson, George Antheil, Brooks Atkinson, W.H. Auden, British Broadcasting Corporation, Leonard Bernstein, Marc Blitzstein, Milton Caniff, Bertha Case, Columbia Records, Marlene Dietrich, Olin Downes, David Drew, Gottfried von Einem, Max Ernst, Ira Gershwin, Dag Hammarskjöld, Jack Horowitz, Anna Krebs, Vivien Leigh, Caspar Neher, Rex Reed, Beverly Sills, Richard Siemanowski, Barbra Streisand, Hendrik Van Loon, and Herman Wouk.

ArchivalResource: 5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155507787 View

Plaut, Frederick, 1907-1985. The Frederick and Rose Plaut papers, 1907-1986 (inclusive).

Title: The Frederick and Rose Plaut papers, 1907-1986 (inclusive).

The Frederick and Rose Plaut Archives consist mainly of negatives, contact sheets, and enlargements of photographs taken by Fred Plaut during his years as a recording engineer for Columbia Records. Over 35,000 negatives and 3,600 enlargements portray musicians, writers, actors, artists, and diplomats, both in candid studio shots and posed publicity photos. An additional 23,000 negatives and 2,000 enlargements depict travel and miscellaneous subjects. The Archives contain books, magazines, posters, and record jackets which reproduce Plaut's photographs. The Archives also house correspondence between the Plauts and various composers, including Francis Poulenc, Virgil Thomson, Ned Rorem, and Henri Sauguet. The Plauts' life and work are documented further by exhibit announcements, recital programs of Rose Plaut (known as singer Rose Dercourt), and personal papers.

ArchivalResource: 28 linear ft. (69 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702189207 View

The Frederick and Rose Plaut Papers, 1907-1986 (inclusive)

Title: The Frederick and Rose Plaut Papers 1907-1986 (inclusive)

The Frederick and Rose Plaut Papers consist mainly of photographs taken by the German-American recording engineer and photographer Frederick Plaut (1907-1985). Correspondence and other papers relating to Plaut and his wife are also included.

ArchivalResource: 69 boxes (28 linear feet)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/music.mss.0052 View