Alma Mater Recording Co. audio recordings
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Alma Mater Recording Company
- Dates:
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1959-1986
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9.86 Cubic feet (265 sound discs (vinyl); 24 sound cassettes; 269 sound tape reels; 1 document case; 1 oversize box)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.ALMA
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
This collection contains audio recordings made by Alma Mater Recording Company, featuring camp, folk, pop and broadway songs recorded at various summer camps and schools in New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Ohio, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and North Carolina.
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Bogert, Charles M. (Charles Mitchill), 1908-1992
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1952-1965
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79 sound tape reels (1.6 cubic feet)
Tapes are in original boxes.
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.BOGE
- Repository:
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
Five boxes containing sixty-four 5 inch and fifteen 7 inch open reel tapes recorded primarily by American herpetologist Charles M. Bogert from 1953-1965. This collection has two parts: the first focusing mainly on traditional music and liturgical music from several regions in Mexico: Oaxaca, Jalisco, Nayarit. Also included is music recorded in the Southwestern United States. The second portion of the collection contains amphibian, bird, and insect calls and choruses, mostly from these same regions in Mexico, the Southwestern, Western, and Southern United States, and Sri Lanka.
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Penn, Larry
McGee, Bobbie
Collector Records
Magpie
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circa 1937-2004
bulk 1960-1990
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34.28 Cubic feet (3 record boxes of business records; 8 record boxes, including 374 non-master audio reels (10", 7", 5", 4" and 2" reels); 160 10" reels in open stacks; 4 record boxes, including 853 audio cassettes; 1 record box, including 36 video cassettes; and 491 long play records, 45s and compact discs.)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.COLL
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
This collection documents the activities of Joe Glazer's record label Collector Records. Materials include the label's original commercial recordings, paper records related to day-to-day business operations and production, field recordings made by Joe Glazer, and Glazer's personal music collection.
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Cook Labs
Cook, Emory, 1913-2002
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1908-2002, bulk 1948-1965
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6.3 Cubic feet (Phonograph albums)
63.5 Cubic feet (Open-reel tapes)
8.75 Cubic feet (Business records)
78.55 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.COOK
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Cook Labs records, which date from 1939-2002, document the activities of audio engineer Emory Cook and his label Cook Labs. The contents include business records, materials relating to recording artists, photographs, and production materials, as well as phonograph records, master recordings and unpublished recordings produced by or associated with the Cook Labs label. The collection also contains two interviews conducted with Emory Cook in 1990: one by Jeff Place and one by Anthony Seeger and Nicholas Spitzer. There are several physical objects relating to Cook Labs including a bag of powdered vinyl, a binaural playing arm, and a condenser microphone.
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Davidson, Eric H., 1937-
- Dates:
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1958-1984
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73 sound tape reels
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.DAVID
- Repository:
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
This collection contains 73 open reel tapes, made by Eric H. Davidson between 1958-1984, featuring the traditional music of Southern Appalachia.
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Davies, Diana, 1938-
- Dates:
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1963-2009
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3.83 Cubic Feet (8 binders containing contact sheets, slides, and prints; 7 boxes (8.5"x10.75"x2.5") of 35 mm negatives; 2 binders of 35 mm and 120 format negatives; and 1 box of 11 oversize prints.)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.DAVIE
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Diana Davies photographs consist of images taken by Diana Davies at various stages of her career. Locations include the Festival of American Folklife, the Newport Folk Festival, the Philadelphia Folk Festival, the Poor People's Campaign, various peace and protest marches and outdoor performances, New York City, and the Georgia Sea Islands. The collection includes contact sheets, negatives, photographic prints, and slides. Original photographs, negatives, and color slides taken by Diana Davies. Materials date from 1963-2009. Bulk dates: Newport Folk Festival, 1963-1969, 1987, 1992; Philadelphia Folk Festival, 1967-1968, 1987.
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Gillis, Verna
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Undated, 1968-1979
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24 sound tape reels (Tapes VG-0001 - VG-0021 have been digitally transferred at 96kHz/24-bit with the exception of tapes VG-0018 and VG-0019. Tape VG-0018 has been transferred poorly. Tapes VG-0019, VG-0022, VG-0023, VG-0024 require conservation prior to transfer.)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.GILLIS
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Verna Gillis audio recordings consist of 24 open-reel tapes. The field recordings document work done by folklorist Verna Gillis in Haiti, Oklahoma, Philadelphia, and Cuba.
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Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967
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1912-1977
bulk 1940-1951
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1.75 linear feet
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.GUTH
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
Original song text, music, drawings, correspondence, and other writings by Woody Guthrie; news clippings, articles, correspondence, and business records related to Woody Guthrie. Date span: 1927-1985. Bulk dates: Guthrie song text, writings, and drawings, 1940-1948; correspondence by and to Woody Guthrie, 1944-1951; correspondence regarding Woody Guthrie, 1956-1977.
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Hays, Lee, 1914-1981
- Dates:
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1923-1981
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6.95 Cubic Feet (Papers)
0.9 Cubic Feet (Audiorecordings)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.HAYS
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Lee Hays papers measures 7.85 cubic feet and dates from 1923 to 1981. The collection includes original writings, correspondence, and miscellaneous projects by Lee Hays; business records, interviews and features related to Lee Hays, including photographs; clippings saved by Lee Hays; and audiorecordings made by Lee Hays.
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Compton, Joseph, 1891-
Clinton-Baddeley, V.C. (Victor Clinton), 1900-1970
- Dates:
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1949-2010
bulk 1950-1965
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1.25 Cubic Feet (11 legal folders, 6 cassette tapes, 18 sound discs (vinyl))
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.LLRE
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
London Library of Recorded English was a 6-volume Anthology of English Literature, consisting of poetry spanning 16th-20th century England, read aloud by well-known British poets, scholars, and actors. The first four recordings were edited by poet-scholars V.C. Clinton-Baddeley and Joseph Compton, and when it was acquired by Britam Agencies in 1955, Clinton-Baddeley stayed on to create two more releases. The collection contains 6 LP recordings, as well as the business papers associated with the creation and management of the Anthology.