University Daily Kansan, February 1, 1983
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Operatic memorabilia to make library unique
BY JENNIFER FINE Staff Reporter
A recently acquired collection of more than 3,700 operatic recordings will make the University of Kansas music collection unique to the Midwest, a KU music librarian said yesterday.
Ellen Johnson, librarian for special sound recordings in the music library in Murphy Hall, said that although there were similar collections in California and New York and at the Library of Congress, there were no active collections in the Midwest similar to this one.
THE COLLECTION includes various kinds of recordings, books, periodicals, music newsletters and agents' and publishers' catalogs.
Johnson said, "I think I'll attract all kinds of students and faculty. We're going to cover a large geographical area."
She said the collection would be useful for classes and researchers in music departments as well as fields such as philosophy.
such as photographs.
The earliest recordings in the collection are cylinder records from 1900 or 1901.
The collection, two and one-half to three tons of material, will be combined with the James Seaver Collection of Opera Recordings in the Thomas Cook Recordings chives of the Thomas Cook Musics Library in Murphy.
SEAVER, KU PROFESSOR of history, said the acquisition would complement the collection he gave the school and broaden his knowledge between
30,000 and 35,000 classical and operatic recordings.
Seaver said that the collection could be used by scholars to research music history andprofessors, plus plan courses they would like totec
He added that the records were in very good condition.
"These are documents that should be kept just as collections of books are, although of this material, there are many other two examples of it around," he said.
Johnson said that a description of the collection was being compiled to give to a professional recordings appraiser. The appraiser said she estimated that the collection would be appraised at about $75,000.
THE RECORDINGS HAVE been donated to the University by Mrs. Eva Platzman, who is the widow of Robert L. Platzman, an American radiation chemist and physicist who I project to develop the atom bomb.
Seaver said that the University was especially lucky to get the collection because Platzman was not connected with the University.
Originally the collection was offered to the University of Chicago, where Platzman taught, but because they do not have the sound archives that KU has, they could not use it. Mrs. Platzman heard about the archives at KU and arranged with Seaver to donate the works.
Seaver said he hoped this collection would encourage others to donate to the sound archives.
"When you get donations to the sound archives, you hope it will have a snowball effect," he said. "We've made this collection helped tremendously."
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Ellen Johnson, librarian for special sound recordings in Murphy Hall, adjusts an Edison home phonograph that is part of the Platzmann collection recently donated to the University. In 1897 a similar phonograph put for $25.
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A CAR STEREO, valued at $100, was stolen Sunday from a KU student's car. It was parked in the 3000 block of University Drive.
Susan Wachter, athletic business manager, said the board would compare financial statements from December 1982 and December 1981 to assess the present state of finances within the department.
day while his car was parked in the 300 block of Camden Manor.
A KU STUDENT reported to police that his $400 car, stereo was stolen Surp
She said she would also present possible sources of additional revenue that may still be brought in before the end of this fiscal year.
The meeting will be at 4 p.m. in the southeast lounge of the Satellite Union.
ANOTHER CAR STEREO was stolen from a Lawrence man's car, parked in the 2400 block of West 24th Street Terrace, police said. The loss was
WACHTER SAID the board members would discuss a base budget proposal for next year to estimate levels of expenses as well as estimated revenue.
estimated at $75, a police report said
A BURGLAR stole about $400 worth of belongings Sunday from a Lawrence resident's apartment in the 1400 block of Kentucky, police said.
Increased prices for student athletic tickets will not be recommended at the monthly meeting of the KU Athletic Corporation Board tomorrow, according to Mike Hamrick, administrative assistant to the athletic department.
Any action on student ticket prices will come after a recommendation has been proposed through Student Sports Council, Hamrick said.
KUAC to wait on discussion of ticket hike
Del Brinkman, chairman of the board, said that a budget proposal would not be brought before the KUAC board. Next year's budget will not be submitted for approval until the April board meeting.
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To reserve tickets, send check to Emporia Arts Council, 1230 West Street, Emporia, Kan. 66801 or call (316) 342-7625 after 5 p.m. or call (316) 343-1200, Ext. 431. Tickets can be picked up the night of the concert.
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