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    Robert Parris music manuscripts, 1959-1972 Robert Parris (1924-1999) was an American composer who specialized in small ensembles. After studying at the Juilliard School of Music with Peter Menin and William Bergsma and completing a Fulbright Scholarship with Arthur Honegger in France, Parris settled in the Washington, D.C., area where he taught at George Washington University for more than three decades. His works have been performed by the National Symphony...
    • Contributor: Parris, Robert
    • Date: 1959
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    Lessing J. Rosenwald papers, 1819-1979 Bibliophile, businessman, and philanthropist. Correspondence, subject files, speeches and writings, printed matter, and miscellany relating to Rosenwald's career with Sears, Roebuck & Company; his activities on behalf of various Jewish causes and his opposition to Zionism; his public service work with the National Recovery Administration and the War Production Board; his various charitable, educational, and cultural philanthropies; and his work as a bibliographer and...
    • Contributor: Rosenwald, Lessing J. (Lessing Julius)
    • Date: 1891
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    Billy Strayhorn music manuscripts and estate papers, 1918-2015 Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967) was an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and lyricist. He is prominently known as the leading arranger for the Duke Ellington Orchestra, a position that he held for nearly three decades. The collection chiefly contains scores, sketches, lead sheets, and parts for original compositions and arrangements by Strayhorn and Ellington, as well as business papers, photographs, scripts, and other materials pertaining...
    • Contributor: Leur, Walter Van De - Morris, Gregory A. - Strayhorn, Billy
    • Date: 1918
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    Gridiron Club (Washington, D.C.) records, 1871-2021 Journalistic organization founded in 1885. Correspondence, writings, club records, membership books, autograph albums, dinner programs and menus, financial records, newspaper clippings, printed matter, scrapbooks, slides, photographs, digital video files, and other records relating primarily to the club's annual dinner hosting members of the press, the United States president, and other elected officials and political figures.
    • Contributor: Gridiron Club (Washington, D.C.)
    • Date: 1871
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    Edwin J. Feulner papers, 1934-2014 Author, political consultant, former president of the Heritage Foundation. Correspondence, diaries, appointment books, daily schedules, notebooks, clippings, chronological files, biographical material, family papers, speech and travel files, itineraries, meeting files, financial records, legal records, memoranda, organization files, meeting minutes, reports, subject files, memorabilia, photographs, writings, notes, and other papers relating to Feulner's career devoted to conservative public policy and the rise of the Heritage...
    • Contributor: Feulner, Edwin J.
    • Date: 1934
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    Seeger family collection, 1846-2023 The Seeger Family Collection documents the lives and careers of pioneering musicologist Charles Louis Seeger; his second wife, modernist composer Ruth Crawford Seeger; their eldest daughter, folksinger and songwriter Peggy Seeger; and her husband, playwright, singer, and songwriter Ewan MacColl through their music manuscripts, personal and professional papers, and correspondence. The collection also includes papers relating to the Crawford family and materials associated with...
    • Contributor: Seeger, Charles - Seeger, Peggy - Seeger, Ruth Crawford - Crawford, Clark - Maccoll, Ewan
    • Date: 1846
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    Andre Kostelanetz collection, 1922-1984 Andre Kostelanetz was a conductor, arranger, and pianist known for juxtaposing popular and classical repertoire in radio broadcasts and concert performances with some of the world's leading orchestras. He also commissioned several compositions which have since become staples in the orchestral repertoire, including works by Aaron Copland, William Schuman, and Jerome Kern. The collection consists of his musical arrangements, correspondence, business papers, programs, photographs,...
    • Contributor: Kostelanetz, Andre
    • Date: 1922
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    Vodou religious expression in Haiti collected by Odette Mennesson Rigaud, Milo Rigaud, and Shirley Keller, 1944-1985 The collection includes audio documentation of religious expression in Haiti, circa 1940s-1950s.
    • Contributor: Mennesson-Rigaud, Odette - Rigaud, Milo - Keller, Shirley (Guitarist)
    • Date: 1944
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    Billy May arrangements, 1939-1995 Billy May (1916-2004) was an American arranger, composer, musician, and bandleader. The collection chiefly consists of holograph or photocopied manuscript scores, parts, lead sheets, and manuscript sketches. Additional materials include printed scores, part changes, film cues, and a handful of counterpoint exercises.
    • Contributor: May, Billy
    • Date: 1939
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    Herman Wouk papers, 1920-2019 Author. Correspondence, diaries, speeches, writings, scripts, drafts, journals, and photographs, in both physical and digital formats, documenting Wouk's personal life and career as a best-selling author of fiction and non-fiction. Physical materials also include financial and legal materials, travel files, articles, printed material, and memorabilia. Materials in digital format also include video and audio files.
    • Contributor: Wouk, Herman
    • Date: 1920
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    Morton Gould performance library, 1920s-1996 Morton Gould was a composer, conductor, arranger, and pianist. The collection contains materials created by Gould or under his supervision for studio use as well as compositions and arrangements for concert performances, film and television scores, stage works, juvenilia, and sketches. These materials were stored for many years at his principle publisher, G. Schirmer.
    • Contributor: Gould, Morton
    • Date: 1920
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    Andres Soriano papers, 1940-1984 United States Army officer and Filipino industrialist. Correspondence, speeches, reports, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other papers pertaining chiefly to Soriano's service on the staff of General Douglas MacArthur during World War II and to conditions in the Philippines during the war.
    • Contributor: Soriano, Andres
    • Date: 1940
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    John A. Casazza papers, 1938-2018 Electrical engineer and educator. Correspondence, book drafts, articles, reports, printed matter, and notes in both physical and digital formats relating to Casazza's career in the electric power industry. Materials in physical formats also include photographs and clippings.
    • Contributor: Casazza, John A. (John Andrew)
    • Date: 1938
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    Harold Spivacke collection, 1923-1984 Harold Spivacke was a music librarian, administrator, musicologist, and musician. He was chief of the Library of Congress Music Division for thirty-five years, from 1937 until 1972. The collection contains materials relating to his life and career, including correspondence, student notebooks, speeches, his dissertation, photographs, clippings, programs, manuscript and printed music, artwork, awards and honorary degrees, and business papers.
    • Contributor: Spivacke, Harold
    • Date: 1923
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    Selden Rodman correspondence, 1931-1972 Writer, editor, and cultural critic. Correspondence and related attachments, primarily from poets Archibald MacLeish and Fleming MacLiesh, documenting Rodman's literary associations.
    • Contributor: Rodman, Selden
    • Date: 1931
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    John Secrist Jr. papers, 1919-1973 Papers, including discographic and photographic materials, included in the John Secrist Jr. Collection of nearly 1,700 operatic sound recordings.
    • Contributor: Secrist, John
    • Date: 1919
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    George S. Patton papers, 1807-1979 United States Army officer. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, journals, writings, speeches and lectures, military papers, scrapbooks, military publications, maps, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Patton's military career as a student at the U.S. Military Academy (1904-1909), member of John J. Pershing's Punitive Expedition into Mexico (1916), aide-de-camp to Pershing and later tank commander in Europe during World War I, and commander of forces...
    • Contributor: Patton, George S. (George Smith)
    • Date: 1807
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    Bess Lomax Hawes collection, 1894-2009 Papers and audiovisual materials relating to the career and personal life of folk arts administrator, folklorist, filmmaker, musician, and teacher Bess Lomax Hawes, most from 1960-2001. Includes work produced by Hawes in her work as a professor at San Fernando Valley State College in Northridge, California, and as head of the National Endowment for the Arts Folk Arts Program in Washington, DC. The collection...
    • Contributor: Hawes, Bess Lomax - Hawes, Butch
    • Date: 1890
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    Henry Clay Derrick papers, 1848-1994 Civil engineer and army officer. Diaries recording Derrick's service with other former Confederate and Union soldiers in the Egyptian army (Jaysh) under the Khedive as an engineer conducting surveys and preparing maps, a description of a military expedition into Abyssinia, transcripts and synopses of portions of the diaries and Derrick's letters to his wife, Mary Frances Crosby Derrick, and other family members, and photocopies...
    • Contributor: Derrick, Henry Clay
    • Date: 1848
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    Edwin Mark Trawczynski collection, 1968-1985 : Veterans History Project (U.S.) The Edwin Mark Trawczynski collection consists of correspondence, creative works, a memoir, military papers and photographs, documenting the service of Trawczynski in the United States Army during the Vietnam War.
    • Contributor: Trawczynski, Edwin Mark
    • Date: 1968
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    Brenda Beck collection from Tamil Nadu, India, 1964-2017 Collection of field documentation, including photographs and field recordings made by Brenda E. F. Beck during her research in the Kongu area of Tamil Nadu, India from 1964-1966. Includes audio recordings of long epic stories and shorter tales, local legends, myths, proverbs, riddles, and songs, including chants, lullabies, devotional songs, wedding songs, and funeral songs. The collection is rich in documentation of oral narrative,...
    • Contributor: Beck, Brenda E. F.
    • Date: 1964
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    National Consumers' League records, 1882-2003 Organization founded in 1899 to monitor the conditions under which goods were manufactured and distributed. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, speeches, project and program files, legal files, scrapbooks, printed material, and other records relating to the league's efforts toward reform in public health, consumer protection, public welfare, and fair labor standards.
    • Contributor: National Consumers' League
    • Date: 1882
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    Sarah Gertrude Knott papers, 1934-2003 Materials concerning the Florida Folk Festival and National Folk Festival received from Western Kentucky University and from Sarah Gertrude Knott beginning in 1979.
    • Contributor: Knott, Sarah Gertrude
    • Date: 1934
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    WTON papers, 1938-1972 The WTON papers consist of correspondence, financial statements, and a catalog of recordings from the records of WTON radio station (Staunton, Virginia) and it's founding owner-operator, Charles P. Blackley.
    • Contributor: Wton (Radio Station : Staunton, Va.)
    • Date: 1938
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    Archibald Roosevelt Jr. papers, 1838-2002 Intelligence officer, diplomat, and consultant. Diaries, correspondence, international reports, photographs, notes, scrapbooks, school notebooks, clippings, and printed matter documenting Roosevelt's service in intelligence and career as a consultant in international relations.
    • Contributor: Roosevelt, Archibald, Jr
    • Date: 1838