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Stratton-Clarke collection

  • OTUFM 57
  • Collection
  • 1899-2020

Collection consists of approximately 6,500 78 rpm records, and the personal papers of one of its collectors, John Stratton. Stratton's personal papers provide contextual information about one of the collectors of the "Stratton-Clarke Collection," and primary source material relating to his research of historical vocal recordings and recording practices.

The 78 rpm record collection spans nearly the entire history of 78 rpm record production, from acoustic recordings to early electronic recordings and beyond, covering the first half of the twentieth century. The recordings are primarily pressed on shellac discs, ranging from 7 to 14 inches on diameter, and capture performances of approximately 1,000 vocalists, performing the works of more than 900 different composers on at least 100 different labels. The collection was loosely built on four of Stratton's main interests regarding historical vocal recordings: the "Golden age of singing" (pre World War One); the Mapleson recordings (live Metropolitan Opera performances captured on wax cylinders by Lionel Mapleson between 1900 and 1904); Canadian performers; and pre-revolutionary Russian recordings (pre-1917). The collection includes unpublished and test pressings, as well as published materials.

Stratton, John

John Stratton personal papers

Sous-fonds consists of the personal papers of John Stratton, including his correspondence with record labels, other record collectors, musicians; his personal diaries; and photographs of himself, his family and friends, colleagues, and autographed photographs of various singers.

Stratton, John

Correspondence and research materials

Series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence with record labels, other record collectors, and musicians, regarding various topics, including particular vocalists and recordings, scholarship on historical performance practices, record labels and re-releases, recording speeds, purchases of recordings, matrix numbers, and much more.

Record collectors and researchers

Subseries consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and individual record collectors and researchers regarding particular recordings, vocalists, scholarship, record labels and re-releases, recording speeds, purchases of recordings, matrix numbers, and various other topics.

Richard Bebb

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and Richard Bebb regarding Historic Masters and Russian recordings.

Vivian Liff

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and Vivian Liff, regarding articles by both correspondents and early Russian recordings.

Iain Miller

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and Iain Miller concerning Stratton's dissertation, various recordings, and playback speeds.

Phil Miller

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and Philip Lieson Miller regarding Stratton's review of The Grand Tradition: Seventy Years of Singing on Record by J.B. Steane (New York: Scribner, 1974); Cantilena releases; and the Mapleson Recordings, among other topics.

Bill Moran

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and Bill Moran regarding Florence Easton, Brunswick, and Vocalion.

Patrick Saul

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and Patrick Saul of the British Institute of Recorded Sound concerning Historic Masters and Stratton's articles for the Recorded Sound journal.

William Seltsam

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and William (Bill) Seltsam of the International Record Collector's Club (IRCC). In addition to their correspondence, the file includes copies of newsletters regarding IRCC releases.

Max de Schauensee

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and Max de Schauensee regarding the latter's contributions to Cantilena record liner notes, including those for Florence Easton, Pol Plançon, Fernando de Lucia, Marcella Sembrich, and Graziella Pareto.

Desmond Shawn-Taylor

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and Desmond Shawn-Taylor regarding early Russian recordings, and Rococo and Cantilena re-issues, among other topics.

Milton Weiss

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and Milton Weiss regarding Stratton's purchases of various recordings from Weiss's auctions.

Harold Bruder

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and Harold Bruder regarding Bruder's article on tenor Manuel Garcia, published in Opera Quarterly vol. 13, no. 4 (January 1997).

John Wilkins

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and John Wilkins regarding singing, Stratton's trip to India, and various other topics.

Various record collectors

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and various record collectors, including Arthur M. Lawrence, Barnes, Donald R. Hodgman, Henry F. Kurtz, Barbara Gilmour, Charles Jatant, Douglas J. Stanburg, T.J. Walsh, Brian Lee, Frank F. Williams, Paul Julian Weaver, Bryan Crimp, Derek Hill, Ellen Lebow, David Lloyd, Jonathan Brown, Arthur E. Zimmerman, Michael E. Henstock, Keith Hardwick, Ken Neate, E.R. Mickelson, Stuart Hamilton, Jack Mattaga, Chris B. McClinton, Syd Gray, A.G. Ross, William (Bill) Ashbrook, Sgt. Larry Root, Pamela Hawes, Rodolfo Celletti, Jean-Dominique Mondolson, Hina Spani, Bob Ziering, John W. MacLennan, David M. Greene, Kenneth B. Allen.

Len Court

File contains a newspaper clipping from The Toronto Star (March 18, 1972) of an article on the closing of Leonard Court's record store Ross, Court, and Co., and correspondence between John Stratton (on Court's behalf) and Enid Sassiver regarding a recording of Selma Kurz, and the teaching style of her teacher, Professor Johannes Ress.

James Dennis

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and J. Dennis regarding Stratton's article on Florence Easton.

J.B. Dennis, J.B. Richards, Jerry Moore, and Nationaldiskotet

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and J.B. Dennis (of The Record Collector), J.B. Richards, Jerry Moore (curator of Historical Sound Recordings at Yale University Library), and Nationaldiskotet, regarding Stratton's articles on tenor Dmitri Smirnoff and the Mapleson Cylinders; recording speeds; Lauritz Melchior; Rococo records; and various other topics.

Vladimir Gurvich

File contains correspondence between John Stratton and Vladimir Gurvich, an expert on Feodor Ivanovich Chaliapin.

Henry Hirsch

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and Henry Hirsch of The Record Album regarding Cantilena's re-release of Florence Easton's recordings, and Stratton's purchase of various other recordings from Hirsch's auction house.

Lawrence Holdridge

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and Lawrence Holdridge regarding Stratton's purchase of various records from Holdridge Records.

Allan Kelly

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and Allan Kelly, regarding His Master's Voice recordings, matrix numbers of particular recordings.

Record labels

Subseries consists of correspondence and other materials pertaining to various record labels. The record labels include those that Stratton corresponded with, visited, collaborated with to re-release historical recordings, and purchased recordings from, as well as his own record label, Cantilena Records, which was distributed by Rococo Records. Subseries also contains correspondence, newsletters, and board meeting minutes from Historic Masters. Stratton was on the board of Historic Masters and he and The John Stratton Trust (Stephen Clarke, Trustee) funded many re-releases of early Russian recordings.

Cantilena Records

File includes graphic masters for Cantilena and Rococo labels, lists of records issued under the Cantilena label, correspondence, drafts of Stratton's article on Cantilena Records (1987) written for the Record Collector, and drafts of singer biographies.

Capitol Records

File contains correspondence between John Stratton and Capitol Records pertaining to a proposed project to re-release early, pre-revolution Russian recordings.

E.M.I. Records

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and Bob Ziering of E.M.I. Records, and between Stratton and John Freestone regarding E.M.I.'s special pressing service.

Getty Collection

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and Walter K. Geddes, and a copy of duplicate 10-inch records in the Getty Collection from June 1995.

His Master's Voice

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and Mr. Shawe-Taylor, Mr. P. Higgins, and Sheila Ralph at His Master's Voice (HMV, The Gramophone Company Ltd.) regarding matrix number lists, visits to HMV, and special pressing orders.

Historic Masters

John Stratton was on the board of Historic Masters and contributed many early Russian recordings to the re-release label. Includes correspondence and minutes of meetings (1982-2000), HM newsletters (1983-2010)

Rococo Records

File contains copies of Rococo record catalogues (1961-1994, some missing) and Battistini stencils (for LPs issued by Rococo).

Rubini Records

File contains correspondence, discographies, and pamphlets pertaining to re-releases by Syd Gray of The Rubini Collection.

Symposium Records

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between John Stratton and Elliott Levine of Symposium Records.

Mapleson cylinders

Subseries contains correspondence and research pertaining to the Mapleson cylinders and their re-release on compact disc by the New York Public Library. The subseries includes correspondence between John Stratton and Gordon C. Simpson, David Hall, Philip L. Miller, William H. Seltsam, Clifford Williams, Larry Lustig, David Hamilton, Robert Cooper (CBC Radio), Arthur Endreze, and William (Bill) Moran, and various clippings and articles about the Mapleson Cylinder project.

The subseries also includes the certificate awarded to David Hall, John Stratton, Tom Owen, Robert Tuggle, and David Hamilton for the "best album notes" written for "The Mapleson Cylinders", awarded by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) in 1986. Subseries also includes a photograph of John Stratton holding the certificate.

Early Russian recordings

Subseries contains correspondence, research notes, and discographies on various early Russian singers and recordings, predominantly from before the Russian Revolution. John Stratton had a particular interest in these recordings and sponsored various re-releases through Historic Masters.

Emma Albani

File contains a clipping of an article on Emma Albani by Marjorie Wilkins Campbell from MacLean's Magazine (July 15, 1953) and a copy of the magazine The Beaver: Exploring Canada's History (December 1986 - January 1987), which includes an article on Albani by Cheryl MacDonald.

Aksel Schiøtz

File contains correspondence and a newspaper clipping regarding Aksel Schiøtz, as well as an annotated piece of sheet music that was dedicated to and previously belonged to Schiøtz: "Naturens Afsked" by Herm. D. Koppel, op. 51, no. 3

Clarence Whitehill

File contains correspondence between John Stratton, William (Bill) Moran, and Frank F. Williams regarding the recordings of Clarence Whitehill.

Historic singers and recordings

File contains correspondence between John Stratton and Syd Gray, Edward A. Wheeler, Max de Schauensee, Srul Irving Glick, Michael E. Henstock, Gerald D. Gibson, David M. Greene, and John [Wilkins?], regarding various singers and their recordings. File also contains clippings on various singers, including Helene Wildbrunn, Florence Easton, Rosalia Chalia, Nina Boboh, Hulda Lashanska Rosenbaum, Nellie Melba, Edward Lloyd, Jon Vickers, Italo Campanini, Evan Williams, Marcella Sembrich, Leonard Warren, Eleanor Steber, Lois Marshall, Joan Sutherland, Victoria de los Angeles, Doro Merande, and Beverly Sills.

Jussi Bjorling

File contains correspondence between John Stratton and Valerie McAdam regarding tenor Jussi Bjorling.

Emma Calvé

File contains correspondence between John Stratton and Max de Schauensee regarding the latter's note on Emma Calvé for the re-release of her recordings under the Cantilena label.

Arthur Carron

File contains correspondence between John Stratton and Gladys Carron regarding her husband Arthur Carron.

Gina Cigna

File contains correspondence between Edward J. Smith and John Stratton regarding Gina Cigna's recordings. File also includes a copy of the press release issued by the Royal Conservatory of Music announcing Cigna's post at RCM (January 2, 1953).

Alfred Deller

File contains a newspaper clipping from a review by John Kraglund of Alfred Deller's performance (Globe and Mail, November 26, 1971) and a copy of a letter from John Stratton to Deller regarding a master class.

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