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The Irwin Kostal Collection

  • US US.INSON Mss 077
  • Collection
  • 1944 - 1994

Three Paige boxes and two flat boxes of newspaper clippings, correspondence, music, and manuscripts. A2018-023 originally consisted of eight (8) scrapbooks.

Kostal, Irwin

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

Phil Harris – Alice Faye Arrangements

  • US US.INSON Mss 003
  • Folder
  • 1946 - 1954

Approximately 140 musical arrangements for the weekly NBC radio show The Phil Harris – Alice Faye Show. The arrangements were created by Walter Scharf.

Harris, Phil

Louis Edelman Collection

  • US US.INSON 086
  • Item
  • 1946

The collection consists of one copy of a book draft dated July 25, 1946 that was the basis for the Gus Kahn biopic, "I'll See You in My Dreams," released in 1951.

Edelman, Louis

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

Tony Martin Memorabilia

  • US US.INSON Mss 024
  • Collection
  • 1949 - 1953

The collection contains 21 pieces of memorabilia given to Tony: certificates of appreciation, correspondence from Governor Nixon and President Eisenhower and other items.

Martin, Tony

Mary Miller Audio Collection

  • US US.INSON A2012-026
  • Collection
  • 1950 - 1959

Audio recordings: 11 by Art Tatum, 1 Fats Waller and 1 Showboat recording. 7-12", 2-10" and 3-7" recordings

Miller, Mary

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

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

Didier Deutsch LP Collection

  • US US.INSON Mss 030
  • Collection
  • 1950 - 2010

Foreign language and cast recordings from the personal collection of record producer Didier Deutsch.

Deutsch, Didier C.,

Marguerite Piazza Arrangements

  • US US.INSON Mss 056
  • Collection
  • c. 1950s-1990s

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.

Piazza, Marguerite

Richard Sawicki Collection

  • US US.INSON MSS 085
  • Collection
  • 1950 - 1966

The collections consists of seven 8x10 photos, two letters, and one page of telegrams and check copies. The photos include Liberace, Cole Porter, and Steve Allen, with unidentified individuals.

Sawicki, Richard D.

Jerry Vale Collection

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

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

Vale, Jerry

Alice Ghostley Collection

  • US US.INSON Mss 050
  • Folder
  • 1952-1976

The collection consists of photos, books, CDs, and vocal-piano scores related to Alice Ghostley.

Ghostley, Alice

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

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

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

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

Richard W. Judy and Jane M. Lommel Collection of X-Ray Film Recordings

  • US US.INSON Mss 002
  • Collection
  • 1958 - 1959

The collection contains 18 Soviet-era x-ray film recordings of jazz music obtained during Richard Judy's exchange studies in Moscow from 1958-1959. Songs include "Begin the Beguine," "To A Wild Rose," "We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye" and others by various artists.

Judy, Richard W.

Bill Marx Collection

  • US US.INSON Mss 068
  • Folder
  • 1959 - 1993

The collection consists of original manuscripts, sketches, and fair copies of original compositions, music for film and television, and arrangements by Bill Marx. Audio recordings of demos and performances on 5” and 7” reels and compact discs..

Marx, Bill

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