An alphabetical title index to the Capitol Records Company archives of music manuscripts
Scope and Contents
Forms and a typewritten draft of a published manuscript. The index was produced by the Division of Archives and Manuscripts at the Harold B. Lee Library of Brigham Young University starting in 1970 and was bound as a five-volume reference work in 1978.
Dates
- Creation: 1970-1978
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to use material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.
Biographical / Historical
Capitol Records, Inc. is record label founded in 1942 by Johnny Mercer, Buddy DeSylva, and Glenn E. Wallichs. It was the first west coast-based record label in the United States, competing with major east coast labels of the time. Capitol Records was later acquired in 1955 by British music conglomerate EMI as a North American subsidiary. As of 2024, it was part of UMG's Interscope Capitol Labels Group.
Extent
12 boxes (5 linear feet)
Language of Materials
English
Appraisal
Utah and the American West and LDS cultural, social, and religious history (20th century Western & Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy, 5.VII, 2007).
Subject
- Capitol Records, Inc. (Organization)
- Title
- Register of An alphabetical title index to the Capitol Records Company archives of music manuscripts
- Author
- Garrett Schroath
- Date
- 2011 March 23
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
- Box: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 2 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 3 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 4 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 5 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 6 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 7 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 8 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 9 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 10 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 11 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 12 (Mixed Materials)
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States