John and Katherine Bakeless papers, 1940-1962 (inclusive).

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John and Katherine Bakeless papers, 1940-1962 (inclusive).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702165980

Author. Incoming correspondence, including letters from Irving Berlin and Aaron Copland, and edited typescripts for the books, Eyes of Discovery, Spies of the Revolution, and In the Big Time. The papers of Katherine Bakeless are also included in the collection.

3 linear ft. (8 boxes)

Yale University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8022317

Yale University Library

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Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989

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Irving Berlin (1888-1989), a writer and composer of popular songs, wrote "I Like Ike", which was used by Eisenhower's staff during the 1952 presidential campaign. Eisenhower presented Berlin with a special gold medal from the U.S. Congress in 1955 in recognition of his patriotic and popular songs. ...

Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

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Aaron Copland (1900-1990) was an American composer. During the years 1964 and 1965 Copland wrote, conducted, narrated, and hosted a series of twelve television programs entitled Music in the 20s = Music in the Twenties. The transcripts described in this collection were transcribed from filmed interviews recorded live at the WGBH studios in Boston, Mass. between 1964 Nov. 11 and 1965 Jan. 26. These unedited, preliminary tape recordings later formed the basis of the series...

Bakeless, Katherine Little, 1895-1992

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Bakeless, John, 1894-1978

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John Edwin Bakeless was born on December 30, 1894, in Carlisle, Pa. He married Katherine Little in 1920. Bakeless attended Williams College (1914-1918) and, though his final year was not completed because of enlistment in the army, received his bachelor's degree in absentia in 1918. At the end of World War I, he embarked on graduate studies at Harvard University where he studied Philosophy (M.A. 1920) and English (Ph. D. 1936). Author of a number of books and magazine articles, Bakeless also ser...