Music Manuscripts
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 1.1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Subseries 1.1 contains the main title list for the whole series. All titles appear on this list in alphabetical order. However, many pieces which are included in the collection are not part of the regular-size material of Subseries 1.1. These appear indented and in italics, with a reference to their proper location. Researches looking for a title in any of the subseries should first refer to the main title list for the piece's general location and then consult the container or title list of the second subseries they are referred to.

Many of the scores in the collections are oversize and are therefore separated from the regular-sized music manuscripts. The list of titles of oversize scores begins at box 30 of the main title list. When parts are available under the same title as that of a score, this is indicated with the abbreviation sa, although the correspondence may not be exact. Often, a score is available in oversize, and the parts are scattered throughout the band libraries. Again, researchers should consult the main title list first for the location or locations of all music under this title.

When known, an arrangers name is listed with the oversize score. Only when there is no oversize score, or when an arrranger is only identifiable through the parts, is the arranger's name included in the main title list.

The listing of a title in italics on the main title list indicates the existence of music under this title in an alternate location. Reference abbreviations (see, sa, aka) direct the researcher to the appropriate location or title (e.g., 52nd Street sa Subseries 1B; Puss Café see Pete's Café).

When two arrangements or copies of a piece are available, the title is listed twice with some of the distinguishing characteristics of the two versions indicated (e.g., When Your Lover Has Gone, #47; When Your Lover Has Gone, #300).

Medlies can be found at the end of the M's in this series. Those identified only by number (e.g., Medley 3) are listed first, in numerical order, followed by those identified by title (e.g., Christmas Medley), in alphabetical order. Whenever possible, the titles of the pieces that comprise a medley are listed with its title (e.g., Medley 1: Down The Road Apiece/Hoodle Addle/Red Silk Stockings).