Research Catalog
A.F.R. Lawrence collection of historical spoken word
- Title
- A.F.R. Lawrence collection of historical spoken word [sound recording], 1900-1970.
- Author
- Lawrence, A. F. R.
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- Additional Authors
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891.
- Barrymore, John, 1882-1942.
- Baukhage, Gerd, 1911-
- Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922.
- Berliner, Emile, 1851-1929.
- Bernhard, Sarah, 1844-1923.
- Paul-Boncour, J. (Joseph), 1873-1972.
- Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893.
- Brice, Fanny.
- Browning, Robert, 1812-1889.
- Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925.
- Carol II, King of Romania, 1893-1953.
- Chaliapin, Fyodor Ivanovich, 1873-1938.
- Clark, Champ.
- Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933.
- Coquelin, Constant, 1841-1909.
- Gaulle, Charles de, 1890-1970.
- Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937.
- Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931.
- Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
- Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.
- George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952.
- Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948.
- Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898.
- Goebbels, Joseph, 1897-1945.
- Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923.
- Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1901-1989.
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.
- Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964.
- Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972.
- Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905.
- John XXIII, Pope, 1881-1963.
- Charles I, Emperor of Austria, 1887-1922.
- Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936.
- Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945.
- Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910.
- Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948.
- Description
- ca. 3400 sound recordings.
- Summary
- The collection contains both commercial and noncommercial discs and tapes. The commercial recordings include the complete set of Nation's Forum discs, Benito Mussolini's personal copy, bound and numbered, of his recorded speeches, Victor long play discs from the early 1930's including Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra in Schoenberg's Gurrelieder and Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, and the Sistine Chapel Choir recordings of the pre-electric era, at least eight or nine sides of which feature Alessandro Moreschi, last of the known castrati.
- Subjects
- Note
- Accompanying material for portions of the collection on file.
- Access (note)
- Access to discs restricted ; advance notification required.
- Biography (note)
- A. F. R. Lawrence was an avid record collector and worked at Columbia Records.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Finding aid available in *L(Special) 89-21.
- Processing Action (note)
- Accessioned
- Call Number
- *L (Special) 89-21
- OCLC
- NYPW89-A58
- Author
- Lawrence, A. F. R., collector.
- Title
- A.F.R. Lawrence collection of historical spoken word [sound recording], 1900-1970.
- Access
- Access to discs restricted ; advance notification required.
- Biography
- A. F. R. Lawrence was an avid record collector and worked at Columbia Records.
- Indexes
- Finding aid available in *L(Special) 89-21.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891.Barrymore, John, 1882-1942.Baukhage, Gerd, 1911-Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922.Berliner, Emile, 1851-1929.Bernhard, Sarah, 1844-1923.Paul-Boncour, J. (Joseph), 1873-1972.Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893.Brice, Fanny.Browning, Robert, 1812-1889.Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925.Carol II, King of Romania, 1893-1953.Chaliapin, Fyodor Ivanovich, 1873-1938.Clark, Champ.Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933.Coquelin, Constant, 1841-1909.Gaulle, Charles de, 1890-1970.Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937.Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931.Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952.Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948.Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898.Goebbels, Joseph, 1897-1945.Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923.Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1901-1989.Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964.Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972.Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905.John XXIII, Pope, 1881-1963.Charles I, Emperor of Austria, 1887-1922.Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936.Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945.Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910.Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948.
- Research Call Number
- *L (Special) 89-21