Gilbert W. Chapman collection of sound recordings [sound recording]

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unitid

{"value"=>"*L (Special) 89-36", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"20509", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Gilbert W. Chapman collection of sound recordings [sound recording]"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"ca.1900]-1962", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"approximate", "normal"=>"1900/1962"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"17 sound discs"}, {"name"=>"physfacet", "value"=>"analog"}], "supress_display"=>true}

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"11"}, {"name"=>"physfacet", "value"=>"analog, aluminum and glass-based acetate"}, {"name"=>"dimensions", "value"=>"10 in."}], "supress_display"=>true}

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"6"}, {"name"=>"physfacet", "value"=>"analog, aluminum-based acetate"}, {"name"=>"dimensions", "value"=>"12 in."}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1900

date_inclusive_end

1962

origination

{"value"=>"Chapman, Gilbert W", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Collector", "role_code"=>"col"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Gilbert W. Chapman was a business executive in New York City who served as Director of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The New York Public Library.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The collection consists of noncommercial sound recordings including performances by Jascha Heifetz and Larry Adler of popular chamber music; a performance of Aaron Avshalomoff's Symphony no. 2 by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra conducted by Thor Johnson; a speech by Mrs. Gilbert Chapman broadcast in 1943 promoting the American Women's Voluntary Services; and radio and television interviews with Gilbert W. Chapman and dancer Alexandra Danilova. The interviews with Chapman were recorded from 1956 to 1962 and concern literacy and education in the United States. Notable television and radio programs represented in the collection include the Tex and Jinx television program; a Monitor radio program; and a Lee Graham television interview. Also included is the opening address (given by Mr. Chapman) of the New York Public Library 50th anniversary convocation, and a radio program featuring a story about the WNYC book festival.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"internal"=>true, "accession_number"=>"RHA"}

{"internal"=>true, "source"=>"Chapman, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert W", "method"=>"Gift", "date"=>"1969", "value"=>"Gift, Chapman, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert W, 1969"}

accessrestrict

{"value"=>"<p>Access to original acetate discs restricted.</p>"}

note

{"value"=>"<p>Original gift included 595 commercial recordings of traditional concert repertoire; all of which have been separated and interfiled with the archives' collection of commercial recordings</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

keydate

1900

prefercite

{"value"=>"Gilbert W. Chapman collection of sound recordings [sound recording], Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Gilbert W. Chapman was a business executive in New York City who served as Director of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The New York Public Library. The collection consists of noncommercial sound recordings including performances by Jascha Heifetz and Larry Adler of popular chamber music; a performance of Aaron Avshalomoff's Symphony no. 2 by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra conducted by Thor Johnson; a speech by Mrs. Gilbert Chapman broadcast in 1943 promoting the American Women's Voluntary Services; and radio and television interviews with Gilbert W. Chapman and dancer Alexandra Danilova. The interviews with Chapman were recorded from 1956 to 1962 and concern literacy and education in the United States. Notable television and radio programs represented in the collection include the Tex and Jinx television program; a Monitor radio program; and a Lee Graham television interview. Also included is the opening address (given by Mr. Chapman) of the New York Public Library 50th anniversary convocation, and a radio program featuring a story about the WNYC book festival.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

17 sound discs : analog. 11 : analog, aluminum and glass-based acetate ; 10 in.. 6 : analog, aluminum-based acetate ; 12 in.

date_start

1900

date_end

1962

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