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Graduate Student Papers

  • US US.INSON Mss 055
  • Collection
  • 2014-present

This collection contains papers written by graduate students on topics related to the Great American Songbook.

Gus Kahn Papers

  • US US.INSON Mss 001
  • Folder
  • 1909 - 2007

The collection consists of scrapbooks, photos, sheet music, manuscripts, and other material documenting the personal and professional life of popular music lyricist Gus Kahn who collaborated on many of the most enduring hits of the 20th-century including “Yes, Sir, That’s My Baby,” “Carolina in the Morning,” and “It Had to Be You.”

Kahn, Gus

Hy Zaret Papers

  • US US.INSON Mss 009
  • Folder
  • 1936 - 2007

Papers and sound recordings spanning the career of lyricist Hy Zaret (Hyman Harry Zaritsky). Includes research, notes, handwritten musical notes and lyrics on staff paper, mock-ups and drafts of sheet music, printed sheet music, orchestrations, arrangements, and folios. It includes copyright registrations, requests for use, letters of praise, scrapbooks, and correspondence. Collection also contains plaques and certificates presented to Zaret for milestones related to “Unchained Melody” and in appreciation for his work with Lou Singer on children’s educational music, and audio recordings featuring unpublished and commercial reel-to-reel tapes, 78s, LPs, and lacquers of Zaret’s songs, his Little Songs, and research-related materials.

Zaret, Hy

Ian Fraser Collection

  • Mss 076
  • Folder
  • 1961 - 2013

The collection consists of 18 boxes of music material owned by the composer and arranger, Ian Fraser. The bulk of the collection is composed and/or arranged by Fraser. It includes music composed for the Christmas in Washington specials, and arrangements made for Julie Andrews, Ann-Margret, Steve & Eydie and others.

Fraser, Ian, 1933-2014

Ira Gershwin Collection

  • US US.INSON MSS 087
  • Item
  • 1954

1 handwritten letter from Ira Gershwin to a Miss Rittenband dated November 27, 1954 regarding "Porgy and Bess."

Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983

Irving Berlin Sheet Music Dedication Copy

  • US US.INSON Mss 028
  • Collection
  • 1907 - 1966

The collection contains one red binder of Irving Berlin sheet music dedicated to Jimmy Van Heusen. The binder was a gift from Berlin to Van Heusen.

Berlin, Irving, 1888 - 1989.

Jack Mason Collection

  • US US.INSON MSS 013
  • Folder
  • 1906 - 1965

Collection consists of original arrangements and compositions, recordings of Mason’s work on reels and records, as well as some published material. Additionally, it contains some biographical documents, including adoption and marriage records, and Mason’s resumé.

Mason, Jack

Jan August Papers

  • US US.INSON Mss 023
  • Folder
  • 1920 - 1985

The collection consists of menus, press clippings, photos and recordings from the career of arranger and composer Jan August.

August, Jan

Jay Gorney Collection

  • US US.INSON Mss 063
  • Folder
  • 1929 - 1991

Personal papers of Jay Gorney, including correspondence and scripts, sheet music, arrangements, orchestrations, and recordings of Gorney's works.

Gorney, Jay

Jeanne Cummins Oral History

Oral history interview documenting the career of Jeanne Cummins, who worked as the vocalist for the Bernie Cummins Orchestra in the 1940s. Her husband, Walter, was the bandleader's brother as well as the band's guitarist.

Cummins, Jeanne, 1925 -

Jeanne Parker Collection

  • US US.INSON Mss 040
  • Collection
  • 1934 - 1984

Sheet music, photos, booklets and autographs collected by Jeanne and her husband, Roy, from concerts they attended.

Parker, Jeanne

Jerry Addicott Collection

  • US US.INSON MSS 098
  • Folder
  • 1914 - 2008

Collection consists of recordings, music, and newsletter articles for the Buck Creek Jazz Band, of which Jerry Addicott is a member.

Buck Creek Jazz Band

Jerry Vale Collection

  • US US.INSON MSS 092
  • Folder
  • 1952-1974

Collection contains photocopies of contracts between Jerry Vale and Columbia Records.

Vale, Jerry

Jimmy Van Heusen Collection

  • US US.INSON Mss 026
  • Collection
  • 2014-08-01 - 2014-09-01

The collection contains 2 DVD's on the life of Jimmy Van Heusen who composed the Academy Award-winning song "Swinging on a Star" for the 1944 Paramount film Going My Way.

Van Heusen, Jimmy, 1913-1990

John J. Renzi, Sr. Collection

  • US US.INSON Mss 048
  • Collection
  • 1940 - 1944

41-page scrapbook containing newsclippings and photographs of Big Band personalities from the WWII era. Some of the photos are signed.

Renzi, John, Sr.

John Miller Collection

  • US US.INSON Mss 031
  • Folder
  • 1960 - 1990

The collection contains newsclippings, notebooks, test pressings and books. books,

Miller, John

Johnny Burke Recordings

  • US US.INSON Mss 046
  • Collection
  • 1908 - 1964

The collection contains 7", 10", and 12" lacquer discs, various reel-to-reel tapes, miscellaneous 78s and LPs, and some sheet music belonging to lyricist Johnny Burke. Many of the lacquers are test pressings of music for which he wrote the lyrics.

Burke, Johnny, 1908-1964

Johnny Green Collection

  • US US.INSON MSS 096
  • Folder
  • 1919 - 1996

Collection consists of mostly photographs, with some correspondence, news clippings, and other ephemera relating to the life of Johnny Green.

Green, Johnny (1908-1989)

Joyce Maurer Saxon Collection

  • US US.INSON Mss 021
  • Folder
  • 1945-1995

The collections consists of news clippings, photos, a promotional leaflet, and magazines pertaining to the musical career of Joyce Mauer Saxon who lived and performed in and around Chicago, Illinois.

Saxon, Joyce Mauer

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