Original Recordings (Tapes & Phonograph Albums)
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Anderson, William "Cat", 1916-1981 (musician)
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content: William "Cat" Anderson Collection
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1940-1981
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0630, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series consists of original Tapes and Recordings contains one record storage box, three document boxes and one half document box (ca. 2 cu. ft.).  Among the recordings are master out-takes, interviews, studio and live recordings (often from fans of Cat Anderson) and long playing albums.  Highlights are Cat Anderson and various university jazz ensembles, the Cat Anderson Quintet, and recordings of several of Anderson=s own compositions, some on Tempo Productions.  Other jazz personalities included among the recordings are the Duke Ellington Orchestra in three different venues (one in which Cab Calloway fronts), Art Tatum on the Art Tatum Show, Lionel Hampton in Disneyland, and Benny Carter in Japan.  Most recordings are 3/4"  but some are 3/8."   Original tapes include: eighteen 10" reels; thirty-seven 7" reels 3/8" wide at speeds of 3.75, 7.5 and 15 ips; and ten 5" reels 3/8" wide and six long playing 33 1/3 rpm recordings (plus one empty jacket). The 5" reels include copies from masters and some autographed jackets. Of the eighteen 10" reels, there are nine reels without jackets and therefore unidentified.  The overall arrangement of recordings is by format. The audio tapes are arranged by format (size) and further by date.  The discs are listed alphabetically by title.