Collection Information
Collection
Frank Scheibenreif recordings of Slovak, Czech, and Gypsy music
Location
University Press Building storage area; as of 2019 transferred to the Internet Archive for digitization.
Provenance
Donated by Rudy Scheibenreif (University of Illinois alumnus and son of Frank Scheibenreif, host of Chicago radio station WSBC show, “Slovak American Radio Review”).
When acquired
June, 1993
Description
Total of 1,001 recordings, including 753 78-rpm, 140 45-rpm, and 108 LP discs; and one book: Demo, Ondreij. Klenotnice slovenskych ludovych (Bratislava: 1981) [ M1784 Z13 – a collection of folk songs] Many of these recordings were issued in Czechoslovakia and other eastern European countries prior to World War II. “A majority of the [Scheibenreif radio] program was playing of his beloved recordings …the accumulation of pieces he personally brought back on his numerous trips to his beloved homeland, as well as those he received as gifts from his broadcasting peers in Czechoslovakia.” (Biographical statement. Collections File folder).
Arrangement
“MO” control numbers have been assigned to a portion of this collection. As of 2019 recordings in Press Building were transferred to the Internet Archive for digitization.
Access/Finding Aids/Bibliography
The Collections File folder contains an inventory list of Scheibenreif’s donation held in the University Press Building (see below). The red check marks may mean the discs that have been labeled with an “MO” control number. As of 2019 recordings in Press Building were transferred to the Internet Archive for digitization.
Scheibenreif Donation List (PDF)
See Also
Scheibenreif photographs can be found through Series 1, Box 1, Folder 17 of the Music and Performing Arts Library Small Special Collections, 1911-1981 Finding Aid at the Sousa Archives and Center for American Music.
Index terms
Czech music; Gypsy music; Recordings: 78 rpm; Recordings: 45 rpm; Recordings: LP; Scheibenreif, Frank