Band Libraries
name: label: Collection Collector
content: McKinley, Ray, 1910-1995 (musician, bandleader)
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content: Ray McKinley Music and Ephemera
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content: Ray McKinley Music and Ephemera / Series 1: Music
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0635, Subseries 1.2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Subseries 1.2 contains three sets of band libraries, or sideman books, have been identified. The most complete of the three is the set of sideman books from appearances Ray made at Disneyland in the 1980s. The second and third set are of unknown origin. The music in all the folders except for two has been left in the order in which it was found, and the remaining two were alphabetized. The original order of the pieces in the alphabetized books is approximated in the other books of the set.

The band libraries do not always contain pieces exclusively for one instrument. In addition, the order of pieces within each library is not always exact. The Disneyland band libraries are the most consistent, while the second set has many exceptions to the order. The pieces in the third set correspond only in title, and their order is very different.

To aid the researcher and to reduce handling of the materials, an alphabetical list of the titles from each set is provided, following the container list for the subseries. The instruments' parts that are included in the set of libraries are listed next to each title.