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Gordon Jenkins Collection

  • US US.INSON Mss 075
  • Folder
  • 1953 - 1980

The collection consists of 9 boxes of printed music and documents and 231 sound recordings (132 7” reels, 6 5” reels, 17 10” reels, and 76 cassettes.) The notated music consists of original music and arrangements by Gordon Jenkins and a small amount of music by Gordon Jenkins, Jr., including a handful of published choral octavos of arrangements of popular songs. Highlights of the collection include the complete music to the 1959 concept album by Judy Garland The Letter, the complete music to the Future section of the 1980 concept album Trilogy by Frank Sinatra and an arrangement of “Everything Happens to Me” made for Frank Sinatra.

From notations on the reels, they appear to contain recordings of Jenkins’s compositions, including potentially bootlegged copies of commercial recordings he worked on. The cassettes contain recordings of the compositions and arrangements of the composer Mort Stevens.

Jenkins, Gordon

Mitzi Gaynor Collection

  • Mss 071
  • Folder
  • 1964-1985

55 linear feet (72 boxes) of musical arrangements ranging across Mitzi Gaynor's career. It is approximately 400 arrangements.

Gaynor, Mitzi, 1931 -

Diahann Carroll Collection

  • US US.INSON Mss 074
  • Folder
  • 1950 - 2007

3 boxes of musical arrangements created for Diahann Carroll and a small amount of ephemera.

Carroll, Diahann

Richard Himber Collection

  • US US.INSON Mss 070
  • Folder
  • 1930 - 1950

The collection consists of approximately 1500 unpublished musical arrangements used by Richard Himber with his bands and orchestras. In most cases the arranger is not known.

Himber, Richard

Dinah Washington Collection

  • US US.INSON Mss 067
  • Item
  • 1950 - 1965

43 arrangements for voice and various instruments, written for and used by Dinah Washington

Washington, Dinah, 1924-1963

Kay Starr Collection

  • US US.INSON Mss 079
  • Folder
  • 1952 - 1986

The collection contains 363 music arrangements for Kay Starr's performing career, as well as vocal scores, lyric sheets, two 16-mm rolls of film, one Los Angeles Weekly TV Magazine with a photo of Kay Starr on the cover and a couple of photographs.

Starr, Kay

Will Friedwald Collection

  • US US.INSON Mss 010
  • Item
  • 1935 - 2010

Collection consists of drafts of Will Friedwald’s book A biographical dictionary of jazz and popular singers. Includes draft notes. A large collection of music recordings were donated along with the papers; they have since been catalogued and removed from the collection. A complete listing of recordings is available in the finding aid.

Friedwald, Will

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

William Wilcox Collection

  • US US.INSON Mss 017
  • Item
  • 1910 - 1966

The collection contains theatrical ephemera for a 1928 London-based run of "Funny Face," including a framed lobby card, accounting sheet, and playbill, as well as other miscellaneous programs and sheet music.

Wilcox, William

Dan Levinson Collection

  • US US.INSON Mss 016
  • Collection
  • 1970 - 2010

Collection consists of song recordings on CD. Dan Levinson transferred the recordings from their original format, generally 78rpm, to compact disc.

Levinson, Dan

Terry Woodson Collection

  • Mss 099
  • Folder
  • 1970-2015

The collection consists of arrangements created by Terry Woodson and others for numerous performers.

Woodson, Terry

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

Sammy Davis, Jr. Collection

  • US US.INSON Mss 072
  • Folder
  • 1953 - 1986

The collection was received in two show trunks consisting of numerous instrument books. One folder is marked 5/19/86, indicating that the collection was used on or around that date, although a brief google search indicates no easily-accessible record of a show on that date, this does not positively disprove that there was a show on that date.

Davis, Sammy, Jr., 1925-1990

Terry Woodson Collection

  • US US.INSON Mss 099
  • Folder
  • 1970-2015

The collection consists of arrangements created by Terry Woodson and others for numerous performers.

Woodson, Terry

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

Myrna Greene Collection of Eddie Fisher Research

  • US US.INSON Mss 061
  • Collection
  • 1948 - 1999

Collection consists of news clippings, research notes, magazines, and sheet music related to Myrna Greene’s unauthorized biography of Eddie Fisher, "The Eddie Fisher Story."

Greene, Myrna

Patricia Wilson Collection

  • US US.INSON MSS 058
  • Collection
  • 1894 - 2006

Collection consists of sheet music and handwritten music collected by Patricia Wilson. It also includes some recordings on CD of Wilson’s performances.

Wilson, Patricia

Boswell Sisters Research Collection

  • US US.INSON 097
  • Folder
  • 1922 - 2007

Collection consists of newspaper/magazine articles about the Boswell Sisters, sheet music featuring them, and video and audio recordings. Most clippings are photocopies.

McLean, Kenneth

Margaret & Richard Whiting Collection

  • US US.INSON MSS 027
  • Folder
  • 1922 - 2011

Collection consists of sheet music, arrangements, and newspaper clippings and programs related to Margaret Whiting. Includes some published copies of Richard Whiting’s compositions. Includes Richard Whiting’s Steinway piano.

Whiting, Margaret

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