Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

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

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

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

Summary

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.

Subjects

• Sound engineers
• Photographs
• Goldmark, Peter, 1906-1977
• Blueprints
• Archivists
• Sound recordings
• Sound recording executives and producers
• Bachman, William S
• Sound recording industry
• Columbia Records, Inc
• Discographies
• Correspondence
• Record labels
• Clippings
• RCA Records
• Historians
• Business records
• OKeh Records (Firm)
• International Zonophone Company
• American Record Company
• Posters
• Styluses (audio equipment)
• Phonograph records
• Williams, Bert, 1874-1922

Genre/Form

• Discographies.
• Blueprints.
• Business records.
• Clippings.
• Correspondence.
• Phonograph records.
• Photographs.
• Posters.
• Styluses (audio equipment)

Access (note)

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

Terms of Use (note)

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

Source (note)

• A. F. R. Lawrence, 1972.

Location of Other Archival Materials (note)

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Provenance (note)

• 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.

Call Number

*L (Special) 16-01

OCLC

949277313

Author

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

Title

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

Restricted Access

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

Terms Of Use

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

Location of Other Archival Materials

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

Provenance

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

A. F. R. Lawrence, 1972.

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Finding aid

Occupation

Archivists.

Historians.

Sound engineers.

Research Call Number

*L (Special) 16-01