OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION Title: Wurlitzer Company
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OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION Title: Wurlitzer Company
OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION Title: Wurlitzer Company Records Collection Date(s): 1856-1986 (bulk 1906-19??) undated Extent and Forms of Material: [This needs revision] 56 cubic feet, including photographs, film and sound recordings (196 boxes, 25 oversize folders, 2 film reels, 2 audiodisc, 1 videocassette tapes) Creator: Wurlitzer Company Abstract: The collection documents the history and development of the Wurlitzer Company and consists of company publications, business records, employee files, manufacturing records, sales and marketing records, product information, publicity, advertising, photographs, audiovisual materials, and organ installation drawings. Repository: Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. [email protected] 202-633-3270 www.americanhistory.si.edu/archives Collection Number: AC0469 Processing Note: Processed by Craig Orr, (1994?), Helen Aitken (volunteer), 2008, Sarah Allan (volunteer), 2008, Anne Jones (volunteer), 2008-2010; supervised by Vanessa Broussard Simmons, archivist. INFORMATION FOR USERS OF THE COLLECTION Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for research use. Physical Access: Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with gloves. Researchers must use reference copies of audio-visual materials. When no reference copy exists, the Archives Center staff will produce reference copies on an “as needed” basis, as resources allow. Technical Access: Viewing film portion of collection requires special appointment, please inquire. Do not use original materials when available on reference video or audio tapes. Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use: Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Reproduction permission from Archives Center: fees for commercial use. All duplication requests must be reviewed and approved by Archives Center staff. Preferred Citation: Title and date of item, Wurlitzer Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, box number X, folder number XX, digital file number XXXXXXXX For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 IN-DEPTH INFORMATION ABOUT THE COLLECTION Administrative History: The Wurlitzer Company began in 1856 when Rudolph Wurlitzer, a Cincinnati bank clerk, sold seven hundred dollars worth of musical instruments he had bought from family and friends in Germany. The business was incorporated in Ohio in 1890 under the name the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company." For the first fifty years, Wurlitzer was primarily a retail instrument business operating out of its Cincinnati Store headquarters. Although fire destroyed the company's headquarters in 1904, a new building was completed in time to celebrate Wurlitzer’s fiftieth anniversary in 1906. In 1908, the Wurlitzer Company bought the DeKleist Musical Instrument Manufacturing Company in North Tonawanda, New York. The Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company continued production of automatic musical instruments including player pianos, military bands and pianorchestras. In 1910, the Wurlitzer Company bought the Hope-Jones Organ Company and began to manufacture unit-orchestra pipe organs at their North Tonawanda plant. These were pipe organs equipped with bells, gongs, horns and sirens. They became known as Mighty Wurlitzers and provided the musical background in silent movie houses all over the world and were also built for churches and private homes. In 1919, Wurlitzer bought the Melville-Clark Piano Company of DeKalb, Illinois. Wurlitzer pianos were then manufactured at the DeKalb facilities under a variety of names: the Apollo Piano Company, the DeKalb Piano Company and the Wurlitzer Grand Piano Company. Each name designated a different quality, price range and style. With the decline of sales during the 1920s and 1930s, production of automatic musical instruments ceased until the manufacture of the first jukebox in 1934. In 1930, the Julius Bauer Piano Company was purchased and continued to build pianos in that name until shortly before World War II. For a brief time, radios and refrigerators were made by the Wurlitzer controlled Air-American Mohawk Corporation. It was not a successful venture and ended in the mid-1930s. Many of the Wurlitzer retail stores were, at that time, in bad locations and needed repairs. The solutions to these problems came about with a reorganization of the company in 1935. With the reorganization, many retail stores were sold, piano manufacturing was consolidated in DeKalb and many subsidiaries were dissolved or absorbed completely into the Wurlitzer Company. During World War II, Wurlitzer halted production of musical instruments. The company's defense production efforts were recognized in 1943 and 1944 when it is North Tonawanda and DeKalb plants received the Army-Navy "E" Award. In 1946, peacetime production resumed and the Wurlitzer Company introduced two new instruments: the electric organ in 1947 and the electric piano in 1954. In 1956, the Wurlitzer Company celebrated its centennial. That same year a new plant at Corinth, Mississippi, was completed. Later, plants were opened in Holly Springs, Mississippi (1961), Logan, Utah (1970) and Hullhorst, West Germany, (1960). The new facilities replaced those at North Tonawanda and DeKalb. The North Tonawanda plant ceased production of jukeboxes in 1974, becoming the company's engineering and research center. In 1973, the DeKalb plant ended production of pianos maintaining only marketing and administrative offices. In 1977, the Wurlitzer Company's corporate headquarters moved to DeKalb, including the engineering and research center from North Tonawanda. For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 Wurlitzer’s three sons had assumed leadership of the company after his death in 1914. Each son acted as president then, chair of the board, successively. The company hired R.C. Rolfing in 1934 as vicepresident and general manager. His reorganization helped the company through the Depression years. Rolfing succeeded the last of the founder's sons in 1941 as president of the company and in 1966 as chair of the board. Farny Wurlitzer, Rudolph's youngest son, died in 1972. A.D. Arsem succeeded Rolfing in 1974 as chair of the board. George B. Howell succeeded W. N. Herleman as president of the company. System of Arrangement: The collection is arranged into fourteen series. Series 1, Wurlitzer Company Histories, Company Events, and General Business Materials, circa 1880-1987; undated Subseries 1, Company and Family Histories, 1939-1897; undated Subseries 2, 1956 Centennial Celebrations and Other Events, 1947-1980 Subseries 3, Correspondence and Other Communications, 1913-1970s Subseries 4, Contracts and Legal Documents, 1918-1987 Subseries 5, Publicity and Press Clippings, 1905-1971 Subseries 6, Marketing Studies and Surveys, 1934-1952 Subseries 7, Medals and Awards, 1880-1944 Subseries 8, Seal Embossers and Visitor Registers, 1916-1938 Series 2, Publications, 1910-1989; undated Subseries 1, Wurlitzer Publications, 1913-1978 Subseries 2, General Publications and articles relating to Wurlitzer, 1910-1989; undated Series 3, Advertising and Promotional Materials, 1911-1978 Subseries 1, Print Advertising and Promotion, 1911-1978 Subseries 2, Audio Recordings and Moving Images, 1939-1978 Series 4, Product Information, 1880-1984; undated Subseries 1, Catalogues and Price Lists, 1880-1984; undated Subseries 2, Instructional and Service Manuals, 1920s-1950s; undated Subseries 3, Product Specifications and Customer Testimonials, 1913-1970; undated Series 5, Photographs of Wurlitzer Manufacturing Plants, Employees, Stores, and Dealerships, 1869-1970; undated Subseries 1, Manufacturing Plants and Employees, 1917-1970; undated Subseries 2, Wurlitzer Retail Stores, 1869-1961; undated Subseries 3, Wurlitzer Dealerships, United States, circa 1930s-1940s; undated Subseries 4, Photographs of Foreign Dealerships, 1930s-1970s; undated Series 6, Photographs of Wurlitzer Products and Product Sales Promotions, 1900-1978; undated Subseries 1, Automatic Instruments and Player Pianos, 1900-1925; undated Subseries 2, Manual Pianos, circa 1920s-1970s Subseries 3, Organs, Accordions and Jukeboxes, 1920s-1978 Subseries 4, Radios and Refrigerators, 1930s Subseries 5, World War II Defense Products, 1943-1944 Series 7, Photographs Used in Wurlitzer Advertising and Public Relations, 1904-1970; undated Subseries 1, Promotional and Advertising Photographs, 1904-1970; undated For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 Subseries 2, Miscellaneous Photographs, 1940s, 1970; undated Series 8, Wurlitzer Employee Records and Related Materials, 1909-1961; undated Subseries 1, Employee Expense Reports, and Salary Records, North Tonawanda Division, 1925-1942; undated Subseries 2, Payroll Books, Salary Schedules, Salary Adjustment Applications, and Related materials, 1909-1945 Subseries 3, General Employee Information, 1934-1961; undated Series 9, Production and Shipping Records, 1905-1987 Subseries 1, Disposition of Instruments Shipped by Serial Number, 1905-1911, 1925-1938 Subseries 2, Production Control Piano Serial Numbers, 1971-1981 Subseries 3, Piano Serial Number Printouts, DeKalb Division, 1966-1987 Subseries 4, Piano Serial Number Printouts, Holly Springs Division, 1979-1989 Subseries 5, Warranty Registration Printouts, 1977-1980 Subseries 6, Serial Number Registers 1971-1981 Subseries 7, Shipping Lists and Related Materials for Non-Defense Products, 1911-1956 Subseries 8, Inspection Materials and Product Specifications, 1943-1980, 1980, 1987 Series 10, Shipping and Sales Records for Wurlitzer Dealerships, Wurlitzer Retail Stores, and Rembert Wurlitzer, Incorporated, 1917-1952 Subseries 1, Records of Pianos and other Instruments Shipped to Wurlitzer Stores and Other Retail Records, 1925-1933 Subseries 2, Records of Instruments Shipped to Dealers,1930 Subseries 3, Records of Pianos and other Instruments Shipped to Wurlitzer Stores and other Retail Records, 1925, 1930 Subseries 4, Subseries 4, Sales Reports and Data, Audits, and Inventories for Wurlitzer Retail Stores, 1917-1951 Subseries 5, Rembert Wurlitzer Incorporated, New York, 1949-1952 Series 11, Records of Stock Certificates, Meeting Minutes, and Related Financial and Legal Documents, 1907-1972 Subseries 1, Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, Wurlitzer Subsidiaries, and Other Related Companies, 1907-1972 Subseries 2, Records of Stock Holdings by Members of the Wurlitzer Family, 1920s-1930s Series 12, Rudolph Wurlitzer Company Financial Records, 1893-1986 Subseries 1, Audit Reports, Financial Statements, Tax Records and Related Materials, 1899-1950 Subseries 2, President’s Reports to Board of Directors and Annual Reports, 1936-1986 Subseries 3, Journals, Ledgers, and Cash Books, 1893-1938 Series 13, Maps and Charts, 1931-1976 Series 14, Organ Installation Drawings, 1920-1931; undated Scope and Content: The collection documents the history and the development of the Wurlitzer Company. Materials include company publications, business records, employee files, manufacturing records, sales and marketing records, product information, publicity, advertising, photographs, audiovisual materials, and organ installation drawings. The material in the collection spans from 1856-1986, although information prior to1899 is sparse. For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 Series 1, Wurlitzer Company Histories, Company Events, and General Business Materials, circa 1890-1987; undated, consists of materials created and used at the corporate business offices of the Wurlitzer Company. It includes diverse types of materials but the quantities of each type are small. The materials are arranged in chronological order within each subseries. This series is divided into eight subseries: Subseries 1, Family and Company Histories, 1939-1897; undated, include Wurlitzer family genealogy, histories of the company and informational pamphlets distributed by the Wurlitzer Company. Subseries 2, 1956 Centennial Celebrations and Other Events, 1947-1980, contains material created for the celebration of the Wurlitzer Company’s centennial and include more information about the history of the company. Subseries 3, Correspondence and Other Communications, 1913-1970s, consist primarily of correspondence, announcements, memos, and press releases. Also included is a lengthy correspondence regarding the sale of the organ at the New York Paramount Theater. Subseries 4, Contracts and Legal Documents, 1918-1987, include World War I government contracts, general contracts, and taxation and legal documents. Subseries 5, Publicity and Press Clippings, 1905-1971, include newspaper clippings and scrapbooks, news reprints, and original copies of newspapers featuring news about the company. Subseries 6, Marketing Studies, 1934-1952, are materials relating to beverage dispensers, surveys of music schools, juke box operators, and organ dealers. Subseries 7, Medals and Awards, 1880-1944, include materials from the 19th century industrial expositions and Army-Navy “E” awards earned during World War II. Subseries 8, Seal Embossers and Visitor Registers, 1916-1938 include corporate seals for the Wurlitzer Company and for the state of Georgia. There are also visitor registers for the Chicago office. Series 2, Publications, 1910-1989; undated, consists of copies of publications created by the Wurlitzer Company documenting its history and activities. The materials are arranged in chronological order. This series is divided into two subseries: Subseries 1, Wurlitzer Publications, 1913-1978, contains in-house publications about the company’s activities and includes The Wurlitzer Booster, Wurlitzer Lyre, Wurlitzer World, Wurlitzer Bulletin, Wurlitzer Piano Field and Factory, Wurlitzer Keynote, Keyboard Notes, and Noteworthy Subseries 2, General Publications and articles relating to Wurlitzer, 1910-1989; undated, include trade magazines, general interest magazines, booklets and articles. For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 Series 3, Advertising and Promotional Materials, 1911-1978, consists of advertising and promotional materials including direct mail pieces, booklets and brochures, postcards, advertisements and advertising mats, flyers, testimonial letters, counter cards, and a few novelty items. There are also a few pieces created Wurlitzer competitors. In addition, a small group of sound recordings, films and video tapes is included. This series is divided into two subseries. Subseries 1, Print Advertising and Promotion, 1911-1978, consists of materials primarily related to automated instruments, unit orchestras, pianos, electric pianos, theater organs, electric organs, accordions, juke boxes, and radios. These materials are arranged in chronological order and by subject. Subseries 2, Audio Recordings and Moving Images, 1939-1978, contain the promotional films Keys to Creativity and Pianorama. Sound recordings include “The Final Mighty Wurlitzer” soundtrack and an audio disc for the filmstrip How Craftsmen Build the Wurlitzer Piano. (See also Series seven.) Series 4, Product Information, 1880-1984; undated, consists of informational publications including catalogues, price lists, instructional and service manuals, product specifications, and testimonials. Catalogues and price lists assisted in selling the products; manuals and specifications made the products more useful, once purchased; original testimonial letters described the benefits of the products and were selling tools in advertisements. The materials are arranged chronologically and by type. This series is divided into three subseries: Subseries 1, Catalogues and Price Lists, 1880-1984; undated, contains product catalogues and price lists for musical instruments, automatic instruments, theater orchestras, radios, violins, church organs, pianos and electric pianos, and beer coolers. Subseries 2, Instructional and Service Manuals, 1920s-1950s; undated, consists of manuals for automatic instruments, pianos, phonographs, tuners, and for the products of several competitors. Subseries 3, Product Specifications and Customer Testimonials, 1913-1970; undated, consists of specifications for several types of organs, radios and refrigerators. Piano construction is detailed in a handsome volume depicting the construction of pianos and testimonial letters describe the qualities of automated instruments, violins, and organs. Series 5, Photographs of Wurlitzer Manufacturing Plants, Employees, Stores, and Dealerships, 1869-1970; undated, contains photographs of many Wurlitzer factories and retail outlets. The buildings and grounds of the North Tonawanda Division are depicted as well as its manufacturing processes and employees, primarily in the 1930s. The DeKalb Division is represented primarily by manufacturing scenes, particularly those during World War II. The Centennial Celebrations in 1956 are represented as is the opening of the Holly Springs Division in 1962. Photographs of Wurlitzer stores are listed alphabetically and photographs of the first store in Cincinnati both before and after the 1904 fire are of particular interest. The earliest photograph dates from 1856 and depicts Cincinnati’s Masonic building where the company was For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 founded in “3 small rooms.” Photographs of dealership locations and employees, both in the United States and foreign countries, are also present. This series is divided into four subseries: Subseries 1, Manufacturing Plants and Employees, 1917-1970; undated, contains photographs arranged as follows: North Tonawanda Division, DeKalb Division, executives and employees, and Centennial activities. They are arranged chronologically. Subseries 2, Wurlitzer Retail Stores, 1869-1961, contain photographs arranged alphabetically by the names of the cities where the stores were located. Subseries 3, Wurlitzer Dealerships, United States, circa 1930s-1940s; undated, contains photographs arranged alphabetically by the names of the cities where the dealerships were located. Subseries 4, Foreign Dealerships, 1930s-1970; undated, contains photographs of dealerships in Bolivia, Mexico, the Philippines, England, and Holland, arranged chronologically Series 6, Photographs of Wurlitzer Products and Product Sales Promotions, 1901-1978; undated, consists of product photographs primarily for use in catalogues and advertising; the earliest date from about 1900-1912. The automatic instruments, pianos and organs are notable for the great variety of lavish and period designs that were available. Numerous notable people are seen playing pianos and other instruments as are special promotional and educational events. The material is arranged chronologically and by subject. The series is divided into four subseries: Subseries 1, Automatic Instruments and Player Pianos, 1900-1925; undated, contains photographs of Wurlitzer products arranged by type of instrument orchestrions, band organs. Pianorchestras, pianinos, violin pianos, automatic harps, and player pianos. Subseries 2, Manual Pianos, circa 1920s-1970s, included photographs of Wurlitzer products arranged as follows: upright pianos, grand pianos, period styles, butterfly wing pianos, people (both famous and unidentified) playing pianos, Spinnette pianos, piano promotions, famous musicians and orchestras . Subseries 3, Organs, Accordions and Jukeboxes, 1920s-1978, include photographs of Wurlitzer products arranged as follows: church and mortuary organs, residential organs, theater organs, “Mighty Wurlitzer” organs, Radio City organ, theater organists, electric organs, accordions, and jukeboxes. Theater organists, musicians, and pipe organ workers are seen in a few photographs. Subseries 4, Radios and Refrigerators, 1930s, consists of images of Lyric Radios and Mohawk Refrigerators produced by Wurlitzer. Subseries 5, World War II Defense Products; 1943-1944, arranged as follows: airplane parts, Bat Bomb, Corsair, gliders, antennas, radar, and other aviation products. For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 Series 7, Photographs Used in Wurlitzer Advertising and Public Relations, 1904-1970; undated, consists of photographic prints used in advertising or taken at various events participated in or sponsored by Wurlitzer. Among these are 35 mm contact sheets and slides of the filmstrip “How Craftsmen Build the Wurlitzer Piano” and photographs of the construction of Julius Bauer Pianos. The miscellaneous photographs include Army Air Corps photographs and several movie stills. The series is divided into two series: Subseries 1, Promotional and Advertising Photographs, 1904-1970; undated, include photographs at the Louisiana Purchase exhibition copies of cards and circulars, streetcar ads, direct mail, advertisements for harps and grand pianos, concerts, and the slide film “How Craftsmen build the Wurlitzer piano.” Subseries 2, Miscellaneous Photographs, 1940s, 1970; undated, includes United States Army Air Corps and Office of War Information military subjects, movie stills, personal photographs [not Wurlitzer family] and a laminated advertisement. Series 8, Wurlitzer Employee Records and Related Materials, 1909-1961; undated contains materials relating to the employees of the company. Records of payrolls and other disbursements to employees are included as well as information about company policies for the use of the employees. The series is divided into three subseries: Subseries 1, Employee Expense Reports, and Salary Records, North Tonawanda Division, 1925-1942; undated, include wages, bonuses, commissions, and travel expenses and consist of ledgers identified by employee name and arranged chronologically. Subseries 2, Payroll Books, Salary Schedules, Salary Adjustment Applications, and Related materials, 1909-1945, consist of bound volumes, salary schedules and charts, and government documents. Subseries 3, General Employee Information, 1934-1961; undated includes motivational messages, company announcements, and materials related to employee benefits and labor unions. Series 9, Production and Shipping Records, 1905-1987, consists primarily of records of pianos manufactured, listed by serial number and the cities to which they were shipped. A smaller group of shipping records for other non-defense products is included as well as materials related to product inspection, product testing, and warranties. Some of this material is bound in volumes while others are loose pages. This series is divided into four subseries: Subseries 1, Disposition of Instruments Manufactured, by Serial Number, 1905-1911, 1925-1938, consists of records including serial number, style and finish, order number, date, and destination city for each piano manufactured. The materials are arranged in order by serial number. Subseries 2, Production Control Piano Serial Numbers, 1971-1981 includes materials recording the serial number, model number, finish, shipping date, dealer code, and method of shipment. The materials are arranged in chronological order by date. For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 Subseries 3, Piano Serial Number Printouts, DeKalb Division, 1966-1987 Subseries 4, Piano Serial Number Printouts, Holly Springs Division, 1979-1989 Subseries 5, Warranty Registration Printouts, 1977-1980 Subseries 6, Serial Number Registers 1971-1981 Subseries 7, Shipping Lists and Related Materials for Non-Defense Products, 1911-1956, include materials relating to organs, jukeboxes, phonographs, and music rolls. Materials are arranged in chronological order. Subseries 8, Inspection Materials and Product Specifications, 1943-1980, 1987, includes specifications, inspection reports, test results, and related reports and publications. The materials are arranged in chronological order. Series 10, Shipping and Sales Records for Wurlitzer Dealerships, Wurlitzer Retail Stores, and Rembert Wurlitzer, Incorporated, 1917-1952, are records documenting the shipment of instruments from Wurlitzer factories to Wurlitzer retail stores and to dealers in Wurlitzer products. Included among these materials are sales reports, audits, and inventories of Wurlitzer stores. Other records relate to Rembert Wurlitzer, Incorporated, and a division of the company dedicated to antique and rare stringed instruments. This series is divided into four subseries: Subseries 1, Records of Pianos and other Instruments Shipped to Retailers and Other Retail Records, 1925-1933, include order numbers and store names and locations. The materials are arranged in chronological order. Subseries 2, Records of Instruments Shipped to Dealers, 1930, include order details and are arranged alphabetically by the name of the dealer. Subseries 3, Records of Pianos and Other Instruments Shipped to Wurlitzer Stores and other Retail Records, 1925, 1930, arranged by store locations. Also a list of instruments sold through branches and records of a few retail sales. Subseries 4, Sales Reports and Data, Audits, and Inventories for Wurlitzer Retail Stores, 1917-1951, consist of store sales reports, arranged chronologically, and store audit reports arranged by the name of the city where located. Subseries 5, Rembert Wurlitzer Incorporated, New York, 1949-1952, consist of correspondence, audit figures, sales records and related materials. This business was engaged the sale of antique instruments. Series 11, Records of Stock Certificates, Meeting Minutes, and Related Financial and Legal Documents, 1907-1972, consists of stock-related materials of the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company and the Wurlitzer family and materials related to a number of other companies connected with For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company in a variety of ways. While some are known subsidiaries, others are companies apparently purchased and dissolved by Wurlitzer. Still others were investments held by Wurlitzer executives. These records are the sole documents representing many of these companies in the collection. Among the Wurlitzer materials are incorporation and subscription documents from 1909. The series is divided into two subseries: Subseries 1, Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, Wurlitzer Subsidiaries, and Other Related Companies, 1907-1972, stock-related materials arranged alphabetically by name of company. Rudolph Wurlitzer Company stock materials are also included in this group. Subseries 2, Records of Stock Holdings by Members of the Wurlitzer Family, 1920s-1930s, consist of holdings by Rudolph H. Wurlitzer and several family members. The materials are arranged in chronological order. Series 12, Rudolph Wurlitzer Company Financial Records, 1893-1986, consists of audit reports, financial statements, annual reports, ledgers, journals, cash books, tax records and other related records. This series is divided into three subseries: Subseries 1, Audit Reports, Financial Statements, Tax Records and Related Materials, 1899-1950, consist of materials relating to the finances of the company and employee cooperative store statements and pension information. These records are arranged chronological order as follows: audit reports, financial statements, tax records, and other financial materials. Subseries 2, President’s Reports to Board of Directors and Annual Reports, 1936-1986, is arranged in chronological order with Presidents Reports first followed by annual reports. Subseries 3, Journals, Ledgers, and Cash Books, 1893-1938, consist of bound volumes for the DeKleist Music Company and the Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company and are arranged in chronological order by type of material. Series 13, Maps and Charts, 1931-1976, consists of maps, plans, and charts relating primarily to Wurlitzer properties and locations. There may be some large photographs included. Most of the maps in this series are of Wurlitzer’s DeKalb facilities and include fire insurance maps detailing the sprinkler and sewage systems for the plant. The materials are listed in this finding aid but locations are not indicated and must be determined. Series 14, Organ Installation Drawings, 1920-1931; undated, include installation plans for the various components for the company’s “Mighty Wurlitzer” theater organs. There are approximately 1200 drawings arranged in chronological order by date and then by location. Acquisition Information: This collection was donated by Northern Illinois University Earl W. Hayter Regional History Center, November 1992; additional materials donated by Baldwin Piano and Organ Company, November 1997. Custodial History: The Wurlitzer Company donated this collection to Northern Illinois University Earl W. Hayter Regional History Center on March 12, 1984. For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 Related Archival Materials: This collection complements other materials in the Archives Center including: Steinway & Sons Records and Family Papers, 1857-1919 Chickering & Sons Piano Company Collection, 1864-1985 Sohmer & Company Records, 1872-1989 William J. Lenz Piano Tuning Collection, circa 1903-1955 Janssen Piano Company Records, 1901-1929 John R. Anderson Piano Trade Literature and Ephemera Collection, circa 1850-1990 Warshaw Collection of Business America’s Piano and Organ related materials Access Points: Subject/Names: Companies: All-American Mohawk Corporation Apollo Piano Company Bauer, Julius Pianos Beach-Carlisle Violin Company Caldwell Piano Company Conn, C.G. Limited Dayton Photo Products DeKalb Piano Company DeKleist Musical Instruments Company Deutsch Wurlitzer Eagle Radio Company Everett Piano Company Fox Theaters Corporation Loud, Robert L. Music Company Lyric Piano Company Mills Novelty Company Milner Music Company Morsatti, Incorporated North Tonawanda Barrel Organ Factory Rudolph Wurlitzer Company Southern Ohio Radio Corporation Western Industries Corporation Wunderlich Piano Company Wurbild Corporation Wurlitzer Company Youngstown Music Company Subject/Names: People: For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 Allen, Steve Ashby, David Basie, Count Brown, Les Butler, Jerry Capehart, H.E. The Carpenters Clayton-Thomas, David Dean, Priscilla Ellington, Duke Fairbanks, Douglas Fiorito, Ted Fountain, Pete Freeman, Stan Fury, Roger Grauman, Sid Griffin, Ken Hayes, Isaac The Hilton Sisters Hope-Jones, Robert Jolly, Pete Kann, Stan Laine, Frankie Le May, Curtis Lewis, Ted McPartland, Marian Meinhart, Maggie Peterson, Oscar Shearing, George Rolfing, A.J. Rolfing, James E. Sullivan, Ed Thomas, John Charles Torme, Mel Welk, Lawrence Wright, George Wurlitzer, Farny Wurlitzer, Howard Wurlitzer, Rembert Wurlitzer, Rudolph Subject/Topical: Accordions Automatic Instruments Coin operated machines For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 Defense products Electric organs Electric pianos Gliders Harps Jukeboxes Mechanical musical instruments Military band orchestras Motion picture orchestras Musical instruments Orchestrions Organs, church Organs, residential Organs, theater Pianorchestras Pianos Player pianos Radios Refrigerators Theater orchestras Violin pianos Violins Subject/Geographic: Cincinnati, Ohio DeKalb, Illinois Holly Springs, Mississippi Hulhorst, Germany North Tonawanda, New York Forms/Genre: Account books Advertisements Annual reports Audits Brochures Cashbooks Catalogues Circulars Correspondence Employee records Films Financial records Journals (accounts) For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 Ledgers (accounts) Legal documents Marketing surveys Minute books Newspapers Payroll books Periodicals Photographs Price lists Production records Sales records Sound recordings Stock records Trade publications Video CONTAINER LISTING Box 1 Folder 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Series 1, Wurlitzer Company Histories, Company Events, and General Business Materials, circa 1890-1987; undated Subseries 1, Company and Family Histories, 1939-1964; undated Chronology of Important events in the History of the Wurlitzer Company, 1856-1956 [1659-1956] Article about history of Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, unknown publication, undated. [1856-1910] Wurlitzer genealogical notes, unsigned and undated Page from German publication showing the town of Schöneck, undated Description of Wurlitzer’s DeKalb Office 1939 By Waite W. Embree “Partial List of Items Our Manufacturing Facilities Can Produce” 1940s Divisional Organization Chart, 1951 History of Wurlitzer Company, circa 1953, unsigned Fact Sheet: The Wurlitzer Company, 1961 By Daniel J. Edelman & Associates, Incorporated Articles about Wurlitzer History in The Cipher, 1964 By Farny Wurlitzer Wurlitzer Corporate Headquarters, [1856-1978] Promotional publication Subseries 2, 1956 Centennial Celebrations and Other Events, 1947-1980 Press Kit for Wurlitzer Centennial, 1956 Includes company history Centennial letter to employees, 1955 December 2 Centennial letter to shareholders, 1956 January 18 From A. J. Rolfing, President Photographs and captions for Centennial Press Releases, 1956 For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 41 1 1 11 12 13 14 83 85 15 16 17 17 19 20 21 22 23 24-28 29 30 31 32 33 34 2 1 2 3 4 5 Includes historic photographs Our Souvenir Photo Album, 1956 August Centennial celebrations in North Tonawanda Wurlitzer World of Music,1856-1956 Wurlitzer Organ Music Review 1956 Centennial publications Wurlitzer Centennial Kick-Off Kit, 1956 Centennial Publications order forms Wurlitzer Centennial Club materials, 1956 Centennial lapel pins Centennial “Surface Savers,” fliers for Centennial banners Scrapbook of photographs, letters and programs, 1941-1946 Miscellaneous Wurlitzer Centennial materials,1956 Invitation to Wurlitzer Electric Organ Recital, 1947 January 12 Wurlitzer at Chicago Music Trade Convention, 1948 August Music Industry Banquet, Chicago, 1950 July 12, program Wurlitzer Director’s Meeting 1966 March 15, program Wurlitzer Presents “The Homecoming” 1978 June, program “Mightiest Wurlitzer” Concerts, 1978-1979 programs; 1979-1980 tickets Subseries 3, Correspondence and Other Communications, 1913-1970s Communications to Stockholders; 1913, 1934, 1937 Letter regarding Wurlitzer advertising, 1944 “Confidence Assured in Wurlitzer ‘One Name’ Policy” unsigned and undated article News article and letter from Curtis Le May regarding Wurlitzer donation to Air Force Strategic Air Command, 1956 Opening of Deutsche Wurlitzer GMBH in Hulhorst, Germany Announcement, brochure and related materials, 1960-1966 Correspondence regarding the sale of the New York Paramount Theater Organ, 1964-1968 Correspondence about group of old Wurlitzer advertisements, 1960s-1980s Messages to dealers; 1934, 1963, 1968 President’s messages to shareholders; 1964, 1974 Wurlitzer press releases; 1956, 1976, 1986 and undated Board of Directors announcements, 1960s Death announcements for Wurlitzer executives, 1960s-1970s General business materials, 1920s-1940s Subseries 4, Contracts and Legal Documents, 1918-1987 War Department Contract for boxes for Mark III fuses, 1918 February 1 War Department Contract for packing boxes for gas shells, 1918 March 21 War Department Contract for boxes for Howitzer shells, 1918 September 9 War Department Contract for boxes for barrack cleaning rods 1918 October 15 Auditors Statement regarding government contracts, 1919 January For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 41 2 3 55 1 2 2 6 41 4 5 6 7 2 71 72 73 74 82 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 41 2 3 7 8 8-11 12 1 2 3 51 1 Report concerning infringement of photoplayer patents, 1919 January 24 Retainer of H. E. Capehart as Consultant, 1939 January 1 Organ purchase contract form, undated “Mills Novelty Company vs. Rudolph Wurlitzer Company” Legal documents, 1919 November 19 to 1924 May 7 “John H. Lesley and Otto T. Schoen vs. Rudolph Wurlitzer Company” Legal documents, 1920 June 24 to 1926 June 30 Amended Certificate of Incorporation of the Wurlitzer Company 1986 August 28 Amended By-laws of the Wurlitzer Company, 1987 January 28 Subseries 5, Publicity and Press Clippings, 1905-1971 Press clippings, 1905, 1920s-1930s and undated Press clippings, 1905, 1930s and undated Press clippings, 1956-1965 Scrapbook of press clippings, 1936-1939 Scrapbook of press clippings, 1950-1953 Scrapbook of press clippings, 1954-1958 Scrapbook of press clippings, 1959-1965 Scrapbook of press clippings, 1965-1971 The Evening News, North Tonawanda, 1943 Wurlitzer Army-Navy “E” Award Special Edition Reprints from newspapers, 1953, 1956 Wurlitzer Centennial Clarion, 1956 March and July Tonawanda News, 1956 November 9 The Christian Science Monitor, 1956 October 4 DeKalb Daily Chronicle, 1956 November 9 DeKalb Daily Chronicle, 1956 November 9 Wurlitzer Centennial Edition, bound volume Subseries 6, Marketing Studies and Surveys, 1934-1952 Report of Limited Survey of Wurlitzer Company and Subsidiaries, 1934 Report of Music School Survey, 1934 Market Study for a Selective Beverage Dispenser, 1940 June Operation of Pre-mix Drink Vendors by Independent Operators, undated Market Study for Dispensing Machine for Dispensing Soft Drinks 1940 July Survey Among Juke box Operators on a “Standard” Model Phonograph 1952 September Survey among Organ Dealers on Features for a $3,000 Organ 1952 December Subseries 7, Medals and Awards, 1880-1944 Medals awarded to “Rudolph Wurlitzer & Bro.” for Reed Instruments Cincinnati Industrial Exposition, 1880 Medal awarded to “R. Wurlitzer & Bro.” Cincinnati Industrial Exposition Medal awarded to “Rudolph Wurlitzer & Bro.” For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 2 3 4 5 51 3 52 53 75 81 3 41 1 6 7 9-13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 3 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 for String Instruments Cincinnati Industrial Exposition, 1889 Medals awarded to Wurlitzer Company Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915 Army-Navy “E” Award Ceremony Program North Tonawanda Division, 1943 October 19 Army-Navy “E” Award Ceremony Program DeKalb Division, 1944 June 22 Subseries 8, Seal Embossers and Visitor Registers, 1916-1938 Embosser and envelope labeled “Corporate Seal of Georgia Wood block with Wurlitzer logo [paperweight?] Corporate seal embosser for “The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company of Pennsylvania, 1916” Corporate seal embosser labeled “The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company Corporate Seal OHIO” Corporate seal embosser for “The Wurlitzer Company Ohio” Chicago office visitors register, 1936-1940 Chicago office visitors register, 1937-1938 Series 2, Publications, 1913-1989 Subseries 1, Wurlitzer Publications, 1913-1989 The Wurlitzer Booster, 1913 August-September, 1914 August, 1916 February Wurlitzer Lyre, 1937 September-1938 September Wurlitzer World, volume 1, numer 1, undated Wurlitzer Bulletin, 1939 July-November-1943 January-August Wurlitzer Bulletin, 1943 May; “Dedicated to Our 555 Employees in the Armed Forces of the Nation” Wurlitzer Bulletin, 1944 March Wurlitzer Bulletin, 1945 March Wurlitzer Bulletin, 1946 October, Wurlitzer Bulletin, 1947 February May-June, July-August Wurlitzer Bulletin, 1948 September-November Wurlitzer Bulletin, 1949 Post-Convention, November-December Wurlitzer Bulletin, 1951 June-December Wurlitzer Bulletin, 1952 April-November Wurlitzer Bulletin, 1952 February-October Wurlitzer Piano Field and Factory, 1955 October-July Wurlitzer Piano Field and Factory, 1955 August-1956 May Wurlitzer Field and Factory, 1956 June-September Wurlitzer Field and Factory, 1957 February-November Wurlitzer Field and Factory, 1958 February-November Wurlitzer Field and Factory, 1959 February-November Wurlitzer Field and Factory, 1960 February-November Wurlitzer Field and Factory, 1961 February-May Wurlitzer Field and Factory, 1961 June-November For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 4 5 17 18 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19-22 23-26 1-4 5-8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 16 18 76 1 84 1 6 1 2 Wurlitzer Field and Factory, 1962 February-July Wurlitzer Field and Factory, 1962 August-November Wurlitzer Field and Factory, 1963 February-July Wurlitzer Field and Factory, 1963 August-September Wurlitzer Field and Factory, 1964 February-June Wurlitzer Field and Factory, 1964 July-November Wurlitzer Field and Factory, 1965 January-October Wurlitzer Field and Factory, 1965 November-December Wurlitzer Field and Factory, 1966 January-February Wurlitzer Field and Factory, 1966 March-April Wurlitzer Field and Factory, 1966 May-June Wurlitzer Field and Factory, 1966 July-August Wurlitzer Field and Factory, 1966 September-October Wurlitzer Field and Factory, 1966 November-December Wurlitzer Field and Factory, 1967 January-February Wurlitzer Field and Factory, 1967 March-April Wurlitzer Field and Factory, 1967 May-June Wurlitzer Field and Factory, 1967 July-August Wurlitzer Field and Factory, 1967 September-October Wurlitzer Field and Factory, 1967 November-December Wurlitzer Field and Factory, 1968 Volume 15, Numbers 1-4 Wurlitzer Field and Factory, 1969 Volume 16, Numbers 1-4 Wurlitzer Field and Factory, 1970 Volume 17, Numbers 1-4 Wurlitzer Field and Factory, 1971 Volume 18, Numbers 1-4 Wurlitzer Field and Factory, 1972 Volume 19, Numbers 1-4 Wurlitzer Field and Factory, 1973 Volume 20, Number 1 Wurlitzer Keynote, 1973 Volume 1, Numbers 1-4 Wurlitzer Keynote, 1974 Volume 2, Numbers 1-2 Wurlitzer Keynote, 1975 Volume 3, Numbers 1-3 Wurlitzer Keynote, 1976 Volume 4, Numbers 1-2 Wurlitzer Keynote, 1977 Volume 5, Numbers 1-4 Wurlitzer Keynote, 1978 Volume 6, Numbers 1-3 Wurlitzer Keynote, 1979 Volume 7, Numbers 1-6 Wurlitzer Keynote, 1980 Volume 8, Numbers 1-4 Keyboard Notes, 1975 June, 1976 February, July Noteworthy, 1977 October [employee newsletter] Subseries 2, General Publications and Articles Relating to Wurlitzer 1910-1989; undated “The House of Wurlitzer 1856-1906” Reprinted from The Music Trade, 1906 December Reprint of article from Piano Trade Magazine, 1937 June Article about theater organs, Life, 1971 February “Recent Developments of Organ Building,” by Robert Hope-Jones Reprint of lecture given in 1910 The Development of the Piano by R. W. Sperry, undated monograph For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 3 55 3 6 4 5 6 7 8 9 41 6 21 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 “The U.S. Organ,” Fortune, 1931 April Condensed version reprint, 1931 “A Setting for a Musical Laboratory” American Landscape Architect, 1932 April, pages 14-18 Troc’s 8th Birthday, 1938 December Magazine of the Trocadero Theater, London “Behind the Scenes of Modern Piano Production” Undated reprint from Cosgrove’s Magazine History and Development of the Pipe, Reed, and Electronic Organs Victor I. Zuck, undated “The Apotheosis of the Mighty Wurlitzer” Copy of article in unnamed and undated publication The New Saint Francis Church Kansas City, 1949 “New Plant for Wurlitzer” [Corinth, Mississippi] circa 1955 Reprint from The Music Trades Piano Trade Magazine, 1956 September Canadian Coin Box Magazine, 1959 April The Cipher, 1964 August Interview with Frank W. Manning about Wurlitzer Company PTM Magazine, 1968 March 21 Review of Wurlitzer 4080 Spinet, page 19 Group of articles about theater organs and mechanical instruments 1969; undated Group of articles about renovations of theater organs, 1962-1980 Contemporary Keyboard Magazine, undated reprint 1970s “Theater Organ: Its History, from Silent Movie Houses to Pizza Parlors” “The ‘Regal’ Wurlitzer Cinema Organ” exhibited at the National Musical Museum, Brentford, England, undated, circa 1970s Articles and announcements about organ dedications, 1920s-1971 Wurlitzer Organ Dedication American Theater Organ Society, 1972 Theater Organ, 1978 June-July “The Mightiest Continues a Wurlitzer Tradition” page 5 Jukebox Collector Newsletter, 1984 September Console, 1981 July “The Paramount and Its Wurlitzer” pages 18-19 A Complete Guide to the Wurlitzer Jukebox By Rick Botts, 1984 The American Harp Journal, 1986 Summer, pages 16-26 “The Harps of the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company” by Mark Palkovic Bardavon Theater Organ Renovations, 1987 Articles and programs, 1928, 1986-1987 American History Illustrated, 1989 November-December “The Jukebox: an American Classic” by Joseph Gustaitis For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 42 81 84 6 7 1 2 2 3 2-3 26-28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 1 55 4 5 84 76 4 5 2 42 3 4 3 7 2 3 4 55 6 7 8 9 5 7 6 7 Series 3, Advertising and Promotional Materials, 1911-1978 Subseries 1, Print Advertising and Promotion, 1911-1978; undated Quotations, promotional book of testimonials for Wurlitzer Hope-Jones Unit Orchestra, 1913 Direct mail advertising for automatic instruments, circa 1920s Direct mail advertising for automatic instruments, undated Advertising circular for Wurlitzer Unit Orchestra, undated Advertising circulars for automatic instruments, circa 1915 Direct mail advertising, automatic instruments, circa 1915-1920 Promotional brochures, automatic instruments, 1911; undated Promotional brochures, pianorchestras, undated, circa 1915 Promotional brochures, automatic orchestra for movie theaters, 1920s Promotional brochures, Hope-Jones Unit Orchestras, 1920s The Wurlitzer Electric Piano, promotional brochure, undated Promotional brochures for organs featuring testimonials, circa 1920s Wurlitzer Organette brochure featuring testimonials, circa 1920s Promotional picture postcard of harpist, signed “Tedeschi” 1915 “Are You Among the Thirty Million?” Promotional reprint from American Magazine 1924 November Bound volume of Wurlitzer Grand Piano advertisements, circa 1920s Advertising mats and loose ad reprint for grand pianos, included with bound volume, circa 1920s Advertisements for pianos, circa 1920s Advertising mats for pianos, 1940s-1950s Advertising circular featuring testimonials, 1921 April Ad mats for pianos, undated The Piano Beautiful, William Knabe & Company, 1923 Scrapbook of advertisements for Everett Piano Company, 1940 Brochures for Lyric Radios, 1930s Announcement of new line of coin operated game machines, 1930s “Skee Ball” brochures, 1936 Wurlitzer School of Music promotional flier, undated, circa 1930s Accordion advertisement in Musical Merchandise, 1936 June “New Wurlitzer Accordion Model 1030” reprint from Modern Plastics, undated Testimonial letter from Fred Ruhoff, 1936 January 18 Wurlitzer Accordions, 1930s Image of harp maker, circa 1930s Magazine advertisements for pianos and jukeboxes, 1927, 1940s Advertisements for Wurlitzer’s War Department, 1940s Wurlitzer display at Atlantic City DuPont Exhibit, 1940 August Photograph mounted on wood plaque The Creation of Quality, circa 1940 Book about organ production for the Armed Forces, contains photographs The Creation of Quality, 1949 For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 8 9 42 10 11 12 4 5 6 7 8 77 7 84 13 14 15 16 6 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 42 28 9 10 7 29 30 Promotional Booklet for Organs Increase Your Profits with Wurlitzer Remote Control and Auxiliary Equipment, 1940s Promotional booklets for Organ Models 45, Series 5 and Series 50; 1940s Promotional booklets for Organ Models 20 and 21, 1940s Promotional materials for Organs, 1940s-1950s Promotional booklets for Organs, 1950s Keys to a Fascinating World Promotional book for pianos Wurlitzer “2 in 1” Organ booklet, 1950s Promotional publications for Wurlitzer Centennial, 1956 Wurlitzer Centennial promotional materials: tag, signs, and sample of Centennial drapery fabric Promotional booklet for Centennial Model 1900 Jukebox, 1956 Jukebox advertising campaigns and related materials, 1946 and 1950-1954 Ad mats for Organs, 1968 Promotional booklets for Electric Organs, 1970s The Corinth Story, circa 1955 Booklet about opening of organ and piano plant in Corinth, Mississippi Promotional booklets for Pianos, 1940s Advertisement for Wurlitzer Model 1100 Jukebox, 1940s Advertising circulars for pianos and organs, 1960s Advertising cards for Pianos, 1947 “Decorative Back for Wurlitzer Pianos” advertisement [?] circa 1950 Handwritten notes, pencil sketches, ad copy manuscripts, page proof of ad Promotional booklets for Pianos, 1950s Ad mats for Pianos, 1955 Promotional booklets for Pianos, 1960s Press releases about Compact Pianos, 1961 June 7 Counter card for Wurlitzer Piano Rental, 1980 Piano Festival, Muskogee, Oklahoma; 1952 May 11 Piano Ensemble, DeKalb, Illinois; undated Wurlitzer Foundation Plan Pianos, undated Brochure for The Music House of Suttons, Melbourne, Australia, undated Advertisements for Wurlitzer Musical Instruments; 1929, 1930, 1955 Juke Box advertisements in Bar and Food 1953 January-November, 1954 May Advertisement for “Carousel” compact Jukebox, circa 1970s Wurlitzer Corporate Headquarters, 1978 Our Team is First, 1970s The Wurlitzer Way, 1970s Placards for Automatic Instruments, circa 1915 “Drop five cents in the slot for a real concert” and others Wurlitzer “Finish Visualizer” circa 1950s For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 32 84 32 31 32 33 1 34 87 4 8 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 Map Case Map Case A B OF 469.1 OF 469.2 39 OT 469.3 OD 469.1 OD 469.2 Wood finish samples for pianos and organs Promotional kit for Marge Meinart, “Wurlitzer Sweetheart” ,1956 Partial List of Wurlitzer Organ Owners, 1957 “Walnut Classics Award” to Wurlitzer, 1968 Wurlitzer News announcement about “Walnut Classics Award Promotional materials for “The Mightiest Wurlitzer” Wurlitzer Hall; DeKalb, Illinois, 1978 “When the Organ Played at Twilight” handwritten musical score, circa1929 Commemorative edition sheet music, circa 1978 Wurlitzer signs, two sizes, circa 1960s Musical Guide for Model 25G and Model 25 Musical scores for organists, undated Wurlitzer decals Wurlitzer guitar picks Wurlitzer swizzle stick “Own a piano” button Radio City Music Hall Theater Organ plaque Operator’s Piano Company, Chicago Direct mail advertising for the Victor Coin Electric Piano, circa 1915 Everett Piano Company, Chicago Advertising materials, circa 1940 Gulbransen Pianos, Chicago Advertising materials, circa 1940 Promotional circulars for military band organs, circa 1910 Promotional circular for Kingston Deluxe Player Piano circa 1915 Circular for C. W. Parker, Abilene, Kansas, amusement devices Poster for Gulbransen “Minuette Console” pianos Subseries 2, Audio Recordings and Moving Images, 1939-1978 Keys to Creativity, Corporate Creator: Wurlitzer Company Content Description: Promotional film number 57 Pianorama, undated ½ inch VHS Corporate Creator: Wurlitzer Company Content Description: Wurlitzer Factory Tour, Holly Springs, Mississippi Final Mighty Wurlitzer, Corporate Creator: Wurlitzer Company Soundtrack” How Craftsmen Build the Wurlitzer Piano, 1939 12” audio disc Corporate Creator: Wurlitzer Company Producer: Jam Handy Salesman’s Presentation, undated For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 OV 469.1 8 7 8 8 9 10 8 9 1 2 3 4-5 6 42 10 7 11 12 13 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Wurlitzer Organ Model 4040, (10” audio disc) Corporate Creator: Wurlitzer Company Tape, Final Mighty Wurlitzer Soundtrack, undated Corporate Creator: Wurlitzer Company Pianorama, undated ½ inch VHS Corporate Creator: Wurlitzer Company Content Description: Wurlitzer Factory Tour, Holly Springs, Mississippi Series 4, Product Information, 1860-1984 Subseries 1, Catalogues and Price Lists, 1860-1894 Price list of musical instruments, 1860 Pages embossed “Raymond B. Wurlitzer” Catalogue, Rudolph Wurlitzer & Bro. [1877?] Catalogue, Rudolph Wurlitzer & Bro. [1879?] Catalogue, Rudolph Wurlitzer & Company 30th Edition, 1896 Rudolph Wurlitzer and Brother Price List, circa 1880 Eugene de Kleist Barrel Organs and Orchestrions, 1901 Automatic Military Bands, undated North Tonawanda Musical Instrument Works Wurlitzer Automatic Musical Instruments, 1912 The World’s Best Automatic Musical Instruments, 1912 Texts in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese Wurlitzer Automatic Musical Instruments, 1912-13 Wurlitzer Hope-Jones Unit Orchestra, 1914 Complete Musical Merchandise Catalogue for Dealers, 1919 Wurlitzer Unit Orchestra, circa 1920 Bound copy of The World’s Best Musical Instruments, 1916 stamped “F. R. Wurlitzer” Wurlitzer Automatic Musical Instruments, 1926-27 Wurlitzer Motion Picture Orchestra, circa 1912 Wurlitzer Motion Picture Orchestra, Spanish Edition, circa 1912 Wurlitzer Motion Picture Orchestra, French Edition, circa 1912 Wurlitzer Victor Records Catalogue, 1917 May Catalogues of music rolls for the Wurlitzer Player Piano, undated Wurlitzer Solo Paganini Violin-Piano, undated Wurlitzer catalogues of musical instruments and supplies, undated Wurlitzer Band and Orchestra Journal, catalogue, 1921 December Wurlitzer Musical Instruments, 1922 Wurlitzer Radio, catalogue, 1920s Oh Dad! It’s a Wurlitzer! catalogue, 1920s Christmas Wurlitzer Military Band catalogues, 1923 and undated Wurlitzer Military Band catalogues, 1925, 1926 Wurlitzer Automatic Brass Bands for Skating Rinks, undated New Polyphone Supply Company, London England For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 24 25 11 26 27 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 12 12 21 22 1 2 3-4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Discontinued Military Band Organs; loose pages, undated One-Man Orchestras for Theaters, circa 1924-1925 The Music that gives Realism to the Pictures, 1920s The Wurlitzer Harp; catalogue, 1924 Martin Handcraft Instruments; catalogue No. 72, 1922 Musical Instruments Catalogue Number 128, 1925 Wholesale Price List for Catalogue Number 128, 1925 January 1 Wholesale Price List for Catalogue Number 130, 1926 October 1 Rare Violins, 1925 Musical Instruments Catalogue Number 131, 1926 Complete Musical Catalogue for Dealers, Number 132, 1927 Military Band Catalogues, 1928, 1929 Musical Instruments Catalogue, Number 133, 1930 Wurlitzer Complete Musical Merchandise Catalogue for Dealers Numbers 134, 1931 Loose items from Catalogue Number 134 Musical Instruments Catalogue Number 135, 1932 Military Band Organ Prices, 1933 Price lists for Wurlitzer Lyric Radios, 1934 Wurlitzer Church Organs Supplementary Catalogue, circa 1930s Photographs of organs in churches The Golden Line by Wurlitzer Organ Catalogue and price Lists, 1959 Price lists for Organs; 1923, 1925, 1957, 1984 Wurlitzer Piano Accordions, catalogue and brochure, 1936 17th, 18th and 19th Century Rare Violins from the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company Collection, circa 1930s. The Wurlitzer Collection, 1937 [violins] Good Violins, Bows and Accessories, 1938 The Attainment of an Ideal, undated Wurlitzer Grand Piano Company development with descriptions of models Piano Catalogues, circa 1920s-1930s Piano Catalogues, circa 1930s Grand Piano Catalogues, circa 1930s Piano Catalogue, 1958 September Piano Catalogue pages, circa 1950s Piano Style Sheets, circa 1950s Piano Price Lists; 1948-1960, 1984 Piano Style Sheets, circa 1970s Wurlitzer Electronic Piano Merchandising Manual, 1954 Mohawk Beer Cooler Catalogue, circa 1930s Subseries 2, Instructional and Service Manuals, 1920s-1950s Directions for the Operation and Care of the Wurlitzer Harp, undated How to Properly Take Care of the Wurlitzer Duplex Roll System, undated Instructional booklets on the care of the Wurlitzer For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 81 6 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 12 21 42 14 15 16 12 17 22 76 5 84 7 12 23 24 76 12 6 25 26 27 28 Automatic Roll Changer, undated “Instructions for Operating Perforated Roll Music in Band Organs” circa 1920 Directions for the Care and Operation of the Military Band Organ, undated Installation, Care and Operation of the Fotoplayer, undated American Photo Player Company, New York Starting Switch Mechanism, Wurlitzer Automatic Pianos, 1923 Wurlitzer Long roll Tracker Frame Care and Use, 1923 Wurlitzer Metal Action Player Pianos, 1925 Manual of Instructions for Wurlitzer “Simplex” Coin-Controlled Automatic Phonograph [jukebox], 1934 Service Instructions and Parts Catalog, Model 1015 [jukebox] 1946 Service Manuals for Pianos, circa 1940s-1950s Mohawk Beer Cooler Catalogue, circa 1930s Everett Orgatron, Instructions for Operation and Maintenance of Model Five Everett Piano Company, South Haven, Michigan; 1938 Subseries 3, Product Specifications and Customer Testimonials, 1913-1970; undated Specifications for St. Louis Fox Theater Organ, 1928 Mortuary Organette booklet with specifications, circa 1920s Specifications for Wurlitzer Organ styles B, 3, and 150, undated Specifications for Wurlitzer Hope-Jones Unit Orchestras Styles 108 and 260, undated Specifications for two-manual Wurlitzer Chapel Organs Styles C-2, C-3, and others, undated Sketches of Consoles for church and theater organs, 1928-1929 Specifications and other information for Wurlitzer Organ at WCCO Radio Station, Boston, 1930s A Collection of Plates, 1930 Book of photographs depicting construction of Julius Bauer pianos, produced by Wurlitzer Style and specifications for 1934 Wurlitzer Lyric radios Schematic for Mohawk table radio, 1930s Style and specifications for Mohawk Refrigerators, 1930s Specifications for Electric Organs for Veterans Administration, United States Army and Navy chapels and recreational rooms Specifications for Brooklyn Fox Theater Organ, 1926 Articles about the organ from Theater Organ, 1965, 1970 Specifications for “The Mightiest Wurlitzer” 1978 Testimonial letters from users of Automatic Musical Instruments 1913 April-November Testimonial letters about Violins, 1926 Testimonial letters about Organs, 1926-1928 Testimonial letters about Organs, 1929, 1948-1949 For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 13 1 2 3 4 5-6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Series 5, Photographs of Wurlitzer Manufacturing Plants, Employees, Stores, and Dealerships, 1856-1973; undated Subseries 1, Manufacturing Plants and Employees, 1917-1970; undated “The Wurlitzer Hope-Jones Unit Orchestra Factory Photo Album” undated reprints of photographs taken at North Tonawanda, New York Division in 1917 North Tonawanda Division, exterior views, 1934-1951 North Tonawanda Division, exterior views undated North Tonawanda Division visited by movie star Priscilla Dean; with Farny Wurlitzer, aviator Lt. Arnold, and others, circa 1930 Priscilla Dean at Wurlitzer organ being made for Roosevelt Memorial Park North Tonawanda Division, organ manufacturing, circa 1930s North Tonawanda Division, organ pipe production Organist Jesse Crawford and unidentified woman with organ pipes, circa 1930 North Tonawanda Division, assembling jukeboxes, 1934-1935 North Tonawanda Division, assembling jukeboxes, 1939 North Tonawanda Division, fabrication and assembly areas 1939, 1951 and undated North Tonawanda Division, World War II “E” Awards ceremony 1943 October 19 Melville Clark Piano Company, future home of Wurlitzer’s DeKalb, Illinois Division, circa 1919 Apollo Piano Company factory (Melville Clark) circa 1920; it became part of Wurlitzer’s DeKalb Division De Kalb Division, accordion assembly, 1930s De Kalb Division at night, 1930s De Kalb Division, remodeling of plant, 1941-1942 First air shipment out of De Kalb, circa 1943 First air shipment to California, circa 1946-1947 De Kalb Division, World War II “E” Awards ceremony, 1944 June 22 [includes copy of telegram from James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy] De Kalb Division, fabrication and assembly areas, 1951 Photoprint of list of equipment and facilities De Kalb Division, fabrication and assembly areas, 1950s De Kalb Division, exterior views, 1950s Holly Springs, Mississippi Division Plant, circa 1962 Holly Springs Division dedication, 1962 October 18 Farny Wurlitzer, executives and guests Holly Springs Division dedication banquet, 1962 October 18 Holly Springs Division, portrait of James E. Rolfing and memorial plaque, 1962 October 18 Corinth, Mississippi plant, 1963 Model of Logan, Utah plant, 1970 Manufacturing scenes: engineering and inspection, 1930s-1950s For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 29 30 31 32 56 14 33 1 1 2 3 4 56 14 84 56 14 2 5 6 7-8 8 3 9 10-11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 Manufacturing scenes: woodworking, 1930s-1950s World War II manufacturing scenes, 1940s World War II plant tours, 1940s Wurlitzer employees and military personnel World War II: loading C-47 airplane, 1940s Wurlitzer employees and military personnel Manufacturing areas, unidentified locations, undated Unidentified manufacturing plant [?], undated Shipping and receiving, various locations, undated Miscellaneous plant tours, 1950s James E. Rolfing Fabrik, Deutsche Wurlitzer, 1960; photograph album Deutsche Wurlitzer GMBH, Hulhorst, Germany, view of plant, circa 1970 Howard Wurlitzer (left) and Eugene de Kleist, undated Rudolph Wurlitzer and Mr. Auer, circa 1900 Farny Wurlitzer, circa 1940s Hugh A. Stewart, Sales Manager, undated Wurlitzer executives, identified; 1930s-1950s Wurlitzer executives, unidentified; 1930s-1950s Wurlitzer employees, identified, 1930s-1950s Wurlitzer executive dinners, 1940s, 1950s; undated Group of Wurlitzer employees at golfing outing, undated Wurlitzer Company annual meeting banquet, 1959 November 16 Wurlitzer employees, unidentified, 1930s-1950s Groups of Wurlitzer employees, unidentified, 1930s-1950s Group at unidentified event, circa 1930s; handwritten list of names Unidentified company events and recreation, circa 1930s-1940s Employee reception, 1978; twenty 35mm negatives Photographs used in Centennial History booklet, pages 11, 14; 1956: [1915 catalogue, illustrations of three factories, early stock certificate] Press release describing factories Engraving plates for Centennial History booklet, pages 6-7; 1956 [portraits of Rudolph Wurlitzer, picture of village and map of Schoeneck region, Germany] Wurlitzer Centennial Celebration, North Tonawanda, New York Centennial plant tours, 1956 Centennial stage show, 1956 Centennial contests and games, 1956 Centennial carnival, 1956 Subseries 2, Wurlitzer Retail Stores, 1869-1961; undated Ashland store, [state?] 1930s Buffalo, New York store; 1930s, 1953 Camden, New Jersey store; circa 1930s Chicago, Illinois original store, circa 1920s Chicago, Illinois stores, circa 1930s and 1953 Cicero, Illinois Studio, 1930s For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 16 30 31 32 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Cincinnati, Ohio, 1856; Wurlitzer Company birthplace “3 small rooms on top floor of Masonic Building” Cincinnati, Ohio, early store locations, 123 and 115 Main Street 1869-1900 Cincinnati, Ohio store before fire, 1891-1904 Cincinnati, Ohio store after fire, 1904 Cincinnati, Ohio store, 1898 Stock rooms, instrument repair room, drum factory Cincinnati, Ohio store, automatic instrument room, 1891-1906 Cincinnati, Ohio store, instrument repair rooms, 1891-1906 Cincinnati, Ohio store; office, shipping and advertising departments, 1891-1906 Cincinnati, Ohio store, stock rooms, 1891-1906 Cincinnati, Ohio store, piano display and sale rooms, 1891-1906 Cincinnati, Ohio store, talking-record machines, 1906 Cincinnati, Ohio store, general display rooms, piano roll room, 1906 Cincinnati, Ohio store, 1910 Cincinnati, Ohio store, piano room, circa 1930s Cincinnati, Ohio store, remodeling, 1930s Cincinnati, Ohio store, circa 1938-1939 Cincinnati, Ohio store, 1940s Cleveland, Ohio store, circa 1920s-1940s Cleveland, Ohio store, circa 1920s-1940s Cleveland, Ohio store, (Five Points Studio) circa 1920s-1940s Cleveland, Ohio store, (Lakewood) circa 1920s-1940s Columbus, Ohio store, circa 1920s Dayton, Ohio store after the flood of 1913 Dayton, Ohio store, 1926 and 1930s Detroit, Michigan store, 1930s Detroit, Michigan store, sales rooms, 1940s Detroit, Michigan store, (Grand River) 1940s Detroit, Michigan store, (Wyandotte) 1930s [?] Flint, Michigan store, circa 1930s Frankford, Pennsylvania store, undated Hamilton, Ohio store, circa 1930s Kansas City store, [state?] 1938 Los Angeles, California store and violin shop, undated Los Angeles studio, circa 1920s-1930s Louisville, Kentucky store, 1936 Middletown, North Dakota, 1929 and 1930s Milwaukee, Wisconsin store, undated New York City, Wurlitzer Building, circa 1920s New York violin store, New York Studios, circa 1920s New York store, 1941 New York store, 1956 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania store, 1920s For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 56 16 15 16-17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 4 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania store, 1961 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania store, 1920s Rochester, New York stores, 1930s St. Louis, Missouri store; Wurlitzer School of Music, 1920s-1930s San Francisco, California store, 1930s Springfield, Ohio store, 1930s Syracuse, New York store, 1937 Trenton, New Jersey store, circa 1940s Youngstown, Ohio stores, 1936 and Upper Darby, Pennsylvania store, 1930s Unidentified stores, undated Subseries 3, Wurlitzer Dealerships, United States circa 1930s-1940s; undated Baker’s Music House, location unknown Baskette Piano Company, Atlanta, Georgia Beard’s Temple of Music, location unknown Brock May’s, Houston, Texas Butler’s, Marion, Indiana Cheney’s, location unknown Chenoweth and Green Music Company Enid, Oklahoma Clinton Music Store, New Haven, Connecticut Colonial Music Shop, Frederick, Maryland Colorado Springs Music Company, Colorado Springs, Colorado Davis Music Store, Farmington Missouri Fawley Music Store, Fairmont, New York Fowler’s, Joliet, Illinois Froess, Erie, Pennsylvania, 1947 Garst Music Company, location unknown Glen Brothers Music Company, Salt Lake City, Utah Gooding, Thomas Brothers, location unknown Griffith Piano Company, Newark, New Jersey Hollenback Piano Company, Little Rock, Arkansas Houk Music Company, Little Rock, Arkansas Kaufman, B.W. and Sons, Lewiston, Pennsylvania Kenney Music Company, Huntington, West Virginia Kneupfer and Dimmock, Lawrence, Massachusetts Laehn and Erickson, no location Lamb and Reitz, Portsmouth, Ohio Lowman Music, Incorporated, Bluefield, West Virginia Ludwig’s, St. Louis, Missouri McAvoy Music House, Roanoke, Virginia McGinness, M.L. Piano Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota Manning’s Southern California Piano Supply Company, Los Angeles Miles Music Company, Duluth, Minnesota For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 36 37 38 39 40-41 42 43 44 45 17 56 1 5 2 3 4 5 6 56 17 6 7 8 9 Miller, F. O., Jacksonville, Florida Miller’s Music Company and Geiger Brothers Music Company, Troy, New York Miller’s Music Store, location unknown, circa 1890 Milner’s, Cincinnati, Ohio Modern Music Mart, Gainesville, Florida Pearson’s, location unknown Phillips, D.Z., Pueblo, Colorado Smith, Arthur, Music Company, Tampa Florida Temple of Music, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania Tolzien Music Store, Amarillo, Texas Troup, J. H. Music Center, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Walt’s, Lincoln, Nebraska Wiley’s, Hutchinson, Kansas Winfield Clark Music Company, Grand Junction, Colorado Unidentified dealers Subseries 4, Wurlitzer Foreign Dealerships, 1930s-1970s; undated Arauco Prado and Company, Bolivia, 1930s RCA Victor, Mexico City, Mexico, 1940s Yupangco, Felipe and Sons, Manila, undated Casa Riojas, Mexico City Mexico, 1940s, 1950s Wurlitzer Limited, Knutsford, England, 1973 Construction of office building and warehouse Wurlitzer Holland BV, location unknown, undated Series 6, Photographs of Wurlitzer Products and Product Sales Promotions, 1901-1977; undated Subseries 1, Automatic Instruments and Player Pianos, 1901-1925; undated Orchestrions and Flute Organs, 1901; undated 38-note paper played Orchestrion Military Band Organs, 190; undated Style numbers 17, 20A, 27, 55 Military Band Organs, undated Style numbers 100, 110, 120, 125, 127 Military Band Organs, undated Style numbers 130, 135, 140, 146, 147, 148 Military Band Organs, undated Style numbers 151, 153, 155, 157 Military Band Organs, undated Style numbers 160, 163, 164, 165, 166, 180 and unidentified Restored Military Band, undated Wurlitzer 157 Band Organ; Lakeside Amusement Park, Denver, Colorado Wurlitzer 180 Concert Organ, Fairfax, Virginia Miscellaneous pianorgans, undated Pianorchestras, 1912; style numbers 16, 17, 32 For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 18 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Concert Pianorchestras, 1912 and undated Style numbers 31, 32, 34, 42, 68c, and unidentified Mandolin Pianorchestras, 1912 Style numbers 15, 18, 27A, 28, 25A, 28B, 29C Mandolin Pianorchestras, 1912 Style numbers 30A, 30B, 33, 33A, 34, 34A Mandolin Pianorchestras, 1912 Style numbers 38, 39, 40A, 47 Bijou Orchestras, various case designs, 1912 Motion Picture Orchestras, various case designs, undated Paganini Violin Pianos, 1912 and undated Style numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 Pianinos, various case designs, undated Violin Pianos, case design numbers 5-13, undated Violin-flute Pianos, undated Unidentified automatic pianos Automatic Harps, styles A and B, undated Mandolin Quartette, 1912 Mandolin Sextette, 1912 Player Pianos, 1912; styles A, AX, D. DX Player Pianos, 1912 and undated; styles SS, SA, X Player Pianos, circa 1912; Style I, case designs 1 through 7 Player Pianos, circa 1912; Style I, case designs 13 through 23 Player Pianos, circa 1912; case designs 502, 503, 504 Player Pianos, circa 1912 case designs 606, 607, 623, 628, 629 Player Pianos, circa 1912-1920s case designs 630, 631, 635,636, 638, 639 Player Pianos, circa early1920s case designs 708, 711, 716, 809, 810, 818 and unidentified Player Pianos with radios, circa 1920-1925 88-note player pianos, undated Electrical wiring of a player piano, undated Subseries 2, Manual Pianos, circa 1920s-1970s; undated Upright Pianos, undated; styles A, B, C, E and upright 280 Upright Pianos, undated case designs 604, 605, 609, 610, 611, 612, 616 Upright Pianos, undated case designs 619, 624, 625, 626, 627, 633, 641, 642 Upright Pianos, undated Style/case designs 704, 707,717 Upright Pianos, undated Style/case designs 801, 802, 805, 806, 807, 808, 809, 810, 811, 812 Upright Pianos, undated Style numbers 813, 814, 815, 816, 817, 819, 826, 837 For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 56 26 27 7 18 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 19 1 2 3 4 5 6 Unidentified Upright Pianos, undated 61-note Pianos, 1920s-1931 Style numbers 900, 901 and unidentified Grand Pianos, plain, undated; style numbers 240 and 250 Styles I, L,T and unidentified Grand Pianos with period decoration, undated, styles identified Grand Pianos with period decoration, undated, styles unidentified Grand Pianos with period decoration, undated, styles unidentified, negatives Decorated pianos in period rooms, undated Period rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago, undated Piano show rooms and window display, unknown locations, undated Grand Pianos and Spinettes Grand Piano interior, negative, undated Butterfly Wing Grand Pianos, 1930s People playing Butterfly Wing Pianos Staged groups playing Butterfly Wing Pianos Students playing Wurlitzer Electric Pianos, circa 1950s Console Electric Piano, model 700 Unidentified Electric Pianos Famous pianists at Wurlitzer Electric Pianos/ 1950s-1980s Steve Allen, Count Basie, Jerry Butler, The Carpenters, Duke Ellington, Stan Freeman Famous pianists at Wurlitzer Electric Pianos/ 1950s-1980s Isaac Hayes, Pete Jolly, Marian McPartland, Oscar Peterson, George Shearing Unidentified pianists with David Clayton-Thomas and Pete Fountain, 1970s Unidentified rock band with Wurlitzer Electric Piano, 1970s Spinnette Pianos, circa 1940s, 1950s Model Numbers 210, 221B, 226, 1000, 1107, 1112, 2000, 2020, 2300, 2410 Model Number 1901 with members of Bluefield, West Virginia Salvation Army Spinnette Pianos, 1940s-1960s Textile pianos, 73-note pianos Spinnette Pianos, circa 1930s-1950s Unidentified models and styles Unidentified Miss America at Wurlitzer piano, 1920s Letter to Cyril Farny at Wurlitzer Company Piano promotions and events, circa 1940s Clinics for music educators Piano promotions, circa 1950s Wurlitzer executives and others Wurlitzer Spinnette on “Illini” car on train to the Rose Bowl, 1952 Wurlitzer piano contest winner with Ed Sullivan and Frankie Laine, 1950s Wurlitzer parade floats, undated Piano promotions/personal endorsements, circa 1930s-1950s For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 56 19 18 8 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 56 19 27 9 28 29 30 31 32 33 Tito Guizar, Dave Rubinoff, Alexandro Vilalta, Griff Williams Musicians and orchestras with Wurlitzer pianos, 1940s-1960s Les Brown, Ted Fiorito, Ken Griffin, Hilton Sisters, Ted Lewis, Marian McPartland, Mel Torme Seven-foot piano at Marjer’s, Las Vegas, 1950 Unidentified people playing pianos, 1930s-1950s Unidentified infants and toddlers at pianos, circa 1940s Subseries 3, Organs, Accordions and Jukeboxes, 1920s-1978; undated Church Organs, two-manual, straight and curved consoles, undated Church Organs, three-manual, curved consoles, undated Church organ parts, undated Pipe units, chime mechanism, cabinet, bench Unidentified churches, undated Churches, 1958 and undated Mortuary Organs and Organettes, undated Residence Organs, two-manual, undated Models RJ 4, RJ 12, RJ 16, RJ 20 and unidentified Residence Organ, three-manual, unidentified Residences, owners identified, undated Interior of Rudolph Wurlitzer Cincinnati residence showing sound grilles between stair steps, undated Organ in Rudolph Wurlitzer residence, undated Residences, owners unidentified, undated Self-contained Organs and Roll-top Organ, undated Sketches of pipe organ console, undated Type and style unknown Theater Organs, two-manual, undated Theater Organs, three-manual, undated Theater Organs, four-manual, undated Arrival of “Mighty Wurlitzer” theater organ in Brisbane, Australia, circa 1924 New York Paramount Mighty Wurlitzer removal for shipment to West Coast 1965 March 4 Theater exteriors and interiors, circa 1920s-1949s Radio City Music Hall Organ, undated Radio City Music Hall Organist, Ray Bohr, undated Theater organists: Don Anderson, W. Clifford Chaney, Lee Erwin, T. Greison, Arlo Hults, undated Theater organists: Stan Kann, George Wright, undated Roger Fury, “Famed Mythical Theater Organist” 1978 Douglas Fairbanks and Sid Grauman at Egyptian Theater organ, Los Angeles, undated Unidentified theater organists, undated “Mightiest Wurlitzer” pipe organ workers, 1977 June 23 Wurlitzer Hall in DeKalb Illinois, under construction, 1977 June For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 34 35 36 37 38 20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 “Mightiest Wurlitzer” console inspection, 1977 June Wurlitzer Hall and “Mightiest Wurlitzer” console, 1977 July 14 “Mightiest Wurlitzer” moved to Wurlitzer Hall, 1977 December 15 “Mightiest Wurlitzer” pipe organ workers, 1978 January 17 “Mightiest Wurlitzer” pipe organ workers, undated St. Louis Fox Theater organ pipes, undated Organist David Ashby at the console of the “Mightiest Wurlitzer” circa 1978 Electric Organs, development and introduction, 1949 Electric Organs. Original model 20 circa 1950 Model numbers 32, 44, 4200, 4410, and unidentified, 1950s Lawrence Welk and others with Electric Organ, circa 1950s Partridge Family with Electric Organ, 1970s People playing Wurlitzer Electric Organs, circa 1940s-1960s Electric Organ sales demonstrations, undated Accordion promotions, circa 1930s-1940s Lawrence Welk at Wurlitzer sales conference and accordion promotions 1930s-1940s Accordions, two unidentified models, undated Accordion class, Interlaken, Michigan, undated Last accordion made at De Kalb plant, 1951 September 14 Wurlitzer Jukeboxes at the Rheingold Terrace, New York World’s Fair, 1939 Jukeboxes, circa 1946-1973 Models 1015, 1700, 1900, Centennial 1900 and 200, Nostalgic 1050 Unidentified musician with bowed one-string instrument, circa 1930s Subseries 4, Radios and Refrigerators, 1920s-1930s Lyric Radio . . . Product of Wurlitzer, circa 1920s All American Mohawk Corporation Lyric Self-tuning Radio, model 325, undated Lyric “The Challenger” radio, deluxe models 97 and 98, undated Model 454-U Two Band Receiver and unidentified, Lyric radios, 1920s Mohawk refrigerators, undated Models 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 Subseries 5, World War II Defense Products, 1943-1944 Airplane propellers Airplane wingtips, unidentified parts and manufacturing equipment “Bat Bomb,” assembly and assembled “Corsair Plane” and TR3 Plane Glider assembled and glider parts Glider partially assembled, glider parts, and tools Glider pattern blocks Glider wing assembly, crating the Glider “Die taken at interstate” [?] For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 21 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Antenna AT-197/GR, Case CY-728/GR Indicator I176/GX, Compass 1832-1A Radar Indicator AN/APA-11-M1 Ring Converter TA-182/U Proximity Fuses and air driven generator for V.T. fuses Transmitter T-282/GR Anti-icer and de-icer Electric Sound apparatus Equipment for C-46 Transport Plane: ramp, navigator’s table, seating Gun Charger Type B1 Gun Charger T-9 parts, Slip ring assembly for Naval gun director Mounting assembly MT 297/GR Jet Instrument Trainer C-11B Parts for Interstate Trainer Aircraft World War II products: unidentified lab tests Series 7, Photographs used in Wurlitzer Advertising and Public Relations, 1904-1970; undated Subseries 1, Promotional and Advertising Photographs, 1904-1970 Wurlitzer at Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904 Photocopies of Wurlitzer advertising circulars and postcards, circa 1915 Cafes and candy stores with Wurlitzer products, undated negatives Streetcar advertising, York, Pennsylvania, circa 1920 Photo copy of direct mail advertising award, 1940 Advertising photographs for “Treasure Chest of Music” grand piano, With models, 1920s Matilda Jackson, harpist, circa 1920s Christian E. Jarchow, Executive Vice president International Harvester Company, undated 35 mm negatives of photographs of Wurlitzer harps and harp advertising Circa 1920s Julius Bauer Pianos, construction of, circa 1920s-1930s Wurlitzer Bands, circa 1920s-1930s Apollo Hall, donated by Wurlitzer to National Music Camp Interlaken, Michigan, undated Wurlitzer Piano Concerts, circa 1930s-1940s Musicians: John Charles Thomas, Margie Meinhart and unidentified Circa 1930s-1950s Wurlitzer Press release with photo sheet showing 4 organs, circa 1952 Wurlitzer at Disneyland, 1955 Donation to the Strategic Air Command, 1956 Celebrating Wurlitzer’s listing on the New York Stock Exchange, 1966 March 16 “Position only” negative of advertisement, undated Color transparencies, assorted advertising images, undated Black and white film positive of illustration, undated For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 18 19 20 21 21 56 56 22 23 61 22 23 24-25 26 27 28 10 11 1 2-3 4 5 6 7 8-10 11 1-2 3-5 6 7 8 78 79 80 81 Old BB CC I 7 “How Craftsmen Build the Wurlitzer Piano” slide film, 1939 Five 35mm black and white contact proof sheets [from original] undated 35mm slide version, undated, five sheets of slides, undated “How Craftsmen Build the Wurlitzer Piano” undated Filmstrip negatives for five contact sheets Filmstrip positives, duplicate shots Duplicate slides from slide film “How Craftsmen Build the Wurlitzer Piano” Incomplete copy of slide film, “How Craftsmen Build the Wurlitzer Piano” 3 slides missing Subseries 2, Photographs, 1940s, 1970; undated United States Army Air Corps photographs, 1940s United States Marine Corps photographs, 1940s Office of War Information photographs, combat training subjects, 1940s Movie stills from “The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood “ showing Cocoanut Grove nightclub, undated Movie still from “An American Tragedy” undated Personal photographs, B. F. Garst family, undated Unidentified personal photographs, undated Advertisement in American School Board Journal, circa 1970, laminated Film positive depicting unidentified building, undated Series 8, Wurlitzer Employee Records and Related Materials, 1909-1961 Subseries 1, Employee Expense Reports, and Salary Records, North Tonawanda Division, 1925-1942; undated Employee Expense Reports, 1925 October-1926 February Employee Expense Reports, 1926 March-September Employee Expense Reports, 1926 October-1927 February Employee Expense Reports, 1927 March-September Employee Expense Reports, 1927 October-1928 April Employee Expense Reports, 1928 June-December Employee Expense Reports, 1929 January-June Employee Expense Reports, 1930 January-March Employee Expense Reports, 1930 April-December Employee Expense Reports, 1931 January-December Employee Expense Reports, 1932 January-June Rudolph Wurlitzer Company Salary Rate Schedule Retail Division and Executive Office, 1942 Salary Compensation Schedules, undated Subseries 2, Payroll Books, Salary Schedules, Salary Adjustment Applications, and Related materials, 1909-1945 Payroll Book A, 1909 Payroll Book B, 1909-1910 Payroll Book C, 1911-1912 Payroll Book N, 1918-1919 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company Salary Rate Schedule For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 8 9 10 11 23 24 42 13 1-3 4-5 6 7 18 19 20 21 24 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 57 54 24 25 1 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 Retail Division and Executive Office, 1942 Salary Compensation Schedules for officers and mangers, undated Charts of executives and salaries, 1943 Worksheets for bonus applications, 1943 New job classification salary rate schedules, 1943; undated Salary rated schedule for Plant I (North Tonawanda) and Plant II (DeKalb), 1940s Salary Adjustment Applications, 1944 April-May Salary Adjustment Applications, 1944 June-December Salary Adjustment Applications, 1945 January-March Salary Adjustment Applications, 1945 July War Labor Board salary documents, 1945 Social Security and other wage and tax documents, 1939-1942 North Tonawanda salary schedules, 1941-1942 Items approved by Treasury Department Wage Stabilization Orders, 1942-1945 Applications for payment of bonuses and for salary adjustments, 1943-1946 Subseries 3, General Employee Information, 1934-1961 Motivational messages for employees, 1934 January-1935 June War related announcements and information for employees 1943; undated Programs for Army-Navy “E” Award company picnic,1944 June 22 and related materials Employee softball team and picnic announcements, 1944 Materials related to labor unions, 1940s-1950s Announcements of company parties, 1955-1956 Communications to employees, DeKalb Division, 1956-1958, 1960 List of sales personnel, DeKalb Division Employee savings and profit sharing information, 1951-1961 General information booklets for new employees, undated Series 9, Production and Shipping Records, 1905-1987 Subseries 1. Disposition of Instruments Shipped, by Serial Number, 1905-1911, 1925-1938 1905-1911, numbers 10,001-15,470 circa 1925-1927, numbers 80,000-99,999 circa 1927-1928, numbers 105,000-105,999 circa 1928-1929, numbers 106,000-106,999 circa 1928-1929, numbers 107,000-107,997 circa 1928-1929, numbers 107,998-108,994 1929, numbers 108,995-109,994 1929, numbers 109,995-119,86 1929-1930, numbers 11,987-11,297 1930, numbers 11,298-13,988 1930, numbers 11,3989-11,4984 1930-1931, numbers 114,985-115,999 For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 1931-1932, numbers 117,000-117,998 1931-1932, numbers 117,999-118,997 1932-1933, numbers 118,998-119,000 and 120,000-120,995 1933-1934, numbers 120,996-121,999 1934-1935, numbers 138,000-139,007 1935, numbers 139,008-140,004 1935-1936, numbers 140,005-141,013 1936, numbers 141,014-142,022 1936, numbers 142,023-142,999 1936-1938, numbers 150,000-151,077 Subseries 2, Production Control Piano Serial Numbers, 1971-1981 1971-1972, numbers 1128001-1131521 1972, numbers 1125000-1128001 1972, numbers 1131522-1135008 1972, numbers 1135009-1138000 1972, numbers 1138001-1142026 1972-1973, numbers 1142027-1146492 1973, numbers 1146493-1150006 1973, numbers 1202110-1204969 1973, numbers 1205014-1208496 1973, numbers 1208497-1211487 1973-1974, numbers 1211489-1215001 1974,:numbers 1215002-1218487 1974, numbers 1218488-1221952 1974, numbers 1221953-1225995 1974, numbers 1225996-1229471 1974, numbers 1229472-1233342 1975-1976, numbers 1233343-1236994 1976, numbers 1236995-1240910 1976, numbers 1240911-1244694 1976, numbers 1244695-1248654 1976, numbers 1248655-1302240 1976-1977, numbers 1302241-1305562 1977, numbers 13055563-13006992 1977, numbers 1306993-1310516 1977, numbers 1310517-1310450 1977-1978, numbers 1314051-1318583 1978, numbers 1520000-1523831 1978, numbers 1523832-1527400 1978, numbers 1527420-1530983 1978-1979, numbers 1530984-1548583 1979-1980, numbers 1548584-1551595 1979, numbers 1551596-1554999 1979, numbers 1555000-1558021 1979-1980, numbers 1558022-1620043 For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 New 86 4 5 1 2 3 Old SN-1 87 88 89 90 91 SN-2 SN-3 SN-4 SN-5 SN-6 92 SN-7 93 SN-8 94 SN-9 95 SN-10 96 SN-11 97 98 SN-12 SN-13 99 SN-14 100 SN-15 101 SN-16 102 SN-17 103 SN-18 104 SN-19 33 1980, numbers 1620065-1622999 1980, numbers 1623000-1627421 1980-1981, numbers 1627422-1670487 1981, numbers 1670488-1672999 1981, numbers 1673000-1675630 Subseries 3, Piano Serial Number Printouts, DeKalb Division, 1966-1987 1966 January-June: 980,593 - 986,852 1966 June-December: 10,737 - 12,406 27,314 - 982,568 1967 January-June: 26,703 - 980,592 1967 July-December: 20,467 - 1,001,164 1968 January-June: 35,932 - 1,015,327 1963 January-July: 213,136 - 1,255, 232 1970 January-March: 977,896 - 1,102,900 1970 April-June: 653,045 - 1,105,260 1970 July-December: 203,522 - 1,255,232 1970 July-September: 896,502 - 1,115,786 1970 Oct.-December: 946,245 - 1,180,769 1971 January-March: 1,011,090 - 1,125,150 1971 April-June: 837,047 - 1,127,492 1971 July-September: 980,965 - 1,151,193 1971 October-December: 1,024,785 - 1,190,090 1972 January-March: 1,005,957 - 1,160,780 1972 April-June: 1,026,006 - 1,163,876 1972 July-September: 1,026,862 - 1,200,725 1973 January-March: 1,022,040 - 1,202,111 1973 April-June: 1,063,031 - 1,207,453 1973 July-September: 1,025,698 - 1,249,219 1973 October-December: 1,055,342 - 1,310,261 1974 October-December: 1,076,722 - 1,219,369 1974 July-September: 1,084,000 - 1,256,329 1974 October.-December: 1,013,880 - 1,330,709 1975 January-June: 1,044,106 - 1,262,393 1975 July-December: 1,020,967 - 1,269,483 1976 January-June: 1,081,464 -1,204,075 1976 July-December: 1,032,797 - 1,301,462 1977 January-March: 1,034,728 - 1,322,936 1977 April-June: 0,124,635 - 1,382,971 1977 July-September: 1,195,605 - 1,449,486 1977 October-December: 1,146,749 - 1,459,690 1978 January-June: 1,212,954 - 1,525,096 1978 July-December: 1,097,883 - 1,531,883 1979 January-June: 1,015,305 - 1,579,135 1979 July-December: 1,022,451 - 1,596,056 1980 January-June: 1,084,879 - 1,623,643 For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 105 SN-20 106 SN-21 107 108 SN-22 SN-23 109 SN-24 110 SN-25 111 SN-26 New Old 112 SN-27 113 114 115 116 117 118 New 119 120 121 122 New 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 SN-28 SN-29 SN-30 SN-31 SN-32 SN-33 Old SN-34 SN-35 SN-36 SN-37 Old SN-38 SN-39 SN-40 SN-41 SN-42 SN-43 SN-44 SN-45 42 21 1980 July-December: 1,271,466 - 1,629,097 1981 January-June: 1,202,454 - 1,673,775 1981 July-December: 1,246,164 - 1,675,627 1982 January-June: 0,022,228 - 1,707,252 1982 July-December: 0,005,246 - 1,720,847 1983 1,519,046 - 1,735,197 1984 January-June: 0,830,058 - 1,789,855 1984 July-December: 1,508,211 - 1,807,000 1985 January-June: 0,153,146 - 1,828,110 1985 July-December: 0,011,173 - 1,852,206 1986 January-June: 0,141,037 - 5,352,205 1986 July-December: 0,153,318 - 1,887,792 1987 January-June: 0,156,693 - 1,888,977 1987 July-September: 0,157,965 - 9,047,684 Subseries 4, Piano Serial Number Printouts, Holly Springs Division 1979-1989 1979 153,146 - 158,818 1979 -- Young Chang 5,246 - 27,222 1980 1,506,528 - 1,596,284 1980 -- Young Chang 1,300,744 - 1,310,021 1980-1981 1,596,285 - 1,653,621 1981-1982 1,653,622 - 1,714,874 1982-1984 1,714,875 - 1,775,271 1983-1985 1,775,272 - 1,850,878 1985-1988 1,850,879 - 2,002,137 1989 1,069 - 9,280,212 Subseries 5, Warranty Registration Printouts, 1977-1980 1977 1977 1978 1980 Subseries 6, Serial Number Registers, 1971-1981 1971-1972 1,125,000 - 1,142,026 1972-1973 1,142,027 - 1,211,487 1973-1975 1,211,489 - 1,229,741 1975-1976 1,229,742 - 1,248,654 1976-1978 1,248,655 - 1,318,585 1978-1979 1,520,000 - 1,551,595 1979-1980 1,551,596 - 1,626,099 1980-1981 1,626,100 - 1,675,630 Subseries 7, Shipping Lists and Related Materials for Non-Defense Products, 1911-1956 Factory Production Resume for Organs, 1911-1943 Breakdown of organs shipped in 1926 Details of organ construction, undated For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 33 4-5 6-7 34 1-2 3 4 5 6 76 57 58 59 34 35 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 7 2 1 2 4 1 2 3 15 16 17 1 2 3 4 5 6 Shipping Lists, Model 219 Impulse Stepper 1946 April 27-1951 January 31 Shipping Lists, Wurlitzer Juke Box Model 3031 Selector Wall Box 1946 November 8-1950 October 19 Shipping lists, Phonographs, 1946 February 5-1946 June 14 Factory Record of Music Rolls, 1940s Correspondence and related materials concerning pianos damaged In shipment, 1955-1956 Miscellaneous shipping documents Subseries 8, Inspection Materials, Product Specifications, and Warranty Printouts, 1943-1944, 1980, 1987 ANC Bulletin, Wood Aircraft Inspection and Fabrication Army-Navy Civil Committee, 1943 December 20 Inspection reports and related documents, 1943 Tags for rejected parts and related documents, 1943-1944 Examinations for inspection department, 1944 Report to Bureau of Aeronautics, U.S. Navy, 1944 May 10 General Aircraft Blueprint Information, undated Laboratory test results and forms, undated Manufacturing and processing Specifications, 1943-1944 Bulletins and forms regarding salvage and scrap, 1944 “Current Styles and Finishes” Holly Springs Division 1987 July24 Calculations of time spent on production and shipping activities, undated Series 10, Shipping and Sales Records for Wurlitzer Dealerships, Wurlitzer Retail Stores, and Rembert Wurlitzer, Incorporated, 1917-1952 Subseries 1, Records of Pianos and Other Instruments Shipped to Retailers and Other Retail Records, 1925-1933 Daily lists of instruments shipped to retailers, 1925 October-December Daily lists of instruments shipped to retailers, 1926 January-March Daily lists of instruments shipped to retailers, 1926 April-June Daily lists of instruments shipped to retailers, 1926 October-December Daily lists of instruments shipped to retailers, 1931 January-August Daily lists of instruments shipped to retailers, 1931 September-1932 April Daily lists of instruments shipped to retailers, 1932 May-1933 April Subseries 2, Records of Instruments Shipped to Dealers, 1930 Allen-Ayer Barlow-Binion Blanchard-Butler California-Culp Day-Duff Eastern-Essenbaum Fairbanks-Fuller Gage-Guttenburger Hall-Hyde For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 36 1 2 3 4 5 6 60 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 1 2 3 Indian-Jordan Keoun-Kronenwetter Lamb-Long McFayden-Meyer Miller-Myer Nash-Olmetti Parker-Quakenbush Rice-Routier Sapp-Sylacauga Taft-Whitman Whittle-Yuncker Subseries 3, Records of Pianos and Other Instruments Shipped to Wurlitzer Stores and other Retail Records, 1925, 1930 Store locations: Ashland, Kentucky-Cincinnati, Ohio Store locations: Cleveland, Ohio-Milwaukee, Wisconsin Store locations: New York, New York-Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Store locations: Rochester, New York-Youngstown, Ohio List of instruments sold through branches, 1930 Automatics, harps, and unit organs Retail Sales, miscellaneous customers, 1930 Subseries 4, Sales Reports and Data, Audits, and Inventories for Wurlitzer Retail Stores, 1917-1952 Wurlitzer stores sales reports, 1917-1919 Wurlitzer stores sales reports, 1920 February-July Wurlitzer stores sales reports, 1920 August-December Wurlitzer stores sales reports, 1921 January-June Wurlitzer stores sales reports, 1921 July-December Wurlitzer stores sales reports, 1922 January-June Wurlitzer stores sales reports, 1922 July-December Ashland, Kentucky store interim audit report, 1937 June 9 Buffalo, New York store interim audit report, 1937 June 9 Chicago, store interim audit report, 1907 Chicago store special report, 1937 June21 Cincinnati store interim report 1937 June 9 Detroit store interim audit report, 1937 September 9 Hamilton, Ohio store interim audit report, 1937 September 10 Louisville, Kentucky store interim audit report, 1937 June 9 Milwaukee store interim audit report, 1937 October 20 New York store interim audit report, 1937 June 9 Philadelphia store interim audit report, 1937 June 9 Syracuse, New York store interim audit report, 1937 June 9 Youngstown, Ohio store interim audit report, 1937 June 9 Brooklyn Store, sales data 1937-1939 Buffalo store, sales data 1936-1948 Chicago store sales data, 1936-1948 For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 60 36 23 27 28-31 32 42 33 22 43 1 2 3 81 11 43 4 Chicago and Los Angeles inventories of stringed instruments, 1950s Carson, Pirie, Scott [Chicago] sales data, 1944-1945 Cincinnati store sales data, 1936-1948 J. Diener, Cleveland showrooms, audit of sales 1932 April 1-1935 June 30 Cleveland store sales data, 1936-1948 Columbus, Ohio store sales data, 1936-1948 Detroit store sales data, 1936-1948 New York store sales data, 1936-1948 New York Violin Department Inventories, 1949 March New York store inventory [stringed instruments] 1950 March 31 Handwritten lists, stringed instruments, 1950-1951 Philadelphia store sales data, 1936-1948 Piqua, Ohio store sales data, 1936-1948 Rochester, New York store sales data, 1936-1940 St. Louis store sales data, 1936-1939 Springfield [no state] store sales data, 1936-1939 Syracuse store sales data, 1936-1939 Youngstown, Ohio store sales data, 1936-1939 Rudolph Wurlitzer and Subsidiaries, cash audit of retail stores, 1934 All stores sales data, 1936-1948 Subseries 5, Rembert Wurlitzer Incorporated, New York, 1949-1952 Rembert Wurlitzer audit figures, 1949 Rembert Wurlitzer, New York; journal vouchers, 1949 April-1952 March Rembert Wurlitzer, New York correspondence 1948 December-1952 April Rembert Wurlitzer, New York rent computation sheets 1949 April-1952 March Rembert Wurlitzer, New York miscellaneous notes, 1949 and undated Records of sale of serially numbered inventory by Rembert Wurlitzer 1949 April-1952 March Series 11, Records of Stock Certificates, Meeting Minutes, and Related Financial and Legal Documents, 1908-1972 Subseries 1, Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, Wurlitzer Subsidiaries, and Other Related Companies 1907-1972 All-American Mohawk Corporation, North Tonawanda, New York Minutes of Directors meetings, 1928 March, May All-American Mohawk Corporation Minutes of Directors meetings, 1928 July-November All-American Mohawk Corporation Minutes of Directors meetings, 1929 February-December Lease agreement for All-American Mohawk Corporation, 1930 April 28 Proposed layout for offices All-American Mohawk Corporation Minutes of Directors meetings, 1930 February-May, 1931 May-June Audit Report to Directors, 1931 March 31 For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 5 6 7 8-9 59 1011 1 43 2 3 4 12 13 14 15 16 59 43 17 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 18 62 44 1 All-American Mohawk Corporation Minutes of Directors meetings, 1933 March, 1934 November Legal documents for lawsuit, 1932 September All-American Mohawk Corporation Stock in McMillan Manufacturing Company, Incorporated; 1930 June 30 All-American Mohawk Corporation Agreements with Wurlitzer Company, 1931 May All-American Mohawk Corporation Minutes of Stockholder meetings, 1929-1933 All-American Mohawk Corporation Audit Reports, 1932 , 1934 Apollo Piano Company and Melville Clark Piano Company Legal documents, 1919 Apollo Piano Company, legal documents, 1921 Apollo Piano Company, audit reports, 1923 February 8 Apollo Piano Company, audit reports, 1924 February 20 Beach-Carlisle Violin Company, Cincinnati, Ohio Stock certificates, 1922 Caldwell Piano Company, Cleveland, Ohio Incorporation Documents, 1908 Agreements with B. Dreher Sons’ Company, Cleveland, 1908 Caldwell Piano Company Minutes of directors meetings 1908-1920 Caldwell Piano Company Volume of stock certificates, 1910-1919 Caldwell Piano Company Stock-related documents, 1908, 1910, 1920 Central Discount Company, no location, audit, 1930 C. G. Conn Limited, Elkhart, Indiana, Audit report, 1917 C. G. Conn Limited, profit and income statements, 1918 C. G. Conn Limited, audit report, 1919 C. G. Conn Limited, audit reports, 1922-1923 C. G. Conn Limited, balance sheets, 1925-1926 C. G. Conn Limited, reports of the president, 1921-1923, 1926 C. G. Conn Limited, annual report, 1926; financial reports, 1919 C. G. Conn Limited, financial reports, 1927-1928 Letter to Howard E. Wurlitzer, 1928 March 14 DeKalb Piano Company, DeKalb, Illinois Minutes of directors meetings and adoption of by-laws, 1926 Stockholders meeting minutes, 1927 Stock certificate Dayton Photo Products, Dayton, Ohio Minute book 1920-1923 Eagle Radio Company, Newark, New Jersey Incorporation documents; 1922 March 28, 1926 July 8 and August 7 For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 45 1 2 3-4 5 6 7 46 8 9 10 1 2 Eagle Radio Company Stock Certificates, 1924 and undated Annual Report, 1927 May 2 Eagle Radio Company Minutes of directors meetings and related correspondence, 1922-1927 Fox Theaters Corporation, no location Stock certificates, 1937 Loud, Robert L. Music Company Incorporated, Buffalo, New York Certificate of incorporation, 1919 Minutes of stockholders and directors meetings, 1920-1936 Loud, Robert L. Music Company Incorporated Stock certificates, 1919-1935 Loud, Robert L. Music Company Incorporated Stock record book, 1919 Lyric Piano Company, Cincinnati, Ohio Stock certificate book, 1909 Lyric Piano Company Minute book, 1909 October-1917 May Lyric Piano Company Expense journal, 1929 August-1930 March Lyric Piano Company Stockholders and directors meeting minutes, 1918 May-1937 February Lyric Piano Company Certificate of Dissolution, 1937 March 3 Milner Musical Company, Cincinnati, Ohio Book of stock certificates, 1907 July-1915 March Milner Musical Company Articles of Incorporation 1907 June 26 Amendment to Articles, 1924 March 5 Certificate of Dissolution, 1937 June 28 Milner Musical Company Minutes of directors meetings, 1907 June-1937 February Morsatti Incorporated, Los Angeles, California By-Laws, 1934 February Minutes of directors meetings, 1934 February-March Southern Ohio Radio Corporation, no location Audit report to Wurlitzer officers, 1930 Western Industries Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware Incorporation Papers, 1925 December 29 Minutes of directors meetings, 1926 January-1936 October Western Industries Corporation stock certificates, 1926-1936 Western Industries Corporation stock certificate record, 1926-1936 Western Industries Corporation dissolution documents, 1936 Wunderlich Piano Company, Kansas City, Missouri Book of stock certificates, 1918-1922 Wunderlich Piano Company Book of stock certificates, 1922-1926 For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 63 1 2 3 84 9 61 13 14 46 13 61 15 16 17 18 Wunderlich Piano Company Minutes of Directors meetings, 1926 January-September Related correspondence Wunderlich Piano Company stock transactions 1918 December-1920 April Wurbild Corporation Auditor’s statement 1934 March 31 Wurlitzer Acceptance Corporation, Chicago, Illinois Auditor’s certificate and comments, 1958 May 8 Account statement, 1971 April-1972 March Wurlitzer of California Stock Certificates, 1914 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission for 1936 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission for 1937 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission, 1938 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission, 1939 includes “Exhibits I, II, III and IV to Form 8 (Amendment to Form 10-K” The Wurlitzer Company Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission, 1986 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company stockholders meeting minute book, 1890-1899 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company stockholders meeting minute book, 1916-1926 Loose documents found in minute books, 1905 and undated Includes undated incorporation document for unnamed company Rudolph Wurlitzer Company Articles of Incorporation, 1909 March 25 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company Certificate of Subscription, 1909 March 29 [these documents originally bound into minute book of 1890-1899] Rudolph Wurlitzer Company Consolidated Earnings and Investment Capital for 1908-1912 (1927) Rudolph Wurlitzer Company Common Stock Values, 1913 May 31-1921 April 30 Specimen Wurlitzer Company stock certificates 1971 and undated Youngstown Music Company, minutes of meetings, 1926 January-1927 February Statement of Shareholders, 1930 April 9 Certificate of Dissolution, 1932 November 18 Subseries 2, Records of Stock Holdings by Members of the Wurlitzer Family, 1920s-1930s Record of stock holdings, Rudolph H. Wurlitzer and family, 1929 June 15 Record of stock holdings, Farny R. Wurlitzer and family, 1929 June 15 Record of stock holdings, Silvia W. Farny and family, 1929 June 15 Notations re Silvia Farny’s stock holdings, 1920s-1930s For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 19 20 64 65 69 47 48 37 38 49 1-6 7-9 10 11-19 1-10 1-4 5 1-8 1-2 3-5 6-8 9-10 1-3 4-7 8-10 1-2 3-6 7-9 1-10 11-14 50 1-2 3-6 7-10 11 66 67 1 2-3 4-5 6-18 1 2-9 68 69 6 Record of stock holdings, Leonie W. Eilers and family, 1929 June 15 Record of stock holdings, estate of Howard E. Wurlitzer, deceased 1929 June 15 Series 12, Rudolph Wurlitzer Company Financial Records, 1899-1986 Subseries 1, Audit Reports, Financial Statements, Tax Records and Related Materials, 1899-1950 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company audit reports, 1899-1918 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company audit reports, 1907-1909 DeKleist Musical Instrument Manufacturing Company, Audit reports, 19081909 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company audit reports, 1910-1919 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company audit reports, 1920-1929 Wurlitzer Grand Piano Company and subsidiaries audit reports, 1926-1936 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, DeKalb Division, audit reports, 1937-1939 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company audit reports, 1930-1937 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company audit reports, 1938-1939 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company audit reports, 1942-1945 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company financial statements, 1944 April-December Rudolph Wurlitzer Company financial statements, 1945 January-March, August Rudolph Wurlitzer Company financial statements, 1946 April-December Rudolph Wurlitzer Company financial statements, 1947 January-December Rudolph Wurlitzer Company financial statements, 1948 January-September Rudolph Wurlitzer Company financial statements, 1948 October-December Rudolph Wurlitzer Company financial statements, 1949 January-December Rudolph Wurlitzer Company financial statements, 1950 January-December Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, North Tonawanda Division audit reports, 1930-1939 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, DeKalb Division financial statements, 1945 April-1946 June Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, DeKalb Division financial statements, 1946 July-December Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, DeKalb Division financial statements, 1947 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, DeKalb Division financial statements, 1948 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, DeKalb Division financial statements 1949 January-February Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company audit reports, 1909 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company audit reports, 1911-1912 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company audit reports, 1915-1916 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company audit reports, 1917-1929 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company financial statements, 1911 March-December Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company financial statements,1912-1919 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company financial statements, 1920-1926 Wurlitzer Insurance and Pension Funds audit reports, 1916-1917 For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 7 7 9 70 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 39 40 1-3 4 5 6 7-8 9-10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NEW #s OLD Rudolph Wurlitzer Company and Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company Profit and Loss statements for Automatic Instrument Sales, 1919-1926 Employee Cooperative Store financial statements, 1921-1928 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company Revised Property Values and Depreciation Reserves, 1928 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, method of recording trade-ins, 1935 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, progress report on changes in accounting system, 1935 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, report on operations, 1937 Tax Examiner’s Report, 1924. Includes list of patents prior to 1913 March 31 Wurlitzer Company Ohio tax refunds for 1938 Wurlitzer Company comparison of annual taxes for states of Ohio, New York, and Illinois, 1938 Reports on purchase money obligations under the collateral trust indenture between The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company and The Fifth Union Trust Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1937-1939 Special report on trade receivables, 1937-1939 Correspondence regarding change of business methods at North Tonawanda 1940-1941 Subseries 2, President’s Reports to Board of Directors and Annual Reports, 1936-1986 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, President’s reports to Board of Directors 1943 July-1944 November Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, President’s reports to Board of Directors, 1945 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, President’s reports to Board of Directors, 1946 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, President’s reports to Board of Directors, 1947 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, President’s reports to Board of Directors, 1948 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, President’s reports to Board of Directors, 1949 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, President’s reports to Board of Directors, 1950 January, March, May, June Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, President’s reports to Board of Directors, 1950 July, September, October, December Rudolph Wurlitzer Company Annual Reports, 1936-1939 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company Annual Reports, 1940-1943, 1945 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company Annual Reports, 1946-1949 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company Annual Reports, 1950-1953, 1955 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company Annual Reports, 1956-1959 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company Annual Reports, 1960, 1963, 1969 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company Annual Reports, 1966-1969 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company Annual Reports, 1970-1973 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company Annual Reports, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company Annual Reports, 1984-1987 Rudolph Wurlitzer Company Quarterly Reports, 1984-1986 Subseries 3, Journals, Ledgers, and Cash Books, 1893-1938 For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 A D E B F G C H 139 X 140 Y 141 W 142 V 143 T 144 U 145 A-19 146 A-20 147 A-21 148 A-22 149 A23 150 A-24 151 A-25 DeKleist Musical Instruments Company Journal, 1903-1905 DeKleist Musical Instruments Company Journal, 1905-1907 DeKleist Musical Instruments Company Journal, 1908 DeKleist Musical Instruments Company Ledger number 1, 1903-1907 DeKleist Musical Instruments Company Ledger number 2, 1908 DeKleist Musical Instruments Company Journal 1903-1905 DeKleist Musical Instruments Company Cash Book, 1907-1908 North Tonawanda Barrel Organ Factory Ledger, Wurlitzer page two 18931900 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company Journal A, 1909-1912, Journal C, 1915-1919 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company Journal D, 1919-1922 Journal C, 1922-1924 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company Journal F, 1924-1925 Journal C, 1926-1927 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company Journal F, 1924-1925 Journal C, 1926-1927 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company Journal J, 1930-1931 Journal K, 1931-1933 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company Journal, 1933-1935 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company General Ledger A, 1909-1911 General Ledger B, 1912-1913 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company General Ledger C, 1914-1915 General Ledger E, 1918-1919 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company General Ledger F, 1920-1921 General Ledger G, 1922-1924 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company General Ledger H, 1925-1927 General Ledger I, 1928-1929 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company General Ledger J, 1930-1932 Private Ledger A, 1909-1913 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company Private Ledger B, 1914-1916 Private Ledger C, 1917-1918 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 152 A-26 153 A-31 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 VV WW RR UU SS TT XX Z R Q P L M O K N QQ J C-1 C-2 C-3 A-4 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 A-5 A-6 A-7 A-8 A-9 FF A-10 183 184 185 186 187 A-11 A-12 A-13 A-14 A-15 Private Ledger D, 1919-1921 Private Ledger E, 1922-1924 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company Private Ledger F, 1925-1929 Private Ledger G, 1930-1932 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company Employee Cooperative Store Journal, 1926-1928 Ledger 1920-1928 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, Cash Received C, 1920-1923 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, Cash Received D, 1923-1925 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, Cash Received E, 1925-1927 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, Cash Received F, 1927-1928 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, Cash Received G, 1928-1930 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, Cash Received H, 1930-1932 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, Cash Received I, 1932 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, Check Register D, 1916-1918 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, Check Register E, 1918-1920 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, Check Register F, 1920-1921 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, Check Register G, 1922-1923 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, Check Register H, 1923-1924 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, Check Register I, 1924-1926 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, Check Register J, 1926-1927 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, Check Register K, 1927-1928 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, Check Register L, 1928-1929 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, Check Register M, 1930-1931 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, Check Register N, 1931-1932 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, Invoice Register, 1933-1935 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, Invoice Register, 1936-1937 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, Invoice Register, 1937-1938 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, General Ledger #2, 1909-1911 General Ledger number 3, 1911-1913 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, General Ledger 5, 1916-1918 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, General Ledger 6, 1918-1920 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, General Ledger 6, 1918-1920 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, General Ledger 8, 1923-1925 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, General Ledger 9, 1926-1929 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, General Ledger, 1930-1934 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, Private Ledger number 2, 1899-1903 Private Ledger number 3, 1903-1905 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, Private Ledger 4, 1905-1906 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, Private Ledger 5, 1907-1908 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, Private Ledger 6, 1909-1911 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, Private Ledger 7, 1912-1915 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, Private Ledger 8, 1915-1916 For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 A-16 A-17 A-18 DD EE A-30 GG HH 84 10 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, Private Ledger 9, 1916-1919 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, Private Ledger 10, 1910-1923 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, Private Ledger 11, 1924-1930 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, Private Ledger, 1930-1934 Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company, Cash Received, 1937-1938 Wurlitzer Insurance Fund, Private Ledger B, 1927-1931 Wurlitzer Insurance Fund, Cash Book number 2, 1917-1931 Wurlitzer Insurance Fund, Cash Book number 3, 1929-1931 Series 13, Maps and Charts, 1931-1976 Map of the business portion of Cincinnati, 1863 Blueprint: “Diagram for showing tube connections for bell action and xylophone actions” 1949 May 3 The following are copied from a previous list. Presumed to be in map drawers. Fire insurance maps, Wurlitzer Grand Piano Company, 1931 October 28 Creamery Package Manufacturing Company, DeKalb, 1931 October 29 Wurlitzer Company,1963, 1965, 1967 Sewer system maps, Wurlitzer Company, State Street Storm drains, plate 1-24, Sanitary sewers, plate 2-24, Water mains, plate 1-24, Sewer system maps, State Street and Dietz Avenue, Storm drains, plate 1-25, Sanitary sewers, plate 2-25, Water mains, plate 3-25, Wurlitzer Company, sewers and sprinklers, 1955 revised 1959 Wurlitzer Company, 1966 August 15 Wurlitzer Company, building, number 24 floor plan, 1975-1976 Wurlitzer Company, contour map Apollo Piano Company, 1923 September 1 St. Regis Paper Company, DeKalb, 1961 August 30 Certificates and Plats of Surveys, Creamery Package Manufacturing Company, DeKalb, 1964 February 18 Sections 23 and 24, DeKalb, 1970 June 22-25 Wurlitzer Company, Organizational Charts, 1932-1934; 1941 Aerial Photograph, DeKalb, undated Series 14, Organ Installation Drawings, 1920-1931; undated Fox Theatre, 1928 Main organ, specification four, manual, 1928 November 13 Main organ, specification four, manual, 1928 November 13 Solo and percussion specification organ, 1928 November 14 Organ, orchestral, specification four, manual, 1928 November 13 Organ Foundation, specification four, manual, 1928 November 15 Organ Foundation, specification four, manual, 1928 November 15 For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 Harp xylophone and piano organ, 1928 November 15 Diaphone chamber, 1928 November 17 Relay room style four manual, 1928 November 19 Famous Players Studio, 1929 Main and solo organ style special, 1929 January 1 Main organ and relay room special, 1929 January 1 Solo organ, special, 1929 January 16? Relay and blower room style special, 1929 January 10 Stanley Theatre, 1929 Organ style special, main, 1929 March 21 Organ style special, main, 1929 March 21 Organ special, solo, 1929 March 21 Organ special, solo, 1929 March 21 Metropolitan Theatre, 1930 Main organ, special, 1930 February 28 Solo organ, special, 1930 February 28 Foundation organ, special, 1930, March 3 Orchestral organ, special, 1930, March 4 Relay & comb. Machine Rooms Spec 1930 March 4. Paramount Theatre, 1924-1931; undated Main organ- Bal. number 2 1931 November 30 Solo organ- Balaban number 2 1931 November 30 Vibraphone Assembly for Chrysoglot, undated XA- 1725- RL, revised, 1929 February 2 Spring rail and Bolster - Standard Layout style 285 1915 February Assembly of Fire Gong XA 838 RL 1928 March 26 8 x 20 Equalizer XA 17R 1920 July 26 Trap & Trunk Assembly XA 845 RL 1919 August 19 Trap & Trunk Assembly XA 818 RL 1919 August 8 Tambourine Act. 1920 August 25 Combination Machine Style H XA 119 1922 October 5 Trap machine XA 41 RL 1921 September 14 Tremulant 9” x 2’6” 1923 January 28 Adjustable Combination Machine 1924 April 2 State Theatre, Kilbourn England, 1937 Proposed 4 Manual Console Frame 1937 March 3 Revised 4 Manual Console Frame 1937 May 3 Kew Theatre, San Francisco, California, 1926 Style “D” Organ 1926 September 28 Sheridan Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, 1926 Main organ Upper “SPEC” 1926 March 31 Main (Lower) Style Sp. 1926 March 31 Solo organ Style Sp. 1926 March 31 Relay room- Style spec. 1926 March 31 For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 Ambassador Theatre, St. Louis, Missouri, 1920-1928 Relay room 1926 May 25 Series ? Marbro Theatre Chicago, Illinois Relay room1 927 February 4 Tremulant 7” x 18” 1920 February 18 Equalizer 10 XA 24 1920 July 24 Crash cymbal 1922 April 17 Tambourine XA121 ORL 1926July 24 Assembly of damper action for Chysoglott XA- 1442 R. L.1924 April 17 Assembly of snare drum action 1924 April 25 165 note metal player action XA 1515 RL 1926 May 18 Retaining stop action (Relay) 165 note player XA 1506 RL, 1925 July 18 Retaining stop action switch B’ d 165 note player XA 1505 RL 1926 July 19 Surf machine assembly XA -50 -R 1927 July 20 Music rack – standard consoles 1928 February 3 Capitol Theatre Raleigh North Carolina, 1927 Organ “B” + Tibia and Chry 1927 January 18 Neptune Theatre, Kansas City, Missouri, 1926 Organ style “D” 1926 June 30 172nd & 3rd Avenue, Bronx, New York, 1926 Main organ style number 190 1926 November 27 Solo organ Style number 190 1926 November 29 Tonanwanda Street Theatre, Buffalo, New York, 1926 Main Organ Style “F” 1926 November 29 Solo Organ Style “F” 1926 December 1 Strand Theatre, Madison, Wisconsin, 1926 Relay and Percussion chamber 1926 October 15 Solo Organ Style number 235 1926 October 14 Main Organ Style number 235 1926 October 14 Stillwell Theatre, Brooklyn, New York, 1926 Main Organ Style “H” 1926 November 22 Solo Organ Style “H” 1926 November 23 Majestic Theatre, Sacramento, California, 1926 Main Organ Style “H” 1926 November 18 Solo Organ Style “H” 1926 November 19 New Theatre Red Lion, Pennsylvania, 1926 Style “B” 1926 November 11 Van Croix Theatre, Eau Gallie, Florida, 1926 Style B + Tibia Organ undated Style “D” Organ 1926 November 11 Riverside Theatre, Jacksonville Florida, 1925 Style “E” Organ 1925 December 24 Drexel Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, 1925 Organ style “B” + Tibia 1925 December 24 Height Theatre, Cleveland Ohio, 1926-1927 For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 Main Organ Style “F” 1926 January 7 Solo Organ Style “F” 1927 January 8 Temple Theatre, Detroit Michigan, 1929 Organ Style “E” 1929 January 5 South Troost Theatre, Kansas City, Missouri, 1926 Solo Organ Style “B” 1926 December 17 Main Organ Style “B” 1926 December 17 Carroll Theatre Brooklyn New York, 1926 Main Style “H” 1926 December 27 Solo Organ Style “H” 1926 December 28 Liberty Theatre, Herkimer, New York, 1927 Main Organ Style “E” 1927 April 19 Solo Theatre Style “E” Drawing 1927 April 19 Palace Schine, Auburn New York, 1927 Main Organ Style “E” 1927 April 11 Solo Organ Style “E” 1927 April 11 Kirby Theatre, Houston Texas Classic Theatre, Dayton, Ohio, 1927 Main Organ Style “D” 1927 April 8 Solo Organ “D” 1927 April 9 Colonial Theatre, Norwich New York, 1927 Main Organ Style “E” 1927 April 7 Solo Organ Style “E” 1927 April 8 Granada Theatre, Detroit, Michigan, 1927 Solo organ Style “E” 1927 March 29 Main organ Style “E” 1927 March 25 Innis Theatre Columbus, Ohio, 1927 Organ “B” + Tibia 1927 February 24 Lakeland Theatre, Lakeland Florida, 1927 Organ Style “B” 1927 January 18 Lowes Colonial Theatre Reading, Pennsylvania, 1926 Main organ Style “H”1926 March 10 Solo organ Style “H” 1926 March 10 Strand Theatre Montgomery Alabama, 1926 Style “D” Organ 1926 May 17 Lowes Theatre Boston, Massachusetts, 1926 Solo Organ Style number 235 1926 May 14 Main Organ Style 235 1926 May 13 Bluebird Theatre Petersburg, Virginia 1926 May 10 For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270 For more information contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270