Boyd Raeburn Papers
name: label: Creator
content: Baum, Stanley
label: Creator
content: Flanagan, Ralph
label: Composer
content: Dameron, Tadd,, 1917-1965
label: Composer
content: Finckel, Edwin A.
label: Musician
content: Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993
label: Arranger
content: Handy, George
label: Arranger
content: Johnson, Budd
label: Arranger
content: Kleeb, Milt,, 1919-2015
label: Arranger
content: Mandel, Johnny
label: Musician
content: Raeburn, Boyd,, 1913-1966
label: Donor
content: Raeburn, Bruce Boyd,, 1948-
label: Donor
content: Raeburn, Susan
label: Arranger
content: Richards, Johnny
label: Arranger
content: Williams, George D.,, 1917-1988
label: Arranger
content: Villepigue, Paul,, 1919-1953
label: Arranger
content: Tizol, Juan, 1900-1984
label: Names
content: Boyd Raeburn Orchestra
topic: label: Topic
content: Jazz -- 20th century -- United States
label: Topic
content: Music -- 20th century -- United States
label: Topic
content: Orchestras -- 1940-1950
label: Topic
content: Swing (Music)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated to the Archives Center by Raeburn's son and daughter, Bruce and Susan Raeburn, 2017.
creator: label: Creator
content: Baum, Stanley
label: Creator
content: Flanagan, Ralph
label: Composer
content: Dameron, Tadd,, 1917-1965
label: Composer
content: Finckel, Edwin A.
label: Musician
content: Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993
label: Arranger
content: Handy, George
label: Arranger
content: Johnson, Budd
label: Arranger
content: Kleeb, Milt,, 1919-2015
label: Arranger
content: Mandel, Johnny
label: Musician
content: Raeburn, Boyd,, 1913-1966
label: Donor
content: Raeburn, Bruce Boyd,, 1948-
label: Donor
content: Raeburn, Susan
label: Arranger
content: Richards, Johnny
label: Arranger
content: Williams, George D.,, 1917-1988
label: Arranger
content: Villepigue, Paul,, 1919-1953
label: Arranger
content: Tizol, Juan, 1900-1984
setName: label: See more items in
content: Boyd Raeburn Papers
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Raeburn was a society band leader who began his career after winning a contest for a year-long engagement at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, while a student at the University of Chicago. In the 1940s he led a swing band in Chicago and from 1942-1949 led of a racially mixed bebop oriented band, which at various times included Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Pettiford, and numerous others.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 9 Cubic feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1942-1949
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1431
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Clippings
label: Type
content: Music
label: Type
content: Parts (musical)
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Scores
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into one series. Musical parts are arranged by title.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Clippings -- 1940-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Music
label: Genre/Form
content: Parts (musical)
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks -- 1940-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Scores
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists primarily of the "band library" for the Boyd Raeburn Orchestra, containing arrangements of musical numbers performed by the Orchestra. The arrangers included Ed Finckel, Juan Tizol, George Handy, Budd Johnson, Johnny Richards, Stanley Baum, Ralph Flanagan, Johnny Mandel, George "The Fox" Williams, Milt Kleeb, Tadd Dameron, and others. The parts for instruments are in the composer/arranger's hand, in most cases. Also included are two scrapbooks containing mostly clippings from entertainment magazines such as Down Beat and Variety.