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C.P. MacGregor Company records, 1929-1989

Overview of the Collection

Creator
C.P. MacGregor Company
Title
C.P. MacGregor Company records
Dates
1929-1989 (inclusive)
Quantity
93.37 cubic ft. (75 boxes)
Collection Number
09130
Summary
Business records and sound recordings created and transcribed by the C.P. MacGregor Company recording studios.
Repository
American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu
Access Restrictions
Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

The C.P. MacGregor Company was a Los Angeles, California sound recording firm that was started in the 1920s by C.P. MacGregor and lasted until his death in the 1970s. The company produced, recorded, and transcribed numerous radio commercials for business and politics, radio shows, public announcements, educational and instructional recordings, training recordings for many large companies, interviews and speeches, and a wide variety of music for numerous record companies between the 1930s and 1970s.

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Content Description

The C.P. MacGregor Company records contain reel to reel audio tapes and phonograph records (78 and 33 rpm) recorded and transcribed by the company between the 1930s and 1970s for radio, television, and slide films. The sound recordings contain commercials for local businesses, banks, political ads, and large advertising firms that represented companies such as the Department of Power and Water, Delco Battery, Schick Razors, and Avis Rent-A-Car; auditions and outtakes; radio shows including “People Are Funny,” “Mike Roy Cooking Show,” and “Dr. Sneed's Tele Chapels"; public announcements for Civil Defense, Easter Seals, and basic health and safety; instructional and training recordings for companies such as Farmers' Insurance Company, language skills, stenotype diction, and slide film lectures; and music recordings for individuals and minor and major record companies such as Balance Records and Bowmar Records. The collection also contains C.P. MacGregor Company business records which consist of correspondence, legal files, financial files, radio show scripts, subject files containing correspondence, clippings, financial documents, and legal documents, miscellaneous lists, photographs, and two scrapbooks.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Copyright Information

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Preferred Citation

Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

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Administrative Information

Related Materials

Related Materials

There is a C.P. MacGregor Collection of recordings preserved at the Library of Congress.

Acquisition Information

Acquisition Information

This material was purchased from Ray Avery from 1986-1987.

Processing Note

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Jamie J. Greene in April 2013.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Container List

Processed by Jamie J. Greene
2013

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