Music, theatre, and spoken word sound recordings collection

Access and use

Location of collection:
George Mason University
2400 Fenwick Library
Special Collections Research Center
Fenwick Library MS2FL
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Mieko Palazzo
Phone: (703) 993-2220
Fax: (703) 993-2669
Restrictions:

There are no access restrictions.

Terms of access:

Recordings may be protected by copyright laws.

Preferred citation:

Music, Theatre, and Spoken Word Sound Recordings, C0130, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
1.25 linear feet (4 boxes)
Creator:
George Mason University. Special Collections and Archives.
Abstract:
This collection contains LP phonograph albums containing a variety of music, oral history, and musical scores. This box was found unlabeled and might be associated with another collection.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Music, Theatre, and Spoken Word Sound Recordings, C0130, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains 31 LP phonograph albums including music, musical scores, plays, literature recordings, and speech recordings. The albums span a roughly 40 year period being released between 1949 and the late 1980s. Musical albums include: A Tribute to Woodie Guthrie, Pete Seeger's Greatest Hits, Songs of the Depression, and I Will Win: Songs of the Wooblies. Albums of recorded plays feature playwrights such as William Shakespeare and Arthur Miller. The collection also features original cast recordings of musicals Winnie and Brigham!, a musical based on the life of Brigham Young and contains literary recordings of the works of T.S. Elliot, Frederick Douglass and Lorraine Hansberry.

Several of the albums focus on content related to the Great Depression, unions, American labor, and Folk Music.

Biographical / historical:

No information of donor or history is known.

Acquisition information:
Donor unknown.
Processing information:

Processed by Kristen Korfitzen in 2012. EAD markup completed by Kristen Korfitzen in 2012.

Arrangement:

The collection is not arranged in any specific order.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard