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Cyrus Trobbe Music Collection, ca. 1900-1982
- Notes
- Trobbe was a musician and a leader of musical groups in the San Francisco Bay area for some sixty years. He was born in London and came to the U.S. shortly before 1920. Trobbe found regular work as a violinist and a group leader, assembling musical groups varying in size from small dance orchestras to large theater orchestras. He became a faculty member of what is now San Francisco State University soon after WW II
- Summary
- Includes: published music scores (1920-1980) collected by Cy Trobbe, scrapbooks documenting his music career (1919-1980), programs from musical presentations in San Francisco (1913-1980), disc recordings of Trobbe's radio broadcasts on KFRC in 1938; and a card catalog assembled by Trobbe of his collection, arranged by type of music
- Cite as
- Cyrus Trobbe Music Collection, 1913-1982, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1900
- 1982
- ca 1900-1982
- 20th century
- collector
- Trobbe, Cyrus (musician)
- Subject
- KFRC (radio station)
- Curran Theater
- San Francisco Light Opera
- Geary Theater
- San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
- Local number
- 1986.3161 (NMAH Acc.)
- 1991.3081 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, 1790-1980s
- Notes
- Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. He purchased much of his collection through travel and had little money to spend. Much of the music he collected was used by him and his wife in their musical performance group, "Nancy Lee and the Hilltoppers." They had their own radio show on WOWO, AM 190 in Fort Wayne, Indiana five days a week until the music scene changed in 1955. They continued to do personal appearances and maintained a radio show at the same station every Sunday morning for many years
- Summary
- Primarily published sheet music, plus some related ephemera. Originally included 781 boxes of American sheet music and assorted clippings, articles, photographs, etc.; also 93 boxes of 33-1/3 RPM phonograph records, 30 boxes of 45 RPM records, and 20 boxes of 78 RPM records
- Cite as
- The Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, ca. 1790-1980, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1790
- 1980
- 1790-1980s
- 18th century
- 19th century
- 20th century
- collector
- DeVincent, Sam 1918-1997
- Subject
- WOWO (radio station)
- Local number
- 1988.3086 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Paul Cadwell Banjo Collection, ca. 1880-1980
- Notes
- Cadwell was born in Westfield, N. J., and began playing banjo at ten; played with college banjo clubs at Princeton (class of 1910) and Harvard Law School. Spent adult life as a lawyer and in business, but continued to play five-string banjo. In the 1920s he organized and performed in minstrel shows for the American Legion and the Masonic Lodge. During the 1930s he played occasionally on the "Dutch Masters" radio hour as a member of the "Van Eps Trio." Began involvement with American folk music in the 1940s, playing for the American Folk Dance Society and on NBC radio for "Music of the New World." In the 1950s became involved in the folk music revival and befriended revivalist and bluegrass musicians, notably Roger Sprung. In 1949, a group of older "finger-style" five-string banjoists created the American Banjo Fraternity (ABF), which still meets twice a year in Lewistown, Pennsylvania, though the original banjo notables are deceased
- Summary
- The bulk of the collection is music for the five-string banjo, often with piano and/or second banjo accompaniments. Almost no sheets have cover illustrations. Many editions are British (which rarely give copyright dates)
- Series 2, photographs, include portraits of Cadwell and travel photographs by Frances Reed, Cadwell's first wife
- Cite as
- Paul Cadwell Banjo Collection, ca. 1880-1980, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1880
- 1980
- ca 1880-1980
- 1930-1950
- 20th century
- collector
- Cadwell, Paul (banjoist) 1889-1985
- photographer
- Reed, Frances
- collector
- Musical History, Division of (NMAH, SI)
- Subject
- Bowen, Bill
- Bradbury, Frank
- Cadwell, Joyce
- Denton, Harry
- Farland, Alfred
- Van Eps, Fred 1878-1960
- American Banjo Fraternity
- Local number
- No NMAH Acc. No
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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John Burbidge and Cile Bellefleur-Burbidge Wedding Design Collection, 1951-2006
- Summary
- Includes Burbidge's design drawings for wedding gowns while employed by the Priscilla of Boston firm, and two scrapbooks documenting Cile Bellefleur-Burbidge's wedding cakes. Also included are two books written by Cile Burbidge on cake decorating
- Cite as
- John Burbidge and Cile Bellefleur-Burbridge Wedding Design Collection, 1951-2006, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1951
- 1951-2006
- 1970-1990
- 20th century
- donor
- Burbidge, John (costume designer)
- Bellefleur-Burbidge, Cile
- creator
- Priscilla of Boston
- Local number
- 1996.3080 (NMAH Acc.)
- 2007.3057 (NMAH Acc.)
- 2008.3014 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Felix Grant Collection [sound recordings], 1935-1985
- Notes
- Felix Grant was a renowned disc jockey, dubbed Washington, D.C.'s "Mr. Music" for his broadcast of jazz from the 1950s until 1993. Grant was also credited with introducing American audiences to the Brazilian-based "bossa nova" in the 1960s
- Summary
- 128 albums featuring the music of Duke Ellington, spanning some 50 years of Ellington-based releases
- Cite as
- Felix Grant Collection, 1935-1985, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1935
- 1935-1985
- 1930-1990
- collector
- Grant, Felix 1918-1993
- composer
- Ellington, Duke 1899-1974
- Local number
- 1991.3032(NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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The Ann and Thomas Damigella Collection, 1951-1997
- Notes
- Ann and Thomas Damigella began selling Tupperware in the 1940s and were among the founding distributors of Tupperware Home Parties. Their distributorship in a Boston suburb began in 1947 and has consistently won top honors for high sales
- Summary
- Film, sound recordings and documentary material relating to the history of Tupperware home parties and the Damigella Tupperware distributorship in Everett, Massachusetts
- Cite as
- Ann and Thomas Damigella Collection, 1951-1997, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1951
- 1951-1997
- 1950-2000
- collector
- Damigella, Thomas
- Damigella, Ann
- Subject
- Tupperware Home Parties
- Tupperware International
- Tupperware (Firm)
- Local number
- 1997.3086 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Dorothy Horstman Oral History Field and Radio Show Recordings, 1959-1999
- Notes
- Registered nurse, author, folklorist, and radio disk jockey; best known for her research on country and western music, 1959-1999, and her book, "Sing Your Heart Out, Country Boy." Worked closely with colleague Frank Mare, microbiologist and collector of 1920s-1930s country music recordings
- Summary
- Tape recordings containing oral history and radio show recordings of country and western music, collected and produced by Dorothy Horstman. Recordings include such musicians as Jimmie Rodgers, Ernest Tubb, Hank Williams, Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline, Hank Snow, and Roy Acuff
- Cite as
- Dorothy Horstman Oral History Field and Radio Show Recordings, 1959-1999, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1959
- 1959-1999
- 1950-2000
- creator
- Horstman, Dorothy 1930-1999
- donor
- Horstman, Madi
- Horstman, Fritz
- musician
- Rodgers, Jimmie
- Lynn, Loretta
- Cline, Patsy
- Snow, Hank
- Acuff, Roy
- Tubb, Ernest
- Williams, Hank (Harold) 1934-
- collector
- Mare, Frank
- Local number
- 2000.3009 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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William "Cat" Anderson Collection, 1940-1981 (primarily 1963-1977)
- Notes
- Prominent African American jazz musician (trumpet), b. Sept. 12, 1916, d. April 29, 1981. One of the premier trumpet players of the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Known for effortless high notes; a strong section leader and great soloist whose style exhibited humor and precision. Grew up in Jenkins' Orphanage, Charleston, S.C., received basic music training there, and participated in many of their famous student ensembles. Formed and played with the Cotton Pickers, a group of orphanage teens. Before joining Ellington in 1944, played in several big bands, including Claude Hopkins and Lionel Hampton. Left the Ellington organization 1947-49 to lead his own group. Free-lanced 1959-1961 and after 1971, working with the Ellington orchestra intermittently. Received honors from tyhe U.S. Air Force, the Prix du Disque de Jazz, and the City of Los Angeles
- Summary
- Primarily audiotapes, sheet music, and photographic images. Also: correspondence, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, itineraries, awards, and ephemera. Of particular interest are recordings or photographic images, including the personalities listed below, and President and Mrs. Tubman of Liberia; also, two interviews and three recordings of Cat Anderson as guest with various university and college jazz bands
- Cite as
- William "Cat" Anderson Collection, ca. 1940-1981, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1940
- 1940-1981
- primarily 1963-1977
- 20th century
- 1940-1980
- 1950-2000
- creator
- Anderson, William "Cat" (musician) 1916-1981
- Subject
- Bechet, Sidney (musician)
- Carter, Benny 1907-2003
- Calloway, Cab 1907-
- Ellington, Duke 1899-1974
- Fitzgerald, Ella
- Hampton, Lionel
- Humphrey, Hubert H (Hubert Horatio) 1911-1978
- Humphrey, Muriel
- Johnson, Lyndon B (Lyndon Baines) 1908-1973
- Johnson, Lucy Bird
- Tatum, Art 1910-1956
- Webster, Ben
- Mingus Quintet
- Benny Carter All Stars
- Lionel Hampton Orchestra
- Duke Ellington Orchestra
- Cat Anderson Quintet
- Local number
- 1998.3007 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Richard Becker Collection of Alex Bradford Gospel Music Materials, 1953-1996
- Notes
- Becker was a business partner of the Gospel music composer Alex Bradford
- Summary
- Papers relating to Alex Bradford's career as a composer of Gospel music, including playbills from five productions of "Your Arm's Too Short to Box with God" (for which Bradford wrote the music), three playbills from the League of New York Theatres and Producers Antoinette Perry Award ("Tony" Awards) ceremonies, ten pieces of published sheet music of songs Bradford wrote, several music manuscripts, one photograph, three Gospel song books, play scripts, clippings and articles, and one LP record from "Your Arm's Too Short to Box with God." Some items date after Bradford's death
- Cite as
- Richard Becker Collection of Alex Bradford Gospel Music Materials, 1953-1996, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1953
- 1953-1996
- 20th century
- 1930-1990
- 1970-1980
- collector
- Becker, Richard
- composer
- Bradford, Alex
- Local number
- Pending (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Don Brown Collection of Duke Ellington Recordings, 1925-1973
- Notes
- Disc jockey, musician, owner of a record store, published a newsletter called RECORD FINDER from 1956-1977
- Summary
- Nine hundred twenty-eight recordings by Duke Ellington's orchestra, of which seven hundred ninety-six were commercially issued, and one hundred thirty-two unissued, which are studio test pressings, concert recordings and recordings done from radio and television broadcasts
- Cite as
- Don Brown Collection of Duke Ellington Recordings, 1925-1973, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1925
- 1925-1973
- collector
- Brown, Don 1923-1985
- performer
- Ellington, Duke 1899-1974
- Local number
- 1993.3033 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH