The collection consists of three boxes of sheet music, lead sheets, manuscripts and arrangements from Garrett’s personal collection. It contains three items of especial note: 1) An ozalid of “It Never Happened Before,” a rare unpublished Rodgers and Hart song. The Library of Congress only has a lead sheet and this is a complete copy. This song has been a mystery for 90 years. 2) “I Know You By Heart,” by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, an unpublished title and an original MGM studio copy. 3) “I Lost You” by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, an unpublished title and an original MGM studio copy.

The collection consists of approximately 1500 unpublished musical arrangements used by Richard Himber with his bands and orchestras.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.

Collection consists of arrangements, scores, and individual instrument parts for songs sung by Al Martino. Includes one folder with Martino headshots.

The collection consists of 37 arrangements by Ralph Carmichael for big band or vocals with big band. It also contains arrangements by other people, primarily published or copied from published materials. It contains a portion of the music mail-order series, The Ralph Carmichael School of Music Correspondence. It contains a small amount of published sacred choral octavos by Carmichael. Non-musical material includes programs and documents relating to the Young Messiah concert tour and photographs.