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Thurlow Lieurance Memorial Committee
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1978
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1 Video recording (30 minutes, color sound)
- Collection ID:
- HSFA.1986.11C
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Human Studies Film Archives
Edited video produced by the Thurlow Lieurance Memorial Committee containing interviews about and performances of Lieurance's music. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contempor...
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Harry Warren Papers
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Riva, Julia
Jones, Jophe
Warren, Harry, 1893-1981
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1894-2000
bulk 1926-1980, undated
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32 Cubic feet (70 boxes, 26 folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0750
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Harry Warren Papers consists of original music manuscripts, scores, song sheets, commercial sheet music, bound scores, scripts, business records, correspondence (business, personal and fan), clippings, magazines, photographs, cassette tapes, LP records, posters and programs and personal memorabilia. The material documents the personal life and...
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McKinley, Ray, 1910-1995 (musician, bandleader)
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1945-1994
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19.5 Cubic feet (56 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0635
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Ray McKinley Music and Ephemera consists of music, scores, sideman books, photographs, correspondence, news clippings and magazine articles, business records, awards, audio and videotapes, 45 rpm commercial recordings, and miscellaneous biographical notes. The records date from the the late nineteenth century to 1996 and document the profession...
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DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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1911-1986
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42 Flat boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S06
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 6: Moving Pictures and Movie Stars forms part of the DeVincent collection. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
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Henderson, Horace, 1904-1988
Lewis, Barbara
Lewis, Barry
Henderson, Fletcher, 1897-1952
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1930s-1980s
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22.5 Cubic feet (82 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0797
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Fletcher and Horace Henderson Collection contains original scores and band books, loose sheet music, both original and published, from both Fletcher and Horace's libraries, playlists, lyrics, photographs, personal papers and correspondences, newspaper clippings, jazz publications, an oral history manuscript of an interview with Horace, audio ta...
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Myrow, Josef
Gordon, Mack, 1904-1959
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1926-1977, undated
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1 Motion picture film
3 Cubic feet (9 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1363
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Mack Gordon (1904-1959) was a prolific and successful songwriter, lyricist, and composer. He composed songs for stage and screen. He and Harry Warren won the Academy Award for Best Song in 1943.
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Servais, Joseph
Servais, Adrien-Francois, 1807-1866 (musician)
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Musical Instruments
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1842-1884.
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0.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0195
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Five letters of Adrien-Francois Servais, describing his personal experiences as he traveled and gave concerts, including three from his son Joseph Servais (1850-1885), dated September 7, 1871, June 7, 1877, and December 30, 1884. Also includes a photograph of Adrien-Francois Servais with cello with an endpin and a lithograph of Francois Servais, si...
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Smith, Willie, 1910-1967 (musician)
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1945-1987
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0.25 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0382
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents Willie Smith's career as a musician and arranger between 1945 and 1958.
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Nordskog, Arne, 1885-1962
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1915-1924
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0539
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers relating to the early musical history of Los Angeles, California, and Nordskog's work in promoting it. Includes letters, drawings, writings, photographs, business records, and printed material. The names listed below are represented in the collection by letters or photographs.
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Alessandro, Victor
Loomis, Sylvia Glidden
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
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1965 May 12
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20 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.alessa65
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Victor Alessandro conducted 1965 May 12, by Sylvia Loomis, for the Archives of American Art.
