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John B. Secrist, Jr.

Series II: Discographic Materials and Collection Notes

(ca. 1941-1958, n.d.), .32 linear feet

Series II consists of notes on Secrist’s record and catalog collections as well as discographies and other biographical information regarding opera singers such as Enrico Caruso, Rosa Ponselle, John McCormack and John Charles Thomas. A notebook containing an inventory of Secrist’s collection arranged by artist is included here as are a variety of lists of recordings and catalogs. Also available in this series are various publications, many of which have been annotated by Secrist, including Julian Morton Moses’s Collectors’ Guide to American Recordings, 1895-1925 (c1949). One folder of song and aria lyrics can also be found here.

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Materials in this series are arranged alphabetically by description.

Discographic Materials and Collection Notes:
Box (Call no.) Folder Title Date
1 (RPA 00xxx) 5 Caruso, Enrico - biography and record lists ca. 1950
1 (RPA 00xxx) 6 Caruso Discography, by John Secrist [typescript and photocopy] ca. 1951
1 (RPA 00xxx) 7 Caruso Discography by John Secrist [printers proofs with introductory page to Caruso: his life in pictures by Francis Robinson] ca. 1957
1(RPA 00xxx) 8 Catalog lists ca. 1951-1958
1(RPA 00xxx) 9-10 Collection inventory notebook, indexed by artist [with one set of photocopies of notebook] ca. 1941-1958
1(RPA 00xxx) 11 The Finest Voices on Record (from the Connoisseurs Record Club), Bulletins 1-3 ca. 1953-1958
1(RPA 00xxx) 12 Collector’s Guide to American Recordings 1895-1925, by Julian Morton Moses, includes Secrist’s hand-written collection note 1949
1(RPA 00xxx) 13 McCormack, John - John McCormack: the complete discography, by L.F.X. McDermott Roe [signed by the author, includes Secrist’s hand-written collection notes 1956
1(RPA 00xxx) 14 McCormack, John - recording lists n.d.
1(RPA 00xxx) 15 Ponselle, Rosa ca. 1953-1958
1(RPA 00xxx) 16 Song and aria lyrics, miscellaneous n.d.
1(RPA 00xxx) 17 Thomas, John - recording list and notes ca. 1948-1958
1(RPA 00xxx) 18 Miscellaneous and unidentified writings and recording lists n.d.

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