Manuscript Collections
BRAD McCUEN
COLLECTION
97-023
1939-1996
49.1 linear feet
Center for Popular Music
March 2006
Collection processed and finding aid written by:
David Jellema,
Ellen Garrison, Lucinda Cockrell
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Table of Contents
Physical Description, Dates,
Restrictions, Provenance….………………1
BiographicalSketch………………………….…………….……………….1
Scope and
Content………………………….……………………………...2
Location…………………………………….………………………………4
Series
Description……………………….…………………………………5
Box and Folder List…………………………………….……..………….12
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Physical Description:
49.07 l.f.
including:
336
photographs
78
reel-to-reel audio recordings
(but not including
elsewhere in the collection):
25,400 sound recordings
409
books
771 serials
31 vertical file items
69 trade catalogs
1460 pieces of sheet music
110 liner notes
Dates:
1939-1996
RESTRICTIONS:
All materials in this collection are subject
to standard national and international copyright laws. Materials for which we have undeniable rights
are those that McCuen has created himself. Center staff are able to assist with
copyright questions for this material.
Provenance:
Brad
McCuen acquired the materials in this collection over
the course of his life in the pursuit of his interests and career in the
production of popular American music.
Many of the materials themselves (some recordings, for instance) predate
the beginning of McCuen’s association with the
recording industry, but the majority of the materials were generated by and
during his professional career. Most of
the business records and many of the manuscript recordings were generated through
his own offices, while much of the other product in this material was acquired
directly or indirectly in relation to his work.
There are some materials that supported his own musical interests and
collecting as well.
In
the summer of 1997 the Center staff visited the home of Brad McCuen to select and pack the materials, which McCuen was selling to the Center. Over the course of five days these materials
were transferred to the Center in the middle of July 1997.
Biographical Sketch:
Brad McCuen was born
on
From
1948 until 1969 McCuen worked for RCA Victor Record
Division as Atlanta and Chicago regional fieldman,
music director and then producer of special recordings, and finally as producer
in artists and repertoire. His
accomplishments in RCA included numerous Grammy awards and nominations, along
with the popular (and to some extent, commercial) success of various reissue
series, including the popular “Vintage Series” and “Reader’s Digest” series of
recordings.
After
a brief tenure as professional manager of Sunbury-Dunbar Music publishing, McCuen founded his own record label called Mega Records in
McCuen spent the remainder of his career as a director of the Society of
European Stage Authors and Composers (SESAC), host of a popular syndicated jazz
radio program, instructor of music industry at Belmont College, judge for the
American Song Festival, but also as a music industry consultant for various
artists, record companies, associations and organizations, radio stations,
publishers, and the NARAS. McCuen’s memberships in various organizations and services
on boards and committees are too numerous to list here. Brad McCuen went into
semi-retirement in 1979, and died in
Scope and Content:
The
Brad McCuen Papers document McCuen’s
broad personal and professional interests and the significant impact he had,
not only on the music industry but also on American musical tastes. This monumental and diverse collection
includes professional correspondence and memoranda, daily calendars,
photographs, and manuscript sound recordings created and collected by McCuen throughout his career in the recording industry; records
of independent projects he pursued following his retirement from the industry;
and a wide variety of personal papers including correspondence about his
experiences in the First Infantry Division during World War II.
Approximately 50% of the collection was organized by McCuen prior to its transfer to the Center. These materials
are found largely in Series A - C and F - H.
Folder headings created by McCuen in other
series are enclosed in quotation marks.
Center
staff subsequently organized the entire collection into seventeen series, which were then organized into five
subgroups:
Sub-group One: Record Companies (Series A - E) draws together material in a variety
of formats created and collected by McCuen while he
worked for three commercial sound recording companies: RCA, Mega, and Country
Harvest. The materials in Series A, B,
and C document McCuen’s many and diverse official
activities within his professional roles, from talent scout to president of a
record company. The materials include
contracts, correspondence, policies, financial records, album product,
distribution, publicity, and promotional product, media reviews, and other
business papers which are organized first by label name and then alphabetically
by subject.
Some
ephemeral materials generated by and about these companies, including
photographs, album promotional materials and covers, newspaper articles and
clippings about company products, and a series of audio tapes of recording are
grouped separately and organized by material format. Detailed log sheets for each tape compiled by
Center audio staff are included in an appendix following the box and folder
list, and also in the Center-generated finding aids located in
Subgroup Two: Professional Organizations (Series F - H) consists of three series documenting McCuen’s involvement with record industry organizations
while he was employed by the RCA and Mega labels. The CMA/CMF and NARAS series include files
related to the awards given by those organizations.
Subgroup Three: Independent Professional
Pursuits (Series I - J) includes most of the material related to
music and the music business created or collected by McCuen
when he was no longer affiliated with a major recording company. The first series
in the group consists of correspondence, publications, discographies, and
financial, legal and business records related to his work as a consultant for a
variety of individuals and companies, organized by project name. The second series, similar in both
organization and content, indicates interests and activities outside of a
professional consultation basis. Included is correspondence from individuals
seeking information from McCuen about various
industry-related subjects, and print and near-print materials collected by McCuen. Both series include sometimes extensive
recollections and information drawn from McCuen’s
earlier career as well as documenting McCuen’s
then-current interests and activities.
Subgroup Four: Jazz Pursuits (Series K - L) includes material generated by jazz
organizations in which McCuen was active and by a
jazz radio series which McCuen and Bruce Davidson
produced for WPLN public radio station in
Subgroup Five: Personal Papers and
Collections (Series M - P) consists of four series documenting McCuen’s personal life: daily calendars, date books, and
expense diaries (1958-1985); McCuen’s inventories of
and indexes to his personal collection of sound recordings (which the
Center has also acquired), along with documents regarding its divestment
(1940-1996); correspondence between McCuen and John
Quinn (1982-1992) about their careers, their musical tastes, and their service
in World War II; and other personal papers (1939-1995), which include writings
by McCuen while he was a student at the University of
North Carolina and subject files of miscellaneous print and near-print
materials collected by McCuen.
Addendum: Center-generated research aids (Series Q) consists of materials photocopied from the
collections and those generated by the Center (such as chronologies and dating
guides) that may assist research efforts.
A
detailed description of each of the seventeen series follows this scope and
content note; a box and folder list for the entire collection follows the
series descriptions.
Location:
The manuscript materials and
photographs are located in the manuscript collection, filed by accession
number. (Photographs are also cross-referenced in the Iconographic collection.)
Oversize extra-large materials are located in the metal map cabinet in the
storage area. Sound recordings are filed by label and issue number with other
sound recordings in the collections storage area. Books are located in the rare
books section of the mezzanine filed by catalog number. Sheet music is also
located on the mezzanine in the sheet music section filed by catalog number.
Serials are located in secondary and special serials in the collections storage
area filed by title. Trade catalogs are located in the storage area with the
trade catalogs collection in filing cabinets filed by title. Vertical file
materials are filed in the vertical files by subject in the
Related materials:
In
addition to the manuscript materials described above, the Center received a
substantial quantity of commercial sound recordings from McCuen
along with books, serials, sheet music, and vertical file materials. Materials in each of these categories have
been interfiled in the suitable Center for Popular Music collection. A list of items in each category is available
in the Center-generated research aids found in
SUBGROUP ONE: RECORD COMPANIES
Series
A: RCA Records
1939-1974
12.05 linear feet
This
series includes album accompanying materials, album selection lists, artist
contract requisition, business and travel expense reports, competitive album
analysis, correspondence, discographies, industry technical and general trade
information, internal correspondence, itineraries, liner notes, listing
notices, press releases, price schedules and lists, proposals and ideas,
recording authorizations, recording contracts, recording logs, recording
schedules, release notices, scripts, session recording information, sequence
sheets, sheet music and song lyrics, tune lists, and vault inventories
generated by and related to McCuen’s work in the
various divisions of RCA. Also included
are correspondence, inquiries and research notes from collectors, the general
public, and artists.
Most
of these materials relate to recording sessions McCuen
supervised and albums of new and reissued material that he produced. Some
aspects of product promotion, including catalogs, ads, newsletters, press
releases, publicity, reviews, articles, polls and poll results, consumer
reports, and dealers lists, are also represented among these papers.
Series
A is organized alphabetically by the name of the artist, individual contact or
representative, project (like album title or label product), event, or material
format, and there is some overlap among files.
Multiple titles for a given topic are further organized alphabetically. Folder titles supplied by McCuen are enclosed in quotation marks. Materials directly related to RCA product are
also found in Series D and E.
Series
B: Mega Records
1967-1976
6.21 linear feet
This
series includes a wide variety of materials related to artists, domestic and international
promotion, hard business, legal matters, personnel, building and equipment, and
were generated in McCuen’s capacity as president of
MEGA Records, Inc. Materials related to
artists include album release information, artist agreements and contracts,
correspondence, label information, liner notes, press releases, resumes, and
reviews. Materials related to promotion
include ads, catalogs, consumer data, correspondence, international licensing
distributor agreements, label artwork and copy, newsletters, radio programming
guides, record agreements, record club catalogs, press releases and
clippings.
This
series is arranged into subseries, which reflect the various branches of the
company: A&R; production, merchandising, and marketing, domestic and
international; executive and financial; legal; personnel; building, facilities,
and equipment. Material within each
subseries is organized alphabetically by the name of the artist, individual
contact or representative, project (album title or label product), event, type
or format of material, or general subject.
Folder titles supplied by McCuen are enclosed
in quotation marks.
Series
C: Country Harvest
1989 - 1995
.21 linear feet
This
series consists of materials related to artists, recordings, and domestic
promotion, and were generated in McCuen’s capacity as
part-owner of Country Harvest Records, Inc.
Materials include biographical information, cassette tape j-cards,
correspondence, label and recording information, liner notes, promotional press
releases, and tune lists. Folders are
arranged chronologically, and folder titles supplied by McCuen
are enclosed in quotation marks.
Series
D: Record Company Ephemera
1935 - 1994
3.58 linear feet (part in oversize)
This
series includes a variety of ephemeral materials gathered or generated by McCuen and related to his work in the above record
companies. They include photographs,
recording ads, album slicks, and album covers, posters, ads, copy proofs, and
newspaper clippings and issues.
The
photographs (.42 l.f., 1940-1989) include studio
shots, candid shots, publicity/press photos, and only few contact sheets and
negatives. The subjects include RCA and
MEGA artists, personnel, and associates, while also including images of various
performers and performances not necessarily associated with either of the
labels. There are some photographs associated with NARAS, SESAC, and his
consulting projects as well (and grouped among the rest for physical
proximity). The photographs, most of
which had been in one stack (with only a few culled from existing folders), are
arranged alphabetically by subject.
Oversized
ephemeral materials (1.42 l.f., 1955-1975) include LP
album record jackets, record sleeves, album inserts, album cover slicks,
release notices, liner note proofs, label copy proofs, cassette j-card copy
proofs, artist and label promotional posters, “best album cover” nominee
posters, publicity flyers, advertisements, best seller blanket ad mats, and a
poster-sized song index. Of special
interest are blueprints for the MEGA office building and its studio
console. These materials were unarranged
among McCuen’s collection, and have been housed in an
oversize box (#45) and an XL-oversized drawer.
Newspapers
(1.75 l.f., 1935-1994) found among McCuen’s papers include clippings or whole issues from
various daily and weekly publications, mostly trade related. Subjects include performers, performances,
and reviews, but also include articles about McCuen
and his work. These are unarranged
within an oversize box (#46). Preservation photocopies of these materials are
filed among appropriate folders within the various series from which they
originated or to which they are best associated.
Series E: Sound Recordings (manuscript)
1928-1984
12.01 linear feet [6.86 l.f.
(stacks); 5.15 l.f. (cabinets)]
This
series consists of manuscript sound recordings of various formats and
sizes. Included among them are
instantaneous discs, test pressings, reference lacquers, and transcription
discs. Also included are McCuen’s original reel-to-reel audio tapes and CPM
reel-to-reel tape preservation copies of the instantaneous discs.
These
recordings document issued, reissued, and unissued studio performances, soundchecks, live concerts and private parties, radio
broadcasts and commercials, demo and audition recordings, v-discs, interviews,
readings, audio letters, and copies of issued materials. The recordings represent products of IAJRC,
Koala, Mega, RCA, and Verve labels (among others), and document a wide range of
musical genres. Many of these recordings
have been generated by the various offices McCuen
worked with, while some had been obtained from other sources for the purposes
of reissuing, referencing, and auditioning.
The
recordings are arranged according to format and CPM control numbers. They are located in the stacks adjacent to
the rest of the McCuen Collection, and in the record
cabinets. A full listing of the box
contents of the manuscript recordings and reel-to-reel tapes can be found in
the collections inventory and the addendum of Center-generated finding aids at
the end of the collection.
SUBGROUP TWO: PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Series
F: Country Music Association (CMA)
1961 - 1995
.21 linear feet
This
series consists primarily of lists of nominees for Country Music Association
awards and biographies of nominees for the Country Music Hall of Fame, many
marked by McCuen with his selections. Also included are personal and multi-copy
letters received by McCuen from CMA officers and
staff along with scattered news releases and programs from CMA events, some
annotated by McCuen, and minutes from board meetings
when McCuen served as a director. Serial CMA
publications originally filed with this series were transferred to the Center
serials collection.
Series
G: National
1965 - 1995
1.04 linear feet
Included
in this series are rules, procedures and minutes of the Board of Governors and
other committees of the Nashville chapter of the National Academy of Recording
Arts and Sciences; lists of members and their addresses and of the nominees for
NARAS officers and for the awards given by NARAS, often accompanied by brief
biographies; and ballots for the Grammy Awards and Hall of Fame sponsored by
the national organization. There is also
one folder of material, 1967, from the
These
materials are arranged alphabetically by subject, most created by McCuen. Dates on
multiple folders related to a particular subject overlap, and material within
each subject is not in chronological or other apparent order. Also, material on a subject, especially the
Grammy and Hall of Fame awards, has been filed under multiple subjects. NARAS related photographs are found in Series
D (Record Company Ephemera).
Series H: Society of European Stage Authors and
Composers
1961-1980
.42 linear feet
This
series begins with a folder of material documenting the Society of European
Stage Authors and Composers (SESAC) compiled by McCuen
when he began working as SESAC director of country music in 1975. CPM staff
subsequently added other pre-1975 SESAC materials to this same folder. There
follow two types of post-1975 materials, each arranged chronologically:
correspondence, primarily between McCuen and SESAC
members, clients and staff, and SESAC publications including pamphlets, press
releases, and rate cards. Included in
each year are separate folders of materials from SESAC award ceremonies
compiled by McCuen.
The series ends with a folder of production notes, song lyrics,
correspondence and legal documents related to Tex Martin, for whom McCuen served as producer, 1973-1975. SESAC related photographs can be found in
Series D (Record Company Ephemera).
SUBGROUP THREE: INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL
PURSUITS
Series
I: Consulting
1964 - 1995
2.92 linear feet
This
series includes correspondence, song lists, liner notes, research materials,
and business and legal records related to projects undertaken by McCuen after he retired from the commercial recording
industry. Many files include the detailed biographical and discographical
information about and/or McCuen’s own recollections
of individual performers and performances. There are three presentations about
his experiences in the music business given by McCuen
to industry seminars.
The
majority of the files were generated by reissue projects with which McCuen was involved or by his appraisals of master tapes,
recordings and record collections for potential commercial or market
value. Also included are files compiled
by McCuen in response to requests from individual
researchers; files related to a series of radio interviews conducted by McCuen; files related to court cases in which McCuen served as an expert witness; and files documenting
industry-related public events which he helped organize. Materials related to a single project may be
filed in multiple locations within this series and/or filed in other series as
well.
The
files are arranged alphabetically by the name of the project, individual or
company. Folder titles supplied by McCuen are
enclosed in quotation marks; all others were established by Center staff.
A
selected list of correspondence and artists associated with each project can be
found in the Addendum of Center-generated finding aids at the end of the
collection. Daily calendars and
bookkeeping records from this period are filed in Series N.
Series
J: Professional Interests
1.04 linear feet
This series includes a variety of secondary materials
related to the music industry received, collected, and used by McCuen after his retirement from the commercial
industry. The materials are arranged
alphabetically by subject headings assigned by Center staff. Among the publications are performer lists
and discographies, some annotated by McCuen. This series includes newsletters, articles,
reviews, and ads; publicity and press manuals; bulletins, programs, and
pamphlets; song and album lists; expense sheets, receipts; catalogs.
This series also contains McCuen’s
correspondence and resumes related to his personal search for employment. There is correspondence received by McCuen from recording industry colleagues and organizations
after his retirement, and requests from writers for help with biographies of
performers, which may include discographical and
biographical information from these correspondents about their subjects, along
with a few scattered letters by McCuen.
SUBGROUP FOUR: JAZZ PURSUITS
Series
K: Jazz Organizations (IAJRC,
1980 - 1995
.21 linear feet
This
series includes album sequence sheets, articles, auction lists, ballots, bills
and receipts, biographical sketches, convention plans and schedules, correspondence,
label copy, newsletters, notes, and record catalogs generated by McCuen’s membership on the board of the International
Association of Jazz Record Collectors.
Of interest is an interview with McCuen
highlighting his involvement with recording reissues, and Bruce Davidson’s
obituaries and related correspondence.
This
series also includes materials generated by McCuen’s
involvement with the Tennessee Jazz & Blues Society and consists of
articles, concert flyers, correspondence, membership lists and renewal notices,
newsletters, notes, program ideas, and radio airplay reports.
Folders
in this subgroup are arranged alphabetically by subject headings assigned by
CPM staff, and folder titles supplied by McCuen are
enclosed in quotation marks.
Series L: “Upbeat” Radio Program Scripts
1979 – 1985.
1994.
1.25 linear feet
This
series consists primarily of scripts and program notes for McCuen’s
jazz radio program, “Upbeat: Sixty Minutes of Jazz,” for as long as McCuen and co-host Bruce Davidson aired the program. It
also includes articles, correspondence, and notes related to the planning of
(and response to) the programs. Folders
in this subgroup are arranged chronologically by program number. Folder titles
supplied by McCuen are enclosed in quotation marks.
SUBGROUP FIVE: PERSONAL PAPERS
Series: M: Daily Calendars
1958-1970. 1974-1979. 1985
.83 linear foot (24 volumes)
This
series is made up of bound volumes in which McCuen
intermittently recorded information about his professional and business
activities in daily logs. Most of the
volumes are appointment calendars in which McCuen
entered professional events, primarily appointments and meetings, and personal
appointments and anniversaries and occasionally noted recording sessions and
project deadlines as well. There are also business expense records from the
years 1974-1976 and 1978.
Series N: Record Collection
1940 - 1996
5.63 linear feet
This
series consists of materials that document the acquisition, arrangement, content,
indexing, and divestment of McCuen’s own personal
record collection. The documentation
includes auction lists, collection inventory lists, correspondence, inventory
index cards, notes, purchase requests, and recording catalogs. This series also contains the booklets,
inserts, sleeves, and inserts that accompanied record albums in his collection.
The
materials are organized in three different categories. The first category of auction and inventory
lists, and correspondence, are arranged alphabetically by type of
material. Except for the folders titled
in quotes, these have been arranged by CPM staff.
The
second category, the card index inventory of his collection, is further
organized into groups by McCuen according to his
needs. These groupings include Country
and Western Hits, miscellaneous, Bluebird label, two sections of Glenn Miller,
and a section arranged by date. Seven
more boxes of cards index the songs in his collection. Detailed descriptions of card indexes are
included in the manuscripts index.
The
third category, album accompanying materials, are housed in an oversized box
with no arrangement. The shelf space
measurement reflects only the manuscripts associated with his collection, not
the shelf space taken by the actual recordings themselves. Of the nearly 25,000 commercial LPs, 78s, and
45s in McCuen’s personal collection, no shelf
measurements or listing of titles are available.
Series O: Personal Correspondence
1939 - 1992
1.04 linear feet
This series consists of correspondence
between McCuen and Jack Quinn of Glen Cove Long
Island, New York, concerning recording projects on which they collaborated;
their personal lives; mutual friends; and current events including politics,
the music business, movies, videos and books.
Both writers also frequently reminisce about their childhood and their
experiences during World War II. Created
and compiled by McCuen between 1982-1992, the
material is subdivided according to recipient by Center staff.
Series
P: Personal Subject Files
1937 - 1995
.42 linear feet
This
series brings together scattered print and near-print materials collected by McCuen before his career in the music industry or after,
including newspaper articles (some about relatives), cartoons, quizzes and
jokes, catalogs, investment prospects, Lambs membership materials. The materials are arranged alphabetically by
subject headings assigned by Center staff.
Among
other significant sets of material are a few World War II letters;
compositions, short stories, scripts, ideas and proposals for radio programs
developed by McCuen while he was a student at the
University of North Carolina, 1939-1943 and 1946.
Series
Q: ADDENDUM: Center-Generated Research Aids
1997-2001
.21 linear feet
This series of center-generated research
aids are designed to provide researchers with facility in locating and
understanding some aspects of the materials.
It includes lists of clients for whom McCuen
was consultant; a chronology of McCuen’s life; dating
guides for the UPBEAT radio programs, Grammy, Hall of Fame, and SESAC awards;
lists of materials in McCuen’s collection that were deaccessioned by the Center; detailed lists of the
manuscript recordings on various formats; photocopies of materials that
accompanied the manuscript recordings; transcription logs of the manuscript
recordings; lists of materials from McCuen collection
that were removed from the broader manuscripts collection and distributed among
the general Center holdings; and select items photocopied from the materials
themselves about details from McCuen’s life and
career.
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Folder/Box List:
Quotes indicate McCuen’s own
label for the folder and maintain his original contents. Folders without quotes indicate our own
folder name and contents arrangement.
Some folder titles include names in brackets to simplify alphabetical arrangement
of McCuen’s titles of the same topical material.
SUBGROUP
ONE: RECORD LABELS
A.
RCA Records
Box # Folder
# Description
1 1 “10 Great Bands” 1962
2 “10
Years of Top Tunes” 1964
3 10
Years of Top Tunes 1964
4 10
Years of Top Tunes 1964-1965
5 “10
Years – Dead” 1964
6 “1936”
1964
7 “1937”
n.d.
8 “1938”
n.d.
9 “1939”
1963
10 “1940” n.d.
11 “1941” n.d.
12 “1942” n.d.
13 “1943” n.d.
14 “1944”
1964
15 “1945” n.d.
16 “A
& R” 1948-1952
17 “A
& R” 1950-1956
18 A&R
1960
19 “A
& R Ideas” 1940-1962
20 A&R
Ideas 1953-1963
21 “A
& R Ideas” 1958-1965
Box # Folder # Description
2 1 “A&R Meet -- June 1968” 1968
2 Advertisements
1960-1968
3 Advertising
1960-1970
4 “Advertising
& Promotion Wrap-Up 1964” 1963-1965
5 Advertising
& Promotion Wrap-Up RCA Victor RCA
6 Advertising
& Promotion Wrap-Up RCA Victor RCA
7 Advertising
& Promotion Wrap-Up RCA Victor RCA
8 Advertising
& Promotion Wrap-Up RCA Victor RCA
9 “Albums”
1958-1959
10 [Alexander,
Monty] “Monty Alexander” 1967-1968
11 “Allegro”
1964
12 Almo Music
Corp 1967
13 [American
Federation of Musicians] “A F of M” 1969-1970
14 “Annual
Polls Winners” (1 of 2) 1944-1967
15 “Annual
Polls Winners” (2 of 2) 1944-1967
16 Arnold,
Eddy 1964
17 “
18 “Art”
1959-1961
19 “Artist
Contract File” 1968
20 Artists
Miscellaneous n.d.
21 ASCAP
Theatrical Productions on Long Playing Records 1964
22 [Atkins,
Chet] “Chet” 1959-1960
23 “Austin,
Gene My Blue Heaven LPM-2490 Rel” 1962
Box # Folder # Description
3 1 [Boys Clubs of
2 “Basie-Moten” 1964-1965
3 Benefits
1964-1965
4 “Best
of” 1966-1968
5 “Best
of Series” 1965
6 Biographical
Sketches 1964
7 “Blue
Sky Boys” 1963
8 “Bluebird
Blues” 1964-1965
9 Blues 1966
10 “Boogie Woogie”
1956
11 “Bossa Nova” 1965-1966
12 “Bossa Novas” n.d.
13 Braff, Ruby 1963-1965
14 [Breau, Lenny] “Lenny Breau”
1967-1969
15 Brown,
Les 1960
16 Budriesi, Luciano 1963
17
18
19
20
21 [
22 [
23 [
24 [
25 [
26 [
27 [
28 [
Box # Folder
# Description
4 1 [
2 [
3 [
4 [
5 “C&W:
Artist Record List 1947-1951” 1947-1951
6 “C&W
Classics” 1956-1964
7 “C&W
Hits” 1965-1966
8
“C&W: Re-Coupling Information 1948-1952” 1948-1952
9 “C. W.
Various CAL-689 Country Music Hits” 1961
10 “
11 “
12 “
13
14 “
15 “
16 “Car
Tapes” 1965-1967
17 “Carter
Family” 1961-1965
18 Catalogs
and Serials 1944-1968
19 CBC Whiston 1966-1968
Box # Folder # Description
5 1 “CBC – Whiston”
1967-1968
2 Children
Ideas n.d.
3 “Childrens Ideas” 1949-1959
4 “Childrens Sales” 1957-1960
5 Christmas
1966
6 Circle
Records 1964
7 “Civil
War” 1959
8 Club
Hangover n.d.
9 “CMA
10 [Coben, Cy] “Cy Coben” 1958
11 “Col.
Frank Erhardt” 1958
12 Collectors
Correspondence 1964
13 “Collector’s
LP’s” 1959-1963
14 “Collector’s
Mail (C&W)” 1957-1965
15 “Collector’s
Research” 1961
16 “Column
-- Music Maker” 1950-1960
17 [
18 [
19 [
20 [Competitive
Album Chart Analysis] “Competitive” 1960-1963
Box # Folder # Description
6 1 “Competitive Album Chart Analysis”
1962
2 Competitive
Album Chart Analysis 1963
3 “Competitive
Album Reports” 1960-1962
4 Competitive
Album Reviews 1961-1962
5 Competitive
Album Reviews 1961-1963
6 “Competitive
File” 1960-1962
7 “Competitive
Work Papers” 1959-1963
8 [Cooke,
Sam] “Sam Cooke -- Purch. Master” 1962
9 “Coon-Sanders”
1961-1965
10 Coon-Sanders
1965-1966
11 Copyright
Issues 1954-1967
12 Country
and Western Stars (biographies and pictures) RCA Victor Records n.d.
13 “Country
Hits Parade” 1965-1966
14 Country
Music Album Ideas 1958
15 Country
Music Reissues 1948-1959
Box # Folder # Description
7 1 Country Music Reissues, Album Ideas
1962-1966
2 Country-Western
Caravan 1954
3 Cue
1966
4 “Custom”
1950
5 [Dalhart,
6 “Dance
Band Research” 1959-1962
7 [Davidson,
Bruce] “Bruce” 1950-1955
8 Davidson,
Bruce 1956-1968
9
10 [Davis,
Gail] “Gail Davis” 1958
11 [Davis,
‘Wild Bill’] “Wild Bill Davis” 1967
12 [Davis,
‘Wild Bill’] “Wild Bill Davis” 1967-1968
13 Davis,
‘Wild Bill’ 1967
14 Dealers
of Recordings and Discographies 1965-1968
15 [DeFranco, Buddy] “Buddy DeFranco”
1966-1968
16 “Diamonds
by the Dozen: Various LPM LSP 2668” 1963
17 “Digest
#2” 1965
18 “Distribution
and Comments on Albums (Album Review Material)” 1961- 1962
19 “Diversification
and Extra Profits: a New Label Concept” 1966
20 “Diversification
and Extra Profits: a New Label Concept” 1966
Box # Folder # Description
8 1 “Dixieland” 1964
2 “Django” 1959-1966
3 Dorsey,
Tommy 1964
4 [Dorsey,
Tommy] “Dorsey Victor LPM LSP 2637
(SP-33-185) Dynamite” 1963
5 [Dorsey,
Tommy] “T.D.” 1958-1960
6 [Dorsey,
Tommy] “T. Dorsey –
7 [Dr. Seuss] “Dr. Seuss” 1959-1961
8 Dr. Seuss 1960-1965
9 [Dr.
Seuss] “Dr. Seuss – 1964” 1960-1964
10 [Dr.
Seuss] “Dr. Seuss Recording” 1960-1961
11 [Dr.
Seuss] “Dr. Seuss’ Sleep Book” 1964-1966
12 [Dr.
Seuss] “Dr. Seuss -- Sleep / If I Ran the Zoo” 1965-1965
13 [Dr.
Seuss] “New Dr. Seuss” 1964-1965
14 [Dr.
Seuss] “Seuss No. 2” 1957-1962
15 [Dr.
Seuss] “Sneeches -- work papers” 1960-1962
Box # Folder # Description
9 1 Duke Ellington Jazz Society 1967
2 Edward
B. Marks Music Corporation 1966
3 [Electronic
Transfers] “ET” 1952-1967
4 Ellington,
Duke 1964-1967
5 Ellington,
Duke 1964-1968
6 Ellington,
Duke 1967-1968
7 Ellington,
Duke 1968
8 Ellington,
Duke n.d.
9 Ellington,
Duke -- Sacred Concerts 1965-1967
10 Ellington,
Duke -- Recording List 1967
11 [Ellington,
Duke] “Duke Ellington” 1965-1967
12 [Ellington,
Duke] “Duke Ellington” 1967-1968
13 [Ellington,
Duke] “Duke Press” 1967
14 [Ellington,
Duke] “Duke-Strayhorn” 1967-1968
15 [Ellington,
Duke] “Ellington” 1960-1974
16 [Ellington,
Duke] “Ellington” 1964-1967
17 [Ellington,
Duke] “Ellington, Duke” 1955-1959
18 [Ellington,
Duke] “Ellington, Duke LPM-6009 -- The Indispensible [sic] Duke Ellington” 1961
19 Endicott
Management Co. 1963
20 Engel, Lehman 1959
21 [Engel, Lyle] “Lyle Engel” 1957-1960
22 “Europe” 1956-1957
23 Evans,
Red n.d.
Box # Folder # Description
10 1 “Expense Acc”
1968
2 “Expenses”
1957-1962
3 “Expenses
-- 1968” 1967-1968
4 Family
News 1968
5 “Finegan, Sauter LPM/LSP-2473 (e)
Inside SF. Revis. ESR” 1961
6 [Fisher,
Eddie] “Eddie Fisher” 1963
7 [Fisher,
Eddie] “Fisher, Eddie LPM/SP-2504” 1962
8 “Fluffs”
1962
9 Folk
1962-1963
10 Forms n.d.
11 “Future”
1961-1968
12 [Gardner,
Dave] “Dave Gardner” 1960-1963
13 [Gardner,
Dave] “Dave Gardner Did You Ever LPM/LSP-2498” 1962
14 General
Correspondence 1958-1968
15 “Gillespie,
Dizzy LPM-2398 -- The Greatest of D.G.” 1961
16 Glen
Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra 1960
17 “Gold
Hits: Volume 2: Various LPM LSP 2775” 1963
18 “Gold
Standards” 1956-1960
19 “Gold
St[andards] ‘60” 1959-1966
20 “Golden
Hits*Volume I: Various LPM LSP 2774 (e)” 1963
Box # Folder # Description
11 1 Goodman, Benny 1962-1966
2 [Goodman,
Benny] “B. G. ETs” 1956-1962
3 [Goodman,
Benny] “Benny Goodman” 1960-1964
4 Grey
Gull 1967
5 Groove
Label 1954
6 Hampton,
Lionel 1968
7 [Hampton,
Lionel] “Lionel Hampton” 1958-1961
8 [Hampton,
Lionel] “Lionel Hampton” 1967-1968
9 Handy,
John 1965-1968
10 [Handy,
John] “Cap’n Handy #2” 1968
11 [Handy,
John] “Cap’t John Handy” 1965-1966
12 “Hanky Pank” 1958-1959
13 [Hawkins,
Coleman] “Coleman Hawkins” 1963-1964
14 “Hector
Heathcote” 1964
15 “Hercules”
1959
16 “Here
Come the Dance Bands Again” 1950
17 “Hillbilly”
1956-1963
18 Hines,
Earl 1965-1968
19 Hines,
Earl 1967
20 [Hines,
Earl] “Earl Hines” 1965
21 “History
of Jazz” 1957-1959
22 “Hits/RCA”
1961
23 Hodes, Art n.d.
24 “Hold”
1941-1962
25 “Honest
to Goodness Country Hits: Vol. II LPM LSP 2633 (e)” 1963
26 “Hootenanny”
1961-1963
Box # Folder # Description
12 1 “Ideas” 1959-1964
2 Ideas
1960-1968
3 Ideas n.d.
4 “Ideas
and Jokes” 1960-1965
5 “In
the Groove” 1966
6
7 Internal
Correspondence 1954-1958
8 “International”
1962-1963
9 International Post 1967-1968
10 [
11 “Jazz”
1964-1965
12 Jazz
1967-1968
13 Jazz
Awards 1965
14 Jazz
Composers 1960
15 Jazz
Crusade 1968
16 Jazz --
Eastern Conference of Jazz Societies 1967
17 “Jazz
LPM/LSP-3407 (Aug ’65) Paul Desmond” 1965
18 Jazz
Radio 1965
19 Jazz
Society 1968
20 Jazzpodium 1967
21 JEMF
1967-1969
22 Joe
Newman Septet 1956
23 [Johnson,
J. J.] “J. J. B’way Exp.” 1965-1966
24 [Johnson,
J. J.] “J. J. Johnson” 1967
25 [Jones,
Isham] “Isham Jones”
1960-1964
26 Jones,
Jonah 1961
Box # Folder # Description
13 1 Kapp, Dave
1952
2 KDKA
1967
3 [Keil, Jack] “Keil” 1960
4 [Kemp,
Hal] “Hal Kemp” 1958
5 Kenton,
Stan 1962-1965
6 “Kicker”
1964-1965
7 “Kicker
& Revisions” 1964-1965
8 “Kiddy”
1956-1965
9 Kiddy
1958-1959
10 “Kiddy
-- 1965” 1964-1965
11 “Kiddy
-- Working” 1952-1960
12 “King,
Wayne LPM/LSP02430 --
13 Label
Copy n.d.
14 “Leadbelly” 1964
15 [Leibert, Dick] “Dick Leibert”
1964-1965
16 Levitt,
Rod 1964-1971
17 [Levitt,
Rod] “Rod Levitt” 1964-1965
18 [Levitt,
Rod] “Rod Levitt” 1966
19 [Levitt,
Rod] “Rod Levitt -- Here’s
20 [Levitt,
Rod] “Rod
Box # Folder # Description
14 1 [Lewis, Shari] “
2 [Leyden,
3 “Liners”
1956-1962
4 Liner
Notes 1962-1963
5 “Listing
Notices” 1959-1968
6 [Locklin, Hank] “Hank Locklin”
1961-1962
7 “
8 “Longines” n.d.
9 “Mail
Order Boxes” n.d.
10 “Material
For Distrib. Round Robin” 1950-1952
11 McCuen, Brad
1962-1968
12 McCuen, Brad -- Resume 1968
13 Meet
the Girls Campaign 1955
14 Miller,
Glenn 1960-1968
15 Miller,
Glenn 1964-1968
16 Miller,
Glenn 1967-1968
17 Miller,
Glenn -- Broadcast Recordings n.d.
Box # Folder # Description
15 1 Miller, Glenn -- Cue Sheets 1955
2 Miller,
Glenn -- Publicity Photos n.d.
3 [Miller,
Glenn] “Best : Glenn Miller Vol. III” n.d.
4 [Miller,
Glenn] “G. Miller Carnegie Hall Concert” 1957
5 [Miller,
Glenn] “
6 [Miller,
Glenn] “Glenn -- Blue Moonlight” 1966
7 [Miller,
Glenn] “Glenn / Buddy Def. Jan. ’68” 1967-1968
8 [Miller,
Glenn] “Glenn --
9 [Miller,
Glenn] “Glenn ’In the Mod’” [sic] 1967
10 [Miller, Glenn] “Glenn Miller” 1958-1963
11 [Miller, Glenn] “Glenn Miller” 1961-1964
12 [Miller, Glenn] “Glenn Miller” 1962-1963
Box # Folder # Description
16 1 [Miller,
Glenn] “Glenn Miller” 1962-1965
2 [Miller, Glenn] “Glenn Miller Air Force Band” 1945-1955
3 [Miller, Glenn] Glenn Miller Army
Air Force Band 1955
4 [Miller, Glenn] “Glenn Miller -- BFM” 1958-1960
5 [Miller,
Glenn] “Glenn Miller --
6 [Miller,
Glenn] Glenn Miller Discography and
Biography 1955
7 [Miller,
Glenn] “Glenn Miller File” 1939-1944
8 [Miller,
Glenn] Glenn Miller Limited Edition Album
1953
9 [Miller,
Glenn] Glenn Miller Limited Edition vol II n.d.
10 [Miller,
Glenn] “Glenn Miller on the Air: Glenn Miller vols.
11 [Miller,
Glenn] “Glenn Miller/Ray McKinley” 1960-1964
12 [Miller,
Glenn] “Miller, Glenn -- 2nd Pressing -- Vol. II, LPT-6701-1, Rel.”
1962
13 [Miller,
Glenn] “Miller, Glenn, LPM/LSP -- 2435 Glenn Miller Time, Rel”
1961
14 [Miller,
Glenn] “On the Air -- Glenn Miller” 1963
15 [Miller,
Glenn] “Popular-Victor-LPM/LSP 2950 (Dec ’64)
16 “Million
Sellers” 1961-1967
17 Mills
Music 1968
18 “Mingus,
Charlie Tijuana Moods LPM-2533 Rel” 1962
19 Miscellaneous
1966
20 [Mitchell,
Robin] Robin Mitchell Press Kit n.d.
21 “Mixed”
1949-1963
22
Box # Folder # Description
17 1 [Morello,
Joe] “Drums like you’ve never...(Morello)” 1962
2 [Morton,
Jelly Roll] “Jelly Roll” 1964-1968
3 Music
Collectors Correspondence 1964-1968
4 “
5 National
Committee for the Recording Arts 1967
6 NBC-Generated
Recording Discs n.d.
7 [Nelson,
Ozzie] “Ozzie Nelson” 1958-1959
8 “New
Label” 1953-1963
9 “New
Releases” 1965-1966
10
11 “
12 “
13 “
14 “
15
16 [
17 Noble,
Ray 1962
18 [Noble,
Ray] “Ray Noble” 1965-1967
19 “Non-coupling”
1962-1967
20 “Nostalgia
Book” 1967-1968
21 Notebook n.d.
22 Notes
-- Miscellaneous n.d.
23 “Official
Weekly Mailbag” 1946-1955
24 “Old
’n’ Golden Goodies: Various LPM LSP 2740” 1963
25 [Olsen,
Dorothy] “Dorothy Olsen” 1956-1959
26 “Omicron”
1958
27 “Operation
5,000,000” 1951
28 “Orig.
Casts” 1948-1965
Box # Folder # Description
18 1 “Paper Demo” 1964-1965
2 “Paper
Record Tests” 1965
3 “Parts
ordered (from vault)” 1963-1964
4 Personal
Correspondence 1960-1968
5 Personal
Miscellaneous 1967-1968
6 “Personnel” n.d.
7 “Pick
of the Country” (album title) 1964
8 [Pine, Artie] “Artie Pine” 1959
9 “Piracy” 1951-1966
10 Piracy
1967
11 “Pirates”
1967
12 “Plans”
1966-1968
13 Playboy
Jazz Hall of Fame Ballots 1964, 1969
14 “Pop & Jazz Collector’s Mail”
1960-1964
15 Pop & Jazz Collector’s Mail
1965-1968
16 “Popeye”
1957-1958
17 Position
Application 1956
18 “Possible
Reissues” 1953-1959
19 Prestige
Records 1966
20 Project
and Schedule 1963-1964
21 “Proposed
Albums” 1957-1959
22 “Public
Mail” 1962-1968
23 Public
Relations 1950-1951
24 Publicity
Photos n.d.
25 “Publishers
letters” n.d.
26 [Publishers]
“Other Publishers” 1958-1971
27 [Quinn, Carmel] “Carmel Quinn” 1965
28 Radio 1952
29 Radio Corporation of
Box # Folder # Description
19 1 Radio Program Scripts 1963-1964
2 Radio Programming
1968
3 Radio
Stations 1967
4 Radio
Yesteryear 1968
5 [Ramirez,
Roger] “Roger Ram” 1966-1967
6 RCA
Internal Administration 1957
7 “RCA
Original Mix” 1961-1966
8 RCA
Parting 1968-1969
9 RCA
Personal Medical Records 1960-1965
10 “RCA
Personal Press” 1958-1959
11 RCA
Product Reports 1967
12 RCA Record Department Artists Under Contract
1958-1959
13 “RCA
Recording Artists” 1963-1964
14 RCA-Three Historical Views 1963
15 RCA
Training 1939-1948
16 RCA Vault Inventory of 16" Broadcasts
and Air Checks n.d.
17 RCA
Victor Distributor’s Record Bulletin 1954
Box # Folder # Description
20 1 RCA
Victor Division Special Report 1949
2 RCA
Victor Recording Catalogs 1966
3 RCA
Victor Recording Manufacturing 1959
4 RCA
Victor Series Directory n.d.
5 “Reader’s
Digest” 1961-1962
6 Reader’s
Digest 1961-1963
7 “Reader’s
Digest” 1966
8 “Reader’s
Digest” 1968
9 [Reader’s
Digest] “R. Digest #2” 1964-1965
10 Reader’s
Digest Projects 1966
11 Record
Catalogs 1963
12 “Record
Club” 1961-1965
13 Record Collectors
and Collecting 1963
14 Record
Lists n.d.
15 Record
Research Associates 1965
16 Recording
Accompanying Materials 1953
17 Recording
Accompanying Materials 1958-1960
18 Recording
Accompanying Materials 1958-1967
19 Recording
Accompanying Materials 1958-1967
20 Recording
Accompanying Materials 1958-1969
21 Recording
Accompanying Materials 1960-1967
22 Recording
Accompanying Materials 1963-1966
23 Recording
Accompanying Materials n.d.
24 Recording
Accompanying Materials n.d.
25 Recording
Accompanying Materials n.d.
Box # Folder # Description
21 1 “Recording & Releases
Schedules” n.d.
2 “Recording
Forms” 1959-1971
3 Recording
Forms 1963
4 “Recording
Info on LPs” 1960-1962
5 “Recording
Pages” 1958-1963
6 Recording
Processes RCA 1961-1964
7 Recording
Sessions n.d.
8 Recording
Standards n.d.
9 “Records
Ordered” (1 of 2) 1958-1964
10 “Records
Ordered” (2 of 2) 1964-1968
11 “Red
Seal” 1968
12 Redd, Vi 1967
13 [Reeves,
Jim] “Jim Reeves” 1961-1964
14 Reeves,
Jim 1962
15 “Reinhardt,
Django LPM-2478 -- Swing Guitars” 1961
16 “Reinhardt,
Django LPM/LSP-2319 -- Djangology
rel” 1961
17 Reichner, Bix 1958
18 “Reissue
Albums” 1959-1961
19 “Reissue
Ideas” 1951-1962
20 Reissue
Ideas n.d.
21 “Reissue
Work Papers” 1959-1960
22 “Reissues”
1959-1962
23 “Reissues
Approved Research” 1959-1960
Box # Folder # Description
22 1 Reviews 1966-1967
2 Reviews n.d.
3 Reviews
and Positive Feedback 1965-1968
4 Reviews
-- Jazz 1964-1968
5 Reviews
-- Jazz 1966-1967
6 Reviews
-- Jazz 1966-1968
7 Reviews
-- Jazz 1966-1968
8 “Rhythm
& Blues” 1961-1962
9 Rodgers,
Jimmie 1966
10 [Rodgers,
Jimmy] “J. Rodgers Tribute” 1964-1968
11 [Rodgers,
Jimmie] “
2531 rel” 1962
12 [Rodgers,
Jimmie] “Jimmie Rodgers LPM/2213 Jimmie the Kid” 1961
13 [Rodgers,
Jimmie] “Jimmie Rodgers Vol. 5.” 1961-1966
14 [Rogers,
15
16 Russell,
George 1969
17 [Russell,
George] “George Russell The GR Jazz Workshop LPM/LSP(E)2534 rel”
1962
18 “Sacred
19 Saints
and Sinners 1967
20 Sales
and Distribution 1949-1952
21 Sales Pitch 1967-1968
22 “Schedule”
1966-1968
23 “Schedules”
1966-1968
24 [Schneider,
Jacob] “Jacob Schneider” n.d.
25 “Screen
Directors’ Playhouse” 1950-1955
26 Scobey,
Bob 1958-1959
Box # Folder # Description
23 1 Serials 1961-1971
2 “Serious
or Classical Music” n.d.
3 “Sextet
- Orch
4 Shaw,
Artie 1963
5 [Shaw,
Artie] “Artie Shaw” 1958-1962
6 [Shaw,
Artie] “Artie Shaw LPM/ 1648 -- Reissued by Request” 1962
7 Sheils & Bruno 1967
8 Sholes,
Steve – Correspondence 1954-1968
9 Sholes,
Steve – Obituaries 1968
10 “Single
Releases” 1966-1967
11 Singles
Plug List for Radio, TV, & Field Sales Reps 1967
12 “Slants”
1955-1956
13 [Smith,
Charles Edward] “C. E. Smith” 1961-1962
14 “Smoky
Mountain” 1964
15 Snow,
Hank n.d.
16 [Snow,
Hank] “Hank Snow” 1956-1964
17 [Snow,
Hank] “Hank Snow” 1963-1964
18 [Snow,
Hank] “Snow, Hank CAL-680 -- The Southern Cannonball” 1961
19 Standard
Popular Songs n.d.
20 Stewart,
Rex 1966
21 Summary
Layout Sheet 1959-1962
22 Summary
Layout Sheet 1965-1967
23 Sunbury-Dunbar
1969
24 Teagarden,
Jack n.d.
25 “Theme
Songs” 1943
26 [Thomas,
John Charles] “John Charles Thomas” 1960-1965
27 Thompson,
Randy n.d.
Box # Folder # Description
24 1 “Terry Toon”
1959
2 [Three
Suns] “3 Suns” 1960
3 Toscanini,
Arturo 1950
4 Treasury on RCA Victor Records 1951
5 Vallee, Rudy 1967
6 “Vallee, Rudy LPM-2507 -- The Young Rudy Vallee”
1962
7 “Various
Honest to Goodness Country Music Hits rel. ” 1962
8 Vault Inventory of 16" Broadcasts and
Air Checks n.d.
9 [Venter, Nelson] “Nelson Venter” 1963
10 Verve Promo n.d.
11 Vick,
Harold 1967
12 [Vick,
Harold] “Harold Vick” 1966-1967
13 [Vick,
Vick] “Harold Vick” 1967
14 [Vick,
Harold] “Harold Vick #3” 1967
15 “Vintage” 1963-1968
16 [Vintage -- 1966] “1966-Vintages” 1965-1967
17 Vintage – 1967 1966-1968
18 Vintage -- Articles 1957-1971
19 Vintage -- Correspondence 1964-1966
20 “Vintage -- Folk Futures” 1963-1964
21 “Vintage
-- Future” 1965
22 “Vintage
-- Genera” 1964-1965
23 Vintage
-- General 1965-1967
24 “Vintage
LPV-Handful of Keys -- Benny Goodman” 1965
25 [Vintage
-- New] “New Vintage 1966” 1964-1966
Box # Folder # Description
25 1 “Vintage -- Personality Futures”
1961-1965
2 [Waller,
Fats] “Fats Waller” 1960-1964
3 Waller,
Fats n.d.
4 Walter,
Cy 1956-1958
5 [Wareing, Charles] “Wareing”
1959-1961
6 Wareing, Charles H. 1963-1966
7 [Weed,
Buddy] “Buddy Weed” 1958
8 “Weekly
9 [Whiteman,
Paul] “Paul Whiteman” n.d.
10 “Whittemore & Lowe” 1958-1964
11 Willard
Alexander, Inc. 1965
12 [Witherspoon,
Jimmy] “Jimmy Witherspoon” 1957-1959
13 “Xmas”
1959-1963
26 New Release Report -- Distributor Gross
Orders 1963-1968
[Note: this box is oversize and is situated on
the bottom shelf]
Newspaper Articles and Reviews
Box # Folder
# Description
27 1 Allen, Henry “Red” 1966-1967
2 Armstrong,
Louis 1964-1965
3 Bechet, Sidney 1965-1967
4 Blues
- General 1962-1966
5 Blues -
Personalities 1962-1967
6 Children’s
Songs 1958-1965
7 Classical
- General 1964
8 Coleman,
Ornette 1963-1966
9 Comedy
- Personalities 1965
10 Country
Music - General 1957-1965
11 Country
Music - Personalities 1968
12 Davis,
Eddie “Lockjaw” 1966-1968
13 Ellington,
Duke 1962-1968
14 Ellis,
Don 1967
15 Evans,
Bill 1966-1969
16 Folk -
General 1950-1967
17 Folk -
Personalities 1966
18 General
1966-1967
19 General
-- Personalities 1957-1967
20 Gillespie,
Dizzy 1960-1967
21 Hawkins,
Coleman 1965
22
23 Jazz -
General 1959-1968
24 Jazz -
Personalities 1962-1968
25 McFarland,
Gary 1967-1968
26 Mingus,
Charles 1962-1964
27 Music
Industry 1957-1968
28 Music
Personalities 1956-1968
29 NARAS
1966-1967
30
31 O’Connor,
Norman J. 1965-1967
32 Parker,
Charlie 1967
33 Periodicals
1964-1968
Box # Folder # Description
28 1 RCA 1962-1968
2 Record
Collectors 1957-1958
3 Reviews
- Billboard 1960-1968
4 Reviews
- Cash Box 1960-1968
5 Reviews
- Saturday Reviews 1962-1967
6 Reviews
- Various Sources 1964-1971
7 Rock
-- General 1967
8 Rock
-- Personalities 1968
9 Smith,
Willie “The Lion” 1965-1967
10 Song
Lists 1967-1968
11 Vaughn,
Tom 1966-1968
12 WWII
1966
13 Weill,
Kurt 1964-1966
Oversize
Box # Folder # Description
28a 1 originals
from
2
originals from
3
originals from
4
originals from
5
originals from
6
originals from
7
originals from
[Note:
Further RCA items are located in the McCuen
folder in the oversize manuscripts drawer, and are described among lists in the
addendum.]
B.
MEGA Records, Inc. Business Records
Artists
Box # Folder
# Description
29 1 “Nancy
Adams” 1972
2 “Jimmy
Angel” 1972
3 “Apollo
100” 1971-1973
4 Apollo
100 n.d.
5 “Artists”
1970
6 “Glenn
Ash” 1972
7 “Bill
Black [sic] Combo” 1971-1973
8 Bill Black’s Combo 1973
9 Bingham,
Olin (Cole Steele) 1971
10 Blanchard,
Jack 1971
11 “Jack Blanchard/Misty Morgan” 1971-1973
12 “
13 “Don
Bowman” 1972
14 “Alisha
Bridges” 1972-1973
15 “Joyce
Brown” n.d.
16 “Buck
and Curley” 1969-1970
17 “Davey
Buhl” n.d.
18 Campbell,
Ian 1972-1973
19 “Ian
Campbell” 1973
20 “Henson
Cargill” 1972
21 “Buzz
Cason” 1971
22 “Carol Channing”
1971-1972
23 “Lana
Chapel” n.d.
24 “Jack
Clement” 1971
25 Cliff,
Lora Lee 1971
26 Cole,
Billy n.d.
27 “Brian
Collins” 1970-1972
28 Collins,
Brian 1973
29 “The
Cornbread” 1970
30 “Bob
31 “Randy
Denison” n.d.
32 Fargo,
Donna 1970
33 “Holly
Garrett” n.d.
34 “Linda
Gayle” n.d.
35 Green,
Lloyd n.d.
36 “Bobby
Harden” 1970-1971
37 “Jack
Hare” 1971
38 “Phil
Harris” 1972
39 “Jerry
Jay” 1973
40 “Gordon
Jenkins” 1972
41 “Tomas Ledin” 1972-1973
42 “Harold
Lee” n.d.
43 “Diane McCall”
1971
44 “Pat
McKinney” 1973
45 “Monty
Montgomery” 1970
46 “Weldon
Myrick” 1970
Box # Folder # Description
30 1 “Ray Pillow” 1972-1973
2 “Prince
of
3 “Ronnie Prophet” 1968-1970
4 “Julie Rogers” 1972
5 Royal, James 1972
6 “Alan
Rush” n.d.
7 “Marilyn
Sellars” 1973
8 “The
Shape of Things” 1971
9 “Glen Sherley” 1971
10 “Patsy Sledd” 1973
11 “Sammi Smith” 1970-1973
12 Sammi Smith 1970-1973
13 Sammi Smith 1971-1973
14 Sammi Smith 1972-1973
15 “Marlow
Tackett” 1970
16 “Jim
Thomson” 1969
17 “The
Truth” n.d.
18 “Mack
Vickery” 1970
19 “Greg
Vincent” 1971
20 “Fred Waring” 1971- 1972
21 “Whittemore & Lowe” 1973
22 [Whittemore & Lowe] “Piano Concert Promo 1973” 1973
23 Whittemore & Lowe 1973
24 “
Production, Merchandising, and Marketing
Domestic
Box # Folder
# Description
31 1 Active Catalogs 1973
2 Agency-Artist
Guidelines, n.d.
3 Album
Release Information August 1972
4 Artwork
1973
5 “Backdrops
& Art” 1971
6 “Bill
Hudson-Press” 1971-1972
7 “Canadian
Auditions” 1973
8 “Capitol
Record Club” 1972
9 “
10 [Davidson,
Bruce] “Bruce” 1971-1973
11 [Davidson,
Bruce] “Bruce Davidson” 1970
12 “Distributors”
1970-1973
13 “D. J.
Convention 1970” 1971-1972
14 “Fan
Fair” 1972
15 FIND
Service International 1971
16 “Flying
Dutchman Productions” 1971-1972
17 “Graphics”
1971-1972
18 Label
Copy - 45 rpm inserts 1973
19 Label
Copy Setups 1973
20 “Label
Names” 1972
Box # Folder # Description
32 1 “Master and Catalog Series” 1970
2 “Mega
Records-Publicity” 1972-1973
3 “Mega Showcase” 1971-1972
4 “N.A.R.M.” 1973
5 “Photo Engraving Terms” 1969
6 “Production
Deals” n.d.
7 Promotion 1973
8 “Promotion” n.d.
9 Promotion
-- General 1970-1973
10 “Publicity”
1972-1973
11 Publicity
Materials 1968-1973
12 Publicity
Materials 1971-1973
13 Publicity
Materials 1972-1973
14 Radio
1972-1973
15 “Raintree” 1972
16 “RCA
Record Club” 1972
17 “Release
Schedule” [sic] 1970
18 “Release
Schedule” 1971-1972
19 Release
Schedule 1970-1973
20 “SHOW-BIZ”
1971-1972
21 Show
Biz, Inc. 1971-1972
22 “
23 “Target
Records” 1971-1973
24 “WITL
Radio” 1973
25 “WKDA
Radio” 1972
International
33 1 “Dick Broderick” [
2 “Ember
Records” 1970-1972
3 “E.M.I.”
1971-1972
4 “E.M.I.”
1971-1973
5 Fifth
International Festival of Country Music 1973
6 International
Business—Correspondence 1968-1973
7 International
Distribution 1972-1973
8 International
Distribution 1972-1973
9 International
Licensing Distributor Agreements 1972-1973
10 International
Markets—Correspondence 1972-1973
11 “MCA”
1970
12 “Mervyn Conn” 1972
13 Mervyn Conn Organisation [sic]
1972-1973
14 “Midem” 1972-1973
15 Miki Dallon Enterprises, Ltd. 1970-1972
16 Murdoch,
Tim -- Radio Corporation
17 Pye Records 1973
18 Swedish
Country Music Magazine Kountry Korral 1972
19 Swedish Record Catalogs 1972-1973
20 Swedish Record Catalogs 1972-1973
21
[Note: One (1) cover slick for Sammi
Smith on Pye Records is located in the McCuen folder in the oversize manuscripts drawer.]
Executive
and Financial
Box # Folder
# Description
34 1 Airline Tickets 1970-1973
2 Annual
Reports 1967-1970
3 Annual
Reports 1972-1973
4 “A
& R” 1971
5 [
6 Bill Gavin’s
Record Reports 1971
7 “Brad”
1970-1971
8 “Brad”
1971-1973
9 “Brad”
1973
10 “Brad McCuen Personal” 1972
11 “Brad -
Personal For Meeting” 1972
12 Budget
1971
13 Budget
1972
14 Budget
1972-1973
15 [Budget]
“Brad” 1971
16 [Budget]
“Brad” 1971
17 [Budget]
“Brad” 1972
18 [Budget]
“Brad” 1972
19 [Budget]
“Brad” 1972
20 [Budget]
“Brad” 1973
21 [Budget]
“Brad #1” 1971
22 [Budget]
“Brad 10/15/71” 1971
Box # Folder # Description
35 1 [Budget] “Brad - April” 1972
2 [Budget]
“Brad - Aug. 1972” 1972
3 [Budget]
“Brad - Feb. 72” 1972
4 [Budget]
“Brad - Jan.” 1972
5 [Budget]
“Brad - May 72” 1972
6 [Budget]
“Brad McCuen - March 72” 1972
7 [Budget]
“Brad McCuen - July 1972” 1972
8 [Budget]
“Brad - Oct. 72” 1972
9 [Budget]
“Brad - Sept. 1972”
10 “Budgets”
1970
11 Business
Reports 1971-1973
12 “
13 “Caprice
Records” 1972
14
15 Conception
of Mega n.d.
16 Confidential
Sales Recap 1971-1973
17 Correspondence
1970-1973
18 Correspondence
1970-1973
Box # Folder # Description
36 1 Correspondence - Internal 1970-1973
2 Cost
Factors 1972
3 Davidson,
Bruce 1970-1973
4 “Downtown
March” 1969-1970
5 “Excelite/Astralite” 1970
6 Excelite/Astralite 1970
7 “Executive
Meeting” 1971-1972
8 “Fr Hill Har Gardme
Joe Schuster” 1970
9 “ITEL”
1970
10 Karter Securities Company 1970-1971
11 “Master
Evaluations” 1973
12 “North
Atlantic Corp- Stock Reports” 1969-1970
13 North
Atlantic Corporation 1971-1976
14 North Atlantic Courier and Zemarc Quarterly Newsletter 1970-1972
15 North Atlantic
Investors Life Insurance Company 1969-1971
16 Organization of Mega Records 1970
17 “Phila. Meeting: Zemarc 4/72” 1972
18 Policies
and Schedules for Sales 1970
19 “Quality
Records-Canada” 1971
20 “Reeder/Watkinson”
1973
21 Report Forms n.d.
Box # Folder # Description
37 1 Royalty Statements 1971
2 “RPM, Inc.” 1969
3 RPM
1970-1971
4 RPM
Stock Share 1970
5 “Special
Projects -- Brad” 1972
38 1 “Submissions Report” 1972-1973
2 “Telephone” 1971-1972
3 Transfer
of Company/Ownership 1973
4 “Two
Rivers/100 Oaks” 1969-1973
5 [Wilson,
Johnny] “Johnny Wilson” 1971-1973
6 Zemarc 1971-1972
39 1 Business Reports 1972-1973
2 Business
Reports 1973
[Note: this box is oversize and is
situated on the bottom shelf]
Legal
Box # Folder # Description
40 1 Artist Contracts 1972-1974
2 “Brad”
1971-1972
3 Legal
1969-1971
4 Legal
1971-1973
5 “Legal”
1972
6 Licenses
1971-1972
7 Manger,
William H. 1970
8 Manger,
William H. 1970
9 Manger,
William H. 1970
10
Manger, William H. 1970-1971
11 “William
H. Manger, Esquire” n.d.
12 “Margolis
- Gerry” 1972
13 “Mega
and United Artists Records Agreement for Bacharach Non-Stop” 1973
14 “New
Label and Trademark Searches” 1972
15 “
16 “
17 “Harold
Orenstein” 1970-1971
18 Orenstein,
Arrow, Silverman 1971-1973
19 “Pending:
Legal” 1972
20 “Alex Zanetis” 1970-1971
Personnel
Box # Folder # Description
41 1 “Biographies” n.d.
2 “Board
of Directors” 1970
3 “Ed
Hamilton” 1973
4 “Job
Applications” 1970-1973
5 “Ed
Kaminski” 1971
6 “Jim
Malloy” 1970
7 Personnel
1971-1972
8 Personnel
1972-1973
9 “Larry
Rogers” 1971-1972
10 “Arnie Thies” n.d.
11 “Lee
Trimble” 1973
Building, Facilities, Equipment
12 “Building”
1970
13 Building
1970-1971
14 Equipment
1971-1972
15 “Expenses-Office”
1969-1972
16 “Fanta
Sound” n.d.
17 Notes--Building
and Facilities n.d.
18 “Office
Equipment” 1971
19 Services
1970
20 “Quadraphonic”
1971
21 “VTR”
1970
[Note: Ten (10) blueprints of the
proposed MEGA corporate office building and two (2) blueprints for the
recording console are housed in the McCuen folder in
the oversize manuscripts drawer.]
Related Materials
Box # Folder
# Description
42 1 Awards, Banquets, Conventions
1971-1972
2 Bootleg
Tapes 1973
3 “Brad McCuen” 1973
4 Ideas
Notebook n.d.
5 Mercury
Studio Rates Schedule n.d.
6 Newspaper
Clippings--General 1969-1973
7 Notes
1972-1973
8 Personal Correspondence 1973
9 Reader’s
Digest--
10 Recording
Industry Association of
11 Ringo 1970
12 Sheet
Music 1970
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C.
Country Harvest
Box # Folder
# Description
43 1 “Country Harvest” 1989-1990
2 Country
Harvest 1993-1995
3 Country
Harvest 1995
4 Country
Harvest -- Cassette Sleeves n.d.
D.
Recording Company Ephemera
Box # Folder
# Description
44 1 Arnold, Eddie
2
3 Bennett,
Tony and Eddie 'Lockjaw’
4 Blythe,
5
6 Carter
Family
7 Cliff,
Lora Lee
8 Dorsey,
Tommy
9 Fargo,
Donna - SESAC
10 Gleason,
Jackie
11 Goodman,
Benny
12 Hines,
Earl
13 Horn,
Paul
14 Hunter,
Lurlene
15 Lewis,
16 McCuen, Brad
17 Mega –
Personnel
18 Mega --
Publicity
19 “Mervyn Conn Organization 1972-1973”
20 Miller,
Glenn
21 Miscellaneous
22 NARAS
-- Hall of Fame Publicity 1982
23
24 Orchestra
Wives
25 Orion
26
27 Parks,
Bert
28 Press
Manual - Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra
29 Presley,
Elvis and Bennett, Pete
30 Princeton
31 Publicity
-- Various (labeled)
32 Publicity
-- Various (unlabeled)
33 Quinn,
Freddy
34 RCA --
General
35 Rodgers,
Jimmie
36 Roller-Skater/Heartland
37 Romero,
Caesar
38 Smith, Jabbo
39 Smith, Sammi
40 Tommy
Dorsey Orchestra
41 Venter,
Nelson with Sy Oliver - contact sheets
42 Venter,
Nelson with Sy Oliver - negatives
43 Vick,
Harold
44 Waller,
Fats
45 Webb,
Jack
Box # Description
45 Oversize
Slicks, Album Covers, Ad
Mats, Liner Note Proofs, 115 items
46 Newspaper Issues and
Clippings
[Note: materials housed in oversize
E.
Sound Recordings (ms.)
Test Pressings, Unissued Pressings,
Instantaneous Discs, and Reference Lacquers
Box # Description
47 Test Pressings TP 7:1 through TP 7:66
48 10”, 12” Test and
Unissued
Pressings 1 through 29
49 Instantaneous Discs 7:1 through
10:1 through
50 Instantaneous Discs
12:1 through
51 Instantaneous Discs
52 Reference Lacquers 10:1 through 10:64
Box # Description
53 Reference Lacquers 10:65 through 10:118
54 Reference Lacquers 12:1 through
55 Reference Lacquers
56 Transcription Discs 16:1 through
Remaining 33 r.p.m., 45 r.p.m., and 78 r.p.m. sound recordings are dispersed within the sound
recording collection, and filed by label and issue number.
A complete listing of the
issued disc recordings in McCuen’s collection are
unavailable. A listing of 12” test
pressings filed by label and issue number, however, is available.
Reel-to-reel tapes of
issued and unissued recordings are located in the recording cabinets and filed
by reference number. Complete logs of
these reels can be found in the control file and the manuscript collections registers.
SUBGROUP TWO:
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
F.
Country Music Association; Country Music Foundation
Box # Folder
# Description
57 1 Country Music Association 1961-1964
2 Country
Music Association 1964-1968
3 Country
Music Association 1970-1978
4 Country
Music Association 1977-1981
5 Country
Music Association 1978
6 Country
Music Association 1982
7 Country
Music Foundation 1966
8 Country
Music Foundation 1966-1967
9 Country
Music Foundation 1968
10 Country
Music Foundation 1981-1995
11 Country
Music Foundation 1990-1995
12 Country
Radio Seminar 1978
13 “WSM Convention” 1969
G.
Box # Folder
# Description
58 1 Board of Governors --
2 Board
of Governors --
3 Board
of Governors --
4 Board
of Governors --
5 Board
of Governors --
6 “Brad McCuen” 1965-1968
7 Craft
Committee -- Jazz Nominations 1969-1978
8 [Craft
Committee -- NARAS] “NARAS Craft Comm” [sic]
1969-1973
9 “Craft
Comm[ittee] -- NARAS” 1983
10 Grammy
Awards -- 9th Annual 1966
11 Grammy
Awards -- 10th Annual 1967
12 Grammy
Awards -- 11th Annual 1968
13 Grammy
Awards -- 12th Annual 1969
14 Grammy
Awards -- 13th Annual 1970
15 Grammy
Awards -- 14th Annual 1971
16 Grammy
Awards -- 15th Annual 1972
17 Grammy
Awards -- 16th Annual 1973
18 Grammy
Awards -- 17th Annual 1974
19 Grammy
Awards -- 23rd Annual 1980
59 1 Grammy Awards -- 24th
Annual 1981
2 Grammy
Awards -- 26th Annual 1983
3 Grammy
Awards -- 31st Annual 1988
4 Grammy Awards -- 32nd
Annual 1989
5 Grammy
Awards -- 36th Annual 1993
6 Hall
of Fame -- 7th Annual 1979
7 Hall
of Fame -- 10th Annual 1982
8 Hall
of Fame -- 11th Annual 1983
9 Hall
of Fame -- 21st Annual 1993
10 Hall of
Fame -- 22nd Annual 1994
11 Hall of
Fame -- 23rd Annual 1995
12 Hall of
Fame -- 24th Annual 1996
13 [Hall
of Fame -- Election Committee] “
14 Hall of
Fame – Election Committee 1990-1995
15 Hall of
Fame -- Publicity 1982
16 [Hall
of Fame – Records] “NARAS – Hall of Fame Records” 1978-1980
17 “NARAS” 1970-1975
60 1 “NARAS” 1971
2 “NARAS” 1971-1975
3 “NARAS” 1972-1973
4 “NARAS
1975 Best Album Notes” 1975
5 “NARAS Institute” 1973
6 Newsletters
1969-1975
Series H: Society of European Stage Artists and
Composers (SESAC)
Box # Folder
# Description
61 1 [Awards] “1976 -- Awards” 1973-1976
2 [Awards]
“1978 SESAC Awards” 1976-1978
3 “Background
SESAC” 1961-1977
4 Business
Expenses 1975-1976
5 “Contracts”
1976-1977
6 Contracts
1977
7 Correspondence
1975
8 Correspondence
1976-1979
9 News
and General Information 1964-1979
10 “SESAC”
1975-1977
11 SESAC
Anniversary Newsletter 1966
12 Sessions n.d.
13 “Tex-Martin-Deemar” 1973-1976
14 Transcription Discs n.d.
SUBGROUP THREE: INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL PURSUITS
Series I: Consulting
Box # Folder
# Description
62 1 Al Ham Productions n.d.
2 Album
Release Notices – Apex Records, Inc. / Music Voice Records /
Musicor
Records / Springboard International Records 1964-1976
3 American Cancer Society Benefit: “An
Evening of Jazz” 1981-1982
4 American Music Entertainment
Network n.d.
5 American Music History and Heritage
Foundation 1992
6 American
Song Festival 1978
7 [
8 Arnold,
Eddy 1983
9 “Ashlynd American/Eagle” 1987-1990
10 Audio
Visual Technology 1981
11 Blizzard
Records 1983
12 “Blue
Barron” 1977
13 “Bluebird”
1995
14
15 Bonneville
Broadcast Consultants 1980
16 Bonneville
Broadcast Consultants 1980
17 Bonneville
Broadcast Consultants 1981
18 [Cash,
Johnny] “J. Cash” 1986
19 CBS
Music Library 1986
20 CBS
Records 1985
21 [Collins] “Thadd Collins” 1991-1992
22
23
24 Electric
Records 1987-1990
25 Electric
Records 1990-1995
26 “Encore”
1982-1984
Box # Folder # Description
63 1 Four Star Records 1983-1987
2 Franklin
Mint 1985
3 Greenwood
Music Company 1973
4 “Hindsight
Records” 1976-1977
5 Hindsight
Records 1980-1989
6 Hindsight
Records 1984
7 Hindsight
Records 1987-1993
8 Hindsight
Records 1992
9 Hindsight
Records -- Harry James & His Orchestra Liner Notes 1994
10 [Hindsight
Records -- Heider, Wally] “Wally” 1977-1978
11 [Hindsight
Records] “Spivak” 1977
12 [International
Record Distributing Associates] “IRDA” 1979-1980
13 International
Record Distributing Associates 1980-1981
14 IRS Tax
Shelter Appraisals 1984
15 Jazz
Radio Program 1986
16 Jimmy
Dorsey Orchestra Discography 1972
17 Kaplan,
Bernard 1979
18 “Kent
& Stanton” 1973-1975
19 “
64 1 “Koala -- Cleared LPs” 1980
2 “Koala
-- Graphics” 1972-1980
3 Koala
Record Company 1979-1980
4 Koala
Record Company 1980-1981
5 Koala
Record Company 1980-1982
6 Koala
Record Company – Catalog n.d.
7 Koala
Record Company – IRDA 1980
8 [Koala
Record Company] “Memo’s to Sanborn” 1980
9 “Lindco” 1982
65 1 MCA Project 1979
2 McCoy,
3 McCoy,
4 “Miss
Country Music” 1979
5 Monument
Litigation 1986-1987
6 “Monument
Records Appraisal” 1985-1987
7 Nashville
Companies n.d.
8
9 National
Geographic Society 1979
10 “Nehrer” & Nehrer Co., L.P.A.,
Attorneys at Law 1987
11
12 Notes n.d.
13 Orion
1978-1983
14 “Orion
Superstar of the 1980’s” 1979
Box # Folder # Description
66 1 Paycheck, Johnny n.d.
2 “PCM-D’Imperio” 1982
3 Peer-Southern
Organization 1979
4 Peer-Southern
Organization -- Freddy Quinn 1974
5 “Peer-Southern
Organization/Suggestion List of Recording and Programming Material” 1974-1975
6 Presentation: Nashville Jazz n.d.
7 Presentation:
“Producing and the A&R Man” – Seminar for Guitar Player
8 Presentation:
“So You Want to Get Into the Record Business??!!!?” 1971
9 Presley,
Elvis 1980-1981
10 “Prestige
Financial” 1981
11 “Prestige
Financial” 1981-1982
12 Quin Century Ltd. 1992
13 “Ralph
Peer, II” 1973-1974
14 Reader’s
Digest 1975-1986
15 “Record
Row Associates” 1972-1974
16 “Record
Row Associates #2” 1973
17 Recording
Accompanying Materials 1970-1977
18 Recording
Accompanying Materials 1972-1982
19 Recording
Accompanying Materials 1981
67 1 Reeves, Jim [Correspondence with Steve
Morewood] 1994
2 Reeves, Jim [Correspondence with Steve
Morewood] 1994
3 Reeves, Jim [Correspondence with Steve
Morewood] 1994
4 [Reichner, Bickley] “Bix” 1959-1980
5 [Rodgers]
“Jimmy Rodgers Billboard” 1978
6 Rodgers,
Jimmy -- Stamp Issue 1978
7 “Roller
Skate/Heartland” 1981-1984
8 Roller
Skate/Heartland 1983-1987
9 Shaw,
Artie -- Broadcasts 1986
10 Sheet
Music 1967-1974
11 “Silver/Encore
Suite” 1988-1989
12 Silverline-Goldline Music, Inc. (1 of 4) 1986
13 Silverline-Goldline Music, Inc. (2 of 4) 1986
14 Silverline-Goldline Music, Inc. (3 of 4) 1986
15 Silverline-Goldline Music, Inc. (4 of 4) 1986
Box # Folder # Description
68 1 Simon vs. Orsi
Litigation 1991
2 Skinker vs. Sparer 1988
3 “SLC
-- Research” 1982
4 Smith
Family Music Collection 1986
5
6 “Sound
Leasing
7 “Sound
Leasing Corp.” 1982
8 “Sound
Master Recording Equipment,” n.d.
9 Time-Life,
n.d.
10 Uncollected
Music of the Big Bands 1979
11
12 Video
Review 1986
13 Williard Alexander, Inc. -- Press Department 1979-1981
14 World
War II Sounds n.d.
15 “Zeno”
Records 1969-1983
16 Zeno
Records 1980
17 Zemarel, Zim Big Bands International 1983-1985
[Note: One (1) ad poster of Donna Fargo
/ Country Hearts Records can be found in the McCuen
folder in the oversize manuscripts drawer.]
Series J: Professional Interests
Box # Folder
# Description
69 1 Academy Associates -- Corporate
Aims n.d.
2 Advertisement
1975-1976
3 African-American
Entertainment – Articles 1981
4 American
Federation of Television and Radio Artists
n.d.
5 Archives
and Libraries 1995
6 Bennett,
Pete 1971-1983
7 Bertelsmann
A.G. 1986
8 Big
Band Music 1981-1990
9 Billboard
Country Station Panel n.d.
10
11 Blues
1990-1993
12 British
Music n.d.
13 Broadcast
Music, Inc. (BMI) 1957-1982
14 Brown,
Clifford n.d.
15 Burrell,
Kenny n.d.
16 Butcher,
Dwight n.d.
17 Calloway,
Cab 1983
18 Canadian-Radio-Television
& Telecommunications Commission 1981
19 [Cannon,
Thurlow] “Thurlow Cannon”
1986
20 Carson,
Martha 1988
21 Catalogs
and Subscriptions 1974-1989
22 Center
for Popular Music 1990
23 Clinton,
Larry 1973
24 Collecting
and Collectors 1975-1983
25 Correspondence
-- Collectors 1977-1995
26 Correspondence
-- General 1976-1995
27 Correspondence
-- Miscellaneous 1977-1995
28 Country
Music 1969-1995
29
30 Dance,
31 Davidson,
Bruce 1977
32 Depot
Music, Inc. n.d.
33 Dorsey,
Jimmy 1980
34 Dukes
of Dixieland 1990
35 Ellington,
Duke-Press Manual n.d.
36 Equipment
and Supplies -- Information 1972-1978
37 Expenses
1977-1978
38
39 Gospel
Music Association 1975-1981
40 Grand
Ole Opry House n.d.
41 Guthrie,
Woody n.d.
42 [Holdman, Phil – ‘The Browsers’] “Phil Holdman”
1983-1992
43 Horn,
Paul n.d.
44 Huddleston,
Huston – Floyd Huddleston 1989
45 James,
Harry n.d.
46 Jazz
1974-1994
70 1 Kemp, Hal n.d.
2 Ken-Tone
Records n.d.
3 Leadership
4 Management
-- Delegation 1971
5 Micrography 1976-1984
6 Midem Conference -- Guide1973
7 Midem Conference -- Information Pamphlets1973
8 Miscellaneous n.d.
9 Morningstar
Records (RCA Alumni) 1976
10 Music
Industry 1976-1995
11 Music
Performance Trust Funds 1971
12
13
14
15
16 [
17 “New
Copyright Law” 1977
18 Newsletters
1979-1994
19 Okeh Discography 1981
20 Orchestra
Music 1977
21 Playback
n.d.
22 “Post
WWII Blues” 1980
23 Presley,
Elvis n.d.
24 Quizzes n.d.
25 Receipts
1977-1996
26 Record
Pressing and Labeling n.d.
27 Recording
Industry Piracy 1970-1971
28 Recording
Process n.d.
29 Resumes
– Job Search 1968-1987
Box # Folder # Description
71 1 “Resumes -- Jobs” 1970-1978
2
3 Reviews
1972-1989
4 Rock
& Roll 1974-1994
5 Rodgers,
Richard – Obituary 1980
6 Shaw,
Artie 1974
7 Sheet
Music Collecting 1978-1980
8 Song
Lists n.d.
9 Song
Writing Information 1975
10 Sound
Track Retailers 1981
11 Spivak, Charlie 1971
12 Steve
Sholes Productions n.d.
13 Tax
Fraud 1986
14 Theatre
Development 1968
15 Themes n.d.
16 Turner,
Mary Lou n.d.
17 V-Disc Catalogue n.d.
18 Video
and Book Catalogs, n.d.
19 Video
Recording 1980
20 Willard
Alexander, Inc. [1982]
21 Women
in Early Country Music n.d.
22 Zodiac
Records, Inc. 1978
[Note:
One (1) BMI Country Music informational poster can be found in the McCuen folder in the oversize manuscripts drawer.]
SUBGROUP
FOUR: JAZZ ACTIVITY
Series K: Jazz Organizations
Box # Folder
# Description
72 1 IAJRC 1981-1995
2 “IAJRC”
1987-1988
3 “IAJRC
4 “IAJRC
Record Committee” 1981
5 “Reports”
1987
6 “Cootie
Williams” 1984-1991
7 Tennessee
Jazz & Blues Society, Inc. 1980
8 Tennessee
Jazz & Blues Society, Inc. 1987-1988
9 “TJ&BS
Newsletter” 1981-1982
[Note:
IAJRC cover slicks for volume 2, “Jazz Collection,” and volume 8,
“Goodman Airchecks” can be found in the McCuen folder in the oversize manuscripts drawer.]
Series L: “Upbeat” Jazz Radio Program Scripts
Box # Folder
# Description
73 1 Upbeat: Sixty Minutes of Jazz – Scripts for Programs
#1-20 n.d.
2 Upbeat:
Sixty Minutes of Jazz – Scripts for Programs #21-40 n.d.
3 Upbeat:
Sixty Minutes of Jazz -- Scripts for Programs #41-59 n.d.
4 Upbeat:
Sixty Minutes of Jazz -- Scripts for Programs #61-80 n.d.
5 Upbeat:
Sixty Minutes of Jazz -- Scripts for Programs #81-100 n.d.
6 Upbeat: Sixty Minutes of Jazz – Scripts for Programs
#101-126 n.d.
74 1 Upbeat: Sixty Minutes of Jazz -- Scripts for Programs
#127-149, n.d.
2 Upbeat:
Sixty Minutes of Jazz -- Scripts for Programs #151-177, 1982
3 Upbeat:
Sixty Minutes of Jazz -- Scripts for Programs #178-202, 1982
4 Upbeat:
Sixty Minutes of Jazz -- Scripts for Programs #203-219, n.d.
5 Upbeat:
Sixty Minutes of Jazz -- Scripts for Programs #220-239, 1983
6 Upbeat:
Sixty Minutes of Jazz -- Scripts for Programs #240-262, 1983
75 1 Upbeat: Sixty Minutes of Jazz -- Scripts for Programs
#263-280, 1984
2 Upbeat:
Sixty Minutes of Jazz -- Scripts for Programs #281-295, 1984
3 Upbeat:
Sixty Minutes of Jazz -- Scripts for Programs #296-315, 1984-1985
4 Upbeat:
Sixty Minutes of Jazz -- Scripts for Programs #316-340, 1985
5 Upbeat:
Sixty Minutes of Jazz -- Scripts for Programs #341-364, 1985
6 Upbeat
-- Correspondence 1982-1994
7 “WPLN
Nov. 78” 1979-1985
SUBGROUP FIVE:
PERSONAL COLLECTIONS and PAPERS
Series M: Daily Planners / Datebooks / Expense Accounts
Box # Item# Description
76 1 Diary 1958
2 Day at
a Glance 1959
3 Day at
a Glance 1960
4 Day at
a Glance 1961
5 Day at
a Glance 1962
6 Day at
a Glance 1963
7 Executive
Planner 1964
8 Executive
Planner 1965
9 Day at
a Glance 1966
10 Executive
Planner 1967
11 Executive
Planner 1968
12 Executive
Planner 1969
13 Week-at-a-Glance
1970
[Note: An
appointment book for 1962 was completely blank, and therefore deaccessioned]
Box # Folder # Description
77 1 Executive Planner 1974
2 Weekly
Reminder 1975
3 Executive
Planner 1976
4 Weekly
Minder 1977
5 Daily
Appointment Book 1978
6 Weekly
Minder 1979
7 Weekly
Minder 1985
8 Business
Expense Diary 1974
9 Business
Expense Diary 1975
10 Business
Expense Diary 1976
11 Business
Expense Diary 1978
Series N: Personal Recording Collection
Box # Folder
# Description
78 1 Album Program Notes 1940-1984
2 Auction
Lists 1974
3 Auction
Lists 1981-1990
4 “Bruce
Record Auctions” 1975-1976
5 Collection
Divestment 1979-1995
6 “Duke
Ellington Auction Values” 1981
7 Inventory n.d.
8 Inventory n.d.
9 Inventory n.d.
10 Inventory n.d.
11 Inventory n.d. [1 of 2]
12 Inventory n.d. [2 of 2]
79 1 Inventory n.d. [1 of 2]
2 Inventory n.d. [2 of 2]
3 Inventory n.d.
4 Inventory n.d.
5 Inventory n.d.
6 Inventory n.d.
7 Inventory n.d.
8 Inventory n.d.
9 Majestic
Brands, Inc. n.d.
10 Nauck’s Vintage Records 1995-1996
11 Notes, n.d.
12 Record
Changer, 1951-1952
13 Recording
Catalogs 1977
14 Reel-to-reel
Transcriptions Inventory, n.d.
15 “
80 Card
Index: “Aaron Harris” Jelly Roll
Morton through “Cloudy” Andy Kirk
&
His Clouds
81 Card Index: “Coal black
shine” Sidney Bechet’s New Orleans Feetwarmers
through “Gypsy Violin” Ralph Flanagan
& His Orch
82 Card
Index: “Had a dream” Cripple
Clarence Lofton through “Joobalai” Bing
83 Card
Index: “Joseph and His Brothers”
Louis Armstrong & His Orch through
“My Window Faces
south” Fats Waller & His Rhythm
84 Card
Index: “
Sextet, Benny Goodman
Quartet, Albert Ammons Rhythm
Kings through “Shout ’em
Aunt Tillie” Duke Ellington &
His Orchestra
85 Card
Index: “Shout for Joy” Albert Ammons through “Tzena, Tzena, Tzena”
Gordon Jenkins Orch-Weavers
86 Card
Index: “
(Horn of Plenty Blues
- orig title) Pee Wee Russell HRS
Rhythmakers;
LPs: Antonine, Michael & His Orchestra
“And So to Bed” through (When) April Played the Fiddle.
87 Card
Index: Glenn Miller discography
“Absent Minded” through “You Walk
By;” “Ain’t Cha Comin’ Out” through
“You Leave Me
Breathless;” “Beer Barrell
Polka” through “Washboard Blues”
88 Card Index: Glenn Miller
discography “Adios” through “You
Walked By;”
89 Oversize: Album
Program Notes, Liner Notes, Album Inserts
[Note:
a complete listing of these recording accompanying materials can be
found in the McCuen control file and the manuscripts
collections registers.]
Series O: Personal Correspondence
Box # Folder
# Description
90 1 “Quinn” 1982
2 Quinn 1983
3 Quinn 1984
4 Quinn 1985
5 Quinn
1986 (1 of 2)
6 Quinn
1986 (2 of 2)
7 Quinn
1987
8 Quinn 1988
9 Quinn 1989
91 1 Quinn 1990
2 Quinn 1991
3 Quinn 1992
4 “Quinn
-- Next or Pending” 1982-1985
92 1 “Quinn to Me” 1982
2 Quinn
to Me 1983
3 Quinn
to Me 1984
4 Quinn
to Me 1985
5 Quinn
to Me 1986
6 Quinn
to Me 1987
7 Quinn
to Me 1988
8 Quinn
to Me 1989
9 Quinn
to Me 1990
10 Quinn
to Me 1991
11 Quinn
to Me 1992
Series P: Personal Subject Files
Miscellaneous Interests
Box # Folder
# Description
93 1 Article
Clippings 1963-1995
2 Correspondence--Personal
1974-1992
3 Film –
Newsletter and Reviews 1965-1972
4 Humor 1968-1992
5 Investment
Prospects 1971
6 Lambs
1962-1969
7 McCuen Family History 1951-1980
8 Railroads
1958-1989
9
Student Interests and War Years
Box # Folder
# Description
94 1 Articles -- General 1939
2 Articles -- Music 1937-1946
3 Articles -- WWII 1940-1946
4 Catalogs 1943-1948
5 Copyright
Information 1946
6 Correspondence
1944-1945
7 Ideas
– Journal n.d.
8 Ideas
– Program “Music from the Movies” n.d.
9 Revue
Program n.d.
10 Short
Stories & Writing Assignments 1939-1945
11 Song
Sheets 1942
Series Q: ADDENDUM:
Center-Generated Research Aids
Box # Folder
# Description
95 1 Consultant Client List 1988
2 Dating Guides 1998
3 Deaccessioned
Materials Lists 1998
4 Manuscript Recording Lists 1998
5 Manuscript Recordings—Accompanying
Materials 1998
6 Manuscript Recordings—Transcription
Logs 1997-2001
7 Materials Distributed in General CPM
Holdings 1998
8 McCuen’s
Life—Selections from the Papers 2001
McCuen Collection Extra Large Manuscripts Drawer Content
[Note: These items are located in the Extra Large
metal map cabinet.]
Posters: IAJRC2, “Jazz
Collection,” IAJRC 8, “Goodman Airchecks,” Sammi Smith on
Pye Records, “The 280 Top
Standard Songs,” promotional poster for Ralph
Flanagan, Donna Fargo on Country Hearts Records, BMI
informational poster
October, 1970.
Blueprints: Ten blueprints
of proposed MEGA corporate office building, two blueprints
of electronic console
RCA Blanket Ad Mats:
April Releases
Best Sellers
Country Music
Elvis
February Releases
Fun for the Kiddies
Jazz Sounds
Kapp/Scepter/Wand
New Stereo 8
October Releases
Red Seal
Welcome to Broadway
Wide World of Entertainment
You Never Heard It So Good