Lawrence Morton Papers, 1908-1987

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Lawrence Morton Papers, 1908-1987

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Lawrence Morton (1904-1987) played the organ for silent movies and studied in New York before moving to Los Angeles, California, in 1940. He was a music critic for magazine, was the executive director of , director of the Ojai Music Festival and curator of music at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The collection consists of books, articles, musical scores, clippings, manuscripts, and correspondence related to Lawrence Morton and his activities and friends in the Southern California music scene. Script Evenings on the Roof

85 boxes (42.5 linear ft.); 1 oversize folder; 50 oversize boxes

eng,

University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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