I know that for the NBC Symphony NBC ran simultaneous lathes--lots of
them. Perhaps this was considered important enough to have a backup,
but what you suggest makes more sense: that you have copies cut on the
west coast, and LC copies from NYC. Mike B. will have the best
perspective on NBC recording practices of the time. I have yet to
figure out what they recorded and what they didn't save.

I didn't look too closely at the SONIC records. Were all the discs
from the NBC collection at LC? I know that LC has transferred to tape
all NBC lacquers through the mid-1950s. They ought to be all be in
SONIC. But do ask the RSRC folks to send you a copy of a print-out
from the NBC disc inventory microfiche. It should list what was
recorded by NBC, but of course discs could have been lost and/or
broken between that event and their getting to LC in the late 1970s.

Sam




On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Brandon Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thanks Sam.
>
> Looks too like many of them were copied onto reels in the 80's. I wonder if there's a full
> inventory somewhere. And why would we have glass-based discs here at Stanford when
> the NBC collection is at LC? (I realize the meetings were in San Francisco; maybe a few
> different entities were cutting discs at the same time..?)
>
> Sarah and others: Thanks to you too. I'll follow up with those suggestions later in the week..
>
> Brandon
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sam Brylawski" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 11:27:10 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] UN Planning Sessions (1945)
>
> Brandon, I do see a lot of them in LC's SONIC catalog.
>
> Sam
>
> ------------
> Sam Brylawski
> Editor and Project Manager
> Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Recordings
> University of California, Santa Barbara
> http://victor.library.ucsb.edu
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Dave Lewis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Stupid question, Brandon, but have you run into any Alger Hiss on those
>> recordings?
>>
>> David "Uncle Dave" Lewis
>>
>> Assistant Editor, Classical
>>
>> Rovi Corporation
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of ADRIAN COSENTINI
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 2:07 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] UN Planning Sessions (1945)
>>
>> Hi Brandon,
>>
>> Most likely there might be duplicates of those discs in the NBC radio
>> collection at the Library of Congress. There also might be recordings of
>> these at The Paley Center (formally the Museum of Television & Radio) in
>> New York City. Now this is a long shot but there might be copies at The
>> UN.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Adrian
>>
>> --- On Tue, 10/20/09, Brandon Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> From: Brandon Burke <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: [ARSCLIST] UN Planning Sessions (1945)
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 1:39 PM
>>
>> All,
>>
>> We have 146 16" discs of the UN planning sessions in San Francisco,
>> 1945.
>>
>> The ones we've played anyway appear to be NBC radio broadcasts. We're
>> considering these taking on
>> as a new project; first however, I need to know if copies of these
>> recordings exist elsewhere. If so, then
>> we might reconsider or (better) consider partnering with other
>> institutions to get these done in full.
>>
>> Here's a link to our finding aid (such as it is):
>> http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf2f59n5jz/
>>
>> Any info you might have is appreciated.
>>
>>
>> thanks,
>> Brandon
>>
>>
>> --
>> Brandon Burke
>> Archivist for Recorded Sound Collections
>> Hoover Institution Archives
>> Stanford University
>> Stanford, CA 94305-6010
>> vox: 650.724.9711
>> fax: 650.725.3445
>> email: [log in to unmask]
>>
>
>
> --
> Brandon Burke
> Archivist for Recorded Sound Collections
> Hoover Institution Archives
> Stanford University
> Stanford, CA 94305-6010
> vox: 650.724.9711
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> email: [log in to unmask]
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