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.
1 DVD of an interview with Bernie Cummins, bandleader of the Bernie Cummins Orchestra. His brother, Walter, was a guitarist in the band. Walter's wife Jeanne was also a vocalist with the band.
Graduate student paper titled "Jelly Roll Morton, the Melrose Brothers' Music Company, Gennett Records, Sheet Music, and 1920s Chicago Jazz", written by Lisa Ungemach.
Approximately 200 original arrangements created by various arrangers for the singing duo Sandler & Young, who performed internationally from 1963-1982. Most arrangements include a master score, vocal parts, and various instrument parts. The collection also includes a few news clippings.
The collection consists of approximately 85 commercial and original arrangements used by the Hotel Van Ness Orchestra, led by Albert “Al Getchie” Glenn, as well as some miscellaneous sheet music and a photograph of the orchestra.
Scripts, sheet music, souvenir books, programs, newsclippings, arrangements, photographs, playbills, and showbills from Libi Staiger's professional career and that of her husband, Jerome Eskow.
The collection consists of six arrangements written by composer Peter Brunelli and one wooden box containing rubber stamps for arrangements and compositions, custom-made for Peter Brunelli.
The majority of the collection is made up of arrangements written for Ms. Piazza, mostly undated, along with some published music and miscellaneous items like playbills and program lists.
The collection contains scanned pages from several shows known as "blueprint specials," which were musicals-in-a-box created for the US Army during WWII.
