The Bryant Park Concerts of Recorded Music
A promotional poster for the "Outdoor Record Concerts." Bryant Park Concerts of Recorded Music, * L (Special) 20-1, Box 3, Folder 6, Notices, [n.d.]. In 1937, Columbia Records donated 500 newly published 78 rpm recordings to The New York Public Library's Music Division, then located at the flagship branch on 42nd Street and 5th Avenue. Collecting recorded music was a new and unprecedented concept for public libr…