Guide to the Music, theatre, and spoken word sound recordings collection 1949-1986Music, theatre, and spoken word sound recordings C0130Published by George Mason University Libraries Contact Information:Fenwick Library (2FL) George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia 22030-4444 USA Phone: (703) 993-2220 Fax: (703) 993-8911 Email: speccoll@gmu.edu URL: http://scrc.gmu.edu
Historical InformationNo information of donor or history is known. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and ContentThis collection contains 31 LP phonograph albums including music, musical scores, plays, literature recordings, and speech recordings. The albums span a roughly 40 year period being released between 1949 and the late 1980s. Musical albums include: A Tribute to Woodie Guthrie, Pete Seeger's Greatest Hits, Songs of the Depression, and I Will Win: Songs of the Wooblies. Albums of recorded plays feature playwrights such as William Shakespeare and Arthur Miller. The collection also features original cast recordings of musicals Winnie and Brigham!, a musical based on the life of Brigham Young and contains literary recordings of the works of T.S. Elliot, Frederick Douglass and Lorraine Hansberry. Several of the albums focus on content related to the Great Depression, unions, American labor, and Folk Music. Return to the Table of Contents Arrangement noteThe collection is not arranged in any specific order. Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccess RestrictionsCollection is open to research. Use RestrictionsRecordings may be protected by copyright laws.. Return to the Table of Contents Related MaterialSpecial Collections Research Center also holds the Japanese Phonograph collection. Return to the Table of Contents Index Terms
Subjects:Acting.
Folk music--United States
Great Depression
Music.
Music--20th century.
Protest songs--United States
Document Types:Live sound recordings.
Sound recordings.
Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred CitationMusic, Theatre, and Spoken Word Sound Recordings, Collection #C0130, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries. Acquisition InformationDonor unknown. Processing InformationProcessed by Kristen Korfitzen in 2012. EAD markup completed by Kristen Korfitzen in 2012. Return to the Table of Contents
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