Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. 10.46 linear feet (23 boxes, 1 volume, 5 oversized folders)

Summary

1. Alton Forrest Raymond Lawrence (1922-1972) was a sound recording archivist, lawyer, and professional historian who established and organized the record library and company archive of Columbia Records, Inc. beginning in the early 1960s. The collection dates from 1888 to 1972 (bulk dates 1940-1964) and reflects the history, operations, business decisions, and technological developments of Columbia Records while providing some insight into the professional work and outlook of A. F. R. Lawrence.

Subject

1. Sound engineers
2. Photographs
3. Goldmark, Peter, 1906-1977
4. Blueprints
5. Archivists
6. Sound recordings
7. Sound recording executives and producers
8. Bachman, William S
9. Sound recording industry
10. Columbia Records, Inc
11. Discographies
12. Correspondence
13. Record labels
14. Clippings
15. RCA Records
16. Historians
17. Business records
18. OKeh Records (Firm)
19. International Zonophone Company
20. American Record Company
21. Posters
22. Styluses (audio equipment)
23. Phonograph records
24. Williams, Bert, 1874-1922

Genre/Form

1. Discographies.
2. Blueprints.
3. Business records.
4. Clippings.
5. Correspondence.
6. Phonograph records.
7. Photographs.
8. Posters.
9. Styluses (audio equipment)

Call number

1. *L (Special) 16-01

Access (note)

1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Terms of use (note)

1. For permission to publish, please contact the Curator of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Source (note)

1. A. F. R. Lawrence, 1972.

Location of other archival materials (note)

1. .

Provenance (note)

1. The papers originally came to the library alongside Lawrence's sound recording collection, in 1972. They were dispersed into office files at the Library then subsequently regrouped. This collection consists of material that was identified as discretely belonging to the original papers, and is not complete.

Author

1. Lawrence, A. F. R., 1922-1972.

Title

1. A. F. R. Lawrence papers, 1888-1972 (bulk 1940-1964).

Restricted access

1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Terms of use

1. For permission to publish, please contact the Curator of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Location of other archival materials

1. A.F.R. Lawrence collection of historical spoken word [sound recording] 1900-1970 (RHA); .

Provenance

1. The papers originally came to the library alongside Lawrence's sound recording collection, in 1972. They were dispersed into office files at the Library then subsequently regrouped. This collection consists of material that was identified as discretely belonging to the original papers, and is not complete.

Source

1. A. F. R. Lawrence, 1972.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music & Recorded Sound Division Special Collections material
2. NYPL Digital Collections
3. Finding aid

Occupation

1. Archivists.
2. Historians.
3. Sound engineers.

Research call number

1. *L (Special) 16-01