Emile Berliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry Span: 1870-1956 Bulk: 1870-1930 English, German, French web presentation This online digital presentation contains a selection of more than 400 items from the Emile Berliner Papers and 108 Berliner sound recordings from the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Berliner (1851-1929), an immigrant and a largely self-educated man, was responsible for the development of the microphone and the flat recording disc and gramophone player. Although the focus of this online collection is on the gramophone and its recordings, it includes much evidence of Berliner's other interests, such as information on his businesses, his crusades for the pasteurization of milk and other public-health issues, his philanthropy, his musical composition, and even his poetry. Sound recordings (118); motion pictures (1); correspondence (96); photographs (146); scrapbooks (6); books (8); patents (32); diaries (4); catalogs (6); articles and clippings (60); addresses (6); notes and papers (35). Emile Berliner and the birth of the recording Industry, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress Berliner, Emile Online digital presentation which focuses on the invention of the gramophone and sound recordings, and features recordings of popular performers of the time. Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply. Popular Music Berliner, Emile Performing Arts Encyclopedia scdb Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/berlhtml/berlhome.html IHAS 120828 loc.natlib.scdb.200033595