Eddie Barnes audio collection

id
11852
origination
Barnes, Edmund
date statement
1952-1960
key date
1952
identifier (local_mss)
188253
org unit
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division
call number
Sc MIRS Barnes 1981-26
b-number
b22817698
total components
6
total series
0
max depth
1
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2025-04-25 21:20:51 UTC
updated
2026-05-22 15:48:24 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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unitid
{"value"=>"188253", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"b22817698", "type"=>"local_b"}
{"value"=>"Sc MIRS Barnes 1981-26", "type"=>"local_mss_av"}
{"value"=>"MssCol 188253", "type"=>"local_call"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1952-1960", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1952/1960"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Eddie Barnes audio collection"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"5 audio_recordings", "unit"=>"audio_recordings"}]}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division</span>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"Eddie Barnes sang bass and played double bass for the vocal quintet the Cues during the 1950s. The collection consists of five audio recordings, four of which are commercially released records, of songs performed by Eddie Barnes as soloist, the Cues, Eddie Barnes and His Hi-Fidels, and an album by Harry Belafonte."}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English"}
origination
{"value"=>"Barnes, Edmund", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Born in Beaumont, Texas, on March 22, 1924, Eddie Barnes sang bass and played double bass for the vocal quintet the Cues during the 1950s. Formed in 1954, the Cues were an in-house backup group for Atlantic Records. Using different aliases, the group supported a number of the label's acts. Barnes was also the bassist and vocalist with The Hi-Fidels.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The collection consists of five audio recordings, four of which are commercially released records, of songs performed by Eddie Barnes as soloist, the Cues, Eddie Barnes and His Hi-Fidels, and an album by Harry Belafonte. They are arranged alphabetically by title. Song titles reflect the song on each side of the record. The original format of one audio recording is audio cassette, and the item contains two parts described separately, representing each side of the cassette.</p>"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Donor unidentified, 1981.</p>"}
separatedmaterial
{"value"=>"<p>See the Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Division for the separated collection.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>See the Photographs and Prints Division for the Eddie Barnes photograph collection, Sc Photo Eddie Barnes Collection.</p>"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Collection inventoried by <span class=\"name\">Christopher Arena</span>. Collection processed and described by <span class=\"name\">Ornella U. Baganizi</span>, archivist. Finding aid published in <span class=\"date\">2025</span>.</p>"}
sponsor
{"value"=>"An anonymous donor funded preliminary processing for this collection. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation supported a research library-wide grant for the digitization, and funded the Schomburg for the description and production of the finding aid as part of The Next Century of Black Studies Project."}
revisiondesc
{"value"=>"Item scope and content notes, and extent notes updated to facilitate public access by Ornella U. Baganizi.", "date"=>"2026-05-01"}
date_start
1952
keydate
1952
date_end
1960
date_inclusive_start
1952
date_inclusive_end
1960
prefercite
{"value"=>"Eddie Barnes audio collection, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division, The New York Public Library"}

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