Gershwin, George, 1898-1937
Person
Dates
- Existence: September 26, 1898 - July 11, 1937
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection manuscript music
Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 355
Scope and Contents:
Autograph manuscript and manuscript reproduction scores and parts for circa 50 works, most by African American composers, including music for voice and piano, chorus, band, or orchestra, 1902-1957, with most 1931-1945 or undated. Circa 20 composers are represented, including Margaret Bonds, H. T. Burleigh, William L. Dawson, George Gershwin, W. C. Handy, Hall Johnson, Ulysses Kay, Florence Price, William Grant Still, Roberta Russell Summers Stone, Howard Swanson, and Will H. Vodery. Vocal...
Dates:
1902-1957, bulk 1931-1945
The Kay Swift Papers
Collection
Call Number: MSS 65
Abstract:
Music, correspondence and other papers, photographs, and additional materials by and about the American composer Kay Swift (1897-1993)
Dates:
1894-1993 (inclusive)
Found in:
Gilmore Music Library
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The Kay Swift Papers
Theatre Guild archive
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 436
Abstract:
The Theatre Guild Archive consists of a variety of materials that document the history of the Theatre Guild from its earliest productions in 1919 through theatre and film projects in the 1980s and 1990s. Material includes correspondence and subject files relating to individuals, organizations, productions, and projects with which the company was involved; administrative and financial records; scripts and records of stage, radio, television, and film projects; scrapbooks, press books and...
Dates:
1896-1996, bulk 1930-1965