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Blueprint Specials

  • US US.INSON MSS 091
  • Folder
  • 1940s

The collection contains copies of materials used for a special production of the Blueprint Specials. The originals are held at the University of Michigan.

Astaire, Fred

Bob Kennedy Printed Music Collection

  • US US.INSON Mss 011
  • Item
  • 1900 - 1967

Approximately 1,600 pieces of sheet music, orchestral arrangements, and other documents related to the performances and career of Bob Kennedy.

Kennedy, Bob

Book Collection

  • US US.INSON Mss 004
  • Collection
  • 1890-present

This artificial collection comprises all donations of books. Subjects include: analysis and criticism of the Great American Songbook; biographies and autobiographies of the Songbook's composers, lyricists, and performers; the history of American musical theater and musical comedy; and commentary on the technology and culture of the 20th century. The collection also contains reference materials such as publishers' lists of sound recordings.

Grimes, Robert

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

Charles Conrad Collection

  • US US.INSON MSS 088
  • Folder
  • 1942-09-27 - ?

Handwritten lyrics to Al Piantadosi's song "Curse of an Aching Heart." Includes his autograph.

Autographed photograph of Meredith Willson during rehearsal for "The Unsinkable Molly Brown."

Charles Conrad

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

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

Dick Voynow Collection

  • US US.INSON Mss 039
  • Folder
  • 1920 - 1950

The collection contains 4 scrapbook pages with photos of the Wolverine Orchestra, including member Bix Beiderbecke; 1 bound scrapbook containing news clippings and other items concerning the travels of Dick Voynow's Wolverine Orchestra; miscellaneous unlabeled photos; miscellaneous news clippings

Voynow, Dick

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.,

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

Donald Kahn Papers

  • US US.INSON Mss 044
  • Folder
  • 1930 - 2007

The collection consists of sheet music, manuscripts, correspondence, and other material documenting the career of Donald Kahn.

Kahn, Donald, 1918-2008

Ella Fitzgerald Collection

  • US US.INSON MSS 090
  • Folder
  • 1996

The memorial service program for Ella Fitzgerald dated June 20, 1996.

Estate of Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald Costumes

  • US US.INSON Mss 064
  • Item
  • 1965-1975

The collection includes two costumes created for Ella Fitzgerald for concert performances. The first, a grey silk evening gown with a black silk and velvet floral overlay, was worn by the singer on stage in the 1960s. The second, mint green silk jumpsuit heavily adorned with rhinestones, faux pearls and fringe on the sleeves and waistline, was worn by the singer on stage in the early 1970s. An inside label reads "Elizabeth Courtney/Costumes Hollywood."

Courtney, Elizabeth, 1905-1974

George and Louise McCabe Collection of Sound Recordings

  • US US.INSON Mss 036
  • Collection
  • 1931 - 1947

The collection contains approximately 1,200 78-rpm recordings focusing on the work of Bing Crosby and a sampling of other artists from the same period.

McCabe, George

George M. Cohan Arrangements

  • US US.INSON MSS 083
  • Folder
  • 1927

"When Lindy Comes Home" sheet music excerpt from "The New York American" newspaper dated 6/6/1927

Melinda Lissauer

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

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