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J. Taylor Doggett Collection, 1991-2005

Title: J. Taylor Doggett Collection, 1991-2005

J. Taylor Doggett is a businessman and writer who has extensively researched, among various other interests, the 1950s R&B group the 5 Royales, swing bandleaders, and musicians associated with the University of North Carolina. He lives in Greensboro, N.C. The collection consists of three series: 5 Royales Materials; UNC Bandleaders Materials; and Other R&B, Jazz, and Doo Wop Materials. The Five Royales series documents Doggett's extensive research and collecting efforts relating to the Winston-Salem, N.C., R&B vocal group of that name and the careers of constituent members Lowman Pauling, Clarence Paul, Curtis Pauling, Obadiah Carter, Johnny Tanner, Eugene Tanner, Otto Jeffries, and William Samuels. There is also music of the Royal Sons, EL Pauling and the Royalton, and the Charlie Ferguson Orchestra. The UNC Bandleaders series reflects Doggett's interest in bandleaders associated with the University of North Carolina, including Kay Kyser, Hal Kemp, Skinnay Ennis, and John Scott Trotter. Also in this series are other performers, including Kyser's College of Musical Knowledge, Harry Babbitt, Merwyn Bogue (Ish Kabibble), Libby Holman, Georgia Carroll Kyser, Ginny Simms, and Bo Thorpe. The 5 Royales and UNC Bandleaders series both include audio and video recordings, printed materials, and correspondence. The Other R&B, Doo Wop, Jazz, and Blues Materials series contains printed materials and recordings that reflect Doggett's broader musical interests. Little Jazz sweet jazz

ArchivalResource: 15.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 11,000 items)

https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/20286/ View

Kay Kyser and Georgia Carroll Kyser Papers, 1906-2004

Title: Kay Kyser and Georgia Carroll Kyser Papers, 1906-2004

James Kern Kyser (Kay Kyser) was born in 1905 in Rocky Mount, N.C. He attended the University of North Carolina, 1923-1927, where he was the leader of the cheerleading squad. He is best known as a big band leader and as the on the radio show . In 1944, Kyser married model, actress, and singer Georgia Carroll of Blooming Grove, Tex., who had joined the show the year before. In 1951, he and his family retired to Chapel Hill, N.C. Through the Kyser Foundation, he gave scholarships to students of music and dramatic art at the University of North Carolina. He was also instrumental in improving health care in North Carolina, starting the state's public television station, and establishing a highway safety program. He was active in the Christian Science Church, directing the church's radio and television broadcasting division at the Boston headquarters in the 1970s, lecturing, and serving as national honorary president in 1983. Ol' Professor College of Musical Knowledge The collection contains scripts, correspondence, printed materials, photographs, memorabilia, realia, audiovisual materials, and other items relating to Kay Kyser, Georgia Carroll Kyser, and the and its cast and orchestra members. Scripts are from the and other shows. Correspondence primarily pertains to planning for a 1948 program commemorating the 's tenth season on NBC and to Kay Kyser's death in 1985. Printed materials, including clippings, magazines, biographical materials, sheet music, movie posters, and scrapbooks, document Kay Kyser's college days, his musical career, and his death. Photographs include pictures of Kay Kyser, Georgia Carroll Kyser, band and orchestra members, and friends and relatives. Many of the photographs were taken during radio broadcasts. Some photographs are from shows performed for troops during World War II, and there is also a photograph album with materials taken from orchestra member Ish Kabibble (Merwyn Bogue)'s diary written while entertaining troops with Kyser in the South Pacific in 1945. Among those appearing in photographs are Harry Babbitt, Mike Douglas, Clark Gable, Ish Kabibble, Diane Pendleton, and Jane Russell. Audio materials include audiodiscs with songs performed by Kyser and his orchestra, 1930s-1940s; two compilation albums released in the 1970s; and an audiotape of a 1944 episode of . Subject files contain clippings and other materials about people and topics associated with the Kysers. Also included are diplomas, certificates, memorabilia, realia, and other items. College of Musical Knowledge College of Musical Knowledge College of Musical Knowledge College of Musical Knowledge

ArchivalResource: 23.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 7000 items)

https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/05289/ View

Ambassador Auditorium Collection, 1974-1995

Title: Ambassador Auditorium Collection 1974-1995

The Ambassador Auditorium Collection contains the files of the various organizational departments of the Ambassador Auditorium as well as audio and video recordings. The materials cover the entire time period of April 1974 through May 1995 when the Ambassador Auditorium was fully operational as an internationally recognized concert venue. The materials in this collection cover all aspects of concert production and presentation, including documentation of the concert artists and repertoire as well as many business documents, advertising, promotion and marketing files, correspondence, inter-office memos and negotiations with booking agents. The materials are widely varied and include concert program booklets, audio and video recordings, concert season planning materials, artist publicity materials, individual event files, posters, photographs, scrapbooks and original artwork used for publicity. Many of the print materials include handwritten comments from office personnel and administrators, and many of the artist photographs are autographed. Since the various office personnel maintained their own files, and the same information was often needed in more than one office at a time, the collection contains duplicate copies of many items. Although efforts were made to eliminate duplicate material from the same file or the same series, duplicate copies of items exist among the files from different offices. In an effort to maintain the original content of these files, the cross-file duplicate items were retained in the collection.

ArchivalResource: 636; containers of various sizes with multiple types of print materials, photographic materials, audio and video materials, realia, posters and original art work (682.05 linear feet).

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