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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt1580179x No online items Finding Aid of the Collection of Miscellaneous Phonograph Records Processed by Manuscripts Division staff © 2004 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Finding Aid of the Collection of 249 1 Miscellaneous Phonograph Records Finding Aid of the Collection of Miscellaneous Phonograph Records UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Manuscripts Division Los Angeles, CA Processed by: Manuscripts Division staff Encoded by: ByteManagers using OAC finding aid conversion service specifications Encoding supervision and revision by: Caroline Cubé Edited by: Josh Fiala, August 2004 © 2004 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Collection of Miscellaneous Phonograph Records, Date (inclusive): ca. 1940-1971 Collection number: 249 Extent: 3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.) 10 oversize boxes Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections. Los Angeles, California 90095-1575 Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Language: English. Restrictions on Access COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for access. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Collection of Miscellaneous Phonograph Records (Collection 249). Department of Special Collections, University Research Library, UCLA. UCLA Catalog Record ID UCLA Catalog Record ID: 4232823 Scope and Content Collection contains phonograph records, and occasionally album notes and photographs, featuring music, news, interviews, speeches, poetry, and stories. Subjects include the Fred Allen Show, Uraguayan life, Australian ballads, Hamlet, Oliver!, Charles Laughton reading from the Bible, Bertolt Brecht singing two songs from Die Dreigroschenoper, Burns and Allen radio show, speech by British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, the African-American community in Los Angeles, La Comédie Française, Allen Ginsberg reading his poetry, T.S. Eliot's Murder in the cathedral, and a speech by Senator Joseph McCarthy. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the repository's online public access catalog. Genres and Forms of Material Phonograph records. Finding Aid of the Collection of 249 2 Miscellaneous Phonograph Records Miscellaneous Phonograph Records, v.d. Note [This is a partial listing of albums in the collection. There is no complete list available at this time.] Box 5 Abolish property taxes in California (the case). Los Angeles: United Organizations, [ca. 1971]. Physical Description: (1 album, 12 in. 33.33 rpm) Scope and Content Note Voice - Howard Jarvis. Box 12 Fred Allen Show. WNBC. New York, 1948. Creator/Collector: Allen, Fred, 1894-1956 Physical Description: (3 albums, 12 in. 78 rpm) Scope and Content Note Guests: Mr. & Mrs. James Mason. Air date: March 28, 1948. Box 7 El Uruguay. Serie descriptiva dirigida y editada por La Asociacion Nacional de Broadcasters Uruguayos. Montevideo: ANDEBU, [ca. 1960]. Creator/Collector: Asociacion Nacional de Broadcasters Uruguayos Physical Description: (8 albums, 12 in. 33.33 rpm) Scope and Content Note This album is devoted to all phases of life in Uruguay: historical, political, social, economic, and cultural. Box 7 Australian ballads, sung by the Bandicoots. Record Adelaide, The Libraries Board of South Australia, 1962. Physical Description: (4 albums, 12 in. 33.33 rpm) Scope and Content Note “Ballads introduced by John Manifold. Recorded at public performances at the Second Adelaide Festival of the Arts, 1962.” Album 1: Sterling and Currency. Album 2: Goldfields and Bushrangers. Album 3: The Home-stead and the Hut. Album 4: Singing to the Cattle. Box 10 Lightnin' Bill Jones' escape from the Indians. Creator/Collector: Bacon, Frank Physical Description: (1 album, 10 in.) Box 10 Me and Grant. Creator/Collector: Bacon, Frank Physical Description: (1 album, 10 in.) Box 10 Hamlet. Creator/Collector: Barrymore, John Physical Description: (1 album, 10 in.) Finding Aid of the Collection of 249 3 Miscellaneous Phonograph Records Miscellaneous Phonograph Records, v.d. Box 5 Oliver! Book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart ... New York: Colgems Records, Incorporated, c1968. Creator/Collector: Bart, Lionel Physical Description: (1 album, 12 in. 33.33 rpm) Scope and Content Note Original soundtrack recording from the motion picture produced by Columbia Pictures from the novel, Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens. Box 12 Queen for a day. Creator/Collector: Benny, Jack Physical Description: (1 album, 78 rpm. 10 in.) Scope and Content Note Recorded 5-18-48. Copy from tape. Box 5 Charles Laughton reading from the Bible. New York: Decca, 1950. Creator/Collector: Bible. English. Selections Physical Description: (1 album, 12 in. 33.33 rpm) Scope and Content Note Album notes by Louis Untermeyer. Box 10 Leclerc. Histoire de la 2e D.B.1949. Creator/Collector: Bourgeon, Roger & Poulet, Manuel Physical Description: (8 albums, 12in. 33.33 rpm[?]) Scope and Content Note Get album est dédié à la mémoire du Général LECLERC et au souvenir de tous ceux qui jalonnèrent de leurs souffranceset de leur mort, la Route de la Liberté... du TCHAD au RHIN. Box 13 Bertolt Brecht singt zwei Songs aus der Dreigroschenoper Die Moritat von Mackie Messer / Leid von der Unzulänglichkeit menschlichen Strebens . [Frankfurt am Main]: Suhrkamp Verlag, [1960]. Creator/Collector: Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956 Physical Description: (1 album, 7 in. 45 rpm) Scope and Content Note “Musik Kurt Weill.” “Wiedergabe der Originalaufnahme von 1928/29.” Removed from: ΔPT 2603 B743D7 Box 12 Keep it moving! CIO-NBC Labor for Victory Program, June 13, 1943. Creator/Collector: Bridges, Harry Physical Description: (2 albums) Scope and Content Note Broadcast June 13, 1943. Script by Morris Watson, music by Clarence Wheeler, produced and directed by Paul Franklin. Box 12 Reply to Mme. Chiang Kai-shek by Harry Bridges and delegates. San Francisco, California, June 4-10, 1943. Creator/Collector: [Bridges, Harry] Physical Description: (1 album, 12 in. [?] rpm) Scope and Content Note Speech given at the Fifth Biennial Convention of the International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union. Finding Aid of the Collection of 249 4 Miscellaneous Phonograph Records Miscellaneous Phonograph Records, v.d. Box 2 Burns and Allen radio show, January 13, 1946. Creator/Collector: Burns, George, 1896- Physical Description: (3 albums, 12 in. 78 rpm) Scope and Content Note Removed from the Eddie Cantor Collection. Not a commercial recording. Box 5 Prime Minister Chamberlain. Electro-Vox. [Phonodisc]. Creator/Collector: Chamberlain, Nevill, 1864-1949 Physical Description: (1 album, 10 in. 78 rpm) Scope and Content Note Second part of a B.B.C. broadcast, March 25, 1939, when Prime Minister Chamberlain spoke of his meeting with Adolf Hitler and proclaimed an end to Germany's war effort after the annexation of the Sudetenland. Part one of the speech lacking. Box 12 Speech to International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union, Local 10, CIO Hall. San Francisco, California, March 19, 1943. Creator/Collector: Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897- Physical Description: (2 albums, 12 in. [?] rpm) Scope and Content Note Introductions by Germain Bulcke, A.F. Gaynor and John F. Shelley, with telegram from Harry Bridges. Box 6 His memoirs and his speeches, 1918 to 1945. New York: London Records, c1964. Creator/Collector: Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer, 1874-1965 Physical Description: (12 albums, 12 in. 33.33 rpm) Scope and Content Note Accompanying this album is a pamphlet containing a table of contents of the recordings, as well as photographs, and an appraisal by Arthur Bryant. Note Gift of Franklin D. Murphy, 1968. Box 5 The poems of John W. Clark read by the poet. As recorded for the Library of Congress. New York: Gryphon Records, c1962. Creator/Collector: Clark, John Williams, 1916- Physical Description: (1 album, 12 in. 33.33 rpm) Scope and Content Note “Complete text included.” Note Gift of the author, May 1962. Finding Aid of the Collection of 249 5 Miscellaneous Phonograph Records Miscellaneous Phonograph Records, v.d. Box 5 The big news of '59. Produced and directed by Dan Bloom. New York, 1960. Creator/Collector: Columbia Broadcasting System Physical Description: (1 album, 12 in. 33.33 rpm) Scope and Content Note Contents: Introduction: Walter Cronkite. Khrushchev in America. Eisenhower tours. Death of Dulles. Nixon visits Russia. Review of news: Walter Cronkite. Race for space. Unemployment situation. Steel strike. Dalai Lama's escape. Castro in Cuba. Foreign ministers' conference. Western summit meeting. Box 10 Columbia Pacific Radio Network. Minority report, 1956. Creator/Collector: Columbia Broadcasting System, KNX Physical Description: (6 albums, 10 in. 33.33 rpm) Scope and Content Note A series of three special reports covering the role and the outlook of Negroes, Mexicans, and Japanese in the Los Angeles