American Record Corporation

American Record Corporation
Company typeIncentive
PredecessorScranton Button Works
FoundedJuly 25, 1929 (1929-07-25)
United States
DefunctDecember 17, 1938 (1938-12-17)
FateAcquired for $700,000 in cash and stock by Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.
SuccessorColumbia Recording Corporation May 1939
HeadquartersUnited States
ParentColumbia Broadcasting System, Inc.

American Record Corporation (ARC), also referred to as American Record Company, American Recording Corporation, or ARC Records, was an American record company in operation from 1929 to 1938, and again from 1978 to 1982.