http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8d50t9x No online items Finding aid prepared by Zachary Liebhaber, 2018. UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara 93106-9010 special@library.ucsb.edu URL: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/special-collections 2018 February 27 PA Mss 122 1
Title: Benno Häupl collection Identifier/Call Number: PA Mss 122 Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections Language of Material: English Physical Description: 5.55 linear feet(10 document boxes, 1 half document box, 1 flat box) Creator: Häupl, Benno Date (inclusive): 1860-1989 Abstract: Approximately 2,100 postcards, cabinet cards, "cartes de visite" and other albumen prints featuring musicians with their instruments from around the world, as well as Country and Western, Cajun, and Folk sound recording research files amassed by ethnographic 78 rpm disc and photograph collector Benno Häupl. Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library Access Restrictions The collection is open for research. Use Restrictions Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained. Acquisition Information [Identification of Item], Benno Häupl collection, PA Mss 122. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara. Approximately 2,100 postcards, cabinet cards, "cartes de visite" and other albumen prints amassed by ethnographic 78 rpm disc and photograph collector Benno Häupl. The collection is global in scope, featuring anonymous traditional musicians with their instruments from all regions of the world, including Africa, Eurasia, North and South America, and Oceania. Particularly well represented are photographs of bagpipers with regional varieties of bagpipes from countries such as Estonia, Armenia, Austria, Russia, Macedonia, India, Serbia, Libya, Sudan and Portugal. The dates of these photographs range from 1860-1970. While the bulk of the collection consists of postcards, it also includes cabinet cards, cartes de visite, unbacked albumen prints, stereoscopic photographs, small albumen portraits and a daguerrotype, assorted modern photographic prints of record disc labels, record disc collections and collectors, as well as a photographic print of the Martin Cayla storefront. The collection also contains sound recording research files created by Häupl. Most of these files cover Country and Western music, including numerical listings of Country and Western and banjo recordings, research files on Country, Cajun and Folk recordings, correspondence (incoming), and programs. Arrangement The collection has been divided into two series: 1. Photographs and 2. Research files. Related Material Häupl's vast collection of 78 rpm discs, encompassing ethnic, traditional, and regional music, has been separated for cataloging on UC Santa Barbara Library's online catalog. Subjects and Indexing Terms Ethnomusicology Musicians -- Pictorial works Musical instruments -- Pictorial works Bagpipe -- Pictorial works Albumen prints Cabinet photographs Cartes-de-visite (card photographs) Research (documents) Häupl, Benno -- Archives PA Mss 122 2
Series 1. Photographs Afghanistan Africa African-Arab Albania Algeria Altai Angola Australia Austria Argentina Bahamas Bali Bedouins Belgium Bermuda Bolivia Borneo Bosnia Brazil Bulgaria [1], bagpipes Bulgaria [2], wind instruments Buryat Burkina Faso Burma Cambodia C. African Republic Cameroon Canada [1], drum (tom-tom) Canada [2], wind instruments Caucasus [1], stringed instruments Caucasus [2], wind instruments, bagpipes Ceylon Chad, wind instruments Chile China/Tibet Congo Colombia Corea [Korea] Costa Rica Cote d'ivoire Croatia [1], bagpipes Croatia [2] Cuba (rhumba) Czech [1], stringed instruments Czech [2], wind instruments Djibouti Egypt England Equador Eritrea PA Mss 122 3
Series 1.Photographs Estonia, bagpipes Ethiopia Fiji France [1], bagpipes France [2] Gabon Gambia Germany/Austria/Switzerland Germany, violin Ghana Greece [1], bagpipes Greece [2] Guadaloupe Guatemala Guinea Haiti Hawaii, guitar Hungary [1], bagpipes Hungary [2] India [1] India [2], bagpipes Indonesia Iran Irish/Scottish, pipers Italy [1] Italy [2], bagpipes Jamaica Japan Java Kazakh, stringed instruments Kenya Kirghizstan Kosovo Krim Tatar Laos Lebanon/Syria/Yemen Libya, percussion instruments Macedonia [1], bagpipes Macedonia [2] Madagascar Malaysia Mali, percussion instruments Malta, Gozitan orchestra Martinique, guitar Mexico (street musicians) Montenegro, stringed instruments Morocco Mozambique New Caledonia, conch New Zealand Nicaragua Nicobar, nose flute Niger Nigeria Oceania (Guam, New Hebrides) Pakistan Peru Philippines PA Mss 122 4
Series 1.Photographs Poland [1] Poland [2], bagpipes Puerto Rico Romania Russia, bagpipes Scandinavia, stringed instruments Senegal Serbia [1] Serbia [2], stringed instruments Seychelles Sierra Leone Slovenia [2], bagpipes Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa [1] (native musicians) South Africa [2] Spain [1], guitar Spain [2], percussion instruments, bagpipes Sudan Sumatra Tahiti Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Tibet Togo Trinidad Tuareg Tunisia Turkestan Turkey Uganda, Flute Ukraine, stringed instruments Uruguay USA, stringed instruments Uzbek Vietnam Zambia Box 9 Miscellaneous postcards (non-ethnographic) Cabinet cards, cartes de visite, and other formats Cabinet cards and albumen prints Africa (sub-saharan) Arabia, North Africa, and the Levant Balkans (Romania, Bulgaria, Greece) Europe (France, Hungary) Europe (Italy) Europe (Scotland, Ireland) Japan South America South Asia (India, Pakistan) Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Indochina) Spain USA PA Mss 122 5
Series 1.Photographs Cabinet cards, cartes de visite, and other formats Cartes de visite [4" x 3"] Two folders of 4" x 3" cartes de visite depicting anonymous musicians with their instruments from around the world. Cartes de visite [4" x 3"] 4" x 3" cartes de visite portraits of unidentified people. Box 8 Stereoscopic photographs Stereoscopic photographs of musicians and their instruments from around the world. Box 8 Prints [8" x 11"] 8" x 11" prints of musicians and their instruments from around the world. Box 9 Miscellaneous modern prints Miscellaneous modern prints of record disc labels, record disc collections and collectors, and the Martin Cayla storefront. Flat-box 12 Prints [8" X 11"] 8" X 11" cardboard backed and fragile prints of musicians and their instruments from around the world, and one unidentified daguerrotype portrait. Series 2. Research files 0 Articles on record dating 0 Numerical listings (Country and Western): Arc, Banner, Bell, Bluebird 0 Numerical Listings (Country and Western): Broadway, Brunswick, Cameo, Challenge, Champion, Clarion, Columbia 0 Numerical Listings (Country and Western): Conqueror, Crown, Domino, Edison Diamond Disc, Electradisk, Gennett, Grey Gull, Harmony 0 Numerical Listings (Country and Western): Herschel, Gold Seal, Herwin, Homestead, Jewel, Melotone, Montgomery Ward, Okeh, Oriole, Paramount-Puritan, Perfect, Polk, Puritan 0 Numerical Listings (Country and Western): Radiex, Regal, Romeo, Silvertone, Sunrise, Superior, Supertone, Timely Tunes, Van Dyke-Madison, Varsity, Velvet Tone-Diva, Victor, Vocalion-Okeh 0 Research files: Cajun music 0 Research files: Country music 0 Correspondence: incoming 0 Cajun labels and record shops: Goldband, Lanor, La Louisiane, Floyd's 0 Sheet music: Turkish and French (Auvergne region) 0 Draft: "Physical characteristics and label iconography of the 7" American Berliner record" by Michael Sherman 0 Paul Vernon articles from Folk Roots magazine 0 Martin Cayla: business correspondence 1949 0 Program: Udi Hrant Jubilee 0 Program: American Folk Blues Festival 1966 0 Program: Spiritual and Gospel Festival, Germany 1965 0 Program: Inauguration of Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Bangalore, India 1980-1981 1 Tentative Banjo Discography (Cylinders/78) A-Z, Rainer E. Lotz, Bonn Germany 1989 October PA Mss 122 6