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Series 13. Recordings, circa 1890-1950s (continued)
Zizzy, ze zum zum
Published: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, [189-] (continued)
John Terrell, baritone; piano acc.
Autograph of Terrell inscribed in zinc master.
LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99391450
DISC Berliner 01047 Zyczenie: Polish song no. 6.
Published: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1900.
1 sound disc :
Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 01047
Online digital audio.
Mr. Torowicz, tenor; with piano acc.
Recorded at an unknwon location, Mar. 3, 1900.
LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00694632
Series 14. Scrapbooks, 1885-1930
5.5 linear feet
RPB 00097-00107 (boxes 18-28); RPD 00036-00037 (boxes OS 3-OS 4)
Selected items available online.
Series 14 consists of twelve scrapbooks that contain newspaper clippings, letters, articles, pamphlets, and advertisements. Topics documented in the scrapbooks include Berliner’s inventions -- particularly the phonograph, acoustic tile, and microphone improvements -- as well as issues of importance to him, such as Palestine, Zionism, and milk pasteurization. One scrapbook contains jokes, poetry, and health poems Berliner wrote for newspaper publications.
BOX 18 1926-1928
Includes clippings and letters referring to a Berliner biography written by William Wile, Berliner’s proof on microphonic air-gap theory, and public health work.
BOX 19 1917-1928
Articles on the phonograph, gramophone, microphone, and telephone. Also poetry, jokes, and health poems.
BOX 20 Acoustic tiles, 1930
Letters of recommendation, articles, and ads on the Berliner acoustic tile system.
BOX 21 1926-1928
Articles and letters on public health work and on the invention of the microphone and acoustic tiles, as well as a biography by William Wile.
BOX 22 Partially filled scrapbook, 1885-1894
Empty except for three pages relating to the U.S. Gramophone Co. Included are invitations to stockholders’ meetings, gramophone drawings, and an article on cloud telegraphy.
BOX 23 Palestine and Zionism [“p & z”], 1918-1919
Articles, pamphlets, and letters on Palestine and Zionism.
BOX 24 Milk pasteurization and health [“m & h”], 1917-1925
Letters, pamphlets, and clippings related to milk pasteurization and health issues.
BOX 25 Lawsuit letters and records, 1877-1878
Letters concerning Berliner’s testimony in telephone transmitter lawsuits.
BOX 26 Milk, 1910
Letters and clippings on the health risks of drinking unpasteurized milk.
BOX 27 Acoustics, 1925-1928
Handwritten notes, letters, pamphlets, and photographs relating to acoustic tiles. Includes a patent for acoustic tiles.
BOX 28 Berliner-Edison controversy, 1928
Articles and letters on the Edison congressional medal controversy.
BOX OS 3-OS 4 Historical accounts of the invention of the telephone, phonograph, graphophone, and gramophone
Two scrapbooks containing pamphlets, brochures, clippings, letters, and photographs.
Series 15. Joseph Sanders materials, 1896-1927, 1953-1955
2 linear feet
RPA 00848-00851 (boxes 31-34)
Selected items available online.
The Joseph Sanders materials were donated to the Library of Congress by his son, Robert Sanders.
Joseph Sanders, a nephew of Emile Berliner, was for many years Berliner’s laboratory assistant, concentrating on matrix making and the development of record materials. The Joseph Sanders material includes patents, correspondence, booklets, tax forms, brochures and newspaper clippings, telephonic equipment, gramophones, laboratory apparatus, and acoustic paneling. Diaries from the Sanders donation are housed in series 7, Journals and Diaries , and sound recordings are documented in series 13, Recordings .
BOX-FOLDER 31/1-2 Emile Berliner tax forms, 1917-1927
BOX-FOLDER 31/3 Joseph Sanders fax forms, 1917-1927
BOX-FOLDER 31/4 Cora Berliner tax forms, 1917-1927
BOX-FOLDER 31/5 Telephon-Fabrik catalog, J. Berliner, 1896-1897
BOX-FOLDER 31/6 Patent booklets on copyright infringement cases involving Joseph Sanders, 1919-1910
BOX-FOLDER 31/7 Patent booklets on copyright infringement cases involving Joseph Sanders and Louise Berliner, 1905, 1909
BOX-FOLDER 32/8 Multiplexgrammophon patents, 1905-1910
BOX-FOLDER 32/9 European patents, 1904-1913
BOX-FOLDER 32/10 Austria no. 24624, gramophone record patents
BOX-FOLDER 32/11-12 Floor covering patents, 1902
BOX-FOLDER 32/13 Composition of matter patents, 1903-1905
BOX-FOLDER 32/14 Gramophone patents, 1904-1907
BOX-FOLDER 32/15 Patents for gramophone record tablets, 1904-1905
BOX-FOLDER 32/16 Arguments submitted to German patent office overcoming opposition to S.19988 and S. 20853, 1906-1911
BOX-FOLDER 32/17 Gramophone improvement patents, 1904-1906
Relates to the yoke supported neck.
BOX-FOLDER 33/18 Patents and correspondence relating to improvement in sound, 1908-1916
BOX-FOLDER 33/19 Sound record tablet patent applications #204, #024, 1904-1910
BOX-FOLDER 33/20-22 German patent S. 20855, Improvement in sound record tablets, 1905-1912
BOX-FOLDER 33/23 J. Sanders patents, 1905-1916
BOX-FOLDER 33/24 Miscellaneous papers, 1904, 1910, 1915, undated
BOX-FOLDER 33/25A-B Miscellaneous papers, undated
BOX-FOLDER 34/26 Interference #24,849, Sanders v. Schumacher, sound record tablet, 1905
BOX-FOLDER 34/27 Miscellaneous correspondence, 1953-1955
Original folder was marked “G.”
BOX-FOLDER 34/28 Correspondence between Joseph Sanders and B.L. Aldridge, 1953-1956
BOX-FOLDER 34/29 Interference #27784, A. Smith and Wicks v. Emerson v. Sanders, gramophone record tablet, 1904-1911
BOX-FOLDER 34/30 Correspondence relating to J. Sanders v. Edgar, 1908-1909
BOX-FOLDER 34/31 Correspondence of Lyons & Bissing, attorneys, 1903-1908
BOX-FOLDER 34/32 Correspondence relating to Austria and Russia, A1344-05/A161909, Improvements in sound record tablets/paper coated facing
Series 16. Acoustic Tile, 1899, 1925-1929
2.5 linear feet
RPA 00852-00855 (boxes 35-38)
No online presentation of the items in Series 16 is available.
This series contains correspondence and other materials regarding Berliner’s invention of acoustic tile.
The series is arranged in alphabetical order with unidentified letters filed at the end. Folders of news clippings from 1927 regarding the invention follow the correspondence.
Correspondence
BOX-FOLDER 35/1 American Piano Supply Co., 1926
BOX-FOLDER 35/2 American Wire Fabrics Corp., 1926-1928
BOX-FOLDER 35/3 Miscellaneous A, 1925-1929
BOX-FOLDER 35/4 Ballou, Frank M., 1927, 1929
BOX-FOLDER 35/5 Bates Valve Bag Co., 1927-1928
BOX-FOLDER 35/6 Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1925, 1927
BOX-FOLDER 35/7 Berliner, Joseph, 1927-1928
BOX-FOLDER 35/8 Berry, F. E., Jr., 1925, 1927
BOX-FOLDER 35/9 Miscellaneous B, 1926-1929
BOX-FOLDER 35/10 Casein Manufacturing Group, 1926, 1928-1929
BOX-FOLDER 35/11 Cohn, Milton, 1928
BOX-FOLDER 35/12 Commissioners of the District of Columbia, 1925, 1927
BOX-FOLDER 35/13 Miscellaneous C, 1925-1929
BOX-FOLDER 35/14 Miscellaneous D, 1925-1928
BOX-FOLDER 35/15 Miscellaneous E, 1925-1929
BOX-FOLDER 36/1 F.S. & G.L. Brown Machine Co., 1926-1927
BOX-FOLDER 36/2 Miscellaneous F, 1925-1928
BOX-FOLDER 36/3 Commissioners of the District of Columbia, 1927
BOX-FOLDER 36/4 Miscellaneous G, 1925-1928
BOX-FOLDER 36/5-7 Heilprin, W. A., 1926-1927
BOX-FOLDER 36/8 Miscellaneous H, 1926-1929
BOX-FOLDER 36/9 Miscellaneous I, 1927-1928
BOX-FOLDER 36/10 John R. Livezey Co., 1927-1928
BOX-FOLDER 36/11 Journal of the American Institute of Architects, 1925-1926
BOX-FOLDER 36/12 Miscellaneous J, 1926-1929
BOX-FOLDER 37/1 Miscellaneous K, 1926-1929
BOX-FOLDER 37/2 Ludlow, Israel, 1926
BOX-FOLDER 37/3 Miscellaneous L, 1926-1928
BOX-FOLDER 37/4 Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1926, 1928
BOX-FOLDER 37/5 Miscellaneous M, 1925-1929
BOX-FOLDER 37/6 National Association for Music in Hospitals, Inc., 1926-1927
BOX-FOLDER 37/7 Miscellaneous N-O, 1927-1929
BOX-FOLDER 37/8 Peck, Stowe and Wilcox Co. (Pexto), 1927
BOX-FOLDER 37/9 Miscellaneous P, 1926-1928
BOX-FOLDER 37/10 Miscellaneous R, 1926-1929
BOX-FOLDER 37/11 Smoot, 1927
BOX-FOLDER 37/12 Sun Book and Job Printing Office, Frank Vinton, 1927-1929
BOX-FOLDER 37/13 Miscellaneous S, 1926-1929
BOX-FOLDER 37/14 Miscellaneous T, 1925-1928
BOX-FOLDER 38/1 Miscellaneous U-W, 1925-1929
BOX-FOLDER 38/2 Wolfe & Littlehales, 1925-1927
BOX-FOLDER 38/3 Miscellaneous Y-Z, 1899, 1927-1929
BOX-FOLDER 38/4 Unidentified, 1927
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