- Albanese (Licia) Papers (PA Mss 162). Papers of opera singer Albanese including programs, scropbooks, unpublished recordings, and photographs.
- Alpar (Gitta) Papers (PA Mss 246). Papers of Hungarian-born singer and actress.
- Baker (Darrell) Harry Lauder Collection (PA Mss 63). Collection of recordings, books, photographs and emphemera related to Scottish performer Sir Harry Lauder.
- Bertram (Bob) Papers (PA Mss 115). Papers of Bob Bertram, owner of Bertram International Records, an independent California record label that recorded Hawaiian, sacred, and popular music in the 1950s-1970s.
- Boucher (Anthony) Golden Voices (Radio program) (PA Mss 29). Master tapes of Boucher’s Pacifica radio program on opera.
- Clovis (Hall) Papers (PA Mss 30). Archives of singer Hall Clovis, including manuscripts of commissioned works by Milhaud, Castelnuovo-Tedesco and others.
- Couper (Mildred) Papers (PA Mss 45). Papers and musical manuscripts of composer Mildred Couper including her quarter tone piano compositions.
- Debus (Allen G.) Papers and Collection (PA Mss 121). Papers of Allen G. Debus, a researcher of pioneer recording artists as well as his collection of early historical sound recordings.
- Diemer (Emma Lou) Papers (PA Mss 41). Papers of composer and UCSB faculty member Emma Lou Diemer. The collection includes her manuscript scores, business correspondence and royalty statements, programs, review and clippings.
- Eichheim (Henry) Papers (PA Mss 52). Papers of composer and organologist.
- Evans (Gene) Papers (PA Mss 116). Papers of pyrotechnic designer for the Hollywood Bowl fireworks shows as well as many other events and concerts.
- Faulkner (Maurice) Papers (Fac Pap 35). Papers of professor of trumpet at UCSB.
- Freeman (Robert) Papers (Fac Pap 36). Papers of UCSB Musicology faculty member.
- Fricker (Peter Racine) Papers, 1940s-1990 (PA Mss 17). Manuscripts and personal papers of British born composer and UCSB faculty member.
- Garcia (Adelina) Collection (CEMA Mss 23). Collection of Mexican-American romantic bolero singer.
- Geiringer (Bernice) Papers (PA Mss 40). Personal papers of pianist and philanthropist Bernice Geiringer, second wife of musicologist Karl Geiringer.
- Geiringer (Karl) Oral History (PA Mss 18). Oral history interview with the renowned musicologist.
- Geiringer (Karl) Papers (Fac Pap 46). Papers of Austrian musicologist and UCSB faculty member Karl Geiringer.
- Giangrande (Anthony) Collection. Collection of 78rpm discs focusing on Neapolitan song, Italian and Italian-American popular music, and the recordings of Gilda Mignonette.
- Gillespie (John and Anna) research files for Notable twentieth-century pianists, 1900-1995 (PA Mss 68). Authors’ research files for biographical sourcebook on pianists.
- Goldshlak (Leon A.) Gilbert & Sullivan Collection (PA Mss 51). Extensive collection of books, recordings and memorabilia related to Gilbert & Sullivan.
- Guerrero (Lalo) Papers (CEMA 24). Papers of Mexican-American songwriter and performer.
- Häupl (Benno) Collection (PA Mss 122) Collection of early ethnomusicological sound recordings and photographic images.
- Hendrix (Mark) Collection. Collection of popular, classical, and ethnic discs.
- Headley (Hubert Klyne) Papers (PA Mss 76). Papers of composer Headly, including scores to Argentango and California Suite.
- Heebner (Walt) Papers (PA Mss 114). Papers of RCA Victor recording director who later went on to produce the series of recordings The Welte Legacy of Piano Treasures, new high quality recordings of Welte-Mignon reproducing player piano rolls made by important early 20th century pianists.
- Herrmann (Bernard) Papers, 1927-1977 (PA Mss 3). Manuscripts and personal papers of film composer noted for his scores to Hitchcock and Orson Welles films.
- Herrmann (Louis) Collection of Bernard Herrmann Scores (PA Mss 153). Autograph score to The Ghost and Mrs. Muir and other scores.
- Hill (Donald R.) Papers and Collection (PA Mss 118). Papers of anthrpologist Don Hill, focusing on his fieldwork on the Carribbean island of Carriacou, as well as his collections of LP and 78rpm ethnic recordings, primarily African, Latin American, and Carribbean, as well as ethnographic postcards.
- Kingsbaker (David L.) correspondence (PA Mss 73). Correspondence with musicians and bandleaders about the personnel of various 1920s and 1930s dance and jazz ensembles.
- Kullman (Charles) Papers (PA Mss 232). Papers of American lyric tenor who had an active operatic singing career from the 1930s through the 1950s, performing 25 seasons at the Metropolitan opera.
- Larsen (Milt) Collection (PA Mss 108).
- Lehmann (Lotte) biography, typescript (PA Mss 48).
- Lehmann (Lotte) Collection (PA Mss 2). Personal papers of Austrian-born soprano noted for her interpretations of German Lieder and her roles in Strauss’s operas.
- Lehmann (Lotte) Photo Collection (PA Mss 34). Copies of photographs of soprano Lotte Lehmann during her performances at the Salzburg Festivals from 1926-1937, during her return to Austria in the 1960s, and other photos from the Bildarchiv und Porträtsammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek Wien and the Max Reinhardt-Forschsungs und Gedenkstätte, Salzburg.
- Levin (John) Collection. Collection of 19th century brown wax cylinder recordings.
- Lotz (Rainer) Collection. Collection of ethnic 78rpm recordings of noted German discographer
- Lucas (Johnny) Sound Recording Collection (PA 2001-007). Collection of jazz 78s of dixieland trumpeter Johnny Lucas (Firehouse Five), including unreleased acetate recordings.
- Martland (Peter) Collection on Sound Recording Industry History (PA Mss 106). Research files of author and historian Peter Martland on the Gramophone Company (EMI) and the early British sound recording industry.
- Menk (Anthony) Papers (PA Mss 77).
- Moran (William R.) Collection (PA Mss 57). Papers and collection of author and discographer William R. Moran.
- Morton (William V.) Stardust Collection. Comprehensive collection of "Stardust" recordings from collector William V. Morton.
- Music Academy of the West Recordings (PA Mss 65). Recordings of Music Academy of the West concerts, 1960-2001.
- Nordskog Phonograph Recording Company Collection (PA Mss 101). Collection of published and unpublished recordings and research files related to early Los Angeles, California, recording company.
- Norton (Richard C.) Musical Theater History Collection. Collection documenting American musical theater, including playbills, libretti, and recordings.
- Pecourt (Edouard) Tango and Latin American Music Collection (PA Mss 78). Extensive collection of Latin American msuic and tango recordings, supporting manuscript and published materials, as well as early French wax cylinders.
- Pedroza (Alma and Alfonse) Recordings (PA Mss 50). Acetate recordings of opera singers Alma and Alfonse Pedroza.
- Playman (Gordon) Papers (PA Mss 59). Papers of composer Gordon Playman, including manuscript scores and recordings.
- Rubinstein (Arthur B.) Papers (PA Mss 233). Papers of film and television composer and music director of Symphony in the Glen.
- Santa Barbara Civic Light Opera Records (PA Mss 56). Records of Santa Barbara musical theater company.
- Santa Barbara Jazz Society records (PA Mss 71). Records of Santa Barbara organization dedicated to the appreciation of jazz music.
- Singher (Martial) Recordings, 1943-1980 (PA Mss 25) Recordings made by French baritone Singher who was on the faculty of the Music Academy of the West.
- Sober (Kurt) Papers, 1913-1920 (PA Mss 21). Papers of German-American conductor, pianist, accompanist and voice coach.
- Sound Recording Catalog Collection (PA Mss 26). Extensive collection of manufacturers’ catalogs, primarily from the 78 rpm era.
- Specht (Margaret) Correspondence (PA Mss 44).
- Stillwell (Arnold B.) Collection. Collection of jazz 78s with a large representation of dime store labels.
- Stokowski (Leopold) Recordings, 1934-1940 (PA Mss 27). Stokowski’s personal collection of test pressings.
- Swerilas (Ken) Collection. Collection of jazz, blues, and country 78rpm discs.
- Todd (Verne) Collection (PA Mss 1). Extensive collection of popular, classical, jazz and other sound recordings and related ephemera.
- Van der Voort (Antoni) Papers, 1930s-1952 (PA Mss 22). Manuscripts and personal papers of Santa Barbara composer and educator.
- Warren (Leonard) Collection (PA Mss 64). Papers and recordings of noted operatic baritone Leonard Warren.
- Williams (Frederick P.) Papers and Collection (PA Mss 72). Papers and collection of band historian and record collector Frederick P. Williams.
- Zeitgeschichte Collection. Collection of sound recordings including historical speeches from Germany and elsewhere in the 1930s and WWII.
