Papers from the Jim Walsh Collection (full view)

Title: Papers from the Jim Walsh Collection
Inclusive Dates: 1867-1987, undated
Bulk Dates: 1913-1985
Creator: Walsh, Jim, 1903-1990
Extent: 23.58 linear feet
Language: Collection materials are in English
Repository: Recorded Sound Reference Center, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, research files, photographs, scrapbooks, and other materials that form part of a larger collection of sound recordings and audio equipment assembled by journalist, radio host, and early recording collector Jim Walsh.
Location: RPA 00164-00178 (boxes 1-14, 16); RPC 00002-00003 (boxes 15, 17); RPE 00001 (1 poster in map case)

Key Subjects and Formats

The following headings represent names, topics, places, and formats of major significance in the collection.

Names

Walsh, Jim, 1903-1990--Archives
Walsh, Jim, 1903-1990--Photographs
Deakins, Duane D.--Correspondence
Debus, Allen G.--Correspondence
Fargo, Milford H.--Correspondence
Martindale, Jim (James V.), 1894-1981--Correspondence
Riggs, Quentin--Correspondence
Jim Walsh Collection (Library of Congress)

Topics

Sound recordings--Collectors and collecting--United States--Archives
Sound recordings--Collectors and collecting--United States
Collectors and collecting--United States--Archives
Radio broadcasters--United States--Archives
Sound recording industry
Journalists--United States--Archives
Collectors and collecting--Periodicals
Musicians
Entertainers
Musicians--Photographs
Entertainers--Photographs

Titles

Hobbies
Walsh's wax works (Radio program)

Forms of Material

Letters (Correspondence)
Photographs
Research notes
Writings
Radio scripts
Scrapbooks
Advertisements

Administrative Information

Acquisition of the Papers

This collection was donated to the Library of Congress by Jim Walsh in several increments between 1965 and 1987.

Additions

No further additions to the papers are expected.

Processing Information

The papers were processed by George Kipper and Jennifer Lewis in March 2004.

Restrictions on Use of the Papers

Restrictions may exist on copying, quoting, or publishing materials included in the papers. For additional information, contact a reference librarian in the Recorded Sound Reference Center, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC, 20540-4690; (202) 707-7833.

Restrictions on Access to the Papers

The Papers from the Jim Walsh Collection are open for research. Researchers are cautioned to wear gloves when handling the materials.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [Container number, eg., Box 3], Papers from the Jim Walsh Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress.

Biography of Jim Walsh

Journalist and collector Ulysses "Jim" Walsh (1903-1990) was born in Richmond, Virginia, on July 20, 1903. Best known for his "Favorite Pioneer Recording Artists" column that appeared in Hobbies magazine for over forty years, Walsh was recognized as one of the greatest collectors and authorities on popular acoustical-era recording artists and their recordings.

Walsh took an early interest in records, amassing a sizable collection and encyclopedic knowledge by the time he was a teenager. He began writing for newspapers in the late 1920s and had articles published in specialty magazines about recording artists. In 1934 Walsh moved to Johnson City, Tennessee, to become a reporter for the Johnson City Press, a job he would hold for nine years. Ulysses Walsh acquired the nickname "Jim," which he went by for the rest of his life, while working for the Press. While living in Tennessee in 1939, Walsh began hosting a radio program on local station WJHL. His program Walsh's Wax Works showcased old recordings from his collection and gave him a forum to discuss the lives and accomplishments of the artists whose music he played.

In 1942 Walsh began writing his column on early recording artists for Hobbies magazine. The column, originally called "The Coney Island Crowd," was soon renamed "Favorite Pioneer Recording Artists," the name under which it continued to be published through 1985. The column focused particularly on popular and vernacular recordings made before 1909, including jazz, humor, minstrel, and vaudeville; the focus was later broadened to include those artists who recorded before the dawn of electric recording techniques in 1925. In the following years, Walsh became well known among collectors as the authority on these early popular recordings. Although best known for his Hobbies columns, Walsh reached an even wider audience through his contributions to Variety and The New Yorker, among other publications.

In 1943 Walsh moved to the town of Vinton, Virginia, adjacent to Roanoke, and joined the staff of the Roanoke World News. At the same time, he made connections with radio station WDBJ in Roanoke and resurrected his show Walsh’s Wax Works. After a short run, he moved the show to radio station WSLS, where it was broadcast through 1960.

Walsh continued to collect recordings, playback equipment, and reference resources such as record catalogs, magazines, and advertisements. For many of his favorite artists, such as Billy Murray, Al Jolson, Harry Lauder, and Vernon Dalhart, he collected nearly every recording they had ever made. Walsh became a great correspondent, fostering relationships with recording artists, collectors, dealers, and his readers and listeners. In later years, he traveled to gatherings of early recording artists and collectors, meeting many of the artists he had idolized as a child.

Walsh was a lifetime bachelor and had a deep devotion to his many cats. He gave updates on his "family of cats" in much of his correspondence and occasionally in his columns; he even arranged to have poems published under the name of his favorite cat: Professor Plum Duff Walsh, Ph.D.

During the late 1970s and 1980s Walsh’s health declined, and he complained of memory loss. In May 1985 his last column was published in Hobbies. He died in 1990 after several years of residence in nursing homes. Walsh was posthumously awarded the first Lifetime Achievement Award given by the Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) in 1991.

Scope and Content of the Papers

Jim Walsh devoted his life to collecting, researching, and writing about early popular recordings and recording artists. These papers make up part of the much larger Jim Walsh Collection of early recordings, audio equipment, and related items donated by Walsh to the Library of Congress between 1965 and 1987. The complete collection consists of approximately 40,000 discs, 500 cylinders, and 23 early phonographs. Recordings in the collection are primarily of popular and vernacular music recorded during the acoustical era (pre-1926). It includes a nearly complete run of 5,000 to 6,000 Edison "Diamond Disc" recordings as well as many early Edison cylinders.

This portion of the collection consists of documents and other paper records that relate to Walsh's career and collecting efforts. Included are letters with prominent artists and collectors, research notes, photographs of performers, scripts for Walsh’s radio shows, drafts of his columns and articles, clippings, bound journals, advertisements, and ephemera. The papers also hold a wealth of biographical information about Jim Walsh, including a diary, scrapbooks, photographs, and writings.

Arrangement of the Papers

The papers are arranged in eight series:

Series 1: Correspondence/Research Files, 1913-1987, undated
Series 2: Writings, circa 1942-circa 1975
Series 3: Radio Scripts, 1943-1954, undated
Series 4: Ephemera, 1915-1972, undated
Series 5: Photographs, 1867-circa 1985
Series 6: Oversized Materials, 1914-1953, undated
Series 7: Scrapbooks, 1892-1939, undated
Series 8: Bound Publications, 1901-1977, undated

Detailed Description of the Papers

CONTAINER	CONTENTS


	Series 1. Correspondence/Research Files, 1913-1987, undated
		2.94 linear feet
		RPA 00164-00170 (boxes 1-7)
		Consists of correspondence, notes, copies of birth and death records, obituaries, and other materials collected by Walsh as he researched performers and recordings. The Correspondence subseries consists of Jim Walsh’s written communications with collectors, dealers, experts, record companies, readers, and listeners. Many of the letters consist of requests for information, responses to requests for information, discussions concerning equipment, inquiries about particular recordings or companies, and potential purchases or trades. Frequent correspondents include Duane Deakins, Allen Debus, Milford Fargo, Jim Martindale, and Quentin Riggs. Research files consist of information about individuals, recordings, and subjects. Many of the files concerning recording artists or personalities include correspondence with or about the performers, and this is complemented by a wealth of other biographical information. Resources include copies of birth and death records, newspaper and magazine clippings, record lists, obituaries, research notes, brief biographies written by Walsh, and other miscellaneous items. Researchers can find photographs of many of the individuals represented here in Series 5.
		The series is divided into two subseries: Correspondence and Research Files. Correspondence is filed alphabetically by correspondent’s name; a few miscellaneous and unidentified folders are placed at the end of the subseries. Research files are arranged alphabetically by artist or subject.

		Correspondence

BOX 1 FOLDER 1			Brooks, Tim, 1968, 1975

BOX 1 FOLDER 2			Burt, Leah Brodbeck Stenzel, 1972-1979

BOX 1 FOLDER 3			Columbia Phonograph Co., 1929-1957

BOX 1 FOLDER 4			Crossett, Glenn "Curly," 1948-1958

BOX 1 FOLDER 5-6			Deakins, Duane D., 1953-1961

BOX 1 FOLDER 7-8			Debus, Allen, 1942-1985

BOX 1 FOLDER 9			Dethlefson, Ronald, 1981

BOX 1 FOLDER 10			Dorian, Frank, 1930-1934

BOX 1 FOLDER 11			Edison, Thomas A. Co., 1923-1975
				Includes copies of correspondence from 1921 to 1922.

BOX 1 FOLDER 12-13			Fargo, Milford, 1957-1961

BOX 1 FOLDER 14			Fasset, Stephen, 1940-1948, undated

BOX 1 FOLDER 15			Favia-Artsay, Aida, 1953-1962

BOX 1 FOLDER 16			Forman, Ed, 1954-1957

BOX 1 FOLDER 17			Gennet Records, 1929

BOX 1 FOLDER 18			Hansen, Barry (1941-) ("Dr. Demento"), 1976

BOX 1 FOLDER 19			Harrington, Fred, 1971

BOX 1 FOLDER 20			Hearne, Will Roy, 1951-1952

BOX 1 FOLDER 21			John Beiling Day Party, 1948

BOX 1 FOLDER 22			Johnston, Stanley, 1952, 1958

BOX 1 FOLDER 23			Kattenberg, Burns M., 1933

BOX 1 FOLDER 24			Library of Congress, 1963-1987

BOX 1 FOLDER 25			Lincoln, Thomas R., 1942-1952

BOX 1 FOLDER 26			MacNamara, Daniel I., 1953

BOX 1 FOLDER 27			Marks, Herbert, 1953

BOX 1 FOLDER 28-29			Martindale, Jim (James V.) (1894-1981), 1938-1980

BOX 2 FOLDER 30			Miller, Phillip, 1953-1954

BOX 2 FOLDER 31			Moran, Bill, 1944, 1955

BOX 2 FOLDER 32			Odell, L. Brevoort, 1948-1969, undated

BOX 2 FOLDER 33			Operaphone Records, 1918

BOX 2 FOLDER 34-39			Riggs, Quentin, 1945-1985

BOX 2 FOLDER 40			Rust, Brian A. L., 1957-1959, 1969

BOX 2 FOLDER 41			Stevens, Lou, 1947-1949

BOX 2 FOLDER 42			Victor Talking Machine Co./RCA Victor Co., 1925-1931

BOX 2 FOLDER 43			Welch, Walter L. (Walter Leslie), 1942, 1973

BOX 2 FOLDER 44			Woodymay Record Co., 1941-1949, undated

BOX 2 FOLDER 45-46			Miscellaneous collectors, 1935-1974, undated

BOX 2 FOLDER 47			Miscellaneous publishers and editors, 1931-1957, undated

BOX 2 FOLDER 48			Miscellaneous readers and listeners, 1929-1979

BOX 2 FOLDER 49			Miscellaneous requests for information, 1933-1978, undated

BOX 2 FOLDER 50			Unidentified correspondents, 1948-1970

		Research files

BOX 3 FOLDER 51			Alexander, George (Clifford A. Wiley), 1954-1956

BOX 3 FOLDER 52			Austin, Gene, 1956

BOX 3 FOLDER 53			Baker, Elsie (1886-1958), 1948-1975

BOX 3 FOLDER 54			Ball, Rae Eleanor, undated

BOX 3 FOLDER 55			Banta, Frank E. (1897-1969), 1956-1978

BOX 3 FOLDER 56			Barbour, Inez (Mrs. Henry Hadley), 1955

BOX 3 FOLDER 57			Belmont, Joseph (1876-1949), 1949

BOX 3 FOLDER 58			Benzler, Albert, 1953

BOX 3 FOLDER 59			Berlin, Irving (1888-1989), 1948-1958

BOX 3 FOLDER 60			Bieling, John H. (1869-1948), 1948

BOX 3 FOLDER 61			Brown, Albert Edmund, 1929-1955

BOX 3 FOLDER 62			Busch, Lou (Joe “Fingers" Carr), 1955

BOX 3 FOLDER 63			Byrd, Harry Flood (1887-1966) (Senator), 1975

BOX 3 FOLDER 64			Caesar, Irving (1895-1996), 1957, undated

BOX 3 FOLDER 65			Cali, John, circa 1969-1970

BOX 3 FOLDER 66			Cameron, Grace, 1957

BOX 3 FOLDER 67			Campbell, Albert, 1942

BOX 3 FOLDER 68			Chalmers, Thomas, 1973-1974

BOX 3 FOLDER 69			Clarence, Edward, undated

BOX 3 FOLDER 70			Clark, Helen, 1957-1958

BOX 3 FOLDER 71			Collins, Arthur, 1942-1948

BOX 3 FOLDER 72			Cowles, Eugene (1860-1948), undated

BOX 3 FOLDER 73			Crumit, Frank (and Julia Sanderson), 1943-1975

BOX 3 FOLDER 74			Dadmun, Royal, 1975, undated

BOX 3 FOLDER 75			Dalhart, Vernon (1883-1948), 1970-1977, undated

BOX 3 FOLDER 76			D’Almaine, Charles (1871-1943), 1951-1957

BOX 3 FOLDER 77			Dann Trio, The, 1973-1977

BOX 3 FOLDER 78			Davis, Joe (1896-1978), 1977, undated

BOX 3 FOLDER 79			Diero, Guido and Pietro, 1954

BOX 3 FOLDER 80			De Leath, Vaughn, 1934, 1943, undated

BOX 3 FOLDER 81			Dickens, Charles (1812-1870), 1954-1957

BOX 3 FOLDER 82			Dudley, George, 1950-1956

BOX 3 FOLDER 83			Duncan Sisters, The, 1952-1955

BOX 3 FOLDER 84			Duprez, Fred, 1938-1952, undated

BOX 3 FOLDER 85-87			Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva) (1847-1931), 1916-1924
				Copies.

BOX 3 FOLDER 88			Elman, Mischa (1891-1967), 1958-1959

BOX 4 FOLDER 89			Fagan, Sibyl Sanderson, 1919-1927
				Photocopies.

BOX 4 FOLDER 90			Farley, James, 1944

BOX 4 FOLDER 91			Fields, Arthur, 1949-1953

BOX 4 FOLDER 92			Freemantel, Frederic, 1923, 1940-1951

BOX 4 FOLDER 93			Gilbert, L. Wolfe (Louis Wolfe) (1886-1970), 1953-1963

BOX 4 FOLDER 94			Gillham, Art (1895-1961), 1957

BOX 4 FOLDER 95			Girard, Armand (Rounders Quintet), 1970
				Photocopy.

BOX 4 FOLDER 96			Glenn, Wilfred, 1970-1972

BOX 4 FOLDER 97			Green, Lew (Green Brothers), 1959-1961

BOX 4 FOLDER 98			Greene, Gene, 1956-1957

BOX 4 FOLDER 99			Gruppe, Paulo M., 1977-1978

BOX 4 FOLDER 100			Hall, Arthur, 1948-1950, undated

BOX 4 FOLDER 101			Hall, Wendell, 1952-1964

BOX 4 FOLDER 102			Handy, W. C. (William Christopher) (1873-1958), 1951-1956

			Hare, Ernest See Jones, Billy

BOX 4 FOLDER 103			Harlan, Byron G., 1948-1951

BOX 4 FOLDER 104			Harrison, Charles, 1940-1957

BOX 4 FOLDER 105			Hart, Chas. (Charles), 1953-1964

BOX 4 FOLDER 106			Harvey, Morton, 1949-1955

BOX 4 FOLDER 107			Hatlo, Jimmy, 1941, 1959

BOX 4 FOLDER 108			Helena, Edith (1876-1956), 1948-1956

BOX 4 FOLDER 109			Hindermyer, Harvey W., 1947-1957

BOX 4 FOLDER 110			Hooley, William (1861-1918), 1949
				Photocopies.

BOX 4 FOLDER 111			Howard, Joseph E. (Joseph Edgar) (1878-1961), 1944, undated

BOX 4 FOLDER 112			Hunting, Russell, 1944-1950

BOX 4 FOLDER 113			Irwin, May (1862-1938), 1939

BOX 4 FOLDER 114			James, Lewis, undated

BOX 4 FOLDER 115			Jaudas, Eugene, 1928
				Copies.

BOX 4 FOLDER 116			Jones, Ada, 1954

BOX 4 FOLDER 117			Jones, Billy (1889-1940) and Ernest Hare, 1931-1959

BOX 4 FOLDER 118			Jones, Spike (1911-1965), 1948-1951

BOX 4 FOLDER 119			Jordan, Mary, 1923-1958

BOX 4 FOLDER 120			José, Richard (1862-1941), 1915-1950

BOX 5 FOLDER 121			Kaiser, Marie, 1915
				Photocopies.

BOX 5 FOLDER 122			Kaufman, Irving (1890-1976), 1940-1967, undated

BOX 5 FOLDER 123			Keefe, Andrew, 1976

BOX 5 FOLDER 124			Kelso, Mayme (Mary L. Bent), 1979

BOX 5 FOLDER 125			Kimmel, John, 1952-1953

BOX 5 FOLDER 126			Kline, Olive, 1959-1976

BOX 5 FOLDER 127			Kronold, Harris, 1922
				Photocopies.

BOX 5 FOLDER 128			Laska, Edward (1894-1959), 1951-1955, undated

BOX 5 FOLDER 129			Lauder, Harry, Sir (1870-1950), 1924

BOX 5 FOLDER 130			Laurie, Joe (1893-1954), 1943-1954, undated

BOX 5 FOLDER 131			Leachman, Silas, 1954-1955, undated

BOX 5 FOLDER 132			Lloyd, Alice (1873-1949) (Alice Wood), 1949

BOX 5 FOLDER 133			Lucey, Leola, 1919-1921
				Photocopies.

BOX 5 FOLDER 134			Lulu Belle & Scotty, 1942

BOX 5 FOLDER 135			Luther, Frank, 1946-1953

BOX 5 FOLDER 136			MacDonough, Harry (1871-1931), 1931-1932, 1948

BOX 5 FOLDER 137			Madeira, Addison, 1975-1976

BOX 5 FOLDER 138			Manhattan Ladies Quartet of New York City, 1913
				Photocopies.

BOX 5 FOLDER 139			Mann, Estella Louise (1871-1947), 1951

BOX 5 FOLDER 140			Marimba/xylophone, 1970-1972

BOX 5 FOLDER 141			Marshall, Henry, 1952-1959

BOX 5 FOLDER 142			Meeker, Edward (1874-1937), 1933, 1944, undated

BOX 5 FOLDER 143			Meyer, John A., 1971

BOX 5 FOLDER 144			Miller, Bob (1895-1955), 1931, 1950-1951

BOX 5 FOLDER 145			Morse, Dolly, 1952

BOX 5 FOLDER 146			Morse, Theodore F. (1873-1924), 1952

BOX 5 FOLDER 147			Morton, Ed, 1951-1952, undated

BOX 5 FOLDER 148			Murray, Billy, 1932-1975, undated

BOX 5 FOLDER 149			Nealy, Arthur, 1967, undated

BOX 5 FOLDER 150			Norworth, Jack, 1942-1959

BOX 5 FOLDER 151-152			Oakland, Will (1883-1956), 1940-1956, undated

BOX 5 FOLDER 153			O’Connor, George (1874-1946), 1943-1946

BOX 5 FOLDER 154			O’Hara, Geoffrey, 1960-1965

BOX 6 FOLDER 155			Ossman, Vess L., 1948-1949

BOX 6 FOLDER 156			Parvis, Taurino (born 1879), 1955-1956

BOX 6 FOLDER 157			Person, Alice, undated

BOX 6 FOLDER 158			Preston, Walter (baritone), 1970

BOX 6 FOLDER 159			Quinn, Dan W., 1932-1937, undated

BOX 6 FOLDER 160			Raymond, Maud, undated

BOX 6 FOLDER 161			Reser, Harry, 1947-1948

BOX 6 FOLDER 162			Rice, Gladys, 1973-1977

BOX 6 FOLDER 163			Robinson, Bill (1878-1949) (Bojangles), 1949

BOX 6 FOLDER 164			Robison, Carson, 1929-1955

BOX 6 FOLDER 165			Robyn, Alfred G. (Alfred George) (1860-1935), 1949

BOX 6 FOLDER 166			Romain, Manuel, 1946-1951

BOX 6 FOLDER 167			Rose, Eugene, 1947-1952, undated

BOX 6 FOLDER 168			Sadler, Josie, undated

			Sanderson, Julia See Crumit, Frank

BOX 6 FOLDER 169			Scanlan, Walter (Van Brunt, Walter), 1935-1954, undated

BOX 6 FOLDER 170			Seltsam, William H., circa 1930-1935

BOX 6 FOLDER 171			Shaw, Elliott, 1954, 1973

BOX 6 FOLDER 172			Shilkret, Nathaniel (1895-), 1952, 1961

BOX 6 FOLDER 173			Silver, Monroe, 1940

BOX 6 FOLDER 174			Smalle, Ed, 1953-1955, undated

BOX 6 FOLDER 175			Smeck, Roy, 1977

BOX 6 FOLDER 176			Smith, Whistling Jack, 1950, 1958

BOX 6 FOLDER 177			Spaeth, Sigmund Gottfried (1885-1965), 1949-1955, undated

BOX 6 FOLDER 178			Spalding, Albert (1888-1953), 1953

BOX 6 FOLDER 179			Spencer, Elizabeth, 1951, undated

BOX 6 FOLDER 180			Spencer, Grace (1872-1952), 1947-1957

BOX 6 FOLDER 181			Spencer, Len (1867-1914), 1937-1979, undated

BOX 6 FOLDER 182			Stanley, Aileen (1893-1982), 1959, 1963

BOX 6 FOLDER 183			Stanley, Frank C. (1868-1910), 1945, undated

BOX 6 FOLDER 184			Sterling, Louis, 1948

BOX 6 FOLDER 185			Stevenson, Elsie, 1978, undated

BOX 6 FOLDER 186			Stewart, Cal, 1975

BOX 6 FOLDER 187			Sundelius, Marie, 1956

BOX 6 FOLDER 188			Talley, Harry L., 1952-1956, undated

BOX 6 FOLDER 189			Tollefson Trio, 1912, 1963
				Photocopies of 1912 and 1963 materials.

BOX 6 FOLDER 190			Thomas, John Charles (1891-1960), 1971

BOX 6 FOLDER 191			Trix, Helen, 1950-1951, undated

BOX 6 FOLDER 192			Tucker, Sophie (1884-1966), 1953-1966

BOX 7 FOLDER 193			Van, Gus (1887-1968), 1951

BOX 7 FOLDER 194			Van Eps, Fred (1878-1960), 1950-1958, undated

BOX 7 FOLDER 195			Vance, Clarice, undated

BOX 7 FOLDER 196-197			Walker, Ray, 1944-1960, undated

BOX 7 FOLDER 198			Walsh, Jim (1903-1990), 1940-1985
				Biographical information.

BOX 7 FOLDER 199			Watawaso, Princess, 1969
				Photocopies of 1969 materials.

BOX 7 FOLDER 200			Wheeler, Dan, 1957

BOX 7 FOLDER 201			Wheeler, Fred, 1948, 1950

BOX 7 FOLDER 202			White, Edna (born 1892), 1957-1980, undated

BOX 7 FOLDER 203			White, Joseph M. ("The Silvermasked Tenor"), 1953-1954

BOX 7 FOLDER 204			Whitehouse, Fred, 1951-1953, undated

BOX 7 FOLDER 205			Whitlock, Billy, 1949-1950, undated

BOX 7 FOLDER 206			Whitney, Edwin M., 1951-1960

BOX 7 FOLDER 207			Wiedoeft, Rudy, 1964-1977

BOX 7 FOLDER 208			Wilder, Marshall, undated

BOX 7 FOLDER 209			Wills, Nat M., 1916, undated
				Mostly photocopies of 1916 material.

BOX 7 FOLDER 210			Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) (1881-1975), 1975

BOX 7 FOLDER 211			Wood, De, 1952-1953

BOX 7 FOLDER 212			“Wreck of the Old 97," 1951

BOX 7 FOLDER 213			Young, Victor (1889-1968) and Young, Helen (Davis), 1952, undated

BOX 7 FOLDER 214			Miscellaneous collection documentation, undated

BOX 7 FOLDER 215			Miscellaneous notes on recording artists, undated

	Series 2. Writings, circa 1942-circa 1975, undated
		.42 linear feet
		RPA 00171 (box 8)
		This collection of Jim Walsh’s writings dates from approximately 1942 through 1975, but the majority are undated. Most of the items found in this series are drafts of articles or columns Walsh wrote for Hobbies, Variety, or The New Yorker, but several bear no indication of their intended publisher. The articles relate primarily to the history of recording and more specifically address subjects such as Edison’s inventions, songs on particular themes, recording artist biographies, and record collecting in general. One folder of writings on miscellaneous topics is included. Copies of indexes to Walsh’s Hobbies column "Favorite Pioneer Recording Artists" can also be found here.
		Writings are arranged alphabetically by subject.

BOX 8 FOLDER 216		Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva) (1847-1931), undated

BOX 8 FOLDER 217		History of recording, undated

BOX 8 FOLDER 218		Holiday songs, undated

BOX 8 FOLDER 219		Indexes to "Favorite Pioneer Recording Artists" in Hobbies, undated

BOX 8 FOLDER 220		Political songs, undated

BOX 8 FOLDER 221		Record collecting and collectors, undated

BOX 8 FOLDER 222-223		Recording artists (biographical), undated

BOX 8 FOLDER 224		Miscellaneous, undated

	Series 3. Radio Scripts, 1943-1954, undated
		.63 linear feet
		RPA 00172-00173 (boxes 9-10)
		Series 3 includes scripts for Walsh’s regular broadcasts on radio stations WDBJ and WSLS in Roanoke, Virginia. The majority of the scripts found here date from 1943 through 1949 and are for Walsh’s Wax Works; many of the scripts include separate playlists. Walsh’s shows usually focused on particular themes (for example, songs about girls named Sue), early comedians, early Edison cylinders, or holiday songs. Many of the shows showcased a particular recording artist or composer; an index to these shows is available in the Recorded Sound Reference Center at the Library of Congress. The few scripts available for Walsh’s Sunlight and Shadows show date from 1947 and 1948. A folder of unidentified and partial scripts is included at the end of the series.
		Radio scripts are arranged alphabetically and thereunder by date.

BOX 9 FOLDER 225		Sunlight and Shadows radio scripts, 1947-1948

BOX 9 FOLDER 226-239		Walsh’s Wax Works radio scripts, 1943 May-1946 December

BOX 10 FOLDER 240-249		Walsh’s Wax Works radio scripts, 1947 January-1949 August

BOX 10 FOLDER 250		Miscellaneous and unidentified broadcasts, 1948, 1954, undated

	Series 4. Ephemera, 1915-1972, undated
		.21 linear feet
		RPA 00173 (box 10)
		Included in this series are advertisements for equipment and recordings, newspaper and magazine clippings, newsletters, record catalogs and price lists, and a few miscellaneous items. Researchers are advised to see Series 6 for oversized ephemera.
		Ephemera is arranged alphabetically by genre.

BOX 10 FOLDER 251		Advertisements, 1915-1972

BOX 10 FOLDER 252		Clippings, 1936, 1952, undated
			See also Oversized Materials.

BOX 10 FOLDER 253		Newsletters, 1951, 1972

BOX 10 FOLDER 254		Programs, 1920, 1923
			Photocopies of 1920 and 1923 programs.

BOX 10 FOLDER 255-256		Record catalogs and lists, 1900-1901
			Photocopies of 1900-1901 catalogs.

BOX 10 FOLDER 257		Miscellaneous, 1958, undated

	Series 5. Photographs, 1867-circa 1985, undated
		1.68 linear feet
		RPA 00174-00177 (boxes 11-14)
		Series 5 consists of approximately 610 photographs of artists and personalities from the early days of recording. Most of the photographs are black and white, but some modern color photographs are included. Many of the photographs are copies (mostly of poor quality) made from earlier prints, books, albums, or posters. Many of the photographs here were used by Walsh to illustrate his columns in Hobbies. Oversized photographs are filed in Series 6.
		Photographs are arranged alphabetically by the name of the person, group or subject. Group, miscellaneous, and unidentified photographs are filed at the end.

BOX 11 FOLDER 258		Alexander, George (Clifford A. Wiley), 1907
			Copy from 1907 poster.

BOX 11 FOLDER 259		American Quartet, 1910
			Copy of 1910 photograph.

BOX 11 FOLDER 260		American Singers, 1929-1930

BOX 11 FOLDER 261		Annand, H. H., 1964

BOX 11 FOLDER 262		Arden, Cecil, undated

BOX 11 FOLDER 263		"Arkie" - The Arkansas Woodchopper, undated

BOX 11 FOLDER 264		ASCAP, 1939

BOX 11 FOLDER 265		Atwood, George, undated

BOX 11 FOLDER 266		Atwood, Harriet, circa 1965-1967

BOX 11 FOLDER 267		Baer, Frederic, undated
			Copy.

BOX 11 FOLDER 268		Baker, Elsie (1886-1958), 1948
			See also Oversized Materials.

BOX 11 FOLDER 269		Banta, Frank E. (1897-1969), undated

BOX 11 FOLDER 270		Barbour, Inez, undated
			Copy.

BOX 11 FOLDER 271		Bard, Wilkie, undated
			Copy.

BOX 11 FOLDER 272		Barrere Trio, undated

BOX 11 FOLDER 273		Bayes, Nora (1880-1928), undated
			Copy.

BOX 11 FOLDER 274		Bell, Digby, undated
			Copy.

BOX 11 FOLDER 275		Belmont, Joseph (1876-1949), 1948

BOX 11 FOLDER 276		Benoist, André (1879-1953), undated

BOX 11 FOLDER 277		Benzler, Albert, undated
			Copy.

BOX 11 FOLDER 278		Bergy, Ray, undated
			Copy.

BOX 11 FOLDER 279		Berlin, Irving (1888-1989), undated

BOX 11 FOLDER 280		Bieling, John H. (1869-1948), undated
			Copy.

BOX 11 FOLDER 281		Bowman, Charlie, circa 1920-1929

BOX 11 FOLDER 282		Branscombe, Maud, undated

BOX 11 FOLDER 283		Brown, Albert Edmund, undated

BOX 11 FOLDER 284		Brown, Harry C., undated

BOX 11 FOLDER 285		Bubbles (in blackface), 1930

BOX 11 FOLDER 286		Bubbles and Ramona, 1950

BOX 11 FOLDER 287		Bueno, Vincent, undated
			Copy.

BOX 11 FOLDER 288		Burleigh, Harry T., 1939

BOX 11 FOLDER 289		Burr, Henry (Irving Gillette, Harry McClasky), circa 1930-1940

BOX 11 FOLDER 290		Burt, Leah Brodbeck Stenzel, undated

BOX 11 FOLDER 291		Busch, Lou (Joe “Fingers” Carr), undated

BOX 11 FOLDER 292		Caesar, Irving (1895-1996), undated

BOX 11 FOLDER 293		Cameron, Grace, undated
			Copy.

BOX 11 FOLDER 294		Campbell, Albert and Jack Kaufman, 1926, undated

BOX 11 FOLDER 295		Caruso, Enrico, 1909
			Copy from 1909 photograph.

BOX 11 FOLDER 296		Case, Anna (1888-1984), undated

BOX 11 FOLDER 297		Chalmers, Thomas, 1915, 1958

BOX 11 FOLDER 298		Ciccolini, Guido, 1920

BOX 11 FOLDER 299		Clarke, Herbert L. (Herbert Lincoln) (1867-1945), undated
			Copy.

BOX 11 FOLDER 300		Clough, Arthur, undated
			Copy.

BOX 11 FOLDER 301		Collins and Harlan, 1922, undated
			Most are copies.

BOX 11 FOLDER 302		Columbia Stellar Quartette, undated

BOX 11 FOLDER 303		Connolly, Dolly (Mrs. Percy Wenrich), 1911-1921

BOX 11 FOLDER 304		Cox, Ray, undated
			Copy.

BOX 11 FOLDER 305		Crazy-Elmer, undated

BOX 11 FOLDER 306		Crecent Trio, 1921
			Copy from 1921 photograph.

BOX 11 FOLDER 307		Cross, Hugh, undated

BOX 11 FOLDER 308		Crumit, Frank with Julia Sanderson, undated

BOX 11 FOLDER 309		Dadum, Royal, undated

BOX 11 FOLDER 310		Dalhart, Vernon (1883-1948), 1921, 1923
			Copies of 1921 and 1923 photographs.

BOX 11 FOLDER 311		D'Almaine, Charles (1871-1943), 1900
			Copy of 1900 photograph.

BOX 11 FOLDER 312		Davenport, Edgar L. (1862-1918), undated
			Copy.

BOX 11 FOLDER 313		Davis, Helen, undated

BOX 11 FOLDER 314		Dawson, Peter (1882-1961), undated
			Copy.

BOX 11 FOLDER 315		Dean, Julia (circa 1878-1952), undated
			Postcard.

BOX 11 FOLDER 316		De Cisneros, Eleonora, 1912
			Copy.

BOX 11 FOLDER 317		De Leath, Vaughn, 1939

BOX 11 FOLDER 318		Denny, Will F. (1860-1908), undated
			Copy.

BOX 11 FOLDER 319		Doherty, James (Jay Clay), undated
			Copy.

BOX 11 FOLDER 320		Doreen, Lilian, undated
			Copy.

BOX 11 FOLDER 321		Dudley, Audley F. and George N., 1913, undated

BOX 11 FOLDER 322		Dudley, S. H., undated
			Copies.

BOX 11 FOLDER 323		Dupree, William, undated

BOX 11 FOLDER 324		Duprez, Fred, undated

BOX 11 FOLDER 325		Eames, Emma (1865-1952), undated

BOX 11 FOLDER 326		Edison Co. staff, equipment, etc., 1890-1919
			Copies of 1890-1919 photographs.

BOX 11 FOLDER 327		Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva) (1847-1931), undated
			Copies.

BOX 11 FOLDER 328		Edison Group artists, undated
			Copies.

BOX 12 FOLDER 329		Edwards, Gus, 1939

BOX 12 FOLDER 330		Elliott, G. H.(1882-1962), undated
			Halftone copy.

BOX 12 FOLDER 331		Elman, Mischa (1891-1967), 1958, undated
			One image is a copy.

BOX 12 FOLDER 332		Emerson, Walter, undated
			Copy.

BOX 12 FOLDER 333		Eveready Male Chorus, circa 1927

BOX 12 FOLDER 334		Eveready Mixed Quartet, circa 1927

BOX 12 FOLDER 335		Fargo, Milford, undated

BOX 12 FOLDER 336		Farley, James A., undated
			See also Oversized Materials.

BOX 12 FOLDER 337		Farrar, Geraldine (1882-1967), undated
			See also Oversized Materials.

BOX 12 FOLDER 338		Favor, Edward M. (1856-1936), undated

BOX 12 FOLDER 339		Fields, Arthur, circa 1917, 1952
			One image is a copy of a 1917 photograph.

BOX 12 FOLDER 340		Fields, Gracie, undated

BOX 12 FOLDER 341		Forman, E. C., undated
			RCA sales manager.

BOX 12 FOLDER 342		Formby, George and Luisa Tetrazzini, undated
			Copy.

BOX 12 FOLDER 343		Forsyth, Henry, undated

BOX 12 FOLDER 344		Gambarelli, Maria, undated

BOX 12 FOLDER 345		Gialdini, Guido, undated

BOX 12 FOLDER 346		Girard, Gilbert, 1913
			Copy of a 1913 photograph.

BOX 12 FOLDER 347		Glenn, Ella Wrenn, undated

BOX 12 FOLDER 348		Glenn, Wilfred, 1927
			Copy of a 1927 photograph.

BOX 12 FOLDER 349		Greaves, John, 1950
			Actor.

BOX 12 FOLDER 350		Greaves, John, undated
			Dickens scholar.

BOX 12 FOLDER 351		Green, Abel (1900-1973), undated

BOX 12 FOLDER 352		Greene, Gene, 1912, undated

BOX 12 FOLDER 353		Gruppe, Paulo M., 1976, undated

BOX 12 FOLDER 354		Hadley, Henry, undated
			Copy.

BOX 12 FOLDER 355		Haydn Quartet (Edison Quartet), undated
			Copies.

BOX 12 FOLDER 356		Hager, Frederick W. (1874-1958), undated
			Copy.

BOX 12 FOLDER 357		Hall, Arthur, undated

BOX 12 FOLDER 358		Hall, Wendell, 1962, undated

BOX 12 FOLDER 359		Handy, W.C. (William Christopher) (1873-1958), undated

		Hare, Ernest See Jones, Billy

BOX 12 FOLDER 360		Harrington, Fred, 1974

BOX 12 FOLDER 361		Hart, Chas. (Charles), 1917-1921, 1953, undated

BOX 12 FOLDER 362		Harvey, Morton, undated

BOX 12 FOLDER 363		Hatfield, Lansing, 1941

BOX 12 FOLDER 364		Hauk, Minnie (as Carmen), undated

BOX 12 FOLDER 365		Hayes, Bill, undated

BOX 12 FOLDER 366		Helf, Sadie, undated

BOX 12 FOLDER 367		Hemus, Percy, 1918
			Copy of a 1918 photograph.

BOX 12 FOLDER 368		Henry, Thomas W., undated
			Copy.

BOX 12 FOLDER 369		Hess, Troy, undated

BOX 12 FOLDER 370		Hindermyer, Harvey, 1957

BOX 12 FOLDER 371		Homer, Louise (1871-1947), undated

BOX 12 FOLDER 372		Hooley, William F. (1861-1918), undated
			Copy.

BOX 12 FOLDER 373		Howard, Joe F., undated
			Copy.

BOX 12 FOLDER 374		Hurtado Brothers Marimba Band, 1940-1941, 1950

BOX 12 FOLDER 375		James, Lewis, circa 1930

BOX 12 FOLDER 376		Janis, Elsie (1889-1956), 1938

BOX 12 FOLDER 377		Jaudas, Eugene, undated
			Copy.

BOX 12 FOLDER 378		John Bieling Days, 1947, 1950

BOX 12 FOLDER 379		Johnson, Eldridge R., undated
			Photograph of a painting.

BOX 12 FOLDER 380		Johnson, George Washington, undated
			Copy.

BOX 12 FOLDER 381		Jolson, Al (d. 1950), circa 1928, undated

BOX 12 FOLDER 382		Jones, Ada, undated
			Copies.

BOX 12 FOLDER 383		Jones, Ada and the Shannon Four, 1918 April

BOX 12 FOLDER 384		Jones, Billy (1889-1940) and Ernest Hare, 1925, 1936, undated

BOX 12 FOLDER 385		Jones, Isham, 1953

BOX 12 FOLDER 386		Jones, Spike (1911-1965), undated

BOX 12 FOLDER 387		Jordan, Mary (as Aida), undated
			Copy.

BOX 12 FOLDER 388		José, Richard (1862-1941), undated
			Copies.

BOX 12 FOLDER 389		Kaiser, Marie, undated

BOX 12 FOLDER 390		Karle, Theo, undated

BOX 12 FOLDER 391		Kaufman, Irving (1890-1976), 1958, undated

		Kaufman, Jack See Campbell, Albert

BOX 12 FOLDER 392		Kelso, Maym (Mary L. Bent), undated
			Copy.

BOX 12 FOLDER 393		Kimmel, John J., 1917
			Copy of a 1917 photograph.

BOX 12 FOLDER 394		King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band, undated
			Copy.

BOX 12 FOLDER 395		Kirkby, Stanley, undated
			Copy.

BOX 12 FOLDER 396		Kirkwood, Jack, 1945

BOX 12 FOLDER 397		Kline, Olive, 1948, undated

BOX 12 FOLDER 398		Kronold, Hans, undated
			Clipping.

BOX 12 FOLDER 399		Lange, Henry, undated
			Copies.

BOX 12 FOLDER 400		Lashanska, Hulda, undated
			Copy.

BOX 12 FOLDER 401		Laska, Edward (1894-1959), 1954

BOX 12 FOLDER 402		Laurie, Joe, Jr., 1952

BOX 12 FOLDER 403		Lazzari, Carolina (1891-1946), undated

BOX 12 FOLDER 404		Leavitt, Donald L., undated

BOX 12 FOLDER 405		Lennox, Elizabeth,
			Copy.

BOX 12 FOLDER 406		Lennox, Ethel, 1942, 1951

BOX 12 FOLDER 407		Levy, Jules (1838-1903), undated
			Copy.

BOX 12 FOLDER 408		Lewis, Ted (1892-1971), undated

BOX 13 FOLDER 409		Libbey, J. Aldrich, undated
			Copy.

BOX 13 FOLDER 410		Little Tich (1867-1928), undated

BOX 13 FOLDER 411		Lloyd, Edward (1845-1927), undated
			Copy.

BOX 13 FOLDER 412		Lulu Belle and Scotty, undated

BOX 13 FOLDER 413		Luther, Frank, 1953

BOX 13 FOLDER 414		Macdonough, Harry (1871-1931), undated

BOX 13 FOLDER 415		Madeira, Addison, undated

BOX 13 FOLDER 416		Mann, Estella Louise (1871-1947), undated

BOX 13 FOLDER 417		Marks, Herb, undated

BOX 13 FOLDER 418		Martin, Frederic, undated
			Copy.

BOX 13 FOLDER 419		Martin, Riccardo, undated
			Copy.

BOX 13 FOLDER 420		Martindale, Jim (James V.) (1894-1981), undated

BOX 13 FOLDER 421		Martinelli, Giovanni (1885-1969), 1954

BOX 13 FOLDER 422		Mayo, Harry, undated
			Copy.

BOX 13 FOLDER 423		Meader, George Farnham, undated
			Copy.

BOX 13 FOLDER 424		Meeker, Edward (1874-1937), circa 1906
			Copies from circa 1906 photographs.

BOX 13 FOLDER 425		Melton, James (1904-1961), undated

BOX 13 FOLDER 426		Menefee, Bob, undated

BOX 13 FOLDER 427		Merson, Billy, undated
			Copy.

BOX 13 FOLDER 428		Miller, Christine, undated
			Photocopy.

BOX 13 FOLDER 429		Miller, Reed (1880-1923) and Frederick Wheeler, 1917

BOX 13 FOLDER 430		Morgan, Corinne, undated
			Copy.

BOX 13 FOLDER 431		Morphy, Bert, undated
			Copy.

BOX 13 FOLDER 432		Morris, Elida, 1960, undated

BOX 13 FOLDER 433		Morrisey, Marie, undated
			Copy.

BOX 13 FOLDER 434		Morse, Theodore F. (1873-1924), circa 1910-1924

BOX 13 FOLDER 435		Morton, Ed, undated

BOX 13 FOLDER 436		Munn, Frank, undated
			Copy.

BOX 13 FOLDER 437		Murray, Billy, undated
			Copies.

BOX 13 FOLDER 438		Murray, Pete, undated
			Copies.

BOX 13 FOLDER 439		Myers, J. W., 1894
			Photocopy of an 1894 photograph.

BOX 13 FOLDER 440		National Barn Dance (NBC), circa 1939

BOX 13 FOLDER 441		National Male Quartet, undated

BOX 13 FOLDER 442		Norton, John L., Sr. and Jr. (Woodymay Record Co.), undated

BOX 13 FOLDER 443		Norworth, Jack, undated

BOX 13 FOLDER 444		Oakland, Will (1883-1956), 1931, undated
			One image is a copy of a 1931 photograph.

BOX 13 FOLDER 445		O’Connor, George (1874-1946), 1943

BOX 13 FOLDER 446		O’Hara, Geoffrey (1882-1967), 1939, undated
			One copy of a halftone.

BOX 13 FOLDER 447		Ossman, Vess L., 1923, undated
			One image is a copy.

BOX 13 FOLDER 448		Parker, Frank, undated
			Copy.

BOX 13 FOLDER 449		Parvis, Taurino (b. 1879), 1907, circa 1910-1919
			Copies from 1907 and circa 1910-1919 photographs.

BOX 13 FOLDER 450		Peerless Quartet, 1919, 1923
			Copies of 1919 and 1923 photographs.

BOX 13 FOLDER 451		Phillips, Joseph, undated
			Copy.

BOX 13 FOLDER 452		Phonographs and phonograph dealers, 1910-1912, 1950, undated
			Three copies of 1910-1912 photographs and two vintage photographs.

BOX 13 FOLDER 453		Piastro, Mishel (1891-1970), undated

BOX 13 FOLDER 454		Polk Miller’s Old South Quartet, undated
			Copy.

BOX 13 FOLDER 455		Pons, Lily (1898-1976), undated

BOX 13 FOLDER 456		Porter, Gene Stratton, circa 1924

BOX 13 FOLDER 457		Powell, John, 1930

BOX 13 FOLDER 458		Power, Stella, undated
			Copies.

BOX 13 FOLDER 459		Rea, Virginia, undated
			Copies.

BOX 13 FOLDER 460		Revelers, The, 1928
			Copy of a 1928 photograph.

BOX 13 FOLDER 461		Rice, Gladys, 1931, undated
			One image is a copy of a 1931 photograph.

BOX 13 FOLDER 462		Riggs, Quentin, 1966, undated

BOX 13 FOLDER 463		Ring, Blanche, undated
			Copies.

BOX 13 FOLDER 464		Roberts, Bob (1879-1930), undated
			Copies.

BOX 13 FOLDER 465		Robey, George (1869-1954), undated
			Copy.

BOX 13 FOLDER 466		Robinson, Carson, undated

BOX 13 FOLDER 467		Robyn, Willie, undated
			Copy.

BOX 13 FOLDER 468		Rodgers, Richard, undated

BOX 13 FOLDER 469		Rogers, Walter, undated
			Photograph of advertisement.

BOX 13 FOLDER 470		Rollickers, The, circa 1929
			Copy of a circa 1929 photograph.

BOX 13 FOLDER 471		Romain, Manuel, circa 1915
			Copies of circa 1915 photographs.

BOX 13 FOLDER 472		Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919), 1912
			Copy of a 1912 photograph.

BOX 13 FOLDER 473		Rose, Eugene, 1949

BOX 13 FOLDER 474		Rowell, Glenn, undated

BOX 13 FOLDER 475		Sadler, Josie, undated
			Copy.

		Sanderson, Julia See Crumit, Frank

BOX 13 FOLDER 476		Santley, Charles, Sir (1834-1922), undated
			Photocopy of a magazine page.

BOX 13 FOLDER 477		Scanlan, Walter (Walter Van Brunt), undated

BOX 13 FOLDER 478		Scribner, Jimmy, undated

BOX 13 FOLDER 479		Seltzer, Frank R., undated
			Clipping from booklet.

BOX 13 FOLDER 480		Shannon Four, The, circa 1919

BOX 13 FOLDER 481		Shaw, Elliott, circa 1915-1920, undated
			Some items are copies.

BOX 13 FOLDER 482		Shilkret, Nathaniel (1889-1982), 1952

BOX 13 FOLDER 483		Short, Thomas V. (Thomas Vowler) (1856-1931), undated

BOX 13 FOLDER 484		Simon, Robert, 1945

BOX 13 FOLDER 485		Smalle, Ed, 1955

BOX 13 FOLDER 486		Smeck, Roy, undated

BOX 13 FOLDER 487		Spalding, Albert (1888-1953), 1916, 1952

BOX 13 FOLDER 488		Spencer, Harry, undated

BOX 13 FOLDER 489		Spencer, Len (1867-1914), 1867, 1958, undated
			Includes a silhouette.

BOX 13 FOLDER 490		Stanley, Aileen (1893-1982) and Bill Murray, undated
			Photograph of a 1926 program.

BOX 13 FOLDER 491		Steele, Dora (Dowdy), undated

BOX 13 FOLDER 492		Sterling, Louis, 1948
			Copy negative from a 1948 photograph.

BOX 13 FOLDER 493		Stevens, Ernest L., undated
			Photograph of an advertisement.

BOX 14 FOLDER 494		Sundelius, Marie, undated
			One image is a copy.

BOX 14 FOLDER 495		Superba Musical Comedy Co., undated

BOX 14 FOLDER 496		Talking Machine Jobbers, National Association, 1914, 1922, undated
			One image is a copy of a 1914 photograph.

BOX 14 FOLDER 497		Taylor, Deems (1885-1966), undated

BOX 14 FOLDER 498		"Thanks to the Yanks" program (WABC-CBS), undated

BOX 14 FOLDER 499		Thompson, William H., undated
			Copy.

BOX 14 FOLDER 500		Tierney, Harry (1890-1965), 1939

BOX 14 FOLDER 501		Tilley, Vesta, 1906

BOX 14 FOLDER 502		Tiny Tim with Jim Walsh, 1969

BOX 14 FOLDER 503		Tollefsen Trio, 1916
			Copies of 1916 photographs.

BOX 14 FOLDER 504		Trix, Helen, 1907
			Copies of 1907 photographs.

BOX 14 FOLDER 505		Turner, Eva, Dame (1892-1990), undated

BOX 14 FOLDER 506		Ukranian National Chorus, undated
			Postcard.

BOX 14 FOLDER 507		Urlus, Jacques, 1912
			Copy of a 1912 photograph.

BOX 14 FOLDER 508		Van, Gus (1887-1968), undated

BOX 14 FOLDER 509		Van Eps, Fred (1878-1960), 1955, undated

BOX 14 FOLDER 510		Van Eps Quartet, 1920
			Copy of a 1920 photograph.

BOX 14 FOLDER 511		Van Eps Trio, circa 1919

BOX 14 FOLDER 512		Victor Orchestra, circa 1907
			Copy of a circa 1907 photograph.

BOX 14 FOLDER 513		Victor Talking Machine Co., 1901, 1919, undated
			Some images are copies of 1901 and 1919 photographs.

BOX 14 FOLDER 514		Victor recording artists dinner, New York, 1917
			Copy of a 1917 photograph.

BOX 14 FOLDER 515		Voorhees, Donald, 1964, undated

BOX 14 FOLDER 516		Walker, Ray, 1950

BOX 14 FOLDER 517		Walsh, Arthur, 1944

BOX 14 FOLDER 518-520		Walsh, Jim (1903-1990), circa 1939-circa 1985

BOX 14 FOLDER 521		Walsh's Wax Works, (WDBJ, Roanoke, Virginia), circa 1944-circa 1949

BOX 14 FOLDER 522		Watahwaso, Princess, 1921

BOX 14 FOLDER 523		Wenrich, Percy (1887-1952), 1939

BOX 14 FOLDER 524		Wheeler, Elizabeth and William, circa 1913, 1966

BOX 14 FOLDER 525		Wheeler, Fred (James F. Harrison), undated
			Copy.
			See also Miller, Reed.

BOX 14 FOLDER 526		White, Edna (b. 1892), 1912, 1922, 1949, 1974, 1978, undated
			Three images are copies of 1912 and 1922 photographs.

BOX 14 FOLDER 527		Whitehouse, Fred, undated
			Copy.

BOX 14 FOLDER 528		Whiteman, Paul (1890-1967), undated

BOX 14 FOLDER 529		Whiting, Richard A. (1891-1938), undated

BOX 14 FOLDER 530		Whitney, Edwin M., undated

BOX 14 FOLDER 531		Wiedoeft, Rudy, 1918-1932
			Copies.

BOX 14 FOLDER 532		Wilder, Marshall, undated

BOX 14 FOLDER 533		Williams, Bert (1874-1922), undated
			Copy.

BOX 14 FOLDER 534		Williams, Billy, undated
			Copies.

BOX 14 FOLDER 535		Williams, Emlyn (1905-1987), 1952

BOX 14 FOLDER 536		Wills, Nat M., undated
			Copy.

BOX 14 FOLDER 537		WJHL staff, 1940

BOX 14 FOLDER 538		Woodymay Record Co., 1945, undated

BOX 14 FOLDER 539		Wreck of the Old 97, 1952, undated
			Landscape, survivor, etc.

BOX 14 FOLDER 540		WSLS-FM community sing, undated

BOX 14 FOLDER 541		Youmans, Vincent (1898-1946), 1939

BOX 14 FOLDER 542		Young, John (Harry Anthony), undated

BOX 14 FOLDER 543		Young, Victor (1889-1968), undated

BOX 14 FOLDER 544-545		Miscellaneous recording artists: groups and composites, circa 1940-circa 1960, undated

BOX 14 FOLDER 546		Unidentified individuals, undated

	Series 6. Oversized Materials, 1914-1953, undated
		1.2 linear feet
		RPC 00002, RPE 00001 (box 15, map case)
		Oversized materials consist of advertisements, newspaper and magazine clippings, scrapbook photocopies, a record sleeve, miscellaneous artwork, and photographs. A series of stand-up cardboard advertising figures is included; personalities depicted are Victor Herbert, Irene Bordoni, Georgie Price, Fannie Brice, Will Rogers, Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Tito Schipa, Luisa Tetrazzini, and Titta Ruffo. Artwork consists of a cartoon panel signed by Jimmy Hatlo, a (poor) reproduction of the painting The Firstborn by Fagan, and a drawing of Mostar, Bosnia, by Josh Newman. A record sleeve from a Theodore Roosevelt address recorded in 1913 can also be found in this series. Oversized photocopies of a scrapbook with clippings on Charley Case are in the final folder. One large poster entitled Some Columbia Talent, with photographs of various recording artists, is housed separately from the collection.
		Oversized materials are arranged alphabetically by type.

BOX 15 FOLDER 547		Advertisements, 1914, 1925, undated

BOX 15 FOLDER 548-549		Advertising figures, undated

BOX 15 FOLDER 550		Artwork, miscellaneous, 1953, undated

BOX 15 FOLDER 551		Clippings, 1890, 1914-1916, 1961
			Includes photocopies.

		Photographs of individuals

BOX 15 FOLDER 552			Baker, Elsie (1886-1958), undated

BOX 15 FOLDER 552			Caruso and Ruffo, undated

BOX 15 FOLDER 552			Farley, James A., undated

BOX 15 FOLDER 552			Farrar, Geraldine (1882-1967), undated

BOX 15 FOLDER 552			Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund) (1902-1971), 1948

BOX 15 FOLDER 552			Merman, Ethel, undated
				Magazine portrait.

BOX 15 FOLDER 552			Oakland, Will, undated
				Billboard advertisement for Hunter Island Inn.

BOX 15 FOLDER 552			Unidentified woman, undated

		Photographs: Victor Talking Machine Printed Artist
			Photographs (with album lists).

BOX 15 FOLDER 553			Bori, Lucrezia, 1924-1925

BOX 15 FOLDER 553			Chemet, Renée, 1925

BOX 15 FOLDER 553			Flonzaley Quartet, 1925

BOX 15 FOLDER 553			Gogorza, Emilio de, 1925

BOX 15 FOLDER 553			Marsh, Lucy Isabelle, 1925

BOX 15 FOLDER 553			McCormack, John, 1924

		Photographs: groups and composites

BOX 15 FOLDER 554			The Victor Male Chorus, 1926

BOX 15 FOLDER 554			Edison dealers' banquet at the Waldorf-Astoria, undated

BOX 15 FOLDER 554			The Friar’s Frolic, 1916

BOX 15 FOLDER 554			Red Cross benefit concert, 1948
				Songwriters, artists, and composers. Copy.

BOX 15 FOLDER 554			Miscellaneous, unidentified, undated

BOX 15 FOLDER 479		Seltzer, Frank R., undated
			Clipping from booklet.

BOX 15 FOLDER 555		Record sleeve: "A Message by Theodore Roosevelt in His Own Voice," circa 1937
			Reeves Sound Studio; original dictated in 1913.

BOX 15 FOLDER 556		Scrapbook pages: copies of clippings related to Charley Case, 1906-1916

BOX map case		Poster: some Columbia talent, circa 1900-circa 1910

	Series 7. Scrapbooks, 1892-1939, undated
		2.5 linear feet
		RPA 00178, RPC 00003 (boxes 16-17)
		Scrapbooks are arranged according to size and preservation needs.

BOX 16 FOLDER 557		Recording index, undated
			Arranged by artist name.
			From binder.

BOX 16 FOLDER 558		Scrapbook: Newspaper and magazine clippings on artists and recordings, circa 1920-circa 1939

BOX 16 FOLDER 559		Scrapbook: Newspaper and magazine clippings on artists and recordings, circa 1915-circa 1939

BOX 16 FOLDER 560		Scrapbook: Newspaper and magazine clippings and advertisements, 1892-1925

BOX 17 FOLDER 561-562		Scrapbooks: Correspondence between Charles W. Carson and Columbia Phonograph Co. concerning his recordings in Mexico, China, and Japan, 1904-1907
			2 volumes.
			Photocopies.

BOX 17 FOLDER 562		Scrapbook: "Descriptive Catalogue ... Wonder Double Bell Talking Machine" and several Talk-o-Phone advertisements, undated
			Photocopies.

	Series 8. Bound Publications, 1901-1977, undated
		14 linear feet
		This series consists of bound journals, columns, pamphlets, and a diary. Many of the publications in the series include Walsh’s notes and handwritten indices.
		Arranged alphabetically by description or title.
		The publications have been placed unboxed on shelves, adjacent to the boxed portion of the Walsh papers.

		The Columbia Record, 1904-1907
			1 volume.
			Includes Walsh’s notes.

		"Dave Garraway’s Today Program, Thursday, May 15, 1958," 1958
			Bound scrapbook of photographs, clippings, and correspondence documenting Walsh’s appearance on the television show.

		Jim Walsh diary, 1977
			Handwritten. Consists mostly of personal notes and includes a few clippings and photographs.

		"Edison and Pathé Pamphlets," undated
			Miscellaneous pamphlets bound together.

		Edison Diamond Points (1915-1917) bound with Phonographianna (1956) and Along Broadway (1917-1922), 1915-1922, 1956

		Edison Phonograph Monthly and Edison Amberola Monthly, 1903-1921
			13 volumes.
			Includes Walsh’s notes.

		"Edison Tone Test Clippings / Victor Cut-Out Lists," 1915-1917, undated
			Clippings and theater illustrations mounted on heavy cardstock and housed in a large pamphlet box.

		"Elide Morris: Her Life and Letters," 1961-1971
			Bound scrapbook of correspondence, photographs, articles, and copies of clippings, dated 1910-1914.

		"Favorite Pioneer Recording Artists," 1942-1975
			15 volumes.
			Walsh’s Hobbies columns, some with additional notes and miscellaneous items.

		"Jim Walsh in Hobbies," 1935-1974
			3 volumes.
			Photocopies of Jim Walsh’s Hobbies columns.

		"Magazine Articles by and about Jim Walsh," 1929-1969
			Bound scrapbook of newspaper and magazine clippings.

		Numerical List of Victor Records, 1912, 1914-1915
			Includes Walsh’s notes.

		"Phonograph Advertising: Literary Digest and Other Magazines," 1902-1931, undated
			Scrapbook of advertisements from magazines and newspapers.

		"Pioneer Phonograph Advertising," 1901-1932, undated
			Bound scrapbook of advertisements from magazines and newspapers.

		Sound Wave and Talking Machine Record, 1909-1910
			Bound periodical.

		Talking Machine News, 1903-1936
			20 volumes, bound.
			Includes Walsh’s notes.

		Voice of the Victor, 1907-1926
			3 volumes.
			Includes notes.

		"Woodymay Recording Company: Compendium," circa 1940-1948, undated
			Bound scrapbook with Edison signature, collector signatures, letterhead, photographs, clippings, cards, and other illustrations.

Separated Materials

Several published books, bound journals, and record catalogs were removed from the Jim Walsh Collection and integrated into the Library’s general collections.

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