[Detail] Advertisement for Berliner's gramophone. Berliner Gramophone Co. , [1895] About this image
|| About the Collection ||
This collection contains a selection of more than 400 items from the Emile Berliner Papers and 108 Berliner sound recordings from the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Berliner (1851-1929), an immigrant and a largely self-educated man, was responsible for the development of the microphone and the flat recording disc and gramophone player. Although the focus of this online collection is on the gramophone and its recordings, it includes much evidence of Berliner's other interests, such as information on his businesses, his crusades for the pasteurization of milk and other public-health issues, his philanthropy, his musical composition, and even his poetry.
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- Collection Connection
- Themed Resources: Immigration
- Themed Resources: Music and Dance
- Themed Resources: Science and Invention
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General
- Span Dates
- 1870-1956
- Bulk Dates
- 1870-1930
- Major Language(s)
- English, German, French
- Repository
- Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress
Physical Collection
- Number of Items
- 524
- Contents
- sound recordings (118); motion picture (1); correspondence (96); photographs (146); scrapbooks (6); books (8); patents (32); diaries (4); catalogs (6); articles and clippings (60); addresses (6); notes and papers (35)
Access/Copyright
- Access Permissions
- Online
- Copyright Info
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/berlhtml/berlres.html
- Preferred Citation
- Emile Berliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress
