There is an index to UCSB's collection of catalogs:
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf0p3004b5/
This version is a couple years out of date, but researchers are always
welcome to email or call if they are looking for something in
particular. We have a more up to date excel spreadsheet that we can email.
David Seubert
On 9/25/2011 10:46 AM, Dick Spottswood wrote:
> Doubt of you'll find catalogs on line, and sorry not to have time for
> extended discussions of topics your questions raise. Have a look at
> Ethnic recordings in America (Library of Congress, 1982) You'll find
> catalogs at LC, NYPL and UC Santa Barbara.
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> [ARSCLIST] How did the recording companies inform the various retail
> outlets about what ethnic recordings they had for sale.
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> Eric Byron
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> I have been trying to figure out how the recording companies informed the
> various retail outlets about what ethnic recordings they had for sale. I
> assume that at least by the 1920s companies, such as Victor and Columbia,
> had catalogues similar to the ones that they issued for their regular
> recordings. In fact, the 1923 Catalogue of Victor Records suggests that if
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> one wants more information on their Hebrew and Italian recordings they
> should look at the Hebrew Catalogue and Italian Catalogue. I have looked
> for
> these catalogues online, but I have not found anything.
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> My questions include the following:
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> How did the companies inform the retail outlets about what they had for
> sale?
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> If they issued catalogues for the various ethnic groups, for which groups
> did they issue the catalogues?
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> When did they start issuing catalogues for anybody and for whom?
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> Most importantly, is it possible to get an ethnic catalogue, if such a
> thing
> existed, from you?
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> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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> Eric Byron
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