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Philip Sterling reads notebooks of Bert Williams.

Title
Philip Sterling reads notebooks of Bert Williams.
Author
Sterling, Philip, 1907-1989
Publication
1957.

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Found In
Philip Sterling research materials on Bert Williams collection of sound recordings.
Description
1 streaming audio file (approximately 23 minutes) : digital, mono.
Summary
Philip Sterling, the writer and public relations executive who worked for the Columbia Broadcasting System for many years, reads excerpts from "Notebooks of Bert Williams: anecdotes, jokes, axioms, proverbs, funs and puns..." compiled by Alex Rogers, to his recording device. Strerling uses archival materials from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Library collection, Bert Williams jokebooks.
Alternative Title
  • Notebooks of Bert Williams
  • Philip Sterling research materials on Bert Williams collection of sound recordings.
Subjects
Note
  • Title provided by cataloger.
Access (note)
  • Access to original reels restricted: use streaming audio access copies available onsite at NYPL Research Libraries.
  • Access to original item 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 3970.
Source (note)
  • Dorothy Sterling;
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Philip Sterling research materials on Bert Williams, *T-Mss 1991-026.
Call Number
*LT-7-A 3970
OCLC
919091700
Author
Sterling, Philip, 1907-1989, speaker.
Title
Philip Sterling reads notebooks of Bert Williams.
Production
1957.
Playing Time
002250
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
Originally recorded New York 1957 June 5 ; Transcribed (2nd date on original container) 1959 April 18 New York, N.Y.
Additional Formats
Archival original (1 audiotape reel : analog, mono ; 7 in) available in *LT-7-A 3970.
Access
Access to original item 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.
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Added Author
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 3970
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