Brunswick Personnel
Brunswick Records: A Discography of Recordings, 1916-1931, compiled by Ross Laird.
The following is a very incomplete list of prominent figures known from various contemporary sources to have held positions at Brunswick during the period covered by these volumes. It was thought worthwhile to bring together even these far from comprehensive details as a guide to what position various individuals held who are mentioned from time to time in the files. The dates given are in most cases only the years for which the person mentioned is known to have held the position listed. These dates are often far from definitive, and should be regarded as a guide only.
Table 4:
Brunswick Personnel in the U.S.
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| Name | Position | Dates |
| Abelowitz, Chester | New York District sales representive | 1921 |
| Avery, Elmer | Washington D.C. branch | 1928 |
| Axelrod, L. | [official position unknown] | 1931 |
| Beach, Harry A. | Manager, Eastern Phonograph Division | 1924-1925 |
| Bensinger, B. E . | President | 1924-1925 |
| Bensinger, R. F. | Assistant Secretary and Assistant Treasurer | 1924 |
| Biesel, Charles | Sales Manager, Vocalion Record Division | 1928 |
| Borchardt, Bruno | Managing Director of Deutsche Grammophon-Gesellschaft (German affiliate) (negotiated Brunswick-Deutsche Grammophon partnership in New York) | 1927 |
| Bradshaw, H. C. | Monitor operator | 1930 |
| Brophy, William A. | General Manager, Record Department | 1916-1928 |
| Brown, W. J. | Brunswick talent scout | 1930 |
| Brunswick, B. H. | Vice-President, Cincinnati | 1924 |
| Chapman, Chris | Studio director | 1923- |
| Chelf, R. | Recording engineer | 1930 |
| Corcoran, P. F. | Pacific Coast Sales Manager | 1923 |
| Cuthbert, A. | [official position unknown] | 1931 |
| Darby, W. Sinkler. | Technical Director | 1923-1926 |
| Darby, W. Sinkler. | Managing Director of British Brunswick | 1926 |
| Davenport, H. F. | Vice-President, Chicago | 1924 |
| Deutsch, Percy L. | Assistant Secretary (and later Company Vice-President) (grandson of J.M. Brunswick, founder of the company) | 1920-1927 |
| Dwyer, T. W. | Treasurer | 1921 |
| Eames, Henry P. | Director of Music Department | 1920 |
| Elliott, Frank | [official position unknown] | 1931 |
| Foster, Raymond | Laboratory Executive | 1928-1929 |
| Goldman, S. | [official position unknown] | 1931 |
| Greenberg, Ruby | Musical director | 1927 |
| Haenschen, Walter G. | Manager, Popular Record Department | 1916-1927 |
| Haring, Robert | Recording Laboratory Director | 1929-1931 |
| Henderson, J. E. | Record Sales Manager | 1928 |
| Hofbauer, Frank | Director, Recording Rooms | 1916-1920 |
| Homing, FrankS. | Manager, Recording Studios | 1928-1929 |
| Hutchings, W. C. | Assistant General Sales Manager, Phonograph Division | 1923-1927 |
| Jackson, Robert W. | Manager, St. Louis branch | 1915-1923 |
| Jackson, Robert W. | General Sales Manager, Musical Division | 1927-1931 |
| Kapp, Jack | Manager, Vocalion Race Record Division | 1926-1928 |
| Kapp, Jack | Manager, Vocalion Record Division | 1928-1930 |
| Kapp, Jack | Manager, Brunswick Recording Laboratories | 1930-1931 |
| Katzman, Louis | Musical Director | 192?-1928 |
| Katzman, Louis | General Manager of New York Recording Laboratory | 1929-1930 |
| Kendrick, A.J. | General Sales Manager | 1923-1927 |
| Kennedy, K. | [official position unknown] | 1931 |
| Klaidman, M. | [official position unknown] | 1931 |
| Kruse, H. | [official position unknown] | 1931 |
| Lanyon, R. | [official position unknown] | 1931 |
| Lyons, R.F, | Chicago Recording Laboratory | 1929 |
| McGregor, C.P. | Manager, San Francisco branch | 1924 |
| McKelvey, C.T. | Sales Promotion Department | 1925 |
| MacKinnon, C.D. | General Record Sales Manager | 192?-1927 |
| McKinnon, C.R. | Traveler, Vocalion Record Division, | 1925- |
| Nelson, Elmer C. | Assistant Manager of Boston branch | 1925 |
| O’Keefe, James | Assistant Manager of New York Recording Laboratory | 1928-1931 |
| Pieri, D.P. | Radio Division | 1925 |
| Rackmil, M. | [official position unknown] | 1931 |
| Rockwell, Tom | Recording director | 1931 |
| Rogers, Walter B. | General Musical Director | 1916-192? |
| Schank, J.C. | Treasurer | 1924 |
| Sebok, Louis | Director, Foreign Record Division | 1927-1929 |
| Sherk, H. | [official position unknown] | 1931 |
| Sisson, E. | [official position unknown] | 1931 |
| Smith, H. | [official position unknown] | 1931 |
| Stevens, E.F. | [official position unknown] | 1931 |
| Strauss, Edward A. | Manager, New York branch | 1921-1925 |
| Strauss, Edward A. | Manager, Vocalion | 1925-1928 |
| Townsend, Ralph H. | Engineer | 1925 |
| Turner, S.J. | Advertising Manager | 1919 |
| Voynow, Richard | Assistant Director, Chicago Recording Laboratory | 1929-1931 |
| Ware, Percy A. | Promotion Manager, Eastern Phonograph Division | 1924 |
| Weth, M. | [official position unknown] | 1931 |
| Winters, Francis H. | Glendale branch | 1928 |
| Wirges, William F. | Manager, Recording Laboratories | 192H-1929 |
| Yorke, H. Emerson | Manager, Publicity | 1926-1927 |
| Yorke, H. Emerson | Brunswick Laboratories | 1927- |
| Young, Victor | Musical Director | 1931 |
| Zuvich, J. | [official position unknown] | 1931 |
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Brunswick Records: A Discography of Recordings, 1916-1931 (4 vols). Compiled by Ross Laird. Reprinted by permission.