Monitor Records business records
name: label: Creator
content: Stillman, Michael, 1915-2003
label: Creator
content: Rubin, Rose N.
label: Creator
content: Monitor Records
topic: label: Topic
content: Popular music
label: Topic
content: Music -- 19th century
label: Topic
content: World music
label: Topic
content: Folk music
label: Topic
content: Music -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Belly dance music
label: Topic
content: Music -- 18th century
creator: label: Creator
content: Stillman, Michael, 1915-2003
label: Creator
content: Rubin, Rose N.
label: Creator
content: Monitor Records
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content: Monitor Records business records
abstract: label: Summary
content: This collection contains the original master tapes, commercial recordings, and paper business records of the label Monitor Records. Materials include audiotapes, phonograph records, contracts, correspondence, photographs and other items.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: In 1956, Michael Stillman and his business partner Rose Rubin started Monitor Records in New York City. They sought to fill a gap they perceived in the music available to the American public--music from the then-Soviet Union, the Eastern Bloc, and other parts of Europe. Monitor has more than 250 folk and classical music recordings in its catalogue.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 43.7 Cubic feet (Audiotapes)
label: Extent
content: 6.8 Cubic feet (Phonograph records)
label: Extent
content: 57.5 Cubic feet (Paper records)
label: Extent
content: 108 Cubic feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Michael Stillman and Rose Rubin.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Identifier
content: CFCH.MONI
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Contracts
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content: Audiotapes
label: Type
content: Phonograph records
label: Type
content: Business records
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content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Correspondence
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Contracts
label: Genre/Form
content: Audiotapes
label: Genre/Form
content: Phonograph records
label: Genre/Form
content: Business records
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence