Finding Aid for Natalia M Belting Sound Recording Collection, 1902-1911 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

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Collection Overview

Title: Natalia M Belting Sound Recording Collection, 1902-1911Add to your cart.

ID: 12/9/106

Primary Creator: Belting, Natalia Maree (1915-1997)

Extent: 2.5 cubic feet

Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by title.

Date Acquired: 05/12/1992

Subjects: Bands, Folk music, Vaudeville songs -- United States

Formats/Genres: Sound Recordings

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Consists of fifty-two 2- and 4-minute Edison cylinders commercially produced recordings from the Edison Standard, Edison Gold Moulded, and Edison Amberol labels recorded ca. 1902 to 1911, and an Edison Standard Phonograph cylinder player, ca. 1905. Four general categories of recordings are represented: 1) Vaudevilles/Comic songs, 2) Orchestral music (to include solo vocal and instrumental selections with orchestral accompaniment), 3) Folk/Country and Old-Time Music, and 4) Band/Instrumental music. A collection of original casings for the cylinders has been retained although the case markings do not coincide with the contents of the cylinders which were housed therein.

Biographical Note

Natalia Maree Belting was born on July 11, 1915 in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Her parents encouraged her to read, and she wrote her first book at age six. She received a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana in 1936, and went on to earn a master's degree and Ph.D. in American history (1940) from the same institution. She taught history at her alma mater from 1942 until her retirement. She became an associate professor in 1973, and retired as a full professor. She studied and wrote about the history of Native Americans and early French colonizers in Illinois. This research formed the basis of her first children's book, Pierre of Kaskaskia, as well as her third book, In Enemy Hands. Indy and Mr. Lincoln, and Verity Mullens and the Indian were also based on historical incidents. For the most part though, Belting adapted myths and folktales for young readers. Focusing on a single theme, such as "little people" (Elves and Ellefolk) or the sun (The Sun Is a Golden Earring), Belting usually included ten to twenty myths from around the world. In 1962, The Sun Is a Golden Earring, with illustrations by Bernarda Bryson, was a Caldecott Medal honor book. Throughout her adult life, Belting was active in community affairs, and preached occasionally at Presbyterian churches. As of 1996, she was a professor emerita and still living in Urbana, Illinois.

Subject/Index Terms

Bands
Folk music
Vaudeville songs -- United States

Administrative Information

Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Acquisition Source: Natalia M. Belting

Acquisition Method: Gift

Related Materials:

Natalia M. Belting Papers, 1943-1997

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Box and Folder Listing


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Box 1Add to your cart.
Item 1: Band Genee Waltzes from the Soul Kiss, 1904Add to your cart.
Edison Standard Record: 997, 2-minute cylinder
Composer: Root, George F. (George Frederick), 1820-1895
Perfomer: Harlan, Byron G.
Perfomer: Stanley, Frank C., 1868-1910
Item 2: Battle Cry of Freedom, 1904Add to your cart.
Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8805, 2-minute cylinder
Composer: Root, George F. (George Frederick), 1820-1895
Performer: Harlan, Byron G.
Performer: Stanley, Frank C., 1868-1910
Item 3: Black and White Rag, 1909Add to your cart.
Edison Standard Record: 10047, 2-minute cylinder
Composer: Botsford, George 1874-1949
Performer: American Symphony Orchestra (West Orange, N.J.)
Perfomer: Jones, Ada
Perfomer: Murray, Billy
Item 4: Blue Feather, 1909Add to your cart.
Edison Standard Record: 10162, 2-minute cylinder
Composer: Morse, Theodore F., 1873-1924
Composer: Mahoney, Jack, 1882-1945
Performer: Jones, Ada
Performer: Murray, Billy
Item 5: Comic Irish Song, Every mother's son there sang, 1908Add to your cart.
Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9046, 2-minute cylinder
Composer: Hollander, Joe
Perfomer: Favor, Edward M., 1856-1936
Item 6: Coon Song Dat Friend of Mine, ca. 1900Add to your cart.
Edison Standard Record: 9740, 2-minute cylinder
Composer: Helf, J. Fred
Perfomer: Meeker, Edward, 1874-1937
Perfomer: Moran, Eddie, b. 1871
Item 7: Father is a Judge, 1909Add to your cart.
Edison Standard Record: 10043, 2-minute cylinder
Composer: Helf, J. Fred
Performer: Meeker, Edward, 1874-1937
Performer: Moran, Eddie, b. 1871
Item 8: Flanagan's New Year's Call, 1908Add to your cart.
Edison Record: 9966
Performer: Porter, Steve
Item 9: Flanagan's Shopping Tour, 1908Add to your cart.
Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9929, 2-minute cylinder
Performer: Porter, Steve, 1864-1936
Perfomer: New York Military Band
Item 10: God be with you till we meet again, 1906Add to your cart.
Edison Record: 9199
Composer: Tomer, William 1833-1896
Perfomer: Anthony, Harry, 1870-1954
Perfomer: Harrison, James F.
Item 11: Good evening, Caroline, 1909Add to your cart.
Edison Standard Record: 10038, 2-minute cylinder
Composer: Tilzer, Albert von
Performer: Murray, Billy
Perfomer: Norworth, Jack
Item 12: Jum Lawson's Horse Trade, 1907Add to your cart.
Edison Standard Record: 10070, 2-minute cylinder
Performer: Steward, Cal 1856-1919
Box 2Add to your cart.
Item 1: Jubilee Minstrels, 1908Add to your cart.
Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9953, 2-minute cylinder
Performer: Edison Minstrels
Item 2: Just As I Am, 1908Add to your cart.
Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9981, 2-minute cylinder
Composer: Bradbury, William B. 1816-1868
Performer: Anthony, Harry
Performer: Harrison, James F.
Item 3: A Lemon in the Garden of Love, 1908Add to your cart.
Edison Gold Moulded record: 9462
Composer: Composer: Carle, Richard, 1871-1941
Performer: Murray, Billy
Performer: Harrison, James F.
Item 4: Let Me Write What I Never Dared to Tell, 1906Add to your cart.
Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9250, 2-minute cylinder
Composer: Rosenfeld, Monroe H.
Performer: Harlan, Byron G.
Item 5: Let's Go Into a Picture Show, 1909Add to your cart.
Edison Standard Record: 10269, 2-minute cylinder
Composer: Tilzer, Albert Von
Performer: Harlan, Byron G.
Performer: McCree, Junie, 1865-1918
Item 6: Love's Magic Spell, 1909Add to your cart.
Edison Standard Record: 10051, 2-minute cylinder
Composer: Meacham, F. W.
Performer: Benzler, Albert
Performer: McCree, Junie, 1865-1918
Item 7: Medley of National Airs, 1904Add to your cart.
Edison Gold Moulded Record: 1904, 2-minute cylinder
Performer: U.S. Marine Fife and Drum Corps
Item 8: Mockingbird, The, 1902Add to your cart.
Edison Blue Amberol 8099, 4-minute cylinder
Composer: Winner, Septimus, 1827-1902
Performer: D'Almaine, Charles, 1871-1943
Item 9: National Fantasia, 1903Add to your cart.
Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8482, 2-minute cylinder
Performer: Kryl, Bohumir, 1875-1961
Item 10: Nearer My God to Thee, 1902Add to your cart.
Edison Gold Moulded Record: 7267
Composer: Mason, Lowell 1792-1872
Performer: Edison Male Quartet
Item 11: Old Daddy Peg Leg Two-Step, 1908Add to your cart.
Edison: 9948, 2-minute cylinder
Composer: Whitney, Howard
Performer: New York Military Band
Item 12: Pat O'Brien's Automobile, 1908Add to your cart.
Edison Gold Moulded Record: 10041, 2-minute cylinder
Performer: Porter, Steve
Box 3Add to your cart.
Item 1: Patrol of the Scouts, 1908Add to your cart.
Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9960, 2-minute cylinder
Composer: Boccalari, Eduardo 1859-1921
Performer: Edison Symphony Orchestra
Item 2: Paulina, Otto and Fido, 1909Add to your cart.
Edison Standard Record: 9820, 2-minute cylinder
Performer: Jones, Ada
Performer: Spencer, Len, 1867-1914
Item 3: Policeman O'Reilly on Duty, 1909Add to your cart.
Edison Amberol: 4-M 909, 2-minute cylinder
Performer: Porter, Steve, 1864-1936
Item 4: Rainbow, 1909Add to your cart.
Edison Standard Record: 10049, 2-minute cylinder
Creator: Wenrich, Percy 1887-1952
Performer: Jones, Ada
Performer: Murray, Billy
Item 5: Reels and Walk Arounds, 1908Add to your cart.
Edison Amberol: 42, 4-minute cylinder
Performer: Moeslein, Leopold
Performer: Meeker, Edward, 1874-1937
Item 6: Rock Me to Sleep, Mother, 1908Add to your cart.
Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9743, 2-minute cylinder
Composer: Leslie, Ernest 1829-1901
Performer: Edison Male Quartette
Item 7: Safe in the Arms of Jesus, 1902Add to your cart.
Edison Gold Moulded Record: 1539, 2-minute cylinder
Composer: Doane, W. Howard (William Howard), 1832-1915
Performer: Macdonough, Harry, 1871-1931
Item 8: Sim & Sam, the Musical Coons, 1908Add to your cart.
Edison 2 Minute Cylinder 8829
Performer: Spencer, Len, 1867-1914
Performer: Mozarto
Item 9: Schoolmates, 1908Add to your cart.
Edison Standard Record: 10151, 2-minute cylinder
Composer: Edwards, Gus, 1879-1945
Performer: Gardenier, Ed
Performer: Harlan, Byron G.
Item 10: Shall We Meet Beyond the River, 1906Add to your cart.
Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9356
Creator: Rice, Elihu S.
Performer: Anthony, Harry, 1870-1954
Performer: Harrison, James F.
Item 11: Sidewalk Conversation, 1908Add to your cart.
Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9840, 2-minute cylinder
Perfomer: Meeker, Edward
Perfomer: Harrison, James F.
Item 12: Starlight Maid, 1908Add to your cart.
Edison Record: 9938
Creator: Klein, Manuel 1876-1919
Performer: Murray, Billy and chorus
Box 4Add to your cart.
Item 1: Sweet Jessie Dear, 1907Add to your cart.
Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9595, 2-minute cylinder
Performer: Edison Mixed Quartet
Composer: Fontelle, Jean
Item 2: The Teddy Bear's Picnic, 1904Add to your cart.
Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9777, 2-minute cylinder
Creator: Bratton, John W. 1867-1947
Performer: Edison Symphony Orchestra
Item 3: That Fussy Rag, 1910Add to your cart.
Edison Standard Record: 10423, 2-minute cylinder
Creator: Smalley, Victor H.
Performer: Long Acre Quartette
Item 4: Uncle Josh at the Dentist's, 1909Add to your cart.
Edison Standard Record: 10131, 2-minute cylinder
Performer: Stewart, Cal 1856-1919
Performer: Spencer, Len, 1867-1914
Item 5: Uncle Josh in a Barber Shop, 1911Add to your cart.
Edison Amberol Record: 9970, 4-minute cylinder
Performer: Stewart, Cal 1856-1919
Item 6: Uncle Josh in Society, 1909Add to your cart.
Edison Record: 10074
Performer: Stuart, Cal
Item 7: Uncle Josh's New Year's Pledge, 1909Add to your cart.
Edison Record: 9942
Performer: Stewart, Cal 1856-1919
Item 8: What a Friend We Have in Jesus, 1902Add to your cart.
Edison Gold Moulded Record: 7014, 2-minute cylinder
Creator: Converse, Charles C. 1832-1918
Performer: Harrison, James F.
Item 9: When Highland Mary Danced the Highland Fling, 1908Add to your cart.
Edison record: 10034
Creator: Tilzer, Harry Von 1872-1946
Performer: Favor, Edward M.
Performer: Mahoney, Jack 1882-1945
Item 10: Where is My Wandering Boy To-night, 1902Add to your cart.
Edison Gold Moulded Record: 1559, 2-minute cylinder
Composer: Lowry, Robert 1826-1899
Performer: Macdonough, Harry
Item 11: Where the Sunset Turns the Ocean's Blue to Gold, 1904Add to your cart.
Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8645, 2-minute cylinder
Composer: Petrie, H. W. 1857-1925
Composer: Buckner, Eva Fern.
Performer: Harlan, Byron G.
Item 12: Willie's got Another Girl Now, 1909Add to your cart.
Edison Standard Record: 10057, 2-minute cylinder
Composer: Pether, Henry E.
Performer: Leigh, Fred W.
Performer: Jones, Ada
Box 5Add to your cart.
Item 1: Yip-i-addy-i-ay!, 1909Add to your cart.
Edison Standard Record: 10094, 2-minute cylinder
Creator: Flynn, John H., 1869-1926
Performer: Collins, Arthur
Perfomer: Cobb, Will D., 1876-1930
Performer: Harlan, Byron G.
Item 2: You Will Have to Sing an Irish Song, 1908Add to your cart.
Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9976, 2-minute cylinder
Composer: Tilzer, Harry Von, 1872-1946
Performer: Jones, Ada
Performer: Norworth, Jack
Item 3: You're As Welcome as the Flowers in May, 1904Add to your cart.
Edison Record: 8767
Composer: Petrie, H. W. 1857-1925
Performer: Stanley, Frank C.
Item 4: You're My Heart's Desire, 1905Add to your cart.
Edison Record: 9013, 2-minute cylinder
Composer: Armstrong, Harry 1879-1951
Performer: Harlan, Byron G.
Performer: Stanley, Frank C.
Item 5: Yip-i-addy-i-ay!, 1909Add to your cart.
Edison Standard Record: 10094, 2-minute cylinder
Creator: Flynn, John H., 1869-1926
Performer: Cobb, Will D., 1876-1930
Performer: Collins, Arthur
Perfomer: Harlan, Byron G.
Item 6: You Will Have to Sing an Irish Song, 1908Add to your cart.
Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9976, 2-minute cylinder
Composer: Tilzer, Harry Von, 1872-1946
Performer: Jones, Ada
Perfomer: Norworth, Jack
Item 7: You're as Welcome as the Flowers in May, 1904Add to your cart.
Edison Record: 8767
Performer: Harlan, Byron G.
Performer: Stanley, Frank C.
Item 8: You're My Heart's Desire, I Love You Nellie Dean, 1905Add to your cart.
Edison Record: 9013, 2-minute cylinder
Composer: Armstrong, Harry 1879-1951
Performer: Harlan, Byron G.
Performer: Stanley, Frank C.

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