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JBA2.12
- Record Id:
- 040-003451540
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003451445
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100078367260.0x000060
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- JBA2.12
- Title:
- Books on Bird Recording
- Scope & Content:
- Black and white photograph of Jeffery Boswall recording voice of serin in the Spanish Pyrenees (May 1961), Correspondence to and from: Pete Warham, index cards containing handwritten notes relating to books on bird song recording, colour poster showing the fundamental tones for orchestral instruments (Capitol Records) , information relating to recordings at Cornell Library of Natural Sounds, typed extracts from 'My Woodland Home' by Cherry Kearton (1938), 'Some Terms Used in Describing Bird Voices' by R S Palmer, summary of lecture 'The Availability of Bird Voice Recordings' by Jeffery Boswall (1961), front cover of 'The Tape Recorder' magazine (1961), a list of chapters in 'The Handbook of Bird Sound Recording', 'Did You Hear That? ' article from 'The Listener' magazine (1963), typed list 'Sound Analysis: Terms and Definitions', Radio Times television listings (1962), black and white picture of sound recordists on a boat taken from a BBC publications, magazine article on home stereo equipment (1960s), script for 'Music in Bird Song' (BBC, Natural History Unit, 1961), script for 'Troubles with a Tape Recorder' (BBC, 1961), script for 'The Naturalist' (BBC, 1964), photocopy of an advert for 'The Nightingale' recorded by Beatrice Harrison, handwritten notes on 'Pause Bird', handwritten notes on gramophone records, handwritten list of 'Species Occurring Regularly in the British Isles', handwritten notes 'Getting a Good Signal', 'Experiments with Playback' , 'Field Recording Techniques and Equipment', 'Language of Birds', 'Why Record Bird Voices' and 'The Quality of Recordings' (notes relating to Boswall's book [?]); clipping of cartoon from 'Tape Recorder' magazine. Correspondence to and from: Albert R Brand, R Littlejohns, O W Smith, Tony Soper, Peter Kilham, Dr Ernest A Choate, J Crocker, John Burton, Byrl Kellogg, Mrs A R (Ernestine) Brand, George H Russell, Mrs Southgate Hoyt / Sally Hoyt, Charles Sutherland, Dr N Collias, Mr Otto P Devitt, Professor Ralph S Hosmer, Dr J Bruce Falls, Professor O Hewitt, Mr W John Smith, Editor of Natural History Unit BBC, John Borwick, John Peeling, Mr J D Frisch, Sylvester Judd.
- Collection Area:
- Sound Archive
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003451445
036-003451486
037-003451535
040-003451540 - Is part of:
- JBA : Jeffery Boswall Archive
JBA2 : Records and Publications
JBA2.9 : Dictionary of Birds
JBA2.12 : Books on Bird Recording - Hierarchy:
- 032-003451445[0002]/036-003451486[0004]/037-003451535[0005]/040-003451540
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: JBA
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 folder and 90 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1921
- End Date:
- 1966
- Date Range:
- 1921-1966
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- folder 102
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)