NTE2sc006.xml Guide to the Cylinder Audio Recordings Collection circa 1903-1913 Cylinder Audio Recordings Collection Finding aid prepared by Cheryl Gunselman Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2016 Finding aid encoded by Suzanne James-Bacon. 2016 Finding aid written in English. English. Finding aid based on DACS 2nd Edition ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections SC 006 Cylinder Audio Recordings Collection circa 1903-1913 8.5 Linear feet of shelf space 11 containers 148 recordings; 2 phonographs This collection consists of 148 commercially produced cylinder recordings of musical performances (vocal and instrumental). The collection includes wax and celluloid cylinders. Two Edison Home Phonographs (not in working condition) and a metronome are also included in the collection. (MASC STAFF USE) 1-1 Collection materials are inEnglish

The Two Edison Home Phonographs are not in working condition. Playback equipment for listening to the cylinders is not currently available at the repository.

This collection consists of 148 commercially produced cylinder recordings of musical performances (vocal and instrumental). The collection includes wax and celluloid cylinders. Some of these are housed in their original cylindrical boxes. Two Edison Home Phonographs (not in working condition) and a Maelzel metronome are also included in the collection.

The seven recordings originally processed in 2009 are in a single alphabetical sequence by recording title. The 141 recordings added in 2011 are arranged as they were received, with no apparent filing order.

Many American cylinder recordings, including nearly all of the examples in this collection, are available in digital format for online listening through another repository: the Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project, Donald C. Davidson Library, University of California at Santa Barbara.

This collection is open and available for research use.

[Item Description] Cylinder audio recordings collection, circa 1903-1913

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

The recordings in box 1 and one of the players (player 2) are from unknown sources. In 2011, the WSU School of Music transferred 141 additional recordings and a player, which were added to the collection in the same year. Larry Persons donated the metronome, formerly owned by Kellogg, ID music teacher Charles Benson, in 1997 (part of MS.1997.15).

This collection was processed by Cheryl Gunselman in 2009 and 2011.

Sources consulted:

Koenigsberg, Allen. Edison Cylinder Records, 1889-1912. New York: Stellar Productions, 1969.

University of California Santa Barbara Library, "Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project".

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Cylinder recordings. Popular music -- 1901-1910. Popular music -- 1911-1920. Music 1 1 'Deed I Do circa 1903

Performed by Corinee Morgan and Frank Stanley.

Label: Indestructible Record. Issue number 703.

 1 2 Title: Hottentot Love Song 1906

Performed by Ada Jones.

Label: Edison Gold Moulded Records.

 1 3 I Love You So circa 1908

Performed by Frank Stanley and Elise Stevenson.

Label: Indestructible Record. Issue number 709.

Note: Case does not match recording. It is an Edison Records case for issue number 9639, "Tell Mother I'll Be There."

 1 4 Just Before the Battle, Mother 1905

Performed by Harry MacDonough and John Beiling.

Label: Edison Gold Moulded Records.

 1 5 Manana circa 1908

Performed by the Indestructible Military Band.

Label: Indestructible Record. Issue number 717.

 1 6 Patriotic Songs of America circa 1913

Performed by the New York Military Band.

Label: Edison Blue Amberol. Issue number 1626.

Notes: Case does not match recording. It has a handwritten label for "I Surrender All."

 1 7 Pride of the Prairie circa 1908

Performed by Quartette.

Label: Indestructible Record. Issue number 748.

 1 7 Accessories for player 1 2 Cylinder recordings transferred from WSU School of Music 2 Accessories for player 1 3 Metronome (Maelzel) Case 1-4 Cylinder recordings transferred from WSU School of Music Player 1 Edison Home Phonograph and horn Player 2 Edison Home Phonograph and horn