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The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings [sound recording], 1940-1968

Title: The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings [sound recording] 1940-1968

Weekly 30-minute NBC radio broadcasts, featuring classical and light classical music, which began on Apr. 29, 1940 and continued until 1958. In September, 1959, the Bell Telephone Hour made its television debut as a monthly musical special. It remained a regular television program until April 26, 1968. Library's holdings incomplete. Broadcasts chiefly originated from New York City, sponsored by the Bell Telephone Company (American Telephone and Telegraph). Each 30-minute program generally features a guest singer or instrumentalist, with the Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra, conducted by Donald Voorhees, and the Bell Telephone Hour Chorus. Frequent guest artists include Marian Anderson, Robert Casadesus, Nelson Eddy, Josef Hofmann, Fritz Kreisler, Oscar Levant, James Melton, Grace Moore, Ezio Pinza, Lily Pons, Bidú Sayão, Gladys Swarthout, John Charles Thomas, Helen Traubel, and Eileen Farrell. Chief announcer: Floyd Mack.

ArchivalResource: 1579 sound discs

http://archives.nypl.org/rha/20502 View

De Luca, Gaetano. Scrapbooks, 1907-1936.

Title: Scrapbooks, 1907-1936.

Consists of four scrapbooks kept by Gaetano De Luca during his career as voice teacher and head of the Nashville (Tenn.) Conservatory of Music. In addition to materials related to the operation of the Conservatory, the scrapbooks feature materials related to the careers of four of De Luca's students who went on to national prominence: James Melton, Joseph MacPherson, Raymond Cordon, and Ablee Stewart. The collection also features two autographed photographs and one autographed program of Ruth St. Denis; a letter and a postcard from Lily Pons; an autographed photograph of Raimondo Scala; and an autographed photograph of Leon F. Miller, board member of the Nashville Conservatory of Music.

ArchivalResource: 4 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28158478 View

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Collection of musicals and interviews [sound recording], 1926-1980.

Title: Collection of musicals and interviews [sound recording], 1926-1980.

The collection contains commercial discs and noncommercial recordings; the latter containing interviews with Rodgers and his family and friends, performances of his music by contemporary performers, as well as radio and television programs that use Rodgers' music.

ArchivalResource: 362 sound recordings : analog.174 sound discs : analog.184 sound tape reels : analog.4 sound cassettes : analog.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122455595 View

Richard Rodgers collection of musicals and interviews [sound recording], 1926-1980

Title: Richard Rodgers collection of musicals and interviews [sound recording] 1926-1980

The collection contains commercial discs and noncommercial recordings; the latter containing interviews with Rodgers and his family and friends, performances of his music by contemporary performers, as well as radio and television programs that have used Rodgers' music.

ArchivalResource: 362 sound recordings

http://archives.nypl.org/rha/20449 View

ARS Audiotape Collection, 1900-1991

Title: ARS Audiotape Collection 1900-1991

Miscellaneous tape recordings, mostly small donations, that span the history of the Archive of Recorded Sound.

ArchivalResource: 15 boxes; : 419 open reel tapes, 9 audiocassettes, 60 videocassettes

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/c8f769x2 View

John Eldon Thayer collection of motion picture memorabilia, 1916-1979.

Title: John Eldon Thayer collection of motion picture memorabilia, 1916-1979.

Collection of twentieth century motion picture memorabilia collected by John Eldon Thayer.

ArchivalResource: 59 boxes (35 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou02025/catalog View

Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993. The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings [sound recording], 1940-1968.

Title: The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings [sound recording], 1940-1968.

Weekly 30-minute NBC radio broadcasts, featuring classical and light classical music, which began on Apr. 29, 1940 and continued until 1958. In September, 1959, the Bell Telephone Hour made its television debut as a monthly musical special. It remained a regular television program until April 26, 1968.

ArchivalResource: 1579 sound discs : analog, acetate, 33 rpm ; 16 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79468004 View

Melton, James, 1904-1961. James Melton papers, 1920-1960.

Title: James Melton papers, 1920-1960.

The collection contains approximately 850 hand-written orchestrations of American popular songs from the turn of the 19th century to the late 1950s. Included are pop standards, tin pan alley classics, Broadway music, and semi-classical selections. An alphabetical index on 3 x 5 cards with assigned numbers per arrangement folder is included.

ArchivalResource: 64.87 cubic ft. (95 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71688243 View

Irving Berlin collection of non-commercial sound recordings [sound recording]

Title: Irving Berlin collection of non-commercial sound recordings [sound recording]

This collection contains non-commercial recordings of Irving Berlin and his music. The recordings are from radio broadcasts, live performances, and private recordings. The performers on the recordings include Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Eddie Fisher, Al Jolson, Ethel Merman and Kate Smith. Some of the gems in the collection include Kate Smith singing "God Bless America" for the first time and the first London performance of "Annie Get Your Gun.".

ArchivalResource: 555

http://archives.nypl.org/rha/20489 View

Greenway, Lauder. Opera and recital collection [sound recording], 1901-1972.

Title: Opera and recital collection [sound recording], 1901-1972.

The collection contains both commercial and noncommercial discs of opera from the beginning of this century to the mid-1970's on acetate air-check discs, 78 rpm shellacs, cylinders, and a scattering of LP's.

ArchivalResource: 9770 sound recordings.8892 sound discs : analog, mono, 78 rpm.682 sound discs : analog, mono, 33 rpm, acetate.196 sound cylinders : mono.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122682570 View