- Additional Authors
- Sterling, Philip, 1907-1989
- Found In
- Philip Sterling research materials on Bert Williams collection of sound recordings.
- Description
- 2 streaming audio files (approximately 63 minutes total) : digital, mono.
- Summary
- Parts 1 and 2 (00:00-18:48). Philip Sterling, the writer and public relations executive who worked for the Columbia Broadcasting System for many years, interviews Nora Holt, an African-American singer, composer and music critic. Holt talks about Bert Williams, one of the black-featured pre-eminent entertainers of the Vaudeville era, and his long-term artistic partner George Walker.
- Part 2 (18:49-31:22). Philip Sterling reads chapter from his book about Bert Williams to his recording device.
- Alternative Title
- Philip Sterling research materials on Bert Williams collection of sound recordings.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Note
- Title provided by cataloger.
- Very poor sound quality of the interview.
- Interviews by Philip Sterling, conducted 1959-1962 for his biographical book on the African American entertainer Bert Williams, that never was completed.
- Access (note)
- Access to original reels restricted: use streaming audio access copies available onsite at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Access to original items restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio at NYPL Research Libraries only.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Archival original (1 audiotape reel ; analog, mono ; 7 in) available in *LT-7-A 3965.
- Source (note)
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Philip Sterling research materials on Bert Williams, *T-Mss 1991-026.
- Call Number
- *LT-7-A 3965
- OCLC
- 918908713
- Author
Holt, Nora Douglas, 1885-1974, interviewee.
- Title
Philip Sterling interviews Nora Holt.
- Production
1959.
- Playing Time
003152 003122
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
computer
- Type of Carrier
audiotape reel
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio files WAV file
- Access
Access to original reels restricted: use streaming audio access copies available onsite at NYPL Research Libraries.
- Event
Recorded New York 1959 September 21
- Additional Formats
Archival original (1 audiotape reel ; analog, mono ; 7 in) available in *LT-7-A 3965.
- Access
Access to original items restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio at NYPL Research Libraries only.
- Linking Entry
Forms part of the Philip Sterling research materials on Bert Williams, *T-Mss 1991-026.
- Source
Gift; Dorothy Sterling; 1991.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Sterling, Philip, 1907-1989, interviewer.
Sterling, Dorothy, 1913- donor.
- Added Title
Philip Sterling research materials on Bert Williams collection of sound recordings.
- Found In:
Philip Sterling research materials on Bert Williams collection of sound recordings.
- Research Call Number
*LT-7-A 3965