Fritz Kreisler collection, 1845-1969
around 1,800 items ; 25 boxes ; 14 linear feet -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Fritz Kreisler was an Austrian-born American violinist and composer. The collection contains Kreisler's original compositions in sketch, manuscript (including holographs), and printed form. In addition, it contains manuscript and heavily annotated printed copies of Kreisler's transcriptions of other composers' music. It also contains correspondence, financial and legal documents, programs,...
Arthur Schwartz papers, 1900-1983
approximately 7,500 items ; 53 containers ; 24.0 linear feet -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Arthur Schwartz was an American composer and film producer. He is particularly known for his songwriting partnership with lyricist Howard Dietz. The collection, which documents his life and career, includes music manuscripts, sketches and lyric sheets, correspondence, photographs, scripts, clippings, publicity materials, financial and legal documents, writings, and awards.
Marge Champion collection, 1910-2006
around 3,500 items ; 39 containers ; 34 linear feet -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Marge Champion (b. 1919) is an American actress, dancer, director, choreographer, and teacher. The collection, which documents her life and career, includes biographical materials, correspondence, photographs, programs, promotional materials, manuscript music scores and parts, articles, business papers, clippings, scripts, scrapbooks, awards and posters. The collection also includes materials...
Emile Berliner collection, 1871-1965
41 boxes (approximately 1,000 items) 232 photographic prints : ; black and white, 1 color ; ; 10 x 13 inches and smaller 29 negatives : ; black and white ; ; 8 x 10 inches and smaller over 400 sound discs, including zinc, copper, celluloid, rubber, shellac, and vinyl pressings and masters, in various speeds, and in sizes ranging from 5 to 12 inches in diameter 1 film reel of 1 (12 feet) : ; silent, black-and-white ; ; 16 mm. nitrate over 100 items, chiefly telephone, gramophone, and laboratory equipment, with 7 acoustic insulating panels and material samples, all made of various materials and in various sizes -- Recorded Sound Reference Center, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Unpublished and published textual materials, photographs, sound recordings, scrapbooks, artifacts, and a motion picture documenting the life and work of the German-born immigrant to America who invented the gramophone, the flat disc recording, the radio microphone, acoustic tile, and an early version of the helicopter. Included are unpublished and experimental gramophone records dating from the...
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Robert Whitehead papers, 1947-2002
approximately 22,500 items ; 75 containers ; 38.5 linear feet -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Robert Whitehead was a Tony Award-winning theatrical producer and director. The collection contains production files, correspondence, business papers, writings, photographs, costume and set renderings, programs and promotional materials, scripts, and other materials related to his life and career.
Peggy Clark papers, 1880-1997
64,240 items ; 473 containers ; 291.0 linear feet -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Peggy Clark (1915-1996) was an American lighting, scenic, and costume designer. The collection includes light plots, scenic renderings, correspondence, published and unpublished writings, blueprints, programs, photographs, posters, scripts, scrapbooks, clippings, notes, memorabilia and other materials related to her life and career.
Irving Berlin collection, 1895-1990
750,000 items ; 915 containers ; 400 linear feet -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Irving Berlin was an American lyricist and composer of over 1,200 songs. He was also a music publisher, theater owner, and a founding member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). The collection, which documents all aspects of his life and career, contains music scores, Berlin's handwritten and typewritten lyric sheets, publicity and promotional materials,...
Anita O'Day papers, 1937-2004
1,200 items ; 20 containers ; 8.0 linear feet -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Anita O'Day was an American jazz vocalist. The collection primarily consists of manuscript scores, lead sheets, parts, and annotated sheet music for arrangements of popular songs and jazz standards performed by O'Day throughout her career. In addition, it contains a small amount of scrapbooks, photographs, correspondence, clippings, honors and awards, posters, and publicity materials.
Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine collection, 1893-1988
around 96,377 items ; 1,112 containers ; 435 linear feet -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Danny Kaye (1913-1987) was an American actor, singer, dancer, comedian and humanitarian; his wife Sylvia Fine (1913-1991) was an American lyricist, composer, writer, lecturer and producer. The collection, which documents their lives and careers, contains printed and manuscript music, scripts, correspondence, business and financial papers, promotional and publicity materials, photographs,...
Tony Schwartz collection, 1912-2008
90.5 linear feet (230 boxes, approximately 76,345 items) -- Recorded Sound Reference Center, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The Tony Schwartz Collection consists of multiple formats of material documenting Schwartz's work as a media consultant, audio documentarian, author, radio producer, media theorist, and educator.
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