Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Stillman, Michael, 1915-2003
Rubin, Rose N.
Monitor Records
- Dates:
-
undated
- Size:
-
43.7 Cubic feet (Audiotapes)
6.8 Cubic feet (Phonograph records)
57.5 Cubic feet (Paper records)
108 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.MONI
- Repository:
-
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
This collection contains the original master tapes, commercial recordings, and paper business records of the label Monitor Records. Materials include audiotapes, phonograph records, contracts, correspondence, photographs and other items.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Jessee, Mark
Marks, Peter, 1843-1883
- Dates:
-
1800-1915; undated
- Size:
-
3 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1328
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Marks's years as a harpist on the Midwestern minstrel circuit. It primarily consists of sheet music and song books, theater programs, posters announcing minstrel shows, newspaper articles, and personal papers.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Broadcast Music, Inc.
- Dates:
-
1860-1868
- Size:
-
1 Cubic foot (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1258
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection contains sheet music themed in support of the Confederacy. Many pieces were printed within the Confederate States of America during the Civil War (1861-1865). It also contains one Confederate bond and early twentieth century facsimiles of Confederate broadsides from the Chicago Historical Society.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Hauber, Joseph R.
Stubblebine, Donald J., 1925-2010
- Dates:
-
1866-2009, undated
- Size:
-
285 Cubic feet (600 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1211
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
One of the most comprehensive collections of material relating to musical stage and film productions, the collection consists of an assortment of material including sheet music written specifically for or included in stage and screen musicals, television programs, Big Band performances, and radio. Some productions may have been produced under more ...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Coca, Imogene
- Dates:
-
1879-2008
- Size:
-
7.5 Cubic feet (5 boxes, 4 framed items, 12 accordion folders, two loose stacks)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1479
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the life and career of comedian Imogene Coca.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Servais, Joseph
Servais, Adrien-Francois, 1807-1866 (musician)
- Dates:
-
1842-1884
- Size:
-
0.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0195
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Five letters of Adrien-Francois Servais, a nineteenth century cellist, pioneer in the use of the endpin in performance, and owner of the "Servais" Stradivarius cello.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Asch, Moses
Distler, Marian, 1919-1964
Folkways Records
- Dates:
-
1926-1986
bulk 1948-1986
- Size:
-
841 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.ASCH
- Repository:
-
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
This collection, which dates from 1926-1986, documents the output of Moses Asch through the various record labels he founded and co-founded, and includes some of his personal papers. The Asch collection includes published recordings, master tapes, outtakes, business records, correspondence, photographs, and film.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
McNally, George E.
LaClair, Beatrice M.
McNally, Neva Satterlee, -1909
- Dates:
-
1889-2000, undated
- Size:
-
1 Cubic foot (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0760
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of photographs, commercially published sheet music, and original music manuscripts from the McNallys' vaudeville careers. Materials include minstrel show and blackface material; photo of Albert Tovell, once the master of ceremonies for Frances H. "Peaches" Browning; and a photograph of "Gov. Jordan," a blackface female impersonator.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Friedlein, Gilbert L., 1884-
Friedlein, Gilbert L., Jr., 1921-
- Dates:
-
1880s-1961
- Size:
-
0.33 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0943
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the life of Gilbert L. Friedlein, semi-professional baseball player and grain elevator operator, and his son Gilbert Friedlein, Jr. It includes photographs, a baseball contract, and correspondence.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Dates:
-
1885-1937
- Size:
-
1.1 Cubic feet (3 boxes, 1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1486
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A collection of late 19th and early 20th century theatre programs and theatre ephemera from Broadway and Off-Broadway Theatres in New York, New York.