Collecting the
History of Disco
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The History of Disco collection consists of photographs, printed matter, and audio recordings. The materials relate to notable events in 1960s and 1970s America that contextualize disco music and culture. The History of Disco collection seeks to tell the history of the genre of disco and its surrounding culture. The primary timeline follows Nixon’s election through Disco Demolition Night (with some post-demolition ephemera because disco never died completely). I sought to tell the story through related materials to describe the context of 1970s America.
The History of Disco collection consists of photographs, printed matter, and audio recordings. The materials relate to notable events in 1960s and 1970s America that contextualize disco music and culture. The History of Disco collection seeks to tell the history of the genre of disco and its surrounding culture. The primary timeline follows Nixon’s election through Disco Demolition Night (with some post-demolition ephemera because disco never died completely). I sought to tell the story through related materials to describe the context of 1970s America.
Metadata Profile
| Label | DC Element | Controlled Vocabularies/Structure | Description |
| Title | dc:title | Title of material from Source In some cases, such as the song titles, I used their published name | |
| Description | dc:description | Brief description of material and/or related event | |
| Creator | dc:creator | LC: Name Authority File Persons : Persons from Wikidata | Creator of material |
| Date Created | dc:created | YYYY-MM-DD | Date material was created |
| Contributor | dc:contributor | LC: Name Authority File Persons : Persons from Wikidata | Other known personnel involved in the creation of material |
| Publisher | dc:publisher | LC: Name Authority File | Publisher of material |
| Type | dc:type | LC: Genre/Form Terms LC: Medium of Performance Thesaurus for Music LC: Thesaurus for Graphic Materials | Photographs: medium if information is available Posters: genre/use of poster News Media: type of news media (magazine, newsletter, etc.) Songs: genre of the song |
| Format | dc:format | LC: Genre/Form Terms LC: Medium of Performance Thesaurus for Music LC: Thesaurus for Graphic Materials | Posters: Posters News media: Periodicals Images: Photographs Songs: Music Album: Music Album Album cover: Album covers Stamp: postage stamps |
| Extent | dc:extent | Duration: hh:mm:ss Size: ## x ## in. Page count: ## page(s) | Size or duration of material |
| Language | dc:language | Language of material | |
| Subject | dc:subject | What the material is of or about. | |
| Identifier | dc:identifier | shd_YYYY_## | Uniform naming system for collection |
| Source | dc:source | Text URI | Source from which the material was obtained. Use URI if available. |
| Rights | dc:rights | Rights Statement | Rights Statement |
| Is Part Of | dc:isPartOf | For linked resources that are part of another resource |
Example Item
| Class | Physical Object |
| Title | Disco Duck Symphony |
| Description | From the Afrika Bambaataa Vinyl Collection Disco Duck is a satirical disco novelty song performed by Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots. "Disco Duck" made an appearance in the film Saturday Night Fever, in a dance club scene in which a group of senior citizens were learning to dance disco-style. |
| Creator | Paul Vincent |
| Date Created | 1976 |
| Creator | Afrika Bambaataa |
| Publisher | New York, N.Y. : Beam Junction |
| Format | Album covers |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Disco music Satirical songs |
| Identifier | shd_1976_02 |
| Source | Afrika Bambaataa hip hop archive, #8094. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library |
| Rights | In Copyright |
| Rights Holder | Cornell University Library |
Records of the President’s Office, Real Estate
