Major Collections: Voices Past and Present

The Archives of Recorded Sound is a unique public repository of the words and sounds that shape our cultural legacy. Its origins date to the mid-1930s, when Columbia Records began donating copies of its releases to the Library. Originally part of the Music Division, it officially opened its doors as a separate research unit in 1965, following a major gift from the Rodgers and Hammerstein Foundation. Its vast holdings have been assembled through generous donations from recording companies, the broadcast industry, and individuals. Major collections housed in the Archives include:

• Benedict Stambler Memorial Archive--Jewish music and theatre
• Toscanini Legacy--a gift from the Toscanini family documenting the conductors career in live performances and rehearsals,1926-54
• WNEW--popular music from the 1930s-60s
• Favorite Story--literary works adapted for radio broadcast by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E Lee, 1940s
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcasts--Saturday afternoon Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts, 1930s-present
• Society for Asian Music--folk and classical music of Asia and lectures
• Heritage of the March--LP recordings of college and armed forces marching bands
• Bell Telephone Hour--NBC radio broadcasts (1941-68) highlighting famous performers of the period
• Marian McPartland Piano Jazz--radio broadcasts of jazz performances and interviews with musicians
• Personal collections of soprano Rosa Ponselle; pianist and conductor Rosalyn Tureck; composers Richard Rodgers, Deems Taylor, John Watts, Paul Jacobs, Joseph Schillinger; conductor Thomas Scherman; Yiddish artist Ruth Rabin; singers Lanny Ross and Libby Holman; and many others.

A more comprehensive list of the Archives' diverse collections follows below:

• *L (Special) 00-16   13 Daughters (Costume Sketch)
• *L (Special) 93-09   500: Hidden Hemisphere
• *L (Special) 93-18   7-inch Operatic Tapes
• *L (Special) 93-11   8th Wonder
• *L (Special) 88-13   George Abbott (interview)
• *L (Special) 02-18   Reza Abdoh
• *L (Special) 97-26   Acis & Galatea / Handel ; St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble
• *L (Special) 89-13   Actors on Acting
• *L (Special) 98-15   Adventures of Frank Merriwel
• *L (Special) 06-07   AIDS Theatre Project
• *L (Special) 96-08   Edward Albano (recordings)
• *L (Special) 94-32   Edward Albee (interview from Drama Desk Luncheon)
• *L (Special) 05-17   A.L. Alexander
• *L (Special) 93-67   All-ARMY Contests
• *L (Special) 96-25   John Allison
• *L (Special) 91-09   Alexander Alstone (music of)
• *L (Special) 06-06   Lorenzo Alvary (Opera topics)
• *L (Special) 01-04   AMC Collection (American Music Center)
• *L (Special) 06-25   American Composers Program
• *L (Special) 01-02   American Music Festival
• *L (Special) 90-23   American-Scandinavian Foundation
• *L (Special) 06-51   America’s Ballroom (Radio Program)
• *L (Special) 95-15   Florence Anglin
• *L (Special) 06-42   Anne Murphy (interview)
• *L (Special) 00-04   George Antheil
• *L (Special) 96-28   A.J. Antoon
• *L (Special) 99-14   Lew Archibald (collection of interviews)
• *L (Special) 96-05   Lewis Archibald (interviews with actors)
• *L (Special) 88-31   Armed Forces Radio
• *L (Special) 96-22   Armed Forces Radio Service transcription discs
• *L (Special) 93-56   Army - Fort Lee
• *L (Special) -- --    Boris Aronson
• *L (Special) 93-12   ARSC Conference
• *L (Special) 96-12   ARSC Conference 28 (1994)
• *L (Special) 06-22   ASCAP Music Festival
• *L (Special) 90-33   ASCAP show
• *L (Special) 07-11   ASCAP Sponsored Radio Interviews
• *L (Special) 06-17   ASCAP Tribute to Jerome Kern
• *L (Special) 91-10   Stefan Auber
• *L (Special) 90-38   Aviary and Dickinson songs
• *L (Special) 94-15   Ayako Yonetani & Motoko Kakizaki (lecture recital)
• *L (Special) 88-23   Babajanyan (heroic ballad)
• *L (Special) 98-12   Background film music
• *L (Special) 96-23   Anna Balos (opera excerpts)
• *L (Special) 07-52   BAM Videos
• *L (Special) 06-15   Jacob Bancks (Lost at Sea)
• *L (Special) 92-16   Barhill (debut)
• *L (Special) -- --    Barbara Barker
• *L (Special) -- --    Thomas Barker
• *L (Special) 89-48   Barretts of Wimpole Street (Radio spots)
• *L (Special) 92-02   John Barrymore (screentest for Hamlet)
• *L (Special) 91-08   Barstow Collection
• *L (Special) 89-04   Bartók Memorial Service
• *L (Special) 97-05   James Barton
• *L (Special) 90-36   Samuel Beckett (Radio plays)
• *L (Special) 07-38   Gordon Beeferman (guitar work)
• *L (Special) 89-33   Bell Telephone Hour
• *L (Special) 90-32   Arthur Bell (collection of interviews)
• *L (Special) 07-28   Arthur Berger
• *L (Special) 02-16   David Berger (music interviews)
• *L (Special) 00-01   Christine Berl
• *L (Special) 91-11   Irving Berlin
• *L (Special) 92-31   Berliner Centennial
• *L (Special) 97-25   Seth Bingham
• *L (Special) 06-40   Bird on the Wire / Joan Crowe
• *L (Special) -- --    Black
• *L (Special) 93-52   Black Box (FM off the air)
• *L (Special) 97-15   Vivian Blaine
• *L (Special) 05-06   Eubie Blake
• *L (Special) 02-10   Frederick Block
• *L (Special) 99-05   Bluestime Power Hour
• *L (Special) 03-01   Jerry Bock
• *L (Special) 91-03   Remo Bolognini
• *L (Special) 93-51   Bonneville Corp.
• *L (Special) 88-36   Clara Bow (with family and friends)
• *L (Special) 93-61   Paul Bowles
• *L (Special) 90-25   Robert Bowman
• *L (Special) 07-39   Brandeis Louis Armstrong Scholarship Fund 1982
• *L (Special) 90-20   Gena Branscombe
• *L (Special) 94-08   Jack Briece
• *L (Special) 02-01   Frederick Brisson
• *L (Special) 99-28   British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Program Collection
• *L (Special) 94-12   British Composers of the 19th & 20th Centuries
• *L (Special) 07-20   Brooklyn Academy of Music - Next Wave Festival, 2006
• *L (Special) -- --    Ongoing Brooklyn Academy of Music (videos)
• *L (Special) 93-17   Brooklyn Philharmonic
• *L (Special) 92-18   Brookside School (concert)
• *L (Special) -- --    Beverly Brown
• *L (Special) 92-38   Harold Brown
• *L (Special) 92-10   Buckley-Hayton Collection
• *L (Special) 91-13   Joseph Buloff
• *L (Special) 97-23   Jack Burkhardt
• *L (Special) 99-12   Abe Burrows
• *L (Special) 93-74   Cachao Mambo, by Andy Garcia
• *L (Special) 07-14   Cage Nam June, a multimedia friendship
• *L (Special) 89-15   John Canaday
• *L (Special) 88-17   Canadian Brass
• *L (Special) 93-27   H.B. Cardiff
• *L (Special) 93-41   Al Carmines
• *L (Special) 93-01   Elaine Carrington
• *L (Special) 92-23   Carson Office
• *L (Special) 00-11   Pablo Casals (videotape collection)
• *L (Special) 88-08   Cavalcade of Music
• *L (Special) 93-38   CBS Radio
• *L (Special) 91-24   CBS Symphony
• *L (Special) 93-29   Chamber music from WQXR
• *L (Special) 93-57   Chamber music from WQXR
• *L (Special) 07-08   Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia Highlights Vol. 1
• *L (Special) 08-02   Wendy Mae Chambers (personal CDs)
• *L (Special) 08-08   Channel 13 live performances
• *L (Special) 89-36   Gilbert Chapman
• *L (Special) 07-32   Marguerite Chapman
• *L (Special) -- --    Paddy Chayevsky
• *L (Special) 93-25   Chelsea Theater
• *L (Special) 03-02   Chess (songs from)
• *L (Special) 10-10   Ping Chong
• *L (Special) -- --    Circle in the Square
• *L (Special) -- --    Circle Repertory
• *L (Special) 97-12   Circle Repertory Company collection of production recordings
• *L (Special) 88-65   Avery Claflin
• *L (Special) 93-36   Bobby Clark
• *L (Special) 06-30   Van Cliburn (recital, 1953)
• *L (Special) 07-04   Cliff Ridley recordings
• *L (Special) 93-34   Montgomery Clift
• *L (Special) 07-43   Alexander H. Cohen Collection
• *L (Special) 97-02   Cy Coleman: Seesaw
• *L (Special) 93-30   Collegiate Chorale
• *L (Special) 93-03   Collegium Musicum, Columbia University (recordings)
• *L (Special) 93-44   Comden and Green
• *L (Special) 95-10   Composer’s Recordings, Inc.
• *L (Special) 88-12   Carmine Coppola
• *L (Special) 02-19   John Corigliano: Creations
• *L (Special) 00-05   Katharine Cornell
• *L (Special) 93-35   Court of Human Relations
• *L (Special) 88-33   Henry Cowell
• *L (Special) 90-51   Cracraft Electronic Orchestra
• *L (Special) 90-48   Cheryl Crawford
• *L (Special) 02-07   Joan Crawford
• *L (Special) 04-01   Noah Creshevsky
• *L (Special) 10-01   Hume Cronyn
• *L (Special) 97-04   Milton Cross (recordings)
• *L (Special) 99-17   Margaret Croyden
• *L (Special) 88-64   Margaret Croyden (film writing interviews)
• *L (Special) 92-08   Morton Da Costa
• *L (Special) -- --    Dance Chronicle
• *L (Special) -- --    Dance Magazine
• *L (Special) 02-05   Dance Theatre Workshop
• *L (Special) 06-02   David and Jonathan work sessions
• *L (Special) 05-01   Day at Night
• *L (Special) 89-47   Dead End (50th Anniversary)
• *L (Special) 06-20   Irving Deakin (Russian Ballet)
• *L (Special) 09-09   Deena Burton Videos
• *L (Special) 94-16   Degenerate Music: composers banned by the Nazis
• *L (Special) 07-13   Vivian Della Chiesa
• *L (Special) 06-53   Norman Dello Joio
• *L (Special) -- --    Agnes DeMille
• *L (Special) 05-03   Rod Derefinko: “Kiss the Boys Goodbye"
• *L (Special) 98-13   Dessoff Choirs
• *L (Special) 09-01   Dessoff Choirs collection additions
• *L (Special) 02-06   Jack Diether
• *L (Special) 94-33   Celius Dougherty
• *L (Special) 88-06   Drama Desk Panel on theater landmarking
• *L (Special) 00-08   Jacob Druckman
• *L (Special) 07-15   David Dukes
• *L (Special) 01-03   Charles Durand
• *L (Special) 05-12   JaRon Eames
• *L (Special) 07-47   JaRon Eames, “Live” Red Hat
• *L (Special) -- --    Ear magazine
• *L (Special) 05-18   Early Hi-Fi
• *L (Special) 92-25   S.C. Eckhardt-Gramatté
• *L (Special) 98-14   Edison wax cylinders
• *L (Special) 04-07   William Elliott
• *L (Special) 96-09   Epstein Collection
• *L (Special) 98-06   Equity Library Theatre
• *L (Special) 06-18   Maurice Evans
• *L (Special) 93-06   Maurice Evans
• *L (Special) 98-03   Guy Fallot
• *L (Special) 92-11   Ralph Farrandina (Mr. Tape)
• *L (Special) 97-18   Gene Feist
• *L (Special) 90-02   Festspillene i Bergen 1955-1956
• *L (Special) 94-31   Fete de la Musique
• *L (Special) 07-37   Fiati Chamber Players
• *L (Special) 90-17   Field Recordings of Southwest American Indians
• *L (Special) 04-03   Film Art (Radio Program) (interviews with film directors)
• *L (Special) 98-16   Ross Lee Finney
• *L (Special) 99-04   First Ladies of Radio
• *L (Special) 82-01   First National Congress on Women in Music
• *L (Special) 89-45   The First Noel (Maude Adams)
• *L (Special) 06-36   Five scenes for trumpet and piano
• *L (Special) 88-32   Kirsten Flagstad
• *L (Special) 92-14   Kirsten Flagstad (test pressings)
• *L (Special) 02-03   Flamenco Music
• *L (Special) 90-35   Bramwell Fletcher
• *L (Special) 05-13   Phil Flowers
• *L (Special) 93-10   Francois-Davies & Athene Sey (interviews)
• *L (Special) 99-27   Mary Frank
• *L (Special) 07-10   Hy Gardner (Radio Programs)
• *L (Special) 91-26   Eva Gauthier (film)
• *L (Special) 06-21   Claire Gelda
• *L (Special) 89-14   General Motors Motorama Show
• *L (Special) 88-35   Genesis by Villa Lobos
• *L (Special) 06-33   Gershwin Memorial (Concerto in F)
• *L (Special) 97-06   Getting to Know Finnish Music
• *L (Special) 10-04   Georgia Gibbs
• *L (Special) 98-08   Miriam Gideon
• *L (Special) 10-05   Irene Gilbert (Stella Adler)
• *L (Special) 97-03   Lillian Gish
• *L (Special) 88-20   Ira Glackens (interview)
• *L (Special) 06-41   Glass House (music cues)
• *L (Special) 93-66   Don Gohman
• *L (Special) -- --    Don Gohman
• *L (Special) 95-05   Richard Gold
• *L (Special) 06-47   John Golden
• *L (Special) 93-14   Benny Goodman with New York Philharmonic
• *L (Special) 94-21   Jay Gorney
• *L (Special) 00-02   Percy Grainger
• *L (Special) 98-10   Grainger-Kristensen Collection of Danish Folk Music
• *L (Special) 90-26   Charles Gray
• *L (Special) 93-42   Great Performances (PBS TV video)
• *L (Special) 95-07   Lewis Greenberg
• *L (Special) 02-09   Noah Greenberg
• *L (Special) 00-14   Joseph Greene
• *L (Special) 89-20   Lauder Greenway
• *L (Special) 05-07   John Gruen (conversation with F. Poulenc and P. Boulez)
• *L (Special) -- --    Grunwald
• *L (Special) 90-31   Gudenrath Collection of Wagner-Nichols discs
• *L (Special) 06-49   Elisabeth Gutman
• *L (Special) 94-18   Lynn Habian
• *L (Special) 88-21   Carlos Hagen (documentaries)
• *L (Special) -- --    Uta Hagen
• *L (Special) 05-04   Uta Hagen (memorial celebration)
• *L (Special) 96-13   Alexi Haieff
• *L (Special) 97-16   Halverson Collection of French Broadcasting System
• *L (Special) 02-15   Iain Hamilton
• *L (Special) 93-22   Nancy Hamilton
• *L (Special) 89-09   George Hamlin (interview)
• *L (Special) 89-46   Oscar Hammerstein (tribute to)
• *L (Special) 03-09   Oscar Hammerstein (broadcast discs)
• *L (Special) 94-24   Otto Harbach
• *L (Special) 90-52   E.Y. Harburg
• *L (Special) 92-20   Rebekah Harkness (tour)
• *L (Special) 92-40   Kenneth Harper 
• *L (Special) -- --    S. Harper 
• *L (Special) 09-05   Stan Harper; Harmonica Player
• *L (Special) 01-06   Julie Harris (interviews)
• *L (Special) 91-21   Milt Harris and Apollo Rockers
• *L (Special) 07-30   Helen Hayes, “The Best Years” (Radio Program)
• *L (Special) 90-16   Lennie Hayton
• *L (Special) 07-45   Brooke Hayward (interviews for Haywire)
• *L (Special) 91-06   Leland Hayward
• *L (Special) -- --    Leland Hayward
• *L (Special) 92-24   George Hazelton, “Mistress Nell" (Radio play)
• *L (Special) 92-39   Heat
• *L (Special) 90-34   Hello Dolly
• *L (Special) -- --    Katharine Hepburn
• *L (Special) 97-13   Irene Heskes (Judaica recordings)
• *L (Special) 06-34   Hi! Drama (Radio Program)
• *L (Special) 88-27   Holly Hill / St. Joan research
• *L (Special) 06-45   Hindi Music
• *L (Special) 93-32   History of Rock-n-Roll
• *L (Special) 10-09   H. Wiley Hitchcock 
• *L (Special) Comm   Jan Holcman (78s & LPs)
• *L (Special) 89-29   Anthony Holland (commemoration)
• *L (Special) 07-07   Libby Holman
• *L (Special) 93-43   Isabella Home
• *L (Special) 90-18   Mary Howe
• *L (Special) 95-16   Kim Hunter
• *L (Special) 07-36   Aldous Huxley (Audograph discs)
• *L (Special) 89-28   IASPM Conference
• *L (Special) 91-17   Ile (Opera by Beatrice Laufer)
• *L (Special) 07-01   Imagine (Open House) / Columbia College Chicago Music Dept.
• *L (Special) 88-26   Inter-union Exchange of Music
• *L (Special) 94-26   Interviews for the book, “Oklahoma"
• *L (Special) 93-26   Interviews with actors and performers
• *L (Special) 07-16   Interviews with theatre/music personalities
• *L (Special) 97-21   Irish music, song and dance
• *L (Special) 97-07   Israeli Broadcasting Service
• *L (Special) 88-28   Teiji Ito
• *L (Special) 92-41   Burl Ives
• *L (Special) 89-23   Richard Jackson (interview)
• *L (Special) 89-39   Frederick Jacobi
• *L (Special) 90-15   Paul Jacobs
• *L (Special) 92-29   Phoebe Jacobs (Jazz materials)
• *L (Special) 07-33   Jane Jarvis 
• *L (Special) 00-09   Jazz at Lincoln Center
• *L (Special) 05-02   Billy Joel (interview)
• *L (Special) 93-59   Judy Garland Show (Radio program)
• *L (Special) 93-31   Joe Julian
• *L (Special) -- --    Erich Itor Kahn
• *L (Special) 92-09   Mari Kahn
• *L (Special) 92-27   Kalevela, Finnish Epic (read by Miriam Heleniss)
• *L (Special) 88-16   Kalichstein, Laredo, Robinson - Trio
• *L (Special) -- --    Martin Kalmanoff
• *L (Special) 10-14   Sam Katz (collection of radio programs)
• *L (Special) 90-06   Brad Kay; Presents Early Stereo
• *L (Special) 90-07   Jerome Kern (music)
• *L (Special) 04-02   Killing Floor (musical group)
• *L (Special) 91-20   Willa Kim (“Mike”)
• *L (Special) 94-05   Eleanor King 
• *L (Special) 03-08   King-Coit School, Children’s Theater
• *L (Special) 06-56   Leon Kirchner Collection
• *L (Special) 99-26   Edward Kleban
• *L (Special) 05-08   Werner Klemperer
• *L (Special) -- --    Arthur and Ruth Knorr 
• *L (Special) 07-50   Andre Kostelanetz Collection
• *L (Special) 98-09   Robert Kovich
• *L (Special) 95-09   Brainerd Kramer
• *L (Special) 90-46   Robert Kreider
• *L (Special) 93-62   Krishnamurti
• *L (Special) 06-05   Meyer Kupferman 
• *L (Special) 06-39   Maria Kurenko (Juilliard recital, 7/19/1950)
• *L (Special) 03-05   Robert Kurka
• *L (Special) 89-12   Patricia Kurland (radio)
• *L (Special) 94-03   Eva La Gallienne
• *L (Special) 88-42   Felix Labunski
• *L (Special) 90-10   Ladyhouse Blues
• *L (Special) 99-08   Fiorello LaGuardia
• *L (Special) 91-05   Bert Lahr
• *L (Special) 99-07   Arthur Lange
• *L (Special) 95-11   Hulda Lashanska
• *L (Special) 94-28   Latin American Music (Famadas)
• *L (Special) 88-03   Lawrence & Lee
• *L (Special) 89-21   A.F.R. Lawrence, collection of historical spoken word
• *L (Special) 99-15   Vera Brodsky Lawrence
• *L (Special) -- --    Franne Lee
• *L (Special) 00-03   Ned Lehac
• *L (Special) 06-12   Lehigh University Music Dept. Performances
• *L (Special) 92-34   Carolyn Leigh
• *L (Special) 89-31   Let’s Go to the Opera
• *L (Special) 96-29   Ellen Levene (interviews)
• *L (Special) -- --    R. Lewine
• *L (Special) 07-48   Lillian Gish Remembered
• *L (Special) 00-12   Beatrice Lillie
• *L (Special) 98-19   Limbus, by Jay Bolotin
• *L (Special) 97-08   Jose Limon
• *L (Special) 93-08   Hal Linden (commercial)
• *L (Special) 90-40   Fred Lindvall (memorial)
• *L (Special) 96-14   Literary Crisis and Censorship Project
• *L (Special) 88-30   Little Orchestra Society
• *L (Special) 95-14   Katherine Litz
• *L (Special) 07-23   Lively Arts (TV) Tito Gobi
• *L (Special) 94-14   Frank Loesser; the man and his music
• *L (Special) 07-19   Lois Warner Winston: Pacific Hail / Dave Brubeck, piano
• *L (Special) 02-11   Lucille Lortel
• *L (Special) 05-10   Dorothy Loudon
• *L (Special) 10-11   LPA Public Programs
• *L (Special) 05-09   Charles Ludlam, and the Ridiculous Theatrical Co.
• *L (Special) 91-18   Otto Luening
• *L (Special) 92-36   Otto Luening
• *L (Special) 99-10   Lunt & Fontanne
• *L (Special) 07-16   Lynn Redgrave Interview
• *L (Special) -- --    Carol Lynn
• *L (Special) 93-48   Edward Mabely
• *L (Special) 06-14   Taylor Mac (The Face of Liberalism)
• *L (Special) 98-04   Teo Macero
• *L (Special) 88-70   Teo Macero (2 works)
• *L (Special) 06-52   Joseph Maher
• *L (Special) 92-35   Mailamm Collection of Cantorial Music
• *L (Special) Comm   Maloney (Theater & Film themes)
• *L (Special) -- --    Mapleson Cylinder related recordings
• *L (Special) -- --    Mapleson Cylinders (Master tapes)
• *L (Special) -- --    Mapleson Cylinders (originals)
• *L (Special) 88-71   Vito Marcantonio (collection of political speeches)
• *L (Special) 91-25   March of Time (Radio Program)
• *L (Special) 09-06   Marco Rizo
• *L (Special) 05-15   Marion (Opera broadcast)
• *L (Special) 90-45   Richard Markowitz (performance material)
• *L (Special) 99-09   Audrey Marsh
• *L (Special) 89-10   Frank Martin (Golgotha)
• *L (Special) 09-07   Matador Records videocassette
• *L (Special) 07-34   Carmen Mathews sings ‘My Golden Moment'
• *L (Special) 07-05   William Mayer : Summer Glints
• *L (Special) -- --    Susanna McCorkle
• *L (Special) 90-13   McGuinn Opera Collection
• *L (Special) 96-07   Mitch McGuire
• *L (Special) 94-30   Marian McPartland (piano jazz)
• *L (Special) 96-27   Meet the Composer
• *L (Special) 91-07   Kathryn Meisle
• *L (Special) 89-44   A Memo to You
• *L (Special) 99-11   Mercury Theater
• *L (Special) 06-31   Ethel Merman on Colgate Comedy Hour (Radio Program)
• *L (Special) 88-34   Theresa Merritt (as Ma Rainey)
• *L (Special) 93-55   Met Opera (paper tape)
• *L (Special) 07-51   Metropolitan Opera Broadcasts Season of Dec. 2006-May 2007
• *L (Special) 92-33   Brant Mewborn (interview)
• *L (Special) 06-57   Michael Valenti Collection
• *L (Special) 92-12   Jan Miner
• *L (Special) 93-60   Mingus epitaph
• *L (Special) 96-02   Mirrorsonic Master Tapes
• *L (Special) 93-07   Misc. (Bjoerling; Paderewski; L. Homer; Rachmaninoff)
• *L (Special) 97-22   Miscellaneous contemporary music demo tapes
• *L (Special) 89-24   Miscellaneous
• *L (Special) 07-49   Ruth Mitchell
• *L (Special) 06-26   Dmitry Mitropoulis (interview)
• *L (Special) 10-03   Meredith Monk
• *L (Special) 95-08   Grace Moore (home movies)
• *L (Special) 07-40   Tom Moore (Geppetto mixes)
• *L (Special) 93-37   George Morar (song interpretations)
• *L (Special) 08-07   More Fire! Productions
• *L (Special) 96-15   Sam Morgenstern
• *L (Special) 89-03   Zero Mostel
• *L (Special) 97-14   Marcel Moyse
• *L (Special) 93-21   Mr. Tape International Opera tapes (audio)
• *L (Special) 92-04   Music and Man (TV series)
• *L (Special) 06-04   Music Division oral history project
• *L (Special) 90-41   Music for 2 concert dance works
• *L (Special) 92-22   Music Lessons (video documentary about the Kodály method)
• *L (Special) 07-53   Music of Wales
• *L (Special) 96-26   Musica Aeterna (concert recordings)
• *L (Special) Comm   Musicae Bohemicae
• *L (Special) 93-71   Musical Camille and John Winter (interview)
• *L (Special) 89-11   Musical Comedy Rehearsals & Performances
• *L (Special) 89-02   Musical Theatre Tapes
• *L (Special) 08-04   Musical Treasures by Composer Alfred Morena, Sr.
• *L (Special) 93-49   Musicians Off Stage
• *L (Special) 06-43   Sandra Nathanson (interviewed by George Goodwin)
• *L (Special) 88-10   National Orchestra Association
• *L (Special) 90-11   NBC Broadcast Gold Series
• *L (Special) 02-02   Portia Nelson
• *L (Special) 88-11   New Amsterdam Theatre Company records
• *L (Special) 00-10   New Broadways interviews
• *L (Special) 90-14   New Dramatists
• *L (Special) 10-17   New Music For Young Ensembles
• *L (Special) 94-17   New Music from Norway
• *L (Special) 99-20   New Music Seminar
• *L (Special) 07-02   New School Jazz & Contemporary Music Program 2004-05
• *L (Special) 89-51   New York Philharmonic
• *L (Special) 97-27   New York Pops performances
• *L (Special) 99-18   New York Shakespeare Festival
• *L (Special) 89-42   No King But God: Music of the American Revolution
• *L (Special) 95-12   Nonesuch records "proof" tape
• *L (Special) 96-18   Norwegian Music Videos
• *L (Special) 06-09   Donna Paola Novikova
• *L (Special) 94-07   NY International Festival of the Arts
• *L (Special) 93-33   NY Philharmonic Lectures (68-69)
• *L (Special) 96-06   NY Pops at Carnegie Hall
• *L (Special) 98-11   NY Singing Teacher's Association (NYSTA)
• *L (Special) 91-22   NY World's Fair
• *L (Special) 95-04   NYC Opera plot summaries
• *L (Special) 95-01   Nyiregyhazi (recording session)
• *L (Special) 96-11   NYPL Colloquium on Jazz
• *L (Special) 93-70   NYPL Concert
• *L (Special) 94-11   NYPL New Music
• *L (Special) -- --    Oenslager
• *L (Special) 02-13   Kevin Oldham
• *L (Special) 93-19   Opera radio broadcasts
• *L (Special) 91-19   Oratorio Society
• *L (Special) 11-01   Oratorio Society of New York
• *L (Special) 92-13   Orchestre de la Suisse Roman
• *L (Special) 88-14   Carl Orff (Radio)
• *L (Special) 10-08   Stuart Ostrow
• *L (Special) 88-29   Ottoman music
• *L (Special) 67-01   Karel Pachta, collection of piano pedagogy
• *L (Special) 07-22   Pacific 321
• *L (Special) 09-08   Paderewski documentary (unfinished)
• *L (Special) 89-41   Courtlandt Palmer
• *L (Special) 99-22   James Palsgrove (organ music)
• *L (Special) 93-63   Paper Tape Opera
• *L (Special) 99-18   Joseph Papp (NY Shakespeare Festival Oral History)
• *L (Special) 97-24   Violetta Para (interviews)
• *L (Special) 97-10   PARC Interviews
• *L (Special) 91-01   Dailey Paskman
• *L (Special) 06-10   Robert Patrick audio
• *L (Special) 95-13   Benjamin Patterson
• *L (Special) 90-01   Paul Robeson Award
• *L (Special) 93-73   Anna Pavlova
• *L (Special) 95-03   Jan Peerce
• *L (Special) 94-09   Pepsico Summerfare
• *L (Special) 94-06   Performing Arts of Asia Festival
• *L (Special) 96-17   Performing Arts of Poland
• *L (Special) 93-65   Perichole (Offenbach @ Town Hall)
• *L (Special) 08-05   Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
• *L (Special) 93-04   George Perle (works and interview)
• *L (Special) 90-28   Vincent Persichetti
• *L (Special) 93-16   Roberta Peters
• *L (Special) 94-20   Frederique Petrides
• *L (Special) 08-01   Phaedra (privately recorded opera spoof by The Little Players)
• *L (Special) 07-31   Piano portraits; conversations with great pianists / Tibbetts
• *L (Special) 89-06   Piano recital, Donald Isler
• *L (Special) 02-08   Elizabeth Pierce (Radio)
• *L (Special) 96-19   Polish Music, film and television production
• *L (Special) 96-24   Polish Radio Archive
• *L (Special) 94-25   Polish Radio Performing Arts Archive
• *L (Special) 06-50   Max Polikoff
• *L (Special) 89-50   Rosa Ponselle
• *L (Special) 07-24   Popular Music Selections (TV)
• *L (Special) 94-27   Pre-Philharmonic Concert Lecture Society
• *L (Special) 88-18   Presidential Hour: Rodgers and Hammerstein
• *L (Special) 98-05   Harold Prince
• *L (Special) 90-49   Harold Prince
• *L (Special) 06-11   Joseph Prostakoff: recital, 1947
• *L (Special) 07-03   Queen of Swing
• *L (Special) -- --    Ellis Rabb
• *L (Special) 92-03   Radio Drama
• *L (Special) 04-05   Radio Guild
• *L (Special) 99-28   Radio play by Peter Handke
• *L (Special) 08-12   Radio programs dealing with Hispanic Heritage Month
• *L (Special) 94-19   Milos Raickovich (works)
• *L (Special) 88-01   Railroad Hour (see Lawrence & Lee)
• *L (Special) 10-13   David Randolph
• *L (Special) 98-02   Jay Rasiel
• *L (Special) 07-41   Joe Reisman
• *L (Special) 89-52   Leo Reisman
• *L (Special) 92-17   Repertory Theater of Lincoln
• *L (Special) 06-23   Eric Rhodes (Two of Everything & Ocean's Face)
• *L (Special) 01-05   Jeffrey Richard (press agent)
• *L (Special) 96-16   Vittorio Rieti
• *L (Special) Comm   Elizabeth A. Rinehart
• *L (Special) 88-15   River City Brass Band concert
• *L (Special) 00-07   Marco Rizo
• *L (Special) -- --    Jerome Robbins
• *L (Special) 96-04   Joan Roberts
• *L (Special) 94-04   William Robyn (interviews)
• *L (Special) 90-37   George Rochberg (2 works)
• *L (Special) 92-01   George Rochberg (music)
• *L (Special) 07-12   Rock Music Videos
• *L (Special) 07-09   Rockapella
• *L (Special) 06-28   Bernard Rodgers (The Warrior)
• *L (Special) 89-19   Richard Rodgers
• *L (Special) 99-23   Ann Ronell
• *L (Special) 90-03   Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) Speeches
• *L (Special) 90-27   Billy Rose
• *L (Special) 89-34   Lanny Ross
• *L (Special) 03-04   Bevya Rosten (interviews)
• *L (Special) 93-69   Wolfgang Roth
• *L (Special) 06-24   Annette Royak
• *L (Special) 90-22   Ruth Rubin
• *L (Special) 02-14   Eric Salzman (Radio broadcasts)
• *L (Special) 92-26   Alan Sands
• *L (Special) 06-38   Dorothy Sands
• *L (Special) 97-19   Nicholas Schaffner
• *L (Special) 88-19   Dagmar Schauberger (Exhibit tape)
• *L (Special) 10-02   Scott Schechter (Judy Garland and Liza Minelli)
• *L (Special) 89-16   Joseph Schillinger
• *L (Special) 08-03   Irving Schlein Collection
• *L (Special) 07-35   Roxanne Schoen
• *L (Special) 92-28   Schuman (secular cantata)
• *L (Special) 99-24   William Schuman
• *L (Special) 92-37   William Schuman (concert)
• *L (Special) -- --    Charles Schwartz
• *L (Special) 93-05   Raymond Scott
• *L (Special) 93-46   Raymond Scott (SFX)
• *L (Special) 08-10   Tom Scott
• *L (Special) 91-14   Alexander Scourby
• *L (Special) 89-49   Andres Segovia (BWA concert, 1986)
• *L (Special) 90-29   Marcella Sembrich
• *L (Special) 93-20   Serenus Tapes
• *L (Special) 03-07   Tibor Serly Collection
• *L (Special) 93-58   Ravi Shankar lectures (Two lecture series, to undergraduates and graduates)
• *L (Special) 06-03   Shepherd [musical, demo]
• *L (Special) 89-43   Sherlock Holmes
• *L (Special) 89-05   Morris Shimony (cantorial)
• *L (Special) 05-14   Shogun : The Musical
• *L (Special) 99-06   Eric Siday
• *L (Special) 98-17   Eric Siday
• *L (Special) 07-17   Side by Side [by Sondheim?]
• *L (Special) -- --    Arthur Siegel
• *L (Special) 98-07   Luther Sies (radio program collection)
• *L (Special) 93-50   Paula Silberstein
• *L (Special) 94-23   Robert Silverman (performance)
• *L (Special) 92-07   Netty Simons
• *L (Special) -- --    William Skipper
• *L (Special) 06-27   Alex Smallens (Rising Musical Stars)
• *L (Special) 00-15   Leo Smit
• *L (Special) 06-29   Smith and Dale
• *L (Special) 09-02   Leida Snow Collection
• *L (Special) 89-25   Phoebe Snow and Hayna Holden compositions
• *L (Special) 88-72   Sociedad Fonográfica Española cylinder recordings
• *L (Special) 06-54   Society for American Music CDs for conference participants
• *L (Special) 90-19   Society for Asian Music
• *L (Special) 89-30   E. Soderstrom with Robert Sherman
• *L (Special) 04-04   Songwriter's Guild tapes
• *L (Special) 97-01   Harry Sosnick (songs and commercials)
• *L (Special) 99-03   Soundings (Radio Program)
• *L (Special) 07-06   Sounds of Julliard
• *L (Special) 99-01   Speaking Out (series)
• *L (Special) 99-13   Bill Spilka (Jazz videos)
• *L (Special) 89-08   Vladimir Spivakov (lecture)
• *L (Special) 92-05   Spoleto Festival USA
• *L (Special) 96-03   St. Cecilia Chorus
• *L (Special) 90-47   St. Cecilia Chorus
• *L (Special) 10-15   St. Cecilia Chorus collection (addition)
• *L (Special) 07-18   St. Cecilia Chorus concerts (April 28, 2006 / February 25, 2007)
• *L (Special) 93-68   Irwin Stahl
• *L (Special) 93-39   Stambler Acetate discs
• *L (Special) 93-39   Benedict Stambler Archives of Recorded Jewish Music
• *L (Special) 06-16   Star Spangled Theatre
• *L (Special) 90-05   Statue of Liberty
• *L (Special) 02-04   Teresa Sterne
• *L (Special) 05-05   Isabelle Stevenson (interview)
• *L (Special) 90-43   Ellen Stewart (NYPL lecture)
• *L (Special) 95-02   Michael Stewart
• *L (Special) 93-40   Barbara Stone
• *L (Special) 98-18   Jon Stone
• *L (Special) 93-13   Stravinsky concert (St. Thomas Church)
• *L (Special) 07-21   Michael Streicher
• *L (Special) 90         Richard Striker Collection
• *L (Special) 08-06   Carlos Surinach
• *L (Special) 89-40   Henry Sylvern
• *L (Special) 96-21   Joseph Szigeti (performances)
• *L (Special) 90-12   Joseph Szigeti (materials)
• *L (Special) 95-19   Taiwan Culture Night
• *L (Special) 00-06   Helen Tamiris
• *L (Special) 06-32   Helen Tamiris (Littler's production)
• *L (Special) 91-15   Tandy/Cronyn (performance)
• *L (Special) 93-24   Tape copies of commercial recordings
• *L (Special) 92-32   Florence Tarlow
• *L (Special) 90-30   Tarzan Recordings
• *L (Special) 92-19   Richard Tauber (Centennial gala)
• *L (Special) 91-12   Clarke Taylor interviews
• *L (Special) 89-38   Deems Taylor (Radio Programs)
• *L (Special) 07-26   Ten Chimneys (the Lunt's house) lecture
• *L (Special) 95-18   That Hat (demo tape)
• *L (Special) 78-01   That Show (Television program)
• *L (Special) 06-58   The World of Robert Schuman
• *L (Special) 07-46   Theatre Guild on the Air [radio broadcasts]
• *L (Special) 07-46   Theatre Guild on the Air [radio broadcasts]
• *L (Special) 06-55   Theatre Guild on the Air collection
• *L (Special) -- --    Francis Thorne
• *L (Special) 90-04   Lawrence Tibbett
• *L (Special) 89-32   Tight Rope
• *L (Special) 06-48   Henry Tobias
• *L (Special) 95-06   TOFT Interviews
• *L (Special) 09-03   Tomcat Mahoney Memorial Collection of Audio Recordings
• *L (Special) 89-01   Toscanini Legacy
• *L (Special) 88-66   Toscanini memorial archives lecture
• *L (Special) 91-16   Toscanini memorial archives lecture
• *L (Special) 92-21   Toscanini memorial archives lecture
• *L (Special) 93-15   Toscanini memorial archives lecture
• *L (Special) 92-30   Toscanini/Selenophone project
• *L (Special) 96-20   Towers of London Radio productions
• *L (Special) 88-43   Town Hall Tapes
• *L (Special) -- --    Arthur Tracy
• *L (Special) 89-37   Lee Tracy
• *L (Special) 06-19   Helen Traubel on Duffy's Tavern (Radio Program)
• *L (Special) 93-28   Treasury of Recorded Sound
• *L (Special) 06-46   Tricks (musical production - demos)
• *L (Special) 92-15   Trinity Repertory Co. (Oral History)
• *L (Special) 88-67   Sophie Tucker
• *L (Special) 94-22   Rosalyn Tureck
• *L (Special) 08-11   Two works of Peter Paul Fuchs
• *L (Special) 94-10   Andrew M. Underhill (Radio Programs)
• *L (Special) 98-01   Arthur Unger (interviews)
• *L (Special) 93-64   USML
• *L (Special) 06-37   Bela Varkonyi (works and performances)
• *L (Special) 02-12   Ron Vawter
• *L (Special) 88-63   Ted Vidgosky (Radio interviews)
• *L (Special) 06-35   Viewpoint (Radio Program)
• *L (Special) 88-38   Villa-Lobos (interview)
• *L (Special) 06-13   Vitaphone Disc Film Soundtracks
• *L (Special) 88-22   Howard Vogel (organ recital)
• *L (Special) 89-17   Voice of America
• *L (Special) 99-25   Joelle Wallach
• *L (Special) 97-20   John Wallowitch
• *L (Special) 89-22   Elinor Remick Warren
• *L (Special) 99-19   Dale Wasserman
• *L (Special) 90-24   John Watts
• *L (Special) 89-27   WBAI (interviews)
• *L (Special) -- --    Weidman
• *L (Special) 91-04   Charles Weidman
• *L (Special) 88-24   Herman Weinberg (lectures)
• *L (Special) 01-01   Hugo Weisgall 
• *L (Special) 03-06   Mac Wellman 
• *L (Special) -- --    Peter Wexler 
• *L (Special) 93-54   Donald White (radio interviews)
• *L (Special) 86-01   Rick Whitesell interviews
• *L (Special) 02-17   Howard Whitfield (lecture on Shakespeare)
• *L (Special) 88-69   Wigglesworth collection of sound recordings
• *L (Special) 97-17   Frank Wigglesworth
• *L (Special) 99-16   Frederick Wildfoerster
• *L (Special) 05-16   Karna Steelquist Wilgus (recitals)
• *L (Special) 07-25   Avery Willard singing
• *L (Special) 90-44   Williams and Wood
• *L (Special) -- --    Bert Williams
• *L (Special) 90-42   Isaiah Williams (songs)
• *L (Special) 93-53   Oscar Williams
• *L (Special) 89-35   Tennessee Williams
• *L (Special) 07-27   Alix Williamson
• *L (Special) 07-44   WNYC
• *L (Special) 88-02   WNYC
• *L (Special) 10-16   WNYC David Randolph
• *L (Special) 03-03   WNYC New Sounds (Radio Program)
• *L (Special) 99-21   William Wolf (interviews)
• *L (Special) 93-23   Allen Woll 
• *L (Special) 10-07   Stefan Wolpe
• *L (Special) 06-01   Woman of Will (demo tape)
• *L (Special) 88-68   Virginia Woodruff; First Nighter (TV program)
• *L (Special) 07-29   World Financial Center videos
• *L (Special) 06-58   World Music Institute live performances
• *L (Special) 90-08   World's Fair 1939 (music about)
• *L (Special) 10-06   Martin Worman
• *L (Special) 00-13   WQXR concert broadcasts
• *L (Special) 94-01   WQXR concert broadcasts (see *L 00-13)
• *L (Special) 89-26   Writer's Mind
• *L (Special) 90-09   Yaddo Music Festival
• *L (Special) 07-42   Grace Yeager
• *L (Special) 04-06   Yellow Springs Collection
• *L (Special) 93-47   LaMonte Young & Doris Hays
• *L (Special) 05-11   Yours for a Song: the Women of Tin Pan Alley (documentary)
• *L (Special) 08-09   Jene Youtt (IATSE Oral History)
• *L (Special) 95-17   Yugoslavian Composers
• *L (Special) 06-08   Ron Zamir : complete musical works
• *L (Special) 96-01   David L. Zucker