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Phonograph records

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Discs (formerly cylinders) of shellac, polyvinyl chloride, or other substances so prepared that sound is reproduced when played on a phonograph player. [more generic term that is inclusive of 78 rpm records, 45 rpm records, and long-playing records (which are 33 1/3 rpm)]

Found in 206 Collections and/or Records:

Merian C. Cooper correspondence with Dorothy Jordan and family, 1939-1973

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 13 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence between Cooper and his wife, Dorothy Jordan, and children. Includes letters documenting his military service during the Second World War. Materials date from between 1939 and 1973.

Dates: 1939-1973
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2008, Merian C. Cooper papers / Merian C. Cooper correspondence / Merian C. Cooper family correspondence

Merian C. Cooper correspondence with John C. Cooper, Sr. and John C. Cooper, Jr., 1915-1933, 1961-1967

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 13 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains personal correspondence between Cooper and his father, John C. Cooper, Sr., and his brother, John C. Cooper, Jr. Also includes envelopes from the letters. Materials date from between 1915 and 1967.

Dates: 1915-1933; 1961-1967
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2008, Merian C. Cooper papers / Merian C. Cooper correspondence / Merian C. Cooper family correspondence

Merian C. Cooper family correspondence, 1915-1973

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 13 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence between Cooper and his family, including his father, brother, wife, and children. Materials date from between 1915 and 1973.

Dates: 1915-1973
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2008, Merian C. Cooper papers / Merian C. Cooper correspondence

Merian C. Cooper interview for March of time, 1942 December 31

 File — Oversize 52: Series 3; Series 5; Series 8; Series 13 [Barcode: 31197239135301]
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 3 Sub-Series 5 Sub-Series 1 File AV022-023
Scope and Contents

Recordings of a 1942 interview with Cooper upon his return from China. Two phonograph records. 12 in., same recording on both AV022 and AV023.

Dates: 1942 December 31
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2008, Merian C. Cooper papers / Merian C. Cooper military papers / Merian C. Cooper papers on World War II / Merian C. Cooper papers on China

Merian C. Cooper recording of acceptance speech, 1953 March 19

 Item — Oversize 52: Series 3; Series 5; Series 8; Series 13 [Barcode: 31197239135301], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 8 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 1 Item AV024
Scope and Contents

Excerpt from entire 25th Academy Award program on AV025-AV032. Audio is lost during Cooper speech.

Dates: 1953 March 19
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2008, Merian C. Cooper papers / Merian C. Cooper and Dorothy Jordan papers on motion pictures / Merian C. Cooper honorary awards / Sound recordings of awards ceremony

MIA All Church Choral Festival -- Make a joyful sound, 1970 June

 File — Box 3: [Barcode: 31197239279919], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 9552 File AV008-009
Scope and Contents

Recording in four parts.

Dates: 1970 June
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 9552, Rowan Taylor collection on Latter-day Saint Los Angeles area music programs

MIA Inter-Division Quartet Festival, 1963 March

 Item — Box 3: [Barcode: 31197239279919], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 9552 Item AV006-007
Scope and Contents

Recording in four parts.

Dates: 1963 March
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 9552, Rowan Taylor collection on Latter-day Saint Los Angeles area music programs

M.I.A. Music Festival 1954, 1954 August 6

 File — Box 107: Series 3, Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS 7762 Series 3
Dates: 1954 August 6
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 7762, Crawford Gates papers / Crawford Gates audio-visual materials

MIA Music Festival 1958, 1958

 Item — Box 3: [Barcode: 31197239279919], Folder: 7
Identifier: MSS 9552 Item AV012-013
Scope and Contents

Recording in four parts.

Dates: 1958
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 9552, Rowan Taylor collection on Latter-day Saint Los Angeles area music programs

M.I.A. Music Festival 1964, 1964

 File — Box 107: Series 3, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSS 7762 Series 3
Dates: 1964
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 7762, Crawford Gates papers / Crawford Gates audio-visual materials

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