The first woman to achieve widespread acclaim as a professional recording star was unquestionably Ada Jones. An article by the late Milford Fargo, published for the first time in Antique Phonograph News, begins on page 3.

Also in this issue:

• Record Research and Criticism by William R. Moran
• A Vinyl Treasury to Watch For: Canadian Folk Songs - A Centennial Collection (reviewed) by Clyde Gilmour
• Jerry Colonna in Art Hallman's Orchestra by John E. Rutherford

The Gramophone Company and the Victor Talking Machine Company had in common the image of Nipper on their respective labels. It survives, unlike many other labels of the Golden Age of the Opera. A survey of historic opera recording labels by Jane L. Poole begins on page 7.

Also in this issue:

• 78s in the Classroom by Tim Gracyk
• The Collector's Guide to Victor Records (reviewed) by David Lennick
• The Bible and "Edison, the Man" by John E. Rutherford
• The Berliner Gramophone Company: Personal Recollections of Oliver Berliner

When CAPS member Bill Pratt "stumbled" across this photograph it set off a chain of events that so typifies the fascinating and revealing field of phonographic ephemera. Bill recounts how he is piecing together the Universal Autophone "jigsaw puzzle" in a feature article beginning on page 9.

Also in this issue:

• The Berliner Gramophone Company: Personal Recollections of Oliver Berliner - Part 1
• A Debate: Did Thomas Alva Edison Invent the Word "Hello"? by Robertson Cochrane and Allen Koenigsberg
• The Bible and "Young Tom Edison" by John E. Rutherford