Robert S. Hartmann Phonograph Disc Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Decca (recording company).
label: Creator
content: Duchin, Eddie (musician)
label: Creator
content: Cugat, Xavier (bandleader)
label: Creator
content: Columbia (recording company).
label: Creator
content: Goodman, Benny (Benjamin David), 1909-1986
label: Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Community Life
label: Creator
content: Victor (recording company).
label: Creator
content: Silvertone (recording company).
label: Creator
content: King, Wayne (musician)
label: Creator
content: Iona, Andy (musician)
label: Creator
content: Lombardo, Guy, 1902-1977
label: Creator
content: Kinney, Ray (musician)
label: Creator
content: Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931
label: Creator
content: Hemple, Frieda (singer)
label: Creator
content: Hartmann, Robert S.
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- Performance -- 1910-1940
label: Topic
content: Popular music
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Colection donated by Robert S. Hartmann, March 1988.
creator: label: Creator
content: Decca (recording company).
label: Creator
content: Duchin, Eddie (musician)
label: Creator
content: Cugat, Xavier (bandleader)
label: Creator
content: Columbia (recording company).
label: Creator
content: Goodman, Benny (Benjamin David), 1909-1986
label: Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Community Life
label: Creator
content: Victor (recording company).
label: Creator
content: Silvertone (recording company).
label: Creator
content: King, Wayne (musician)
label: Creator
content: Iona, Andy (musician)
label: Creator
content: Lombardo, Guy, 1902-1977
label: Creator
content: Kinney, Ray (musician)
label: Creator
content: Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931
label: Creator
content: Hemple, Frieda (singer)
label: Creator
content: Hartmann, Robert S.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: This collection consists of popular music recorded between approximately 1916 and the 1930's collected by Robert S. Hartmann.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.5 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1916-1930s.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0297
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: 78 rpm records
label: Type
content: 45 rpm records
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Phonograph records
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection is unprocessed.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: 78 rpm records
label: Genre/Form
content: 45 rpm records
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Phonograph records
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Popular music recorded approximately 1916-1930s: 78 and 45 RPM phonograph discs produced by Edison recordings, Victor, Decca, Columbia, and Silvertone.

Boxes 1-4: 53 10" Edison recordings of popular songs by such artists as Freda Hemple, George Hamilton Green, the Metropolitan Quartet, and Frederick Kinsley; also hymns, World War I songs, and some operatic selections.

Box 5: 32 45-r.p.m. records, primarily by Victor, some Decca, others, by Eddie Duchin, Xavier Cugat, Guy Lombardo.

Box 6: 41 45-r.p.m. records, including 16 by Victor, 4 by Columbia, 4 by Silvertone, 8 unlabelled, 3 family recordings, 4 in Greek. Artists include Eddie Duchin, Guy Lombardo, Wayne King.

Box 7: Several volumes of Victor library, all 78 r.p.m. Artists include Ray Kinney, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Dick McIntire, Andy Iona.

Box 8: Popular recordings; Christmas carols sung by Frieda Hempel, recorded by Edison; and family recordings.