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Emile Berliner Collection

Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of CongressWashington, D.C.

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Authors: Karen Lund, Karen Fishman

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Collection SummaryTitle: Emile Berliner collectionInclusive Dates: 1871-1965Bulk Dates: 1871-1930Creator: Berliner, Emile, 1851-1929Extent (Textual Materials): 41 boxes (approximately 1,000 items)Extent (Photographic Prints): 232 photographic prints : black and white, 1 color ; 10 x 13 inches and smallerExtent (Photographic Negatives): 29 negatives : black and white ; 8 x 10 inches and smallerExtent (Sound Recordings): over 400 sound discs, including zinc, copper, celluloid, rubber, shellac, and vinyl pressingsand masters, in various speeds, and in sizes ranging from 5 to 12 inches in diameterExtent (Motion Pictures): 1 film reel of 1 (12 feet) : silent, black-and-white ; 16 mm. nitrateExtent (Artifacts): over 100 items, chiefly telephone, gramophone, and laboratory equipment, with 7 acoustic insulatingpanels and material samples, all made of various materials and in various sizesLanguage: Collection materials are in English, with some items in German publication titles.Location: Recorded Sound Reference Center, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library ofCongress, Washington, D.C.Summary: Unpublished and published textual materials, photographs, sound recordings, scrapbooks, artifacts, and amotion picture documenting the life and work of the German-born immigrant to America who invented the gramophone,the flat disc recording, the radio microphone, acoustic tile, and an early version of the helicopter. Included are unpublishedand experimental gramophone records dating from the 1890s, some of them featuring the voices of Berliner and variousfamily members, as well as recordings published by Berliner's gramophone companies in the U.S., Canada, and Germany.Location of Textual and Graphic Materials: RPA 00832-00855 (boxes 1-2, 4-17, 31-38); RPB 00097-00109 (boxes18-30); RPC 00082 (box OS 2); RPD 00035-00037 (boxes OS 1, OS 3-OS 4)

Selected Search TermsThe following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They aregrouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.

PeopleAllen, Roy Morris, 1882- --Correspondence.Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922.Berliner family.Berliner, Cora A., 1862-1942--Photographs.Berliner, Emile, 1851-1929--Archives.Berliner, Emile, 1851-1929--Correspondence.Berliner, Emile, 1851-1929--Photographs.Berliner, Emile, 1851-1929--Trials. litigation, etc.Berliner, Emile, 1851-1929.Berliner, Emile, 1851-1929. Muddy Jim, and other rhymes.Berliner, Jacob, 1849-1918--Correspondence.Hyatt, John W. (John Wesley), 1837-1920--Correspondence.Richards, W. L. (William L.)--Correspondence.Sanders, Joseph, 1877-1960.

OrganizationsAmerican Bell Telephone Company.American Telephone and Telegraph Company.Berliner (Record company)

SubjectsAcoustical engineering--United States.Acoustical materials.Architectural acoustics.

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German Americans--Washington (D.C.)--Archives.Health education--United States.Immigrants--Washington (D.C.)--Archives.Inventions.Jews--Washington (D.C.)--Archives.Microphone.Milk--Pasteurization.Patent suits--United States.Patents--Germany.Patents--United States.Phonograph--United States.Popular music--United States--To 1901.Public health--United States.Sound recordings--United States.Sound recordings.Sound--Experiments.Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies.Sound--Recording and reproducing--United States.Sound--Recording and reproducing.Telephone--Experiments.Telephone--United States.Zionism--United States.

Form/GenreAcoustic equipment.Awards.Books.Clippings (Information artifacts)Correspondence.Diaries.Journals (Accounts)Memorandums.Pamphlets.Patents.Phonograph records.Photographs.Portrait photographs.Research notes.Scrapbooks.Sound recordings.Speeches.Test pressings (Sound recordings)Trade catalogs.

OccupationsHealth reformers--United States.Inventors--United States.

Administrative InformationCollection Acquisition

Several of Emile Berliner's descendants, including Robert Sanders, Mrs. Robert (Emily) Sanders, Robert Frank, and JosephSanders, have donated materials to the collection, or in some cases, loaned materials to the Library of Congress forduplication, from 1979 through 1992. Additional items have been added through Library purchases.


Additions

No further additions to the collection are expected.

Processing Information

The textual and graphic materials, along with the artifacts in the collection, were processed by Karen Lund, LauraGottesman, and Marco Samayoa in 2000 as part of the overall preparation for the Library's online American Memorypresentation, "Emile Berliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry." Many of the published sound recordings wereindividually cataloged prior to 2000, but most of the unpublished recordings have not been individually cataloged.

Use Restrictions

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

Access Restrictions

The Emile Berliner Collection is open for research. Advance notice may be required; contact a reference librarian in theRecorded Sound Reference Center, Library of Congress, Washington, DC, 20540-4690; (202) 707-7833.

The artifacts and early unpublished sound discs that are included in the collection are not yet available to researchers. Afterprocessing and preservation has been completed, the materials will be accessible through a revised version of this findingaid and the Library of Congress Online Catalog.

Online Content

Selected sound recordings, photographs, textual materials (such as articles, speeches, notes, and scrapbooks), artifacts, anda film from the collection are available in digital form on the Library of Congress website under the title: "Emile Berlinerand the Birth of the Recording Industry" at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsrs/collmbr.rs000002 Links to the digitized items arealso provided in the container list of this finding aid.

Related Material

Additional Emile Berliner papers are located in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress.

Preferred Citation

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

Biographical NoteEmile Berliner (1851-1929) was a prominent inventor living at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentiethcenturies. Overlooked by today's historians, Berliner's creative genius rivaled that of his better-known contemporariesThomas Alva Edison and Alexander Graham Bell, and, like the works of these two inventors, Berliner's innovations helpedshape the modern American way of life. Although Berliner did not invent recorded sound technology, his innovations led toits mass distribution. His flat-disc recordings eventually replaced the more fragile and unwieldy Edison cylinders asconsumers' sound technology of choice.

Emile (originally Emil) Berliner was born in Hanover, Germany, on May 20, 1851. He was one of thirteen children born toSamuel and Sarah Fridman Berliner, two of whom died in infancy. His father was a merchant and a Talmudic scholar, andhis mother was an amateur musician.

Following a few years of school in Hanover, Berliner was sent to nearby Wolfenbüttel to attend the Samsonschule fromwhich he graduated in 1865 at the age of fourteen. This marked the end of his formal schooling and Berliner then spentseveral years at odd jobs in Hanover helping to support the large Berliner family. Enticed by the offer of a clerkship in astore partly owned by a man named Behrend, a Hanoverian who had emigrated to the United States some time earlier, and


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perhaps by a desire to escape the military duty that faced most young men in the year of the Franco-Prussian War, Berlinerpersuaded his parents to allow him to accept the job offer and to emigrate to America. In late March 1870 he left Hanover.

The dry-goods store was located in Washington, D.C. For three years Berliner clerked for Gotthelf, Behrend and Co. untilin 1873 he decided a better opportunity awaited him in New York City. There Berliner again took up onerous jobs duringthe day while trying to improve himself by studying privately at night at the Cooper Institute. After a brief career as a"drummer" (traveling salesman) for a "gents' furnishings" (men's clothing and accessories) establishment in Milwaukee,Berliner again went back to New York where this time he was most fortunate in obtaining a position as general cleanupman in the laboratory of Constantine Fahlberg, the discoverer of saccharine. This experience in a research laboratory firedBerliner's ambition, and he decided that science, research, and invention were to be his destiny.

In 1876 Berliner returned to what was now Behrend and Co. in Washington and resumed his clerkship. That was the year ofthe American centennial celebrations, and among the outstanding events that took place in Washington was a demonstrationof the new telephone of Alexander Graham Bell. Berliner saw the instrument for the first time and was filled withenthusiasm. He commenced to study the telephone. To his inquiring mind one of the instrument's weaknesses was itstransmitter. Working alone in his rooming house he fashioned a new type of transmitter which he called a "loose-contact"transmitter, a type of microphone, which increased the volume of the transmitted voice. When the members of the newly-formed American Bell Telephone Company were advised that a young and entirely unknown man in Washington hadsubmitted a caveat (Berliner wrote it himself without the aid of a patent attorney) to the Patent Office covering a newtransmitter, they could hardly believe it. Thomas Watson, the Mr. Watson of telephone fame, was sent to Washington tomake inquiries. He returned such a glowing report of the transmitter and of Berliner himself that the company offered tobuy the rights to the invention and to hire Berliner as a research assistant. For the next seven years, Berliner was employedby the ABT Co., first in New York City and then in Boston. During those years Berliner worked on numerous problemsassociated with the fledgling telephone industry and developed into a first-class theoretical electrician.

While working in Boston in 1881, Berliner became an American citizen and in the same year married a young woman ofGerman descent named Cora Adler. In 1884 Berliner decided to set himself up as a private researcher and inventor, hischerished dream. He resigned from the American Bell Telephone Company and he and Cora left Boston and set uphousekeeping in Washington, D.C. The Berliners had six children, Edgar, Herbert, Henry, Louise, Hannah and Alice.

In Washington, Berliner began working on additional improvements to Bell's telephone, selling the rights to his patents tothe telephone company. Then in 1886 he began working on the invention that was to prove his most important contributionto the world. This was the development of the gramophone, the recording and reproduction of sound by means of discrecords. Among his other inventions were:

Floor CoveringAs early as 1883, while still working for the telephone company, Berliner obtained Patent 284,268 for a new type of floorcovering which he termed Parquet Carpet. From time to time he returned to this work and he obtained additional Patents621,316 in 1899 and 656,162 in 1900.

Acoustic TileAs one who frequently attended orchestral concerts, operas, and other musical events, as well as lectures, plays, andsermons, Berliner was well aware of the poor acoustics of many halls, theaters, churches, and synagogues. Having studiedacoustics for many years, he decided to do something about the situation. He soon came up with a new type of tile thatcould be affixed to the existing walls of rooms. Acoustic tiles were, in the inventor's words, ". . . composed of porouscement, are as hard as stone, and yet have the resonance of wood when vibrated by a tuning fork."

In 1926 he obtained Patent 1,573,475 for these tiles. They were eminently successful in the days before public addresssystems. Among the buildings that added these tiles were the auditorium of Drexel University in Philadelphia, StanleyTheater in Jersey City, the Church of the Messiah in Montreal, Leicester Theatre in London, Uptown Theater inPhiladelphia, the Second Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, and the board room of the Karachi Port Trust in what is nowPakistan.

The Helicopter and the Lightweight Internal Combustion EngineIn 1906 or 1907 Emile Berliner became fascinated with the possibilities of the flying machine. This led to his involvementin the development of the helicopter which, as he himself said, was one of the earliest forms of heavier-than-air machinesconceived, going back at least as far as the time of Leonardo da Vinci. Berliner designed and patented a new type of


lightweight internal combustion engine to power the rotors. By 1909 he had constructed a working model that was capableof lifting the weight of two adult men, however the helicopter was tethered to the ground and no free flight was attempted.Although Berliner had to relinquish his work on the helicopter, his son Henry continued it.

Emile Berliner for many years took an active role in community and social causes, particularly in the public health field. In1909 he donated funds for an infirmary building at the Starmont Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Washington Grove, Maryland,dedicated to the memory of his father. Berliner was president of the Washington Tuberculosis Association for some years.In 1924, he inaugurated the Bureau of Health Education to promote public hygiene and health education for mothers andchildren.

The subject of children's health was close to his heart. In 1900 his youngest daughter, Alice, became desperately ill, verylikely from bacteria picked up from some food or drink. Because of this illness Berliner campaigned against the highmortality rate of babies and young children. He became a fervent advocate of clean milk and by all means at his disposal hepreached to mothers to "scald the milk" before serving it. He also became disgusted by what he perceived to be the neglectof cleanliness in children. In 1919 he and some of his associates wrote and published a book of colored drawings withaccompanying rhymes illustrating what happens to children who neglect cleanliness. Entitled Muddy Jim, the book wasgiven to schools in the Washington area and elsewhere. All the rhymes were written by Emile Berliner. The book was soontranslated into French, possibly for distribution in the Canadian province of Quebec.

Zionism was another cause that involved Emile Berliner deeply. Between 1913 and 1918, Berliner wrote four articles onthe subject: "The Social Status of the Jews," "Zionism and the American Spirit," "Americanism and Zionism," and"Thoughts on Zionism." In 1919 Berliner was named chairman of the Committee on Arrangements for a reception for thecelebrated rabbi Stephen S. Wise. During the same year he wrote a letter to the editors of both the Washington Star and theWashington Post concerning the second commemoration of the 1917 declaration by British statesman Arthur Balfour that"His Majesty's Government favors establishment of a national home for the Jews in Palestine." In 1919, Berliner wroteanother article on "A Study Towards the Solution of Industrial Problems in the New Zionist Commonwealth."

Berliner inherited a great fondness for music from his mother and was an avid concert-goer. That he could play the piano isattested by one of his assistants in the gramophone laboratory who said that Berliner was the pianist on some of the veryearly recordings. In 1897 he wrote a song entitled "Columbian Anthem" in honor of the nation's capital, the District ofColumbia. It was arranged for male quartet and was recorded in 1897 on Berliner record 4288 and seems to have been re-recorded several times before June 1900.

In addition to his contributions to the progress of recorded sound, Emile Berliner worked tirelessly in many other endeavorsboth business-related and philanthropic. His development of microphone and recorded sound technology remains, however,the greater part of his legacy. His work on microphones was so successful that it replaced the earlier microphone used byAlexander Graham Bell for his telephone systems. It is still the basic design used in most microphones manufactured today.His flat-disc design for the gramophone has became the standard for mass-produced commercial sound recordings and wasthe precursor of today's digital compact discs.

Emile Berliner died on August 3, 1929, in his seventy-ninth year.

Scope and Content NoteThe Emile Berliner Collection includes disc recordings, textual materials, photographs, artifacts, and a film. The textualmaterials consist of more than 1,000 items including correspondence, notes and papers, books, addresses, newspaper andmagazine articles, catalogs, diaries and journals, pamphlets, patents, and scrapbooks dealing with Berliner's work andpersonal life, as well as his philanthropic endeavors. The photographs are both studio portraits and informal snapshots ofBerliner, his family, his associates, and his inventions. Artifacts include telephone, gramophone, and laboratory equipment,along with several acoustic panel pieces and material samples.

The recorded sound component of the Berliner Collection consists of unpublished zinc records, some of them experimental(1892-1898); unpublished discs made of various materials for both experimental and private uses; and published celluloid,rubber, and shellac Berliner Gramophone Company pressings made in the United States (pre-1900), Canada, and Germany(pre- and post-1900). The published records represent one of the first successful attempts to mass-market and commerciallydistribute popular sound recordings. Some of the unpublished discs in the collection feature the voices of Berliner and


various family members. Also available are post-1900 Victor records; 78 rpm records published by other companies; andseveral vinyl LP recordings.

Collection ArrangementThe collection is arranged in 17 series:

• Series 1: Addresses, 1888-1929, undated• Series 2: Journal Articles and Newspaper Clippings, 1883, 1900, 1922, 1927-1929, 1955• Series 3: Artifacts, undated• Series 4: Books, 1879-1928• Series 5: Catalogs, 1895-1896• Series 6: Correspondence, 1871-1926, 1946, 1955• Series 7: Journals and Diaries, 1889-1907• Series 8: Miscellaneous Materials, 1897-1929• Series 9: Notes and Papers, 1877-1928• Series 10: Pamphlets, 1890-1929, 1951, undated• Series 11: Patents, 1879-1909• Series 12: Photographs, 1871-1965, undated• Series 13: Sound Recordings, circa 1890-1950s• Series 14: Scrapbooks, 1885-1930• Series 15: Joseph Sanders Materials, 1896-1927, 1953-1955• Series 16: Acoustic Tile, 1899, 1925-1929• Series 17: Film, 1904


Description of SeriesContainer Series

Series 1. Addresses, circa 1888-1929Series 1 contains copies of speeches and addresses by Emile Berliner on a variety of subjects.

Examples include a 1888 speech delivered to the Franklin Institute on the gramophone, a1925 paper prepared for the D.C. chapter of the American Institute of Architects onacoustic tiles, and three addresses on transmitters and the development of the talkingmachine. It also includes an address by Berliner from 1913 for the National Farm Schoolon the social status of the Jews.

Series 2. Journal Articles and Newspaper Clippings, 1883, 1900, 1922, 1927-1929, 1955Series 2 consists of journal articles and newspaper clippings which chronicle Berliners life,

interests and inventions, the bulk of which are obituaries from 1929. Some early articlesfocus on Berliner's inventions of the gramophone, microphone, and acoustic improvements.Later articles highlight his efforts on health care and curing infant mortality. Journalsinclude Young Israel, the American Hebrew, and Journal of Outdoor Life. Newspapersinclude the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Washington Herald, thePhiladelphia Evening Public Ledger, the Evening Post, and the Philadelphia Inquirer,among others.

Series 3. Artifacts, undatedThis series holds actual parts from machines. They include talking machine needles and

washers.

Series 4. Books, 1879-1928This series consists of 23 books and includes court proceedings, arguments, briefs, and

affidavits for Berliner’s court cases (U.S. v. American Bell Telephone Co. and EmileBerliner, bound issues of the serial Telegraphic Journal and Electrical Review, v. VIII, andmany copies of Muddy Jim and Other Rhymes, a book written by Berliner on children’shealth issues. This series also includes the supplement to Muddy Jim written by Dr. GeorgeM. Kober, professor of hygiene at Georgetown University, and a copy of A bas lesmaladies! published by the Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis of Washington,D.C.

Series 5. Catalogs, 1895-1896Series 5 consists of catalogs from 1895 and 1896. Included is an advance list of new records

from May 1895, a supplementary list of records from June 1985, a handwritten list of bandmusic and recitations from July 1895, and a supplemental list of new gramophone recordsfrom June 1896.

Series 6. Correspondence, 1871-1926, 1946-1955This series includes some personal correspondence from Emile Berliner to Jacob Berliner, but

the majority of correspondence pertains to business letters and copies of letters betweenBerliner and J.W. Hyatt, William P. Richards (D.C. Surveyor’s Office), Alfred C. Clark,James Rush Marshall, and others. This series is arranged in chronological order.

Series 7. Journals and Diaries, 1889-1907Series 7 includes copies of Cora Berliner’s journal of her family’s trip to Germany in 1889 and

Joseph Sander’s diaries from 1906 and 1907.


Series 8. Miscellaneous Materials, 1897-1929This series contains a variety of materials, including a 1927 report on the activities of the

Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis of the District of Columbia; copies of sheetmusic for the “Columbian Anthem,” which was written by Berliner; invitations; awardcertificates; and programs.

Series 9. Notes and Papers, 1977-1928Series 9 contains notes made by Emile Berliner on many of the inventions and experiments he

was working on during his lifetime. These include the electric telescope, organophone,batteries, broken-point microphone, a siphoning gas jet, and producing a tremolo (tremoloon a violin). The series also contains copies of a tribute to Berliner on his birthday from theboard of directors of the Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, essays, speeches,and legal documents. Researchers will find a handwritten statement by Berliner describinghis preferred funeral arrangements.

Series 10. Pamphlets, 1890-1929, 1951, undatedThis series contains copies of pamphlets describing the operating directions for the motor

gramophone, the history of the gramophone, promotional pamphlets for the gramophoneand acoustical tile, reports on installing acoustic tile at Drexel Institute, the microphone,and promotion of the Berliner biography by Frederic William Wile.

Series 11. Patents, 1879-1909Copies of patents in this series include improvements in electrical contact telephones, designs

for carpeting, improvements to telephone transmitters, gramophone improvements, floorcoverings, apparatus for producing sound records, and Joseph Berliner’s improvements inconnection with vulcanizers and other apparatus. Researchers will find copies of patentsheld by other inventors, such as Fay Oscar Farwell, Sumner Tainter, Gavin Chapman,Byron Goldsmith, Charles Francis Jenkins, as well as many others.

Series 12. Photographs, 1871-1965, undatedThis series includes copies of formal portraits, Berliner working in his laboratory, family

scenes with Cora Berliner and other family members, the staff of U.S. Gramophone Co.,and others. There are also photographs of gramophones; Berliner’s factory in Hanover,Germany; microphones; acoustic tiles; the Technical Institute (Technische Hochschule inHanover); the auditorium in the Oyster School, Washington, D.C.; the Berliner House at1458 Columbia Road; and many others. Included is a photograph album, circa 1918-1923,of 56 photographs. Photographs are black and white; sizes are 10 x 13 inches and smaller.

Series 13. Recordings, circa 1890-1950sScope and Content of Series 13The recorded sound component of the Berliner Collection consists of over four hundred discs.

These include records produced by the Berliner Gramophone Company from the mid-1890sto 1900, unpublished and experimental records, some metal discs that may be stampers ormothers, a number of recordings made for private use, a selection of electronically recordedVictor 78 rpm records, and a number of other commercially released 78s and LPs. Thepublished Berliner records represent one of the first successful attempts to mass-market andcommercially distribute popular sound recordings.

The online Library of Congress presentation of Emile Berliner materials, entitled "EmileBerliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry," features approximately 100 soundrecordings that have been converted to Broadcast WAVE and Real Audio streaming digitalfiles. Most of the digitized discs date from the 1870s to the early 1930s, although there area few items from as late as 1956. Each of those discs is briefly described in this series andlinks are provided to the online digital files for listening.


More detailed information about the Berliner Collection sound discs, along with other Berlinerrecordings acquired separately from the collection, can be found in the Library of CongressOnline Catalog.

Series 14. Scrapbooks, 1885-1930Series 14 consists of twelve scrapbooks that contain newspaper clippings, letters, articles,

pamphlets, and advertisements. Topics documented in the scrapbooks include Berliner’sinventions -- particularly the phonograph, acoustic tile, and microphone improvements -- aswell as issues of importance to him, such as Palestine, Zionism, and milk pasteurization.One scrapbook contains jokes, poetry, and health poems Berliner wrote for newspaperpublications.

Series 15. Joseph Sanders materials, 1896-1927, 1953-1955The Joseph Sanders materials were donated to the Library of Congress by his son, Robert

Sanders.Joseph Sanders, a nephew of Emile Berliner, was for many years Berliner’s laboratory

assistant, concentrating on matrix making and the development of record materials. TheJoseph Sanders material includes patents, correspondence, booklets, tax forms, brochuresand newspaper clippings, telephonic equipment, gramophones, laboratory apparatus, andacoustic paneling. Diaries from the Sanders donation are housed in series 7, Journals andDiaries , and sound recordings are documented in series 13, Recordings .

Series 16. Acoustic Tile, 1899, 1925-1929No online presentation of the items in Series 16 is available.This series contains correspondence and other materials regarding Berliner’s invention of

acoustic tile.The series is arranged in alphabetical order with unidentified letters filed at the end. Folders of

news clippings from 1927 regarding the invention follow the correspondence.

Correspondence

Clippings, 1927 and undated

Series 17. Berliner Family Home Movie, 1903 or 1904Due to the non-standard frame size of the original nitrate material, the footage was "passed

through" the printer four times in order to print all segments of the picture to a 16 mm.viewing print. For the online Berliner exhibit, the 16mm print was transferred to BetacamSP videotape to produce the master for digitization. Short jumps in continuity in the digitalversion indicate that small parts of the original film are missing.

Like many other motion pictures of the time, the original film was probably shot with avariable speed camera. Therefore, in the video mastering process, the playback speed wasadjusted to present the appearance of natural motion to the greatest degree possible.


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Series 1. Addresses, circa 1888-1929.5 linear feetRPA 00832 (box 1)Series 1 contains copies of speeches and addresses by Emile Berliner on a variety of subjects.

Examples include a 1888 speech delivered to the Franklin Institute on the gramophone, a1925 paper prepared for the D.C. chapter of the American Institute of Architects onacoustic tiles, and three addresses on transmitters and the development of the talkingmachine. It also includes an address by Berliner from 1913 for the National Farm Schoolon the social status of the Jews.

BOX-FOLDER 1/1 Addresses, 1888-1929BOX-FOLDER 1/1 The gramophone: etching the human voice

Published: [ca. 1888 May 16]Author: Emile Berliner22 p. ; 23 cm.digital ID: 01010101Published speech by Berliner delivered to the Franklin Institute on May 16, 1888, about

the gramophone.Handwritten note on p. 1: "Copy from which I read the paper may 16/88." And indifferent handwriting: "The text was changed here and there for publication in Journal ofthe F.I." More handwritten notes appear throughout text.P. 22 contains clipping from the Evening Herald, May 17, 1888, describing Berliner'saddress to the Franklin Institue about the gramophone. Cover for address is missing.Digital content available.

BOX-FOLDER 1/1 The gramophone: etching the human voicePublished: Washington, D.C. : Berliner Gramophone Company, 1909Author: Emile Berliner24 p. ; 23 1/2 cm.digital ID: 01010102Reprint of published speech by Berliner delivered to the Franklin Institute on May 16,

1888, about the gramophone. Also contains Edward H. Johnson's account of theinvention of the phonograph.

Copy 1.Title on cover: "Paper read before the Franklin Institute, May 16, 1888, on thegramophone by its inventor, Emile Berliner."Digital content available.

BOX-FOLDER 1/2 Addresses, 1888-1929BOX-FOLDER 1/2 Three addresses

Author: Emile Berliner46 p. ; 24 cm.digital ID: 01010202Contains "The loose contact transmitter" (1910), "A reminiscence" (1912), and "The

development of the talking machine" (1913).Copy 2.Digital content available.


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BOX-FOLDER 1/3 Addresses, 1888-1929BOX-FOLDER 1/4 Addresses, 1913BOX-FOLDER 1/4 The social status of the Jews

Published: [1913?]Author: Emile Berliner8 p. ; 23 cm.digital ID: 01010401Address before the National Farm School, October 19, 1913.Note on p. 1: "Owing to circumstances this address was not delivered, but it appeared in'The American Israelite' of November 13th, 1913."Digital content available.

BOX-FOLDER 1/5 Addresses, circa 1925BOX-FOLDER 1/5 Hall acoustics

Published: Washington, D.C. : Acoustic Tile Company, [ca. 1925]Author: Emile Berliner7 p. ; 22 cm.digital ID: 01010501Paper read before the Washington, D.C. chapter of the American Institute of Architects,

Oct. 8, 1925, about how acoustic tiles can improve the sound in halls and auditoriums.Digital content available.

BOX-FOLDER 1/6 Addresses, 1929BOX-FOLDER 1/6 Franklin Institute, May 15, 1929

Published: [1929]Author: Emile Berliner and the Franklin Institute20 p. ; 24 cm.digital ID: 01010601Contains 2 articles published in the Journal of the Franklin Institute, July 1929: "Vocal

physics--historic notes," written by Emile Berliner and delivered before the FranklinInstitute, and an article on Medal Day, in which Berliner received a medal.

Digital content available.

Series 2. Journal Articles and Newspaper Clippings, 1883, 1900, 1922, 1927-1929, 19551 linear footRPA 00833 (box 2); RPD 00035 (box OS 1)Selected items available online.Series 2 consists of journal articles and newspaper clippings which chronicle Berliners life,

interests and inventions, the bulk of which are obituaries from 1929. Some early articlesfocus on Berliner's inventions of the gramophone, microphone, and acoustic improvements.Later articles highlight his efforts on health care and curing infant mortality. Journalsinclude Young Israel, the American Hebrew, and Journal of Outdoor Life. Newspapersinclude the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Washington Herald, thePhiladelphia Evening Public Ledger, the Evening Post, and the Philadelphia Inquirer,among others.

BOX-FOLDER 2/1 Articles on the gramophone, 1922-1955BOX-FOLDER OS1/1 Articles on the gramophone, 1900, 1952BOX-FOLDER 2/2 Articles on the telephone, microphone, 1922-1955BOX-FOLDER OS1/2 Articles on the telephone, microphone, 1883BOX-FOLDER 2/3 Articles and clippings on health, 1922-1955BOX-FOLDER OS1/3 Newspaper clippings on health, 1928-1929

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BOX-FOLDER 2/4 Articles on acoustic tile, 1922-1955BOX-FOLDER OS1/4 Newspaper clippings on acoustic tile, 1928BOX-FOLDER 2/5 Biographical and miscellaneous articles, 1922-1955BOX-FOLDER 2/6 Newspaper clippings on Berliner's death, 1929BOX-FOLDER 2/7 Newspaper clippings on Berliner's death, 1929BOX-FOLDER 2/8 Newspaper clippings on Berliner's death, 1929BOX-FOLDER OS1/5 Newspaper clippings on Berliner's death, 1929BOX-FOLDER 2/9 Newspaper clippings on Berliner's death and other topics, 1929BOX-FOLDER 2/10 Miscellaneous articles, 1922-1955BOX-FOLDER OS1/6 Miscellaneous newspaper clippings, undated

Series 3. Artifacts, undated.5 linear feetRPA 00834 (box 4)Selected items available online.This series holds actual parts from machines. They include talking machine needles and

washers.

BOX-FOLDER 4/1 Sprechmaschinen-nandeln [Talking machine needles], undatedBOX-FOLDER 4/2 Washer samples, undated

Series 4. Books, 1879-19283.5 linear feetRPA 00835-00841 (boxes 5-11); RPB 00108-00109 (boxes 29-30)Selected items available online.This series consists of 23 books and includes court proceedings, arguments, briefs, and

affidavits for Berliner’s court cases (U.S. v. American Bell Telephone Co. and EmileBerliner, bound issues of the serial Telegraphic Journal and Electrical Review, v. VIII, andmany copies of Muddy Jim and Other Rhymes, a book written by Berliner on children’shealth issues. This series also includes the supplement to Muddy Jim written by Dr. GeorgeM. Kober, professor of hygiene at Georgetown University, and a copy of A bas lesmaladies! published by the Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis of Washington,D.C.

BOX-FOLDER 5/1-3 A Bas les Maladies! 1919BOX-FOLDER 5/5 Annual Report of the Smithsonian Board of Regents, 1908BOX-FOLDER 5/6 United States of America v. American Bell Telephone Co. and Emile Berliner, brief for

defendants, 1894BOX-FOLDER 6/1 History of the Telephone Transmitter, 1894BOX-FOLDER 6/2 Gedenkblätter 150 Stiftungstag des Wohltätigkeitsverins der Synagogengemeinde Hannover

(Pages of testimony in memory of the Foundation Day charities for the synagoguecommunity in Hanover, Germany), 1912Annotation on front cover notes the page number of the account of Berliner’s 42 years of

service in Jewish charity work.BOX-FOLDER 6/3-4 United States of America v. American Bell Telephone Co. and Emile Berliner, brief for

defendants, 1894Two copies.

BOX-FOLDER 7/1 Jubiläumsschrift der Telephon-Fabrik Actiengesellschaft (25th Jubilee Book of the J. BerlinerTelephone Factory), 1881-1906

BOX-FOLDER 7/2 Muddy Jim and Other Rhymes, 1919

Series 2. Journal Articles and Newspaper Clippings, 1883, 1900, 1922, 1927-1929, 1955

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BOX-FOLDER 7/3 Muddy Jim: Supplement: 12 Chapters in Hygiene, circa 1919BOX-FOLDER 7/4 Telegraphic Journal and Electrical Review: v. 7, January–December, 1879BOX-FOLDER 7/5 Twelve Years of the Telephone Pioneers of America, 1923BOX-FOLDER 7/6 Various Aspects of Birth Control, 1928BOX-FOLDER 7/7 Washington Health Rules, 1915BOX-FOLDER 8/1 United States of America v. American Bell Telephone Co. and Emile Berliner, argument of J. J.

Storrow, Esq. for defendants, 1894BOX-FOLDER 8/2 United States of America v. American Bell Telephone Co. and Emile Berliner, argument of J. J.

Storrow, Esq. for defendants, 1894BOX-FOLDER 8/3 United States of America v. American Bell Telephone Co. and Emile Berliner, summary brief

for defendants, 1894BOX-FOLDER 8/4 United States of America v. American Bell Telephone Co. and Emile Berliner, argument of

Frederick P. Fish, for defendants, 1893BOX-FOLDER 8/5 United States of America v. American Bell Telephone Co. and Emile Berliner, v. I, pleadings

and evidence, 1894BOX-FOLDER 9/1 United States of America v. American Bell Telephone Co. and Emile Berliner, v. II, exhibits,

1894BOX-FOLDER 9/2 American Bell Telephone Co. et al, v. the United States of America, memorandum of points

made and references noted in oral argument by counsel for complainant, 1894BOX-FOLDER 9/3 American Bell Telephone Co., Emile Berliner v. the United States of America, brief for

appellants; Appellants reply to appellee’s memorandum; Summary of proceedings, 1895BOX-FOLDER 10/1 American Bell Telephone Co., v. the Overland Telephone Company of New Jersey, 1884BOX-FOLDER 10/2 American Bell Telephone Co., v. the People’s Telephone Company et al, 1884BOX-FOLDER 10/3 Dept. of Interior, United States v. American Bell Telephone, 1887; United States v. American

Bell Telephone, 1885, 1887-1888BOX-FOLDER 10/4 United States v. American Bell Telephone Co., oral argument for Mr. Storrow for the Bell

Company on its demurrer, June, 1887, and oral argument of Mr. Dickerson for the BellCompany, 1888

BOX-FOLDER 10/5 The Telephone Appeals, oral argument of Mr. Dickerson, January 24 to February 8, 1887BOX-FOLDER 10/6 The Telephone Appeals, oral argument of Mr. Storrow on the Drawbaugh defence, January 24

to February 8, 1887BOX-FOLDER 10/7 History of the telephone, James Storrow before the Supreme Court, 1886BOX-FOLDER 10/8 American Bell Telephone Co. v. Sylvanus D. Cushman et al, 1893BOX-FOLDER 11/1 American Bell Telephone Co. v. National Telephone Manufacturing Co., v. Century Telephone

Co. et al,, argument of Frederic H. Betts, 1899BOX-FOLDER 11/2 American Bell Telephone Co. v. National Telephone Manufacturing Co. v. Century Telephone

Co. et al, , brief for complainant, 1899BOX-FOLDER 11/3 American Bell Telephone Co. v. National Telephone Co. Manufacturing Co. et al, argument at

the hearing in support of the defense, by R.S. Taylor, 1899BOX-FOLDER 11/4 American Bell Telephone Co. v. National Telephone Co. Manufacturing Co. et al, brief for

defendants, 1895BOX-FOLDER 11/5 American Bell Telephone Co. v. National Telephone Co. Manufacturing Co. et al, brief for

complainant upon appeal, 1902BOX-FOLDER 11/6 Gramophone Litigation, [1905?]BOX 29 The Electrician, Weekly Journal, v. 4, November 22, 1879, to May 15, 1880BOX 30 Telegraphic Journal and Electrical Review, v. 8, January–December, 1880

Series 5. Catalogs, 1895-18966 folders

Series 4. Books, 1879-1928

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RPA 00842 (box 12)Selected items available online.Series 5 consists of catalogs from 1895 and 1896. Included is an advance list of new records

from May 1895, a supplementary list of records from June 1985, a handwritten list of bandmusic and recitations from July 1895, and a supplemental list of new gramophone recordsfrom June 1896.

BOX-FOLDER 12/1 Berliner Gramophone Co. complete catalogue,BOX-FOLDER 12/2 List of plates, January, 1895BOX-FOLDER 12/2 E. Berliner’s gramophone, 1895BOX-FOLDER 12/2 Advance list of new records, 1895BOX-FOLDER 12/2 Supplementary list of records, 1895BOX-FOLDER 12/2 Supplement list of new gramophone records, 1896

Series 6. Correspondence, 1871-1926, 1946-1955.5 linear feetRPA 00842 (box 12)Selected items available online.This series includes some personal correspondence from Emile Berliner to Jacob Berliner, but

the majority of correspondence pertains to business letters and copies of letters betweenBerliner and J.W. Hyatt, William P. Richards (D.C. Surveyor’s Office), Alfred C. Clark,James Rush Marshall, and others. This series is arranged in chronological order.

BOX-FOLDER 12/3 1870-1871BOX-FOLDER 12/4 1881-1887BOX-FOLDER 12/5 1888-1889BOX-FOLDER 12/6 1890-1896BOX-FOLDER 12/7 1905-May, 1922BOX-FOLDER 12/8 July 1922-1928BOX-FOLDER 12/9 October 1926-November 6, 1926, undatedBOX-FOLDER 12/10 November 7, 1926-November 24, 1926, undatedBOX-FOLDER 12/11 1946, 1955, undatedBOX-FOLDER 12/12 Louise Berliner Frank King’s family tree research

Series 7. Journals and Diaries, 1889-1907.5 linear feetRPA 00843 (box 13)Selected items available online.Series 7 includes copies of Cora Berliner’s journal of her family’s trip to Germany in 1889 and

Joseph Sander’s diaries from 1906 and 1907.

BOX-FOLDER 13/1 Journal of Cora A. Berliner, 1889-1890Includes copies.

BOX-FOLDER 13/2 Joseph Sanders’s diary, 1906BOX-FOLDER 13/3 Joseph Sanders’s diary, 1907BOX-FOLDER 13/4 Unidentified diary, undated

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RPA 00843 (box 13)Selected items available online.This series contains a variety of materials, including a 1927 report on the activities of the

Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis of the District of Columbia; copies of sheetmusic for the “Columbian Anthem,” which was written by Berliner; invitations; awardcertificates; and programs.

BOX-FOLDER 13/5 Report, Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis of the District of Columbia, 1927-1929BOX-FOLDER 13/5 Sheet music, invitations, award certificates, programs, 1896-1930BOX-FOLDER 13/6 Promotional materials for the Celotex Company, 1925

Series 9. Notes and Papers, 1977-1928.5 linear feetRPA 00843 (box 13)Selected items available online.Series 9 contains notes made by Emile Berliner on many of the inventions and experiments he

was working on during his lifetime. These include the electric telescope, organophone,batteries, broken-point microphone, a siphoning gas jet, and producing a tremolo (tremoloon a violin). The series also contains copies of a tribute to Berliner on his birthday from theboard of directors of the Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, essays, speeches,and legal documents. Researchers will find a handwritten statement by Berliner describinghis preferred funeral arrangements.

BOX-FOLDER 13/7 Notes on experiments, including electric telescope, broken-point microphone, gas jet, battery,and violin, 1877-1884

BOX-FOLDER 13/8 Experiment log and notes on experiments, including batteries, candle, light through electrolyteand magnetic field, and final development of the Blake transmitter, 1884-1923

BOX-FOLDER 13/9 Birthday tribute to Emile Berliner on his 75th birthday, publicity for Berliner’s acoustic cementcells, and Berliner’s funeral preferences, 1926-1928

BOX-FOLDER 13/10 Agreement between Joseph and Jacob Berliner, the Bell-Berliner system since 1879, a poem inGerman, an essay on the magnetic receiver, and a eulogy for Berliner

BOX-FOLDER 13/11 “Wonders,” an essay describing the wonders found in everyday occurrences of scientificprinciples, 1897

BOX-FOLDER 13/12 Legal documents and notes in German, 1887-1891

Series 10. Pamphlets, 1890-1929, 1951, undated.5 linear feetRPA 00844 (box 14)Selected items available online.This series contains copies of pamphlets describing the operating directions for the motor

gramophone, the history of the gramophone, promotional pamphlets for the gramophoneand acoustical tile, reports on installing acoustic tile at Drexel Institute, the microphone,and promotion of the Berliner biography by Frederic William Wile.

BOX-FOLDER 14/1 GramophoneBOX-FOLDER 14/2 AcousticsBOX-FOLDER 14/3 Microphone

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BOX-FOLDER 14/4 Telephone almanac, 1951

Series 11. Patents, 1879-1909.5 linear feetRPA 00844 (box 14)Selected items available online.Copies of patents in this series include improvements in electrical contact telephones, designs

for carpeting, improvements to telephone transmitters, gramophone improvements, floorcoverings, apparatus for producing sound records, and Joseph Berliner’s improvements inconnection with vulcanizers and other apparatus. Researchers will find copies of patentsheld by other inventors, such as Fay Oscar Farwell, Sumner Tainter, Gavin Chapman,Byron Goldsmith, Charles Francis Jenkins, as well as many others.

BOX-FOLDER 14/5 1879-1900BOX-FOLDER 14/6 1900-1909BOX-FOLDER 14/7 Gramophone, 1887-1898BOX-FOLDER 14/8 Other patent holders, A-FBOX-FOLDER 14/9 Other patent holders, G-Z

Series 12. Photographs, 1871-1965, undated2 linear feetRPA 00845-00847 (boxes 15-17); RPC 00082 (box OS 2)Selected items available online.This series includes copies of formal portraits, Berliner working in his laboratory, family

scenes with Cora Berliner and other family members, the staff of U.S. Gramophone Co.,and others. There are also photographs of gramophones; Berliner’s factory in Hanover,Germany; microphones; acoustic tiles; the Technical Institute (Technische Hochschule inHanover); the auditorium in the Oyster School, Washington, D.C.; the Berliner House at1458 Columbia Road; and many others. Included is a photograph album, circa 1918-1923,of 56 photographs. Photographs are black and white; sizes are 10 x 13 inches and smaller.

BOX-FOLDER 15/1 1872-1926BOX-FOLDER 15/2 1872-1926BOX-FOLDER 15/3 1881-1926BOX-FOLDER 15/4 undatedBOX-FOLDER 15/5 1875, 1895, undatedBOX-FOLDER 15/6 1875-1907, undatedBOX-FOLDER 15/7 1927, undatedBOX-FOLDER 16/1 Photograph album, circa 1918-1923BOX-FOLDER 16/2 1912-1932, undatedBOX-FOLDER 16/3 1912, 1915, 1924, undatedBOX-FOLDER 16/4 1910-1927, undatedBOX-FOLDER 16/5 1900-1950, undatedBOX-FOLDER 16/6 1920, 1932, undatedBOX-FOLDER 16/7 1915–1924, undatedBOX-FOLDER 16/8 1910-1965, undatedBOX-FOLDER 16/9 1910-1932, undatedBOX-FOLDER 17/1 1876, 1894, 1920, undatedBOX-FOLDER 17/2 1888, undated

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Series 13. Recordings, circa 1890-1950sExtent: Over 400 sound discs, including zinc, copper, celluloid, rubber, shellac, and vinyl

pressings and masters, in various speeds, and in sizes ranging from 5 to 12 inches indiameter

Scope and Content of Series 13The recorded sound component of the Berliner Collection consists of over four hundred discs.

These include records produced by the Berliner Gramophone Company from the mid-1890sto 1900, unpublished and experimental records, some metal discs that may be stampers ormothers, a number of recordings made for private use, a selection of electronically recordedVictor 78 rpm records, and a number of other commercially released 78s and LPs. Thepublished Berliner records represent one of the first successful attempts to mass-market andcommercially distribute popular sound recordings.

The online Library of Congress presentation of Emile Berliner materials, entitled "EmileBerliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry," features approximately 100 soundrecordings that have been converted to Broadcast WAVE and Real Audio streaming digitalfiles. Most of the digitized discs date from the 1870s to the early 1930s, although there area few items from as late as 1956. Each of those discs is briefly described in this series andlinks are provided to the online digital files for listening.

More detailed information about the Berliner Collection sound discs, along with other Berlinerrecordings acquired separately from the collection, can be found in the Library of CongressOnline Catalog.

DISC Berliner 0559 Adeste fidelesPublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1899.1 sound disc : analog, 63.8 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 0559Unidentified chimes performer.Recorded at an unknown location, Sept. 29, 1899.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00582441Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 1216 Adios a MexicoPublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, [189-]1 sound disc : analog, 69 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 1216Arthur B. Adamini, tenor; with piano acc.

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Autograph of Adamini inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00579679Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 0504 Admiral Dewey marchPublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1899.Composer: Santelmann, William H. (William Henry), 1863-1932.1 sound disc : analog, 66.4 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 0504Performed by the United States Marine Band; William H. Santelmann, conductor.Recorded at an unknown location, Sept. 20, 1899.Autograph of Santelmann (conductor) inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99391883Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 1113 Africana.Published: New York : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1898.Composer: Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864.1 sound disc : analog, 70.3 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 1113Alberto del Campo, baritone; piano acc.Recorded in New York, N.Y., June 6, 1898.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00579596Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 051 AmericaPublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1899.1 sound disc : analog, 69 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 051George J. Gaskin, tenor; piano acc.Recorded at an unknown location, Apr. 5, 1899.Autograph of Gaskin inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99471447Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 097 Auction sale, household goodsPublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1899.1 sound disc : analog, 62 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 097Len Spencer, speaker.Recorded at an unknown location, Apr. 29, 1899.Autograph of Spencer inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99470280Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 1220 Z Ay chiquitaPublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, [189-]Composer: Yradier, Sebastián, 1809-1865.1 sound disc : analog, 70 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 1220 ZArthur B. Adamini, tenor; with piano acc.Autograph of Adamini inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00579680Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 3662 Z Bobolink

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Published: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone. 1898.Composer: Bischoff, J. W. (John W.), 1850-1909.1 sound disc : analog, 67.5 rpm, mono. ; 8 1/2 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 3662 ZVirginia Powell Goodwin, soprano; piano acc.Recorded at an unknown location, Mar. 1898.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99391880Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 4159 Can you then love anotherPublished: New York : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1898.Composer: Rieger, William H.1 sound disc : analog, 78.6 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 4159S. Mantia, euphonium; piano acc.Recorded in New York, N.Y., July 25, 1898.Autograph of Mantia inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00580015Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 1243 Z CarambaPublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, [189-]1 sound disc : analog, between 66 and 72 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 1243 ZArthur B. Adamini, tenor; with piano acc.Autograph of Adamini inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00579681Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 3257 The carnival of VenicePublished: New York : E. Berliner's Gramophone, [189-]Composer: Benedict, Julius, 1804-1885.1 sound disc : analog, between 66 and 72 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 3257Charles P. Lowe, xylophone.Recorded in New York, N.Y., date unknown.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00579653Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 3900 Y Carnival of VenicePublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, [189-]Composer: Benedict, Julius, 1804-1885.1 sound disc : analog, 70.5 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 3900 YJean Moeremans, saxophone; piano acc.Autograph of Moeremans inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00579655Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 629 Y Casey as doctorPublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1897.Composer: Hunting, Russell.1 sound disc : analog, between 66 and 72 rpm, mono. ; 8 1/2 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 629 YRussell Hunting, speaker.


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DISC Berliner 608 Z Casey's address to the G.A.R.Published: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, [189-]1 sound disc : analog, between 66 and 72 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 608 ZJohn Terrell, speaker.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99390175Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 608 Casey's address to the G.A.R.Published: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1898.1 sound disc : analog, between 66 and 72 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 608John Terrell, speaker.Recorded at an unknown location, June 1898.Autograph of Terrell inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99391991Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 4808 Z La cinquantainePublished: [United States] : Berliner's Gramophone, [189-]1 sound disc : analog, 74 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: Berliner's Gramophone 4808 ZDorothy Hoyle, violin; piano acc.Autograph of Dorothy Hoyle inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00580049Online digital audio.

DISC NCPB 1100 Col. Lawley's salvation chorusesPublished: Washington, D.C. : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1898.1 sound disc : analog, 64.5 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 2002John Lawley, tenor; piano acc.Recorded in Washington, D.C., Feb. 12, 1898.Autograph of Lawley inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00582513Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 0792 Columbia, gem of the oceanPublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1899.Composer: Shaw, David T.1 sound disc : analog, 69 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 0792Florence Hayward, soprano; piano acc.Recorded at an unknown location, Dec. 8, 1899.Autograph of Hayward inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00579999Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 4288 Columbian anthemPublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, [189-]Composer: Berliner, Emile, 1851-1929.1 sound disc : analog, 70.5 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.


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Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 4288Performed by the Haydn Quartet.Autograph of S.H. Dudley (baritone and manager) inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99471400Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 79 Z The Crack regimentPublished: New York : E. Berliner's Gramophone, [189-]Composer: Tobani, Theo. M. (Theodore Moses), 1855-1933.1 sound disc : analog, 65.2 rpm, mono. ; 8 1/2 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 79 ZPerformed by Sousa's Band.Recorded in New York, N.Y., date unknown.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99390390Online digital audio.

DISC NCPB 1102 Dem skona AdlaidaPublished: New York : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1898.1 sound disc : analog, 63 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 2976William Mattson, baritone; piano acc.Recorded in New York, N.Y., May 28, 1898.Autograph of Mattsson inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00582515Online digital audio.

DISC NCPB 1063 Eli Green's cake walkPublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1898.Composer: Koninsky, Sadie.1 sound disc : analog, 71 rpm, mono. ; 8 1/2 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 485Cullen and Collins, banjo duo.Recorded at an unknown location, May 1898.Autographs of Cullen and Collins inscribed on zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99390034Online digital audio.

DISC DLC 284-2017 Emile Berliner to his grandson Bobby Frank, 1924-09-031 sound disc : analog, approx. 75 rpm, mono. ; 10 in.Unpublished Victor pressing.Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 0596 Fantaisie variéePublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1899.Composer: Bruniau, A.1 sound disc : analog, 66 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 0596Jacques L. van Poucke, clarinet; piano acc.recorded at an unknown location, Oct. 12, 1899.Autograph of Jacques van Poucke inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99391455Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 648 Y A few words in regard to drinkingPublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, [189-]1 sound disc : analog, between 66 and 72 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.


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Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 648 YJohn Terrell, speaker.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99390286Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 1305 Fille de Madame Angot.Published: New York : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1898.Composer: Lecocq, Charles, 1832-1918.1 sound disc : analog, 65 rpm, mono. ; 8 1/2 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 1305Laure Libra, soprano; piano acc.Recorded in New York, N.Y., June 11, 1898.Autograph of Libra inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00579609Online digital audio.

DISC NCPB 1052 Funicoli funicola [sic]Published: New York : E. Berliner's Gramophone, [189-]Composer: Denza, Luigi.1 sound disc : analog, between 66 and 72 rpm, mono. ; 8 1/2 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 119Performed by Banda Rossa.Recorded in New York N.Y., date unknown.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99390493Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 0260 The garden of flowersPublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1899.1 sound disc : analog, 66.4 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 0260S. Mantia, euphonium; piano acc.Recorded at an unknown location, June 12, 1899.Autograph of Mantia inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00580068Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 3665 Che giojaPublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1898.1 sound disc : analog, 68.5 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 3665Virgina Powell Goodwin, soprano; piano acc.Recorded at an unknown location, Mar. 1898.Autograph of Goodwin inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00579663Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 4804 Z Hearts and flowersPublished: [United States] : Berliner's Gramophone, 1899.Composer: Tobani, Theo. M. (Theodore Moses), 1855-1933.1 sound disc : analog, 67 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: Berliner's Gramophone 4804 ZC. de Arth, violin; piano acc.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00580052Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 01049 Hej mazury: Polish song no. 8.


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Published: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1900.1 sound disc : analog, between 66 and 72 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 01049Mr. Torowicz, tenor; with piano acc.Recorded at an unknwon location, Mar. 3, 1900.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00580025Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 05 Hello, ma babyPublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1899.Composer: Howard, Joseph E. (Joseph Edgar), 1878-1961.1 sound disc : analog, 64.5 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 05Len G. Spencer, baritone; piano accompaniment.Recorded at an unknown location, Apr. 15, 1899.Autograph of Spencer inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99470294Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 563 Her golden hair was hanging down her backPublished: New York : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1896.Composer: McGlennon, Felix, 1856-1943.1 sound disc : analog, between 66 and 72 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 563Maud Foster, contralto; piano acc.Recorded in New York, N.Y., Jan. 30, 1896.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99389699Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 0306 Hold the fort: gospel hymn.Published: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1899.Composer: Bliss, P. P. (Philip Paul), 1838-1876.1 sound disc : analog, 67.5 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 0306Len Spencer, baritone; piano acc.Recorded at an unknown location, June 30, 1899.Autograph of Spencer inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99470814Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 337 X Home, sweet homePublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1898.Composer: Bishop, Henry R. (Henry Rowley), 1786-1855.1 sound disc : analog, between 66 and 72 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 337 XAugust P. Stengler, clarinet; piano accompaniment.Recorded at an unknown location, Nov. 2, 1898.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99391306Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 0173 Home, sweet homePublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1899.Composer: Bishop, Henry R. (Henry Rowley), 1786-1855.1 sound disc : analog, between 66 and 72 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 0173


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Unidentified chimes.Recorded at an unknown location, Sept. 15, 1899.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00580085Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 257 Hooneymoon [sic] marchPublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, [189-]Composer: Rosey, Geo. (George)1 sound disc : analog, 62.5 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 257Performed by an unidentified pianist.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99390912Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 527 Z A hot time in the old townPublished: Washington, D.C. : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1897.Composer: Metz, Theodore A., 1848-1936.1 sound disc : analog, 70.5 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 527 ZDan W. Quinn, tenor; piano acc.Recorded in Washington, D.C., May 17, 1897.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99389645Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 0495 Les HuguenotsPublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1899.Composer: Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864.1 sound disc : analog, between 72 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 0495Bernard Bégué, baritone; piano acc.Recorded at an unknown location, Sept. 16, 1899.Autograph of Bégué inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00582422Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 178 I don't want to play in your yardPublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1895.Composer: Petrie, H. W. (Henry W.), 1857-1925.1 sound disc : analog, 66.5 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.George J. Gaskin, tenor; piano acc.Recorded at an unknown location, Oct. 29, 1895.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99390612Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 0341 I love her just the samePublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1899.1 sound disc : analog, 66.5 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 0341S.H. Dudley, baritone; piano acc.Recorded at an unknown location, July 15, 1899.Autograph of Dudley inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99470328Online digital audio.


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DISC Berliner 6013 Ingersoll at the tomb of NapoleonPublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone. 1898.Composer: Ingersoll, Robert Green, 1833-1899.1 sound disc : analog, 72.5 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 6013W.F. Hooley, speaker.Recorded at an unknown location, Sept. 21, 1898.Autograph of Hooley inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99470807Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 3446 Jigs and reelsPublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, [189-]1 sound disc : analog, 65.1 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 3446Marie McNeil, cornet; piano acc.Autograph of McNeil inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00579641Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 0323 Just as the sun went downPublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1899.Composer: Udall, Lyn.1 sound disc : analog, 69 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 0323Edna Florence, soprano; piano acc.Recorded at an unknown location, July 11, 1899.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99470815Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 1302 Y Laughing songPublished: Philadelphia, Pa. : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1896.Composer: Jones, Sidney, 1861-1946.1 sound disc : analog, between 66 and 72 rpm, mono. ; 8 1/2 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 1302 YMaurice Farkoa, tenor; piano acc.Recorded in Philadelphia, Pa., May 8, 1896.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99471434Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 6012 Lincoln's speech at GettysburgPublished: New York : E. Berliner's Gramophone. 1898.Composer: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.1 sound disc : analog, 72.5 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 6012W.F. Hooley, speaker.Recorded in New York, N.Y., Sept. 21, 1898.Autograph of Hooley inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99392021Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 1233 Los lindos ojosPublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, [189-]1 sound disc : analog, between 66 and 72 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 1233


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Eugenie M. Ferrer, soprano; piano acc.Autograph of Ferrer inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00579667Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 0607 The little speranzaPublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1899.1 sound disc : analog, 66.5 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 0607Jean Moeremans, saxophone; piano acc.Recorded at an unknown location, Oct. 13, 1899.Autograph of Moeremans inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00579991Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 0895 The Lord is my shepherdPublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, [190-]1 sound disc : analog, 69 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 0895Harry Macdonough, tenor; Florence Hayward, soprano; piano acc.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00582493Online digital audio.

DISC NCPB 1104 MalinPublished: New York : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1898.1 sound disc : analog, between 66 and 72 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 2979William Mattson, baritone; piano acc.Recorded in New York, N.Y., May 28, 1898.Autograph of Mattsson inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00582517Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 0928 The man behind the gunPublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1900.1 sound disc : analog, 71 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 0928S.H. Dudley, baritone; piano acc.Recorded at an unknown location, Feb. 27, 1900.Autograph of Dudley inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00580059Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 149 Y Manhattan Beach marchPublished: Washington, D.C. : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1897.Composer: Sousa, John Philip, 1854-1932.1 sound disc : analog, between 66 and 72 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 149 YPerformed by an unidentified military band.Recorded in Washington, D.C., Apr. 24, 1897.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99391346Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 0913 Medley quadrille: with figures called.Published: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, [190-]1 sound disc : analog, 68.8 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.


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Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 0913Performed by the Metropolitan Orchestra.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00582502Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 0146 The mocking birdPublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 18991 sound disc : analog, between 66 and 72 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 0146Harry Taft, whistler ; piano accompaniment.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99470283Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 401 Y Morning on the farmPublished: Washington, D.C. : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1897.Composer: Wood, N. R.1 sound disc : analog, between 66 and 72 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 401 YN.R. Wood, vocals.Recorded in Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 1897.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99389816Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 401 X Morning on the farmPublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1896.Composer: Wood, N. R.1 sound disc : analog, between 66 and 72 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 401 XN.R. Wood, vocals.Recorded at an unknown location, Feb. 15, 1896.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99389823Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 401 Morning on the farmPublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1898.Composer: Wood, N. R.1 sound disc : analog, between 66 and 72 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 401N.R. Wood, vocals.Recorded at an unknown location, Nov. 1898.Autograph of Wood inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99391913Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 4800 Musin mazurkaPublished: New York : Berliner's Gramophone, 1898.1 sound disc : analog, 66.5 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: Berliner's Gramophone 4800Jennie Hoyle, violin; piano acc.Recorded in New York, N.Y., July 26, 1898.Autograph of Jennie Hoyle inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00580050Online digital audio.


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DISC Berliner 175 YY My old Kentucky homePublished: New York : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1897.Composer: Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864.1 sound disc : analog, 61.1 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 175 YYEdward M. Favor, tenor; piano acc.Recorded in New York, N.Y., June 30, 1897.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99390593Online digital audio.

DISC NCPB 1098 My sins rose as high as a mountainPublished: Washington, D.C. : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1898.1 sound disc : analog, between 66 and 72 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 2000John Lawley, tenor; piano acc.Recorded in Washington, D.C., Feb. 12, 1898.Autograph of Lawley inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00582507Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 233 Y National fantasiePublished: New York : E. Berliner's Gramophone, [189-]1 sound disc : analog, 62.1 rpm, mono. ; 8 1/2 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 233 YWilliam Paris Chambers, cornet; piano acc.Recorded in New York, N.Y., date unknown.Autograph of Chambers inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99390816Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 1731 Z Never did the same thing twicePublished: New York : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1898.Composer: McGlennon, Felix, 1856-1943.1 sound disc : analog, between 75.5 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 1731 ZDan W. Quinn, tenor; piano acc.Recorded in New York, N.Y., Mar. 31, 1898.Autograph of Quinn inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99391497Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 8018 Z Ocean breezesPublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, [189-]Composer: Herbert, Victor, 1859-1924.1 sound disc : analog, 67.6 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 8018 ZVictor Herbert's 22nd Regiment Band ; Otto Schneiber, conductor.Autograph of Otto Schneiber inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00582447Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 301 Z Old folks at homePublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1898.Composer: Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864.1 sound disc : analog, 62.5 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.


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Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 301 ZAugust P. Stengler, clarinet; piano acc.Recorded at an unknown location, Nov. 2, 1898.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99390914Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 697 On hopePublished: New York : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1897.Composer: Ingersoll, Robert Green, 1833-1899.1 sound disc : analog, 77 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 697Robert G. Ingersoll, speaker.Recorded in New York, Dec. 31, 1897.Autograph of Ingersoll inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99390161Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 3428 On the banks of the WabashPublished: New York : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1898.Composer: Dresser, Paul, 1858-1906.1 sound disc : analog, 63 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 3428Arthur Pryor, trombone; Henry Higgins, cornet.Recorded in New York, N.Y., Mar. 28, 1899.Autographs of Pryor and Higgins inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00579612Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 65 Orange blossomsPublished: New York : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1897.Composer: Pryor, Arthur, 1870-1942.1 sound disc : analog, 64.1 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 65Performed by Sousa's Band.Recorded in New York, N.Y., Aug. 18, 1898.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99390384Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 334 Original schottischePublished: New York : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1897.1 sound disc : analog, 62.5 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 334Joseph Norrito, clarinet; piano acc.Recorded in New York, N.Y., Aug. 3, 1897.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99391301Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 0297 The palmsPublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1899.Composer: Faure, J. (Jean), 1830-1914.1 sound disc : analog, 70 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 0297F. Giannini, tenor; piano acc.Recorded at an unknown location, June 28, 1899.Autograph of Giannini inscribed in zinc master.


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DISC Berliner 0598 Polka variataPublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1899.1 sound disc : analog, 66 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 0598Jean B.H. Moeremans, saxophone; Jacques L. van Poucke, clarinet; piano acc.Autographs of Moeremans and Poucke inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00582445Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 1466 Z Pomona waltzPublished: New York : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1897.Composer: Waldteufel, Emil, 1837-1915.1 sound disc : analog, 62.5 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 1466 ZPerformed by an unidentified orchestra.Recorded in New York, N.Y., July 1, 1897.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00582438Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 3251 Z Pretty little dark blue eyesPublished: New York : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1897.1 sound disc : analog, between 66 and 72 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 3251 ZCharles P. Lowe, xylophone; piano acc.Recorded in New York, N.Y., Oct. 12, 1897.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00580016Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 159 ZZ Private Tommy AtkinsPublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1898.1 sound disc : analog, 69.7 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 159 ZZJohn Terrell, baritone; piano acc.Recorded at an unknown location, Oct. 20, 1898.Autograph of Terrell inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99390583Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 365 PunchinelloPublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1894.1 sound disc : analog, 69 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 365Grace McCulloch, soprano; piano acc.LC copy is an experimental double-sided disc, using two Berliner commercial matrixes.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00582532Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 1464 Z Rendez vous valsePublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, [189-]1 sound disc : analog, 69.8 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 1464 ZPerformed by the Metropolitan Orchestra.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/99470803


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Published: New York : E. Berliner's Gramophone, [189-]Composer: Hastings, Thomas, 1784-1872.1 sound disc : analog, 67 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 917 XAlbert C. Campbell, tenor ; piano accompaniment.Recorded in New York, N.Y., date unknown.Autograph of Campbell inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00582477Online digital audio.

DISC Berliner 1617 W Santa LuciaPublished: [United States] : E. Berliner's Gramophone, 1898.1 sound disc : analog, 69.8 rpm, mono. ; 7 in.Original issue number: E. Berliner's Gramophone 1617 WFerruccio Giannini, tenor; with piano.Recorded at an unknown location, Nov. 1898.Autograph of Giannini inscribed in zinc master.LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/00579622Online digital audio.

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