Jazz and Big Band Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Mooney, Art
label: Creator
content: Morrow, Buddy
label: Creator
content: Stacy, Jess, 1904-1995
label: Creator
content: Timbrell, Tiny, 1917-1992
label: Creator
content: Wilson, Teddy, 1912-1986
label: Creator
content: Glen Gray Band
label: Creator
content: Gabler, Milt
label: Creator
content: Fields, Shep
label: Creator
content: Dick Jurgens
label: Creator
content: James, Harry
label: Creator
content: Horace Heidt
label: Creator
content: Lombardo, Guy, 1902-1977
label: Creator
content: Kay Kyser
label: Creator
content: Duchin, Eddy, 1909-1951
label: Creator
content: Goodman, Benny (Benjamin David), 1909-1986
label: Creator
content: McIntyre, Hal, -1959
label: Creator
content: Krupa, Gene, 1909-1973
label: Creator
content: Barron, Blue, 1912-2005
label: Creator
content: Elman, Ziggy
label: Creator
content: Cohasco, Inc.
label: Creator
content: Cugat, Xavier, 1900-1990
label: Names
content: Anthony, Ray, 1922-
label: Names
content: Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971
label: Names
content: Barnet, Charlie, 1913-1991
label: Names
content: Beneke, Tex
label: Names
content: Brown, Les, 1912-2001
label: Names
content: Brubeck, Dave
label: Names
content: Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994
label: Names
content: Christy, June, 1925-
label: Names
content: Cole, Nat King, 1917-1965
label: Names
content: Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956
label: Names
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
label: Names
content: Fitzgerald, Ella, 1917-1996
label: Names
content: Frankie Laine
label: Names
content: Garner, Erroll
label: Names
content: Getz, Stan, 1927-1991
label: Names
content: Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993
label: Names
content: Gray, Glen, 1906-1963
label: Names
content: Henderson, Fletcher, 1897-1952
label: Names
content: Herman, Woody, 1913-1987
label: Names
content: Jordan, Louis, 1908-1975
label: Names
content: Kaye, Sammy, 1910-1987
label: Names
content: Kenton, Stan
label: Names
content: Lee, Peggy
label: Names
content: Lopez, Vincent, 1894-1975
label: Names
content: Lunceford, Jimmie
label: Names
content: MacRae, Gordon
label: Names
content: Martin, Freddy, 1906-1983
label: Names
content: May, Billy
label: Names
content: Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976
label: Names
content: Miller, Glenn
label: Names
content: Monroe, Vaughn, 1911-1973
label: Names
content: Mulligan, Gerry
label: Names
content: Norvo, Red, 1908-1999
label: Names
content: Page, Patti
label: Names
content: Ray McKinley
label: Names
content: Rich, Buddy
label: Names
content: Shaw, Artie, 1910-2004
label: Names
content: Shore, Dinah, 1917-1994
label: Names
content: Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998
label: Names
content: Spivak, Charlie
label: Names
content: Vallée, Rudy, 1901-1986
label: Names
content: Vaughan, Sarah, 1924-1990
label: Names
content: Waring, Fred, 1900-1984
label: Names
content: Webb, Chick, 1909-1939
label: Names
content: Weems, Ted
label: Names
content: Welk, Lawrence, 1903-1992
label: Names
content: Whiteman, Paul, 1890-1967
label: Names
content: Whiting, Margaret
topic: label: Topic
content: Big band music
label: Topic
content: Jazz musicians -- United States
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content: Jazz
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content: Music -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Popular music
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Purchased at auction by the Archives Center from Cohasco, Inc. in 2016.
creator: label: Creator
content: Mooney, Art
label: Creator
content: Morrow, Buddy
label: Creator
content: Stacy, Jess, 1904-1995
label: Creator
content: Timbrell, Tiny, 1917-1992
label: Creator
content: Wilson, Teddy, 1912-1986
label: Creator
content: Glen Gray Band
label: Creator
content: Gabler, Milt
label: Creator
content: Fields, Shep
label: Creator
content: Dick Jurgens
label: Creator
content: James, Harry
label: Creator
content: Horace Heidt
label: Creator
content: Lombardo, Guy, 1902-1977
label: Creator
content: Kay Kyser
label: Creator
content: Duchin, Eddy, 1909-1951
label: Creator
content: Goodman, Benny (Benjamin David), 1909-1986
label: Creator
content: McIntyre, Hal, -1959
label: Creator
content: Krupa, Gene, 1909-1973
label: Creator
content: Barron, Blue, 1912-2005
label: Creator
content: Elman, Ziggy
label: Creator
content: Cohasco, Inc.
label: Creator
content: Cugat, Xavier, 1900-1990
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content: Jazz and Big Band Collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.5 Cubic feet (3 boxes, 1 map folder)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1930-1975
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1388
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Contracts
label: Type
content: Handbills
label: Type
content: Matchcovers
label: Type
content: Magazines (periodicals)
label: Type
content: Motion picture stills
label: Type
content: Menus
label: Type
content: Postcards
label: Type
content: Posters
label: Type
content: Programs
label: Type
content: Publicity photographs
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content: Sheet music
label: Type
content: Signatures (names)
label: Type
content: Tickets
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into six series.

Series 1: Magazines, 1939-1950

Series 2: Programs, 1930-1975

Series 3: Publications, 1949-1965

Series 4: Sheet Music, 1935-1943

Series 5: Advertisements, 1932-1954

Series 6: Ephemera, 1938-1953
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Contracts
label: Genre/Form
content: Handbills
label: Genre/Form
content: Matchcovers
label: Genre/Form
content: Magazines (periodicals)
label: Genre/Form
content: Motion picture stills
label: Genre/Form
content: Menus
label: Genre/Form
content: Postcards
label: Genre/Form
content: Posters
label: Genre/Form
content: Programs -- Concerts
label: Genre/Form
content: Publicity photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Sheet music
label: Genre/Form
content: Signatures (names)
label: Genre/Form
content: Tickets
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of 235 pieces of music ephemera assembled by an anonymous California musicologist over several decades. The contents include such things as concert ticket stubs; show programs; handbills; publicity stills; record store posters; nightclub souvenirs; autographs; contracts, lobby cards; movie stills; postcards; fan and record industry magazines; sheet music; an oversize RKO theatre owners' advertising book for the 1942 sensation "Syncopation," starring Charlie Barnet, Benny Goodman, Harry James, Gene Krupa, et al; and miscellany such as matchbook covers and novelty promotional pieces. There are just a few letters in the collection. The collection contains materials representing both bands and band members, and individual artists. In many cases, there are only one or a few relevant items. Persons and acts represented include: Ray Anthony, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Barnet, Tex Beneke, Les Brown, Dave Brubeck, Cab Calloway, June Christy, Nat King Cole, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Erroll Garner, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Glen Gray, Fletcher Henderson, Woody Herman, Harry James, Louis Jordan, Sammy Kaye, Stan Kenton, Gene Krupa, Kay Kyser, Frankie Laine, Peggy Lee, Guy Lombardo, Vincent Lopez, Jimmy Lunceford, Gordon MacRae, Freddy Martin, Billy May, Johnny Mercer, Glenn Miller, Vaughn Monroe, Gerry Mulligan, Red Norvo, Patti Page, Buddy Rich, Artie Shaw, Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra, Charlie Spivak, Rudy Vallee, Sarah Vaughan, Fred Waring, Chick Webb, Ted Weems, Lawrence Welk, Paul Whiteman, Margaret Whiting, and Benny Goodman. In other cases, the collection contains an item or items (such as menus) that have been autographed. The collection contains autographs or autographed items for the following: Gene Krupa, Jess Stacy, Teddy Wilson, Blue Barron, Eddie Duchin, Shep Fields, Ziggy Elman, Glen Gray Band, Milt Gabler, Horace Heidt, Dick Jurgens, Kay Kyser, Guy Lombardo, Xavier Cugat, Hal McIntyre, Art Mooney, Buddy Morrow, Harry James and "Tiny" Timbrell.