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Series 1. Correspondence/Research Files, 1913-1987, and undated (continued)
Research files (continued)
BOX 5 FOLDER 123 Keefe, Andrew, 1976
BOX 5 FOLDER 124 Kelso, Mayme (Mary L. Bent), 1979
BOX 5 FOLDER 125 Kimmel, John, 1952-1953
BOX 5 FOLDER 126 Kline, Olive, 1959-1976
BOX 5 FOLDER 127 Kronold, Harris, 1922
Photocopies.
BOX 5 FOLDER 128 Laska, Edward (1894-1959), 1951-1955, and undated
BOX 5 FOLDER 129 Lauder, Harry, Sir (1870-1950), 1924
BOX 5 FOLDER 130 Laurie, Joe (1893-1954), 1943-1954, and undated
BOX 5 FOLDER 131 Leachman, Silas, 1954-1955, and undated
BOX 5 FOLDER 132 Lloyd, Alice (1873-1949) (Alice Wood), 1949
BOX 5 FOLDER 133 Lucey, Leola, 1919-1921
Photocopies.
BOX 5 FOLDER 134 Lulu Belle & Scotty, 1942
BOX 5 FOLDER 135 Luther, Frank, 1946-1953
BOX 5 FOLDER 136 MacDonough, Harry (1871-1931), 1931-1932, 1948
BOX 5 FOLDER 137 Madeira, Addison, 1975-1976
BOX 5 FOLDER 138 Manhattan Ladies Quartet of New York City, 1913
Photocopies.
BOX 5 FOLDER 139 Mann, Estella Louise (1871-1947), 1951
BOX 5 FOLDER 140 Marimba/xylophone, 1970-1972
BOX 5 FOLDER 141 Marshall, Henry, 1952-1959
BOX 5 FOLDER 142 Meeker, Edward (1874-1937), 1933, 1944, and undated
BOX 5 FOLDER 143 Meyer, John A., 1971
BOX 5 FOLDER 144 Miller, Bob (1895-1955), 1931, 1950-1951
BOX 5 FOLDER 145 Morse, Dolly, 1952
BOX 5 FOLDER 146 Morse, Theodore F. (1873-1924), 1952
BOX 5 FOLDER 147 Morton, Ed, 1951-1952, and undated
BOX 5 FOLDER 148 Murray, Billy, 1932-1975, and undated
BOX 5 FOLDER 149 Nealy, Arthur, 1967, and undated
BOX 5 FOLDER 150 Norworth, Jack, 1942-1959
BOX 5 FOLDER 151-152 Oakland, Will (1883-1956), 1940-1956, and undated
BOX 5 FOLDER 153 O’Connor, George (1874-1946), 1943-1946
BOX 5 FOLDER 154 O’Hara, Geoffrey, 1960-1965
BOX 6 FOLDER 155 Ossman, Vess L., 1948-1949
BOX 6 FOLDER 156 Parvis, Taurino (born 1879), 1955-1956
BOX 6 FOLDER 157 Person, Alice, undated
BOX 6 FOLDER 158 Preston, Walter (baritone), 1970
BOX 6 FOLDER 159 Quinn, Dan W., 1932-1937, and undated
BOX 6 FOLDER 160 Raymond, Maud, undated
BOX 6 FOLDER 161 Reser, Harry, 1947-1948
BOX 6 FOLDER 162 Rice, Gladys, 1973-1977
BOX 6 FOLDER 163 Robinson, Bill (1878-1949) (Bojangles), 1949
BOX 6 FOLDER 164 Robison, Carson, 1929-1955
BOX 6 FOLDER 165 Robyn, Alfred G. (Alfred George) (1860-1935), 1949
BOX 6 FOLDER 166 Romain, Manuel, 1946-1951
BOX 6 FOLDER 167 Rose, Eugene, 1947-1952, and undated
BOX 6 FOLDER 168 Sadler, Josie, undated
Sanderson, Julia See Crumit, Frank
BOX 6 FOLDER 169 Scanlan, Walter (Van Brunt, Walter), 1935-1954, and undated
BOX 6 FOLDER 170 Seltsam, William H., circa 1930-1935
BOX 6 FOLDER 171 Shaw, Elliott, 1954, 1973
BOX 6 FOLDER 172 Shilkret, Nathaniel (1895-), 1952, 1961
BOX 6 FOLDER 173 Silver, Monroe, 1940
BOX 6 FOLDER 174 Smalle, Ed, 1953-1955, and undated
BOX 6 FOLDER 175 Smeck, Roy, 1977
BOX 6 FOLDER 176 Smith, Whistling Jack, 1950, 1958
BOX 6 FOLDER 177 Spaeth, Sigmund Gottfried (1885-1965), 1949-1955, and undated
BOX 6 FOLDER 178 Spalding, Albert (1888-1953), 1953
BOX 6 FOLDER 179 Spencer, Elizabeth, 1951, and undated
BOX 6 FOLDER 180 Spencer, Grace (1872-1952), 1947-1957
BOX 6 FOLDER 181 Spencer, Len (1867-1914), 1937-1979, and undated
BOX 6 FOLDER 182 Stanley, Aileen (1893-1982), 1959, 1963
BOX 6 FOLDER 183 Stanley, Frank C. (1868-1910), 1945, and undated
BOX 6 FOLDER 184 Sterling, Louis, 1948
BOX 6 FOLDER 185 Stevenson, Elsie, 1978, and undated
BOX 6 FOLDER 186 Stewart, Cal, 1975
BOX 6 FOLDER 187 Sundelius, Marie, 1956
BOX 6 FOLDER 188 Talley, Harry L., 1952-1956, and undated
BOX 6 FOLDER 189 Tollefson Trio, 1912, 1963
Photocopies of 1912 and 1963 materials.
BOX 6 FOLDER 190 Thomas, John Charles (1891-1960), 1971
BOX 6 FOLDER 191 Trix, Helen, 1950-1951, and undated
BOX 6 FOLDER 192 Tucker, Sophie (1884-1966), 1953-1966
BOX 7 FOLDER 193 Van, Gus (1887-1968), 1951
BOX 7 FOLDER 194 Van Eps, Fred (1878-1960), 1950-1958, and undated
BOX 7 FOLDER 195 Vance, Clarice, undated
BOX 7 FOLDER 196-197 Walker, Ray, 1944-1960, and undated
BOX 7 FOLDER 198 Walsh, Jim (1903-1990), 1940-1985
Biographical information.
BOX 7 FOLDER 199 Watawaso, Princess, 1969
Photocopies of 1969 materials.
BOX 7 FOLDER 200 Wheeler, Dan, 1957
BOX 7 FOLDER 201 Wheeler, Fred, 1948, 1950
BOX 7 FOLDER 202 White, Edna (born 1892), 1957-1980, and undated
BOX 7 FOLDER 203 White, Joseph M. ("The Silvermasked Tenor"), 1953-1954
BOX 7 FOLDER 204 Whitehouse, Fred, 1951-1953, and undated
BOX 7 FOLDER 205 Whitlock, Billy, 1949-1950, and undated
BOX 7 FOLDER 206 Whitney, Edwin M., 1951-1960
BOX 7 FOLDER 207 Wiedoeft, Rudy, 1964-1977
BOX 7 FOLDER 208 Wilder, Marshall, undated
BOX 7 FOLDER 209 Wills, Nat M., 1916, and undated
Mostly photocopies of 1916 material.
BOX 7 FOLDER 210 Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) (1881-1975), 1975
BOX 7 FOLDER 211 Wood, De, 1952-1953
BOX 7 FOLDER 212 “Wreck of the Old 97," 1951
BOX 7 FOLDER 213 Young, Victor (1889-1968) and Young, Helen (Davis), 1952, and undated
BOX 7 FOLDER 214 Miscellaneous collection documentation, undated
BOX 7 FOLDER 215 Miscellaneous notes on recording artists, undated
Series 2. Writings, circa 1942-circa 1975, and undated
.42 linear feet
RPA 00171 (box 8)
This collection of Jim Walsh’s writings dates from approximately 1942 through 1975, but the majority are undated. Most of the items found in this series are drafts of articles or columns Walsh wrote for Hobbies, Variety, or The New Yorker, but several bear no indication of their intended publisher. The articles relate primarily to the history of recording and more specifically address subjects such as Edison’s inventions, songs on particular themes, recording artist biographies, and record collecting in general. One folder of writings on miscellaneous topics is included. Copies of indexes to Walsh’s Hobbies column "Favorite Pioneer Recording Artists" can also be found here.
Writings are arranged alphabetically by subject.
BOX 8 FOLDER 216 Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva) (1847-1931), undated
BOX 8 FOLDER 217 History of recording, undated
BOX 8 FOLDER 218 Holiday songs, undated
BOX 8 FOLDER 219 Indexes to "Favorite Pioneer Recording Artists" in Hobbies, undated
BOX 8 FOLDER 220 Political songs, undated
BOX 8 FOLDER 221 Record collecting and collectors, undated
BOX 8 FOLDER 222-223 Recording artists (biographical), undated
BOX 8 FOLDER 224 Miscellaneous, undated
Series 3. Radio Scripts, 1943-1954, and undated
.63 linear feet
RPA 00172-00173 (boxes 9-10)
Series 3 includes scripts for Walsh’s regular broadcasts on radio stations WDBJ and WSLS in Roanoke, Virginia. The majority of the scripts found here date from 1943 through 1949 and are for Walsh’s Wax Works; many of the scripts include separate playlists. Walsh’s shows usually focused on particular themes (for example, songs about girls named Sue), early comedians, early Edison cylinders, or holiday songs. Many of the shows showcased a particular recording artist or composer; an index to these shows is available in the Recorded Sound Research Center at the Library of Congress. The few scripts available for Walsh’s Sunlight and Shadows show date from 1947 and 1948. A folder of unidentified and partial scripts is included at the end of the series.
Radio scripts are arranged alphabetically and thereunder by date.
BOX 9 FOLDER 225 Sunlight and Shadows radio scripts, 1947-1948
BOX 9 FOLDER 226-239 Walsh’s Wax Works radio scripts, 1943 May-1946 December
BOX 10 FOLDER 240-249 Walsh’s Wax Works radio scripts, 1947 January-1949 August
BOX 10 FOLDER 250 Miscellaneous and unidentified broadcasts, 1948, 1954, and undated
Series 4. Ephemera, 1915-1972, and undated
.21 linear feet
RPA 00173 (box 10)
Included in this series are advertisements for equipment and recordings, newspaper and magazine clippings, newsletters, record catalogs and price lists, and a few miscellaneous items. Researchers are advised to see Series 6 for oversized ephemera.
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