Recordings, Audiovisual Materials, Motion Picture Films, and Photographs
name: label: Collection Donor
content: Riva, Julia
label: Collection Donor
content: Jones, Jophe
label: Collection Composer
content: Warren, Harry, 1893-1981
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content: Harry Warren Papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1926-1981, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0750, Series 7
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Series 7 is divided into six sub-series: Subseries 7.1: Recordings, Subseries 7.2: Cassette Tapes, Subseries 7.3: Photographs, 1926-1977, undated, Subseries 7.4 Reference Video Tapes, 1933-1955, Subseries 7.5: CD's and Subseries 7.6: Film.

Subseries 7.1 contain Warren's collection of LP records, playback discs, copy pressings and commercial recordings and one studio audio reel.  Playback discs are arranged alphabetically by project title.  Commercial recordings are arranged alphabetically by recording company.  The original records currently are unavailable to researchers for listening until reference copies can be made.

Subseries 7.2 contain cassette tapes of LPs, 45s, and various interviews with Warren.  These original tapes currently are unavailable to researchers for listening until reference copies can be made.  The play lists from each tape are copied at the back of this finding aid.

Subseries 7.3 contains photographs of a wide range of subjects, mostly personal photographs and a few studio portraits of Warren and members of his family.  Many of the images are unidentified.  Photographs are arranged chronologically when a date was available.  Two photographic images are unavailable for viewing due to their current condition and the need for conservation work.

Subseries 7.4contains commercially produced video-tapes for some of the motion-pictures utilizing Warren's music.  The tapes are arranged alphabetically by title and dated according to the original release date of the motion picture.

Subseries 7.5 ccontain CD's storing digital images of some of the original music manuscripts and original documents in the collection.  There are also many photographic images scanned onto CD by the donor that are currently unavailable to researchers.  There are also images of covers of commercially sold sheet music scanned onto CD by the donor that are currently unavailable to researchers. There also is one commercially produced soundtrack for the MGM movie musical, Ziegfeld Follies of 1946, which used some Warren tunes.

Subseries 7.6, 1927-1964, undated contains home movies made by Warren and a few commercial films which were his personal copies.