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University of Maine. Rudy Vallée Tribute Committee. Records, 1987-1989.

Title: Records, 1987-1989.

Records of a committee formed in 1987 at the University of Maine to plan a tribute to singer Rudy Vallée. Included are memos, letters, planning documents, press releases, photographs and newspaper and magazine articles documenting the work of the committee. Files of David C. Smith, a professor of history at the university and chair of the committee, are also included.

ArchivalResource: 1 document box (10 folders)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/575680794 View

Eppes, William D. Autograph collection of William D. Eppes, 1908-1998.

Title: Autograph collection of William D. Eppes, 1908-1998.

The collection consists of autograph files maintained by Eppes containing correspondence, memorabilia, photographs, and printed material chiefly by or about people in the fine arts. Some literary and political figures are also included. People and organizations represented in the files, mostly by VERY BRIEF NOTES OF THANKS, include the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Louis Auchincloss, Hermione Baddeley, Cecil Beaton, Dirk Bogart, Louis Bromfield, Georgia Brown, Irving Caesar, Cass Canfield, Jan Garden Castro, Bennett Cerf, Clementine Churchill, Jan Clayton, William Sloane Coffin, and Bob Cummings. Also Jean Dalrymple, Margaret Truman Daniel, Agnes De Mille, Helen Gahagan Douglas, David Dukes, Dame Edith Evans, Albert Finney, Lynn Fontanne, Malcolm Forbes, Betty Ford, Arlene Francis, Robert S. Gamble, Lilian Gish, Joanna Glass, Ruth Gordon, Tammy Grimes, Desmond Guinness, Kay Halle, Helene Hanff, Julie Harris, June Havoc, Lilian Hellman, Pendleton Hogan, Helen H. Howe, Kim Hunter and Ada Louise Huxtable. Also Cherry Jones, Walter Kerr, Patricia Kluge, Bert Lahr, Arthur Laurents, Evelyn Laye, Vivian Leigh, Margaret Leighton, John V. Lindsay, Anna Neagle, Fritz Peters, Fritz Peters, Margot Peters, Cole Porter, Lynn Redgrave, Cliff Robertson, Donald Sinden, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Ben Sonnenberg, Paul Standard, Patricia Ziegfield Stephenson, Paul Stookey, Jessica Tandy, Angela Thirkell, Helen Thomas, Harry Truman, Barbara Tuchman, Henry Walthall, Ethel Waters, Peggy Wood, Louis B. Wright, Teresa Wright, Stark Young and Philip Ziegler. Represented in the files to a greater extent are J. Mitchell Bailey; Tallulah Bankhead; the Empire Theatre; Armand Hammer; Eval Le Gallienne including a scrapbook "At 33" inscribed to Eppes; Anne Kaufman Schneider and an honorary degree for Le Gallienne, at the College of William and Mary; efforts to preserve the New York City home of Edna St. Vincent Millay; and Dorothy Stickney, including a copy of her "A lovely light," a dramatization of the poems and letters of Millay. In addition the collection contains Eppes' notes on portions of the collection; obituaries and tributes; playbills; programs, including a souvenir program from "Gone with the wind"; announcements; sound recordings; and poster replicas for theaters, chiefly in New York City. The collection also contains five long-playing record sets : "Selections from George Gershwin's Folk Opera 'Porgy and Bess' Volume Two (Phonodisk 0618 : 10 in.)--"Dorothy Stickney in 'A Lovely Light' ... a dramatization of the poems and letters of Edna St. Vincent Millay" (Phonodisk 0619 : 12 in.)--"Opening Nights at the Met" (Phonodisk 0620 : 10 in.)--"The Music of 'Cabin in the Sky' Featuring Ethel Waters" (Phonodisk 0621 : 10 in.)--"Presenting Gertrude Lawrence in Glamorous Music from "Lady in the Dark' " (Phonodisk 0622 : 10 in.). The collection also contains a memoir of William and Mary librarian E.G. Swem.

ArchivalResource: 2310 (ca.) items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49864158 View

Johnny Green papers, 1920-1991.

Title: Johnny Green papers, 1920-1991.

Scores and papers of American conductor, arranger, and composer Johnny Green.

ArchivalResource: 307 boxes (150 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou02023/catalog View

Wallace, Mike, 1918-. Mike Wallace interviews : black and white 16mm film, 1957-1958.

Title: Mike Wallace interviews : black and white 16mm film, 1957-1958.

ArchivalResource: 41 films (circa 9 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/463279410 View

Abe Burrows papers, 1904-1993

Title: Abe Burrows papers 1904-1993

This collection of personal papers, correspondence, production files, radio scripts, autobiographical writings, interviews, speeches, articles, songs, clippings, photographs and visual materials provides a wealth of documentation on the personal and professional life of Pulitzer prize-winning playwright, lyricist, director, screenwriter, comedian and play doctor, Abe Burrows.

ArchivalResource: 50 lin. ft.; 97 boxes, 29 volumes and 3 oversized folders

http://archives.nypl.org/the/21645 View

Weed, Addie,. Oral history interview, 1975.

Title: Oral history interview, 1975.

Interview, with brief catalog, from Veazie, Me., with Weed, for Beebe's Maine Campus article about her and her reminiscences of Rudy Vallee.

ArchivalResource: 1 audiotape (1/2 hr.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70957495 View

Bartholomew, Marshall, 1885-1978. The Marshall Bartholomew papers, 1929-1966 (inclusive).

Title: The Marshall Bartholomew papers, 1929-1966 (inclusive).

The Marshall Bartholomew Papers document Bartholomew's life and work as conductor of the Yale Glee Club, leader of international choral exchanges, and organizer of Army singing during World War 2. The Papers contain manuscripts of Bartholomew's musical compositions and choral arrangements. The Papers also hold correspondence, programs, writings by Bartholomew, and miscellaneous items.

ArchivalResource: 4.5 linear ft. (10 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702190754 View

Carmichael, Hoagy, 1899-1981. Old man Harlem [sound recording] / [Hoagy Carmichael, music ; Rudy Vallee, lyrics].

Title: Old man Harlem [sound recording] / [Hoagy Carmichael, music ; Rudy Vallee, lyrics]. [193-?]

ArchivalResource: 1 sound disc : analog, 78 rpm, mono. ; 10 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50483235 View

[Rudy Vallee, biographical materials]

Title: [Rudy Vallee, biographical materials] 1986-

ArchivalResource: 1 folder

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21798459 View

Vallée, Rudy, 1901-1986. Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1929.

Title: Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1929.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 l.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63563235 View

Adams, Robert Neal. Robert Neal Adams papers, 1933-1975.

Title: Robert Neal Adams papers, 1933-1975.

This collection contains 33 black and white photographs taken during the 1930s and early 1940s, 1 videotape, and 5 cassette tapes. Included are photos of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, Winston Churchill, King George and Queen Mary of England, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Will Rogers, Rudy Vallee, and Howard Hughes. In the taped interview Mr. Adams gives some insights into the Roosevelt administration. In addition, there are photos of Adams, some biographical material, and film negatives with explanatory notes. A typescript of an article by Dr. Pat Ryan (UNCG), who arranged for the gift of the collection to the UNCG Manuscript Collections, gives good background material.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.5 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/303405522 View

Richard Rodgers collection of musicals and interviews [sound recording], 1926-1980

Title: Richard Rodgers collection of musicals and interviews [sound recording] 1926-1980

The collection contains commercial discs and noncommercial recordings; the latter containing interviews with Rodgers and his family and friends, performances of his music by contemporary performers, as well as radio and television programs that have used Rodgers' music.

ArchivalResource: 362 sound recordings

http://archives.nypl.org/rha/20449 View

Vallée, Rudy, 1901-1986. Papers and memorabilia, 1917-1984.

Title: Papers and memorabilia, 1917-1984.

The papers of a popular vocalist in the U.S. during the 20th century. Included are correspondence from 1917 to 1984, newspaper clippings, scores, photographs, scrapbooks, phonograph records, megaphone, and other memorabilia.

ArchivalResource: 12 boxes (12 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54843326 View

Livers, Lorene,. [Rudy Vallée scrapbooks]

Title: [Rudy Vallée scrapbooks] 1928-1932.

Scrapbooks about the singer Rudy Vallée compiled by Lorene Livers, a student at St. John High School in Canton, Ohio. Contains newspaper and magazine articles, 1928-1932, about Vallée's life and career as well as copies of The Krusade, a weekly newsletter for Vallée fans published in 1931 in Wood Ridge, N.J.

ArchivalResource: 2 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/696318872 View

Tracy, Lee, 1898-1968. Lee Tracy collection of noncommercial recordings [sound recording], 1934-1964.

Title: Lee Tracy collection of noncommercial recordings [sound recording], 1934-1964.

These recordings were collected by Lee Tracy and primarily consist of his performances in radio plays.

ArchivalResource: 35 sound discs : analog, acetate, 78 rpm ; 12 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122485306 View

Fellowship Commission. Photographs, 1946-1985 (Inclusive Dates).

Title: Photographs, 1946-1985 (Inclusive Dates).

The photograph collection of the Fellowship Commission contains general organizational materials of meetings and functions related to the Commission. There are a broad variety of local politicians, church leaders, businessmen, and social activists represented within the collection. Each folder heading contains information about the local, national or international personalities who appeared for awards or special events at the Commission. Noted personalities include Betty Barnes, Leonard Bernstein, Ralph Bunche, Shirley Chisholm, Joseph S. Clark, Jr., Contance Clayton, Helen O. Dickens, Alfred E. Driscoll, Julius Erving, Maurice B. Fagan, Walter B. Flagg, W. Wilson Goode, Albert M. Greenfield, Richard Hatcher, John Hersey, Charlton Heston, Paul Gray Hoffman, Langston Hughes, Hubert Humphrey, Jacob Javits, Robert F. Kennedy, Otto Kerner, Coretta Scott King, W. Thacher Longstreth, Joe Louis, Malcolm X, James Michener, Juanita Moore, Edward R. Murrow, Majorie Penny, Sidney Poitier, A. Philip Randolph, E. Washington Rhodes, Frank Rizzo, Jackie Robinson, Eleanor Roosevelt, Williard Rouse, Carl Sandburg, William Scranton, Eric Sevaraid, Rudy Vallee, Alice Walker, Mike Wallace, Roy Wilkins, Shelly Winters, and Whitney Young, Jr.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 Linear Feet b/w photographs various sizes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122543409 View

Abe Burrows papers, 1904-1993

Title: Abe Burrows papers 1904-1993

This collection of personal papers, correspondence, production files, radio scripts, autobiographical writings, interviews, speeches, articles, songs, clippings, photographs and visual materials provides a wealth of documentation on the personal and professional life of Pulitzer prize-winning playwright, lyricist, director, screenwriter, comedian and play doctor, Abe Burrows.

ArchivalResource: 50 lin. ft.; 97 boxes, 29 volumes and 3 oversized folders

http://archives.nypl.org/the/21645 View

Maine stein song collection, 1927-1990.

Title: Maine stein song collection, 1927-1990.

The collection contains copies of scores of the Maine Stein Song, correspondence of university presidents and the alumni association, and articles and clippings about the song and its history. The correspondence includes letters written in 1930 from various temperance organizations voicing objections to the song's associations with drinking as well as two letters written by Rudy Vallée, one of which gives a history of the song and Vallée's involvement with it.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (12 folders)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/556154372 View

French, Ralph. Papers 1935-1955.

Title: Papers 1935-1955.

The collection consists primarily of black and white photographs of Rudy Vallee, his friends and associates, and locations where he performed. It also includes one color photograph of Vallee and his wife Eleanor (ca. 1980), one letter from Vallee, several greeting cards, and a small file of press clippings.

ArchivalResource: ca. 100 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31483641 View

Vallée, Rudy, 1901-1986. Papers 1901-1986, (bulk 1925-1975).

Title: Papers 1901-1986, (bulk 1925-1975).

The Rudy Vallee Collection constitutes the great majority of personal documents in Vallee's possession at the time of his death, including correspondence, scrapbooks, radio and television scripts, sound recordings, musical scores, photographs, business records, press clippings, and various ephemera. The bulk of accessible materials documents Vallee's career in radio broadcasting and entertainment from 1925-1975.

ArchivalResource: ca. 250 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29893535 View

Sosnik, Harry, 1906-1996. Papers, 1920-1995.

Title: Papers, 1920-1995.

Papers, primarily comprised of musical scores and parts, of a composer, arranger, and conductor for radio and television and vice-president in charge of music for the American Broadcasting Company.

ArchivalResource: 77.4 c.f. (152 flat boxes and 2 card file boxes)4 tape recordings, and.537 disc recordings; plus.additions of 12.0 c.f.79 tape recordings.157 disc recordings, and.297 photographs.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173692806 View

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Collection of musicals and interviews [sound recording], 1926-1980.

Title: Collection of musicals and interviews [sound recording], 1926-1980.

The collection contains commercial discs and noncommercial recordings; the latter containing interviews with Rodgers and his family and friends, performances of his music by contemporary performers, as well as radio and television programs that use Rodgers' music.

ArchivalResource: 362 sound recordings : analog.174 sound discs : analog.184 sound tape reels : analog.4 sound cassettes : analog.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122455595 View

Lee Tracy collection of noncommercial recordings, 1934-1964

Title: Lee Tracy collection of noncommercial recordings 1934-1964

These recordings were collected by Lee Tracy and primarily consist of his performances in radio plays. Radio programs most prominently represented are Hall of Fame, Hollywood Hotel, Kraft Music Hall, Lux Radio Theater, The Rudy Vallee Hour, Shell Chateau, and Silver Theater. Performers appearing with Tracy on these programs include Edward Arnold, Noah Berry, Bing Crosby, Sally Eilers, Joan Fontaine, William Gargan, Shirley Ross, Lionel Stander, and Rudy Vallee.

ArchivalResource:

http://archives.nypl.org/rha/20471 View

Allen, Fred, 1894-1956. Mail call, radio program [sound recording].

Title: Mail call, radio program [sound recording].

Radio program produced by the Special Service Division of the U.S. War Department for broadcast to troops in battle in World War II.

ArchivalResource: 23 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 16 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122580261 View

Sillman, Leonard. Leonard Sillman collection, 1923-1968.

Title: Leonard Sillman collection, 1923-1968.

Manuscripts of autobiography, scripts, and articles, business and production files, financial records, correspondence, photographs of productions and screen personalities, family photographs, reviews, scrapbooks, and other materials.

ArchivalResource: 175 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70923015 View

Vallée, Rudy, 1901-1986. Papers of the Sitwell family [manuscript], 1960, n.d.

Title: Papers of the Sitwell family [manuscript], 1960, n.d.

Photograph album of the Sitwell family residence, Renishaw, near Sheffield, including photographs of Sir Osbert Sitwell and Dame Edith Sitwell. Letter, 1960 August 24, Sir Osbert Sitwell to Rudy Vallée, mentioning the death of Madame Kochanska.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647877687 View

MacKinlay Kantor Papers, 1885-1977, (bulk 1920-1970)

Title: MacKinlay Kantor Papers 1885-1977 (bulk 1920-1970)

Novelist and author. Correspondence, diaries, drafts and galleys of playscripts, poems, songs, and fiction and nonfiction books, tearsheets, dictation and interview transcripts, notes, research materials, descriptive inventories of personal papers, legal and financial documents, clippings, printed material, scrapbooks, publicity and promotional records, maps, book illustrations, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Kantor's literary career.

ArchivalResource: 50,000 items; 158 containers plus 2 oversize; 65 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008071 View

Cofrances, Harry William, 1902-1969. Harry William Cofrances papers, 1913-1969 (inclusive).

Title: Harry William Cofrances papers, 1913-1969 (inclusive).

Correspondence, diary and memorabilia. Most of the correspondence relates to Cofrances' efforts in 1926 to win a scholarship offered by the Italy America Society. Also in the correspondence are two notes from Rudy Vallée. His army service in San Francisco (1942-1945) is documented bya diary and memorabilia.

ArchivalResource: 1.25 linear ft. (2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702167455 View

Vallée, Rudy, 1901-1986. Autograph card signed : [n.p.], [197-?].

Title: Autograph card signed : [n.p.], [197-?].

ArchivalResource: 1 item ; 76 x 127 mm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270913282 View

Johnson, J. Rosamond (John Rosamond), 1873-1954. The John Rosamond Johnson papers, 1879-1975 (inclusive).

Title: The John Rosamond Johnson papers, 1879-1975 (inclusive).

The John Rosamond Johnson Papers document Johnson's varied career as a composer, actor, vaudeville performer, and administrator. The Papers contain sketches, manuscript scores, and published editions of Johnson's musical compositions and arrangements. The correspondence includes letters to and from Johnson and family members, musicians, writers, and political figures. Johnson's life and work are further documented by: programs, newspaper clippings, and advertisements; diaries and scrapbooks; photographs; business and financial records; and miscellaneous items.

ArchivalResource: 8 linear ft. (9 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122548810 View

Correspondence to Morgan James, 1958-1977

Title: Correspondence to Morgan James 1958-1977

The correspondence consists largely of personal letters written by Richard Barstow to his friend Morgan James, as well as some business related correspondence and documents related to litigation. Also includes a script entitled THE RAINBOW YEARS, dated January 30, 1958, for a performance marking the twentieth anniversary of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, i.e. the "March of Dimes." The script features material written for celebrity performers such as Lillian Gish, Eddie Cantor, Don Ameche, and Rudy Vallée.

ArchivalResource: .21 lf. (1 box)

http://archives.nypl.org/the/21494 View

Grier, Jimmie. Jimmie Grier papers, 1930-1960.

Title: Jimmie Grier papers, 1930-1960.

The Jimmie Grier collection contains sheet music, contracts, photographs, and scrapbooks from 1935 and World War II. There is also a photo album-scrapbook from a trip with Gus Arnheim to Europe in 1929. The collection also contains 78 and 33 1/3 rpm phonograph records plus reel-to-reel tape recordings.

ArchivalResource: 1.4 cubic ft. (4 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61517298 View

Jones, Harry M. (Harry Martin), 1890-1973. Capt. Harry M. Jones collection, 1916-2006.

Title: Capt. Harry M. Jones collection, 1916-2006.

Photographs, postcards, aviation celebration memorabilia, ephemera, correspondence, documents, publications, and a vintage audio and video recording, focusing on the flying career of Harry M. Jones, with particular interest on his days as pilot/owner of Hazzard Shoe Flying Corporation in Old Orchard Beach during the 1920s and 1930s.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/172987146 View