http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c80k2gqb No online items Guide to the Jascha Heifetz Collection ARS.0046 Frank Ferko and Anna Hunt Graves This collection has been processed under the auspices of the Council on Library and Information Resources with generous financial support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Archive of Recorded Sound 2011
[email protected] URL: http://library.stanford.edu/ars Guide to the Jascha Heifetz Collection ARS.0046 1 ARS.0046 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: Archive of Recorded Sound Title: Jascha Heifetz Collection creator: Pfeiffer, John Identifier/Call Number: ARS.0046 Physical Description: 27 box(es)22 boxes of 10" and 12" sound discs; 5 boxes of 12" open reel tapes Date (inclusive): 1911-1972 Abstract: The collection contains primarily sound recordings of performances of Jascha Heifetz, but it also includes recordings of other artists, some of whom were collaborators with Heifetz, as well as one recording of his teacher, Leopold Auer. There are 924 recordings on 10" and 12" sound discs, including test pressings, instantaneous discs and commercially released records. Most of the discs are 78 rpm recordings, but there are also a few 33 1/2 rpm 12" discs. In addition to audio discs, the collection contains 88 recordings on magnetic tape which consist of 1/4" tape on 10" reels. 61 of the tapes were made between December 14, 1954 and November 21, 1972. 27 of the tapes are undated. The collection also includes a computer-generated inventory of the collection prepared by the donor. Language of Material: English, French, German, Spanish, Hungarian, Arabic, Italian, Japanese Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound Stanford University Libraries Stanford, California 94305-3076 Arrangement The recordings are arranged in three series: Series 1: 10" discs; Series 2: 12" discs; Series 3: Open Reel Tapes.