78 rpm record collection
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Scope and Contents
This collection contains more than 600 Shellac 78 rpm discs for a variety of American music representing the confluence of popular and jazz-adjacent genres typical of the developing music industry from the first half of the 20th century. Among the styles represented include American Popular Song, Big Band Music, Blues, Classical Music, Dance Music, Dixieland, Easy Listening, Foxtrot, Opera, Polka, Rhythm & Blues, Swing Music, Tin Pan Alley, Torch Songs, and Waltz. The origins of this collection are unknown. There is an item level listing of the records in Boxes 1-6 only. The records do not appear to be in a discernible order.
Dates
- Creation: approximately 1900s-1950s
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Music Library at music@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Music Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Extent
6.56 Linear Feet (15 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains more than 600 Shellac 78 rpm discs for a variety of American music representing the confluence of popular and jazz-adjacent genres typical of the developing music industry from the first half of the 20th century.
Processing Information
This collection was previously labeled as the "Jazz 78s collection."
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Finding aid for the 78 rpm record collection
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Diann Benti
- Date
- 2022 April
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Music Library Repository
Doheny Memorial Library, G-24
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-1822 United States
music@usc.edu