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Harold D. Smith fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1902-1966.

Reference:

R14339-0-9-E, MUS 113

Type of material:

Art, Photographs, Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

210588

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Harold D. Smith fonds
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Record information – Details

Date(s):

1902-1966.

Bilingual equivalent:

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

2.3 m of textual records
896 photographs
108 negatives
11 lantern slides
11 drawings

Language of material:

English

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The fonds contains records pertaining to the professional activities of Harold D. Smith and the Victor Talking Machine Co. One will find recordings ledgers (artists, repertoires and sales); ledgers of daily sales reports; internal mail and business letters of the Victor Talking Machine Co.; The Thing Talked, unpublished text by H.D. Smith on the history of the phonograph, and other writings by H.D. Smith for the Victor Talking Machine Co.; files consisting of correspondence, contracts and clippings pertaining to celebrated artists such as Juliette Gaultier de la Vérendrye (Canadian folk singer), Maria Gay, Giovanni Zenatello, Lily Pons and Thurlow Lieurance; posters; promotional material; concert programmes; photographs of artists who recorded for the Victor Talking Machine Co. or company managers; mock-ups of posters.

Provenance:

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Smith, Harold D., 1885-1976

Biography/Administrative history:

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Smith, Harold D., 1885-1976 : Harold D. Smith was a manager with the Victor Talking Machine Co. from 1915 to 1935, in Camden, New Jersey. He first worked in the educational section, and then moved to the foreign languages section. He helped to prepare the catalogues for these two sections.

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Textual record : Graphic material (Electronic) This finding aid consists of 49 pages, digitized, a list of documents transfered, list of records, booklet on Harold D. Smith collection of documents and other materials on early recorded sound, folder descriptions from material acquired in 1979. (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000010.pdf

Source:

Private

Former archival reference no.:

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MUS 113
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MUS 113] 26--34

[Consultation 90 Open]

Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MUS 113] 1--25

[Consultation 90 Open]

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