Alvah Bessie Papers, 1929-1991

Container Title
Recordings
Quantity: Disc nos. 1-35 are 12-inch red emulsion glass, 78 rpm. 
740A/1
Playback
Note: Original: Disc 33A/1

Quantity: Broken disc 
740A/1
Italian Street Scene
Note: Original: Disc 33A/2
740A/1
American History (A)
Note: Original: Disc 33A/3
740A/1
American History (A), part 1
Note: Original: Disc 33A/4
740A/1
American History (A), part 1
Note: Original: Disc 33A/5
740A/1
American History, part 2
Note: Original: Disc 33A/6
740A/1
American History, part 3 (Building of the Land)
Note: Original: Disc 33A/6
740A/1
End of A (Machine Age)
Note: Original: Disc 33A/7
740A/1
Bad Takes
Note: Original: Disc 33A/7
740A/2
Farm Sequence (B), part 1
Note: Original: Disc 33A/8
740A/2
Farm Sequence (B), Transition to part 2
Note: Original: Disc 33A/8
740A/2
Bad Take
Note: Original: Disc 33A/8
740A/2
Bad Take
Note: Original: Disc 33A/9
740A/2
Farm (B), Melodrama
Note: Original: Disc 33A/9
740A/2
Union Parade, part 1
Note: Original: Disc 33A/10
740A/2
Bad Takes
Note: Original: Disc 33A/10
740A/2
Grocery Store
Note: Original: Disc 33A/11
740A/2
Bad Takes
Note: Original: Disc 33A/12
740A/2
Bad Takes
Note: Original: Disc 33A/13
740A/2
Spy 6 (Hold the Fort)
Note: Original: Disc 33A/13
740A/2
Percussion Rolls
Note: Original: Disc 33A/13
740A/3
Percussion Rolls
Note: Original: Disc 33A/14
740A/3
Bad Take
Note: Original: Disc 33A/15
740A/3
Finale 1
Note: Original: Disc 33A/15
740A/3
Timpani, Glockenspiel, Triangle, Cymbal Roll
Note: Original: Disc 33A/15
740A/3
Finale, part 2
Note: Original: Disc 33A/15
740A/3
Finale 3
Note: Original: Disc 33A/16
740A/3
Last Chord of Finale 3
Note: Original: Disc 33A/16
740A/3
G2 - Industrial, part 1
Note: Original: Disc 33A/16
740A/3
Bad Takes
Note: Original: Disc 33A/17

Quantity: Cracked disc 
740A/3
Finale of G2
Note: Original: Disc 33A/17

Quantity: Cracked disc 
740A/3
Spy 6B
Note: Original: Disc 33A/18

Quantity: Cracked disc 
740A/3
Memorial Day
Note: Original: Disc 33A/19

Quantity: Cracked disc 
740A/3
Hurdy Gurdy of Memorial Day
Note: Original: Disc 33A/19

Quantity: Cracked disc 
740A/3
Spy 3
Note: Original: Disc 33A/19

Quantity: Cracked disc 
740A/4
Man Walking Beside Factories, Unemployed
Note: Original: Disc 33A/20
740A/4
Ku Klux Klan
Note: Original: Disc 33A/20

Quantity: Disc quality not very good. 
740A/4
Ku Klux Klan
Note: Original: Disc 33A/21

Quantity: Good disc quality. 
740A/4
V1 - Thugs and Strike-breakers Caught
Note: Original: Disc 33A/21
740A/4
V2 - The Committee at Work
Note: Original: Disc 33A/21
740A/4
Exposure
Note: Original: Disc 33A/22
740A/4
Beginning of Funeral
Note: Original: Disc 33A/23
740A/4
Beginning of Funeral (best)
Note: Original: Disc 33A/23
740A/4
Bad Take
Note: Original: Disc 33A/24
740A/4
Funeral (after introduction)
Note: Original: Disc 33A/24
740A/4
Bad Take
Note: Original: Disc 33A/24
740A/4
H - “Snarfest” (typewriters, etc.)
Note: Original: Disc 33A/24
740A/5
Finale (Bad take)
Note: Original: Disc 33A/25
740A/5
Finale (3)
Note: Original: Disc 33A/25
740A/5
Titles (best)
Note: Original: Disc 33A/25
740A/5
Cymbal bang
Note: Original: Disc 33A/26
740A/5
Bad Take
Note: Original: Disc 33A/26
740A/5
B - Farm Sequence, Introduction and part 1
Note: Original: Disc 33A/26
740A/5
Farm (B), Interior, part II
Note: Original: Disc 33A/27
740A/5
K2, Labor Picnic and Finish
Note: Original: Disc 33A/28
740A/5
Bad Take
Note: Original: Disc 33A/28
740A/5
Bad Take
Note: Original: Disc 33A/29
740A/5
Last part
Note: Original: Disc 33A/29
740A/5
1. Titles - old A with voice (American History)
Note: Original: Disc 33A/30
740A/5
3. Old - American History - Machine Age
Note: Original: Disc 33A/30
740A/6
2. (Improvisation) (A)
Note: Original: Disc 33A/31
740A/6
4. B (Farm Sequence)
Note: Original: Disc 33A/31
740A/6
5. Quiet - Farm Interior and Melodrama
Note: Original: Disc 33A/32
740A/6
7. Morning and Evening Scene
Note: Original: Disc 33A/32
740A/6
6. Italian Street Scene (C)
Note: Original: Disc 33A/33
740A/6
8a. Dawn after “Morning and Evening Scene” (D2)
Note: Original: Disc 33A/33
740A/6
8b. Grocery Store (N)
Note: Original: Disc 33A/33
740A/7
Piano: 9, Funeral March
Note: Original: Disc 33A/34
740A/7
10, End of Funeral March and Onward
Note: Original: Disc 33A/35
1049A/30-31
Reel No. 6, Take No. 1, 1941 October 31
Note: Original: Disc 33A/36
1049A/30-31
Reel No. 6, Take No. 2, 1941 November 7
Note: Original: Disc 33A/37

Quantity: Broken disc 
1049A/29
Reel No. 6, Take No. 2, 1941 November 11
Note: Original: Disc 33A/38
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