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Manuscript Collections


 

 

 

 

 

BRAD McCUEN COLLECTION

97-023

 

 

 

 

1939-1996

 

 

 

49.1 linear feet

 

 

Center for Popular Music

Middle Tennessee State University

March 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Collection processed and finding aid written by:

David Jellema, Regina Forsythe,

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 May 17, 1921 in New York City’s Manhattan.  At age 15, McCuen’s interest in jazz and swing music was sparked by a gift of recordings from orchestra leader Red Norvo.  McCuen attended University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and while majoring in journalism, McCuen took summer jobs in radio stations.  McCuen fought in World War II at Normandy, and after his discharge, sold records for Majestic Brands in New York. 


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 Nashville, Tennessee.  A few of the artists brought Mega notable success, but after establishing and/or acquiring four music publishing firms, and creating a new label, McCuen sold Mega and became a partner in Record Row Associates.

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 Knoxville on June 9, 2002.

 

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 box 95. 

 

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 Nashville.  Researchers should note, however, that while these are the only series within the collection focused solely on jazz, there are jazz-related materials in virtually every series in the collection.

 

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 Reading room. Manuscripts, photographs, rare books, sheet music, serials and trade catalogs are searchable in the Center’s in-house InMagic database and online on the Center’s website.

 

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 box 95. 


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 Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS)

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 New York chapter of NARAS of which McCuen was then a member.

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, Tennessee Jazz and Blues Society)

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 Camden 1966

6          Advertising & Promotion Wrap-Up RCA Victor RCA Camden 1967

7          Advertising & Promotion Wrap-Up RCA Victor RCA Camden 1967

8          Advertising & Promotion Wrap-Up RCA Victor RCA Camden 1967

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        Arnold, Eddy -- One More Time -- LPM/SP-2471 r.” 1962

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 America] “B.C.A.” 1958-1959

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 Novasn.d.

13        Braff, Ruby 1963-1965

14        [Breau, Lenny] “Lenny Breau” 1967-1969

15        Brown, Les 1960

16        Budriesi, Luciano 1963

17        Burton, Gary 1966

18        Burton, Gary 1967

19        Burton, Gary 1967-1968

20        Burton, Gary 1968

21        [Burton, Gary] “Burton -- Red Seal” 1968

22        [Burton, Gary] “Burton Road” 1964-1968

23        [Burton, Gary] “G. Burton – July” 1967

24        [Burton, Gary] “G. Burton – Tong” 1966-1968

25        [Burton, Gary] “Gary Burton” 1965-1966

26        [Burton, Gary] “Gary Burton” 1967-1968

27        [Burton, Gary] “Gary Burton” 1967-1968

28        [Burton, Gary] “Gary Burton – Breakout” 1967

 

Box #     Folder # Description

4          1          [Burton, Gary] “Gary Burton – Carnegie” 1967-1968

2          [Burton, Gary] “Gary Burton – Nashville” 1966-1967

3          [Burton, Gary] “Gary Burton – Single” 1968

4          [Burton, Gary] “Who Is Gary Burton?” 1962-1965

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        Camden” 1957-1960

11        Camden” 1959-1968

12        Camden Ideas” 1957-1962

13        Camden Ideas 1958-1963

14        Camden Kiddy ‘64” 1964

15        Camden - Work Papers” 1959

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 Chicago” 1964-1965

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        [Como, Perry] “Best of Perry Como” n.d.

18        [Como, Perry] “Como” 1953

19        [Como, Perry] “Como, Perry CAL-694 CAS(e)-694 -- Make Someone Happy” 1962 

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, Vernon] “Vernon Dalhart” 1955-1955

6          “Dance Band Research” 1959-1962

7          [Davidson, Bruce] “Bruce” 1950-1955

8          Davidson, Bruce 1956-1968

9          Davis, Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ n.d.

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 – Camden” 1963

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          Institute of Jazz Studies 1955-1956

7          Internal Correspondence 1954-1958

8          “International” 1962-1963

9          International Post 1967-1968

10        [Israel, Leo] “Leo Israel” 1958-1958

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 -- Midnight Waltz” 1961

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 Hollywood” 1966

20        [Levitt, Rod] “Rod Levittown” 1965-1966

 

Box #     Folder # Description

14        1          [Lewis, Shari] “Shari Lewis” 1957-1962

2          [Leyden, Norman] “Norman Leyden” 1959

3          “Liners” 1956-1962

4          Liner Notes 1962-1963

5          “Listing Notices” 1959-1968

6          [Locklin, Hank] “Hank Locklin” 1961-1962

7          Lonesome River Boys” 1962-1964

8          Longinesn.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] “Glen Island -- G. Miller” 1961, 1967-1968

6          [Miller, Glenn] “Glenn -- Blue Moonlight” 1966

7          [Miller, Glenn] “Glenn / Buddy Def. Jan. ’68” 1967-1968

8          [Miller, Glenn] “Glenn -- Chesterfield II” 1968

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 -- Chesterfield” 1965-1966

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. 1-2-3 LPM LSP 2767/2768/2769” 1963

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) Chesterfield Supper Club -- Glenn Miller Susp” 1967

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        Monterey Jazz Festival 1966

 

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          Nashville” 1963

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        New York State Council on the Arts 1968

11        Newport” 1967-1968

12        Newport -- 1965” 1965

13        Newport -- ’66” 1966

14        Newport -- 1967” 1967-1968

15        Newport Bills 1968

16        [Niles, John Jacob] “John Jacob Niles” 1964-1965

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 America RCA Victor Record Division  n.d.

 

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] “Jimmie Rodgers Country Music Hall of Fame LPM-

            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, Roy] “Roy Rogers” 1958

15        Rogers, Shorty 1962

16        Russell, George 1969

17        [Russell, George] “George Russell The GR Jazz Workshop LPM/LSP(E)2534 rel” 1962

18        “Sacred Camden Collection” 1955-1964

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 USA” 1964-1966

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 Camden Report” 1950-1956

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        Holiday, Billie 1962-1964

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        Newport Jazz Festival 1965-1968

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 Box 2, Folder 1

2                 originals from Box 4, Folder 5

3                 originals from Box 7, Folder 5

4                 originals from Box 11, Folder 21

5                 originals from Box 16, Folder 2

6                 originals from Box 16, Folder 20

7                 originals from Box 17, Folder 23

 

[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        Sterling Blythe” 1970

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 Dalton” 1969-1970

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 America  n.d.

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        Lawton Williams” 1971

 

 


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          Columbia Record Club” 1972

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        Sterling Title Strip Co., Inc.” 1973

23        “Target Records” 1971-1973

24        “WITL Radio” 1973

25        “WKDA Radio” 1972

 

International

33        1          “Dick Broderick” [Tara International] 1971

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 New Zealand 1972

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        Tara Records  n.d.

 

[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          [Bell, Dave--Zodiac Records] “Dave Bell” 1973

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        Canada” [Canadian royalties] 1972

13        “Caprice Records” 1972

14        Columbia Records  n.d.

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        New York: Oct 2/3 1972” 1972

16        North Atlantic Investors Life” 1970

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--Nashville 1972

10        Recording Industry Association of America 1973

11        Ringo 1970

12        Sheet Music 1970

 

Oversize

42a      1          originals from Box 32, Folder 18

2                 originals from Box 34, Folder 13

3                 originals from Box 34, Folder 14

4                 originals from Box 34, Folder 15

5                 originals from Box 34, Folder 18

6                 originals from Box 34, Folder 19

7                 originals from Box 34, Folder 20

8                 originals from Box 34, Folder 21

9                 originals from Box 34, Folder 22

10              originals from Box 35, Folder 1

11              originals from Box 35, Folder 2

12              originals from Box 35, Folder 3

13              originals from Box 35, Folder 4

14              originals from Box 35, Folder 5

15              originals from Box 35, Folder 6

16              originals from Box 35, Folder 7

17              originals from Box 35, Folder 8

18              originals from Box 35, Folder 9

19              originals from Box 35, Folder 10

20              originals from Box 36, Folder 4

21              originals from Box 36, Folder 7

22              originals from Box 36, Folder 8

23              originals from box 36, Folder 17

24              originals from Box 36, Folder 18

25              originals from Box 37, Folder 1

 

 


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          Beneke, Tex

3          Bennett, Tony and Eddie 'Lockjaw’ Davis

4          Blythe, Sterling

5          Burton, Gary

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, Shari

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        Newport Jazz Festival -- contact sheets

24        Orchestra Wives

25        Orion

26        Paley Park Pictures, New York -- Mega Records

27        Parks, Bert

28        Press Manual - Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra

29        Presley, Elvis and Bennett, Pete

30        Princeton Reunion 1950

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 boxes 45 and 46 are without folders.  Staff can provide a detailed contents list from the acquisitions control file.  A complete listing of recording company materials available in the oversize drawer is available on request.]

 

 

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 7:28

                                                10:1 through 10:50

50        Instantaneous Discs   10:51 through 10:93

                                                12:1 through 12:29

 

51        Instantaneous Discs   12:30 through 12:67

 

52        Reference Lacquers  10:1 through 10:64


Box #     Description

53        Reference Lacquers  10:65 through 10:118

 

54        Reference Lacquers  12:1 through 12:58

 

55        Reference Lacquers  12:59 through 12:91 

 

56        Transcription Discs    16:1 through 16:19

 

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.  National Academy for Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS)

 

Box #     Folder # Description

58        1          Board of Governors -- Nashville Chapter 1969-1990

2          Board of Governors -- Nashville Chapter 1974-1982

3          Board of Governors -- Nashville Chapter 1974-1995

4          Board of Governors -- Nashville Chapter 1982-1983

5          Board of Governors -- New York Chapter March 1967

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] “Music Hall of Fame Committee” 1977-1991

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          [Arnold] “Eddy Arnold-vol. 2 & 3” 1978-1979

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        Bluegrass for Collectors 1974

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        Columbia Special Products 1978-1987

23        Crosby, Bob  n.d.

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        Kent & Stanton Demo Session November 1974” 1974-1975

 

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, Clyde 1983

            3          McCoy, Clyde -- Autobiography Manuscript  n.d.

            4          “Miss Country Music” 1979

5          Monument Litigation 1986-1987

6          “Monument Records Appraisal” 1985-1987

7          Nashville Companies  n.d.

8          Nashville, Here I Am!  n.d.

9          National Geographic Society 1979

10        Nehrer” & Nehrer Co., L.P.A., Attorneys at Law 1987

11        New York Jazz Museum 1972

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          Smithsonian Institution American History Museum -- Duke Ellington Oral History Project 1989

6          “Sound Leasing Co.-- SLC” 1982-1985

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        United States vs. Tax Shelter Firms 1982-1987

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        Bluegrass Radio n.d.

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        Crosby, Bing n.d.

30        Dance, Stanley 1977-1979

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        Fisk University -- Black Music Research 1981

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 Nashville 1981

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        Music Village USA 1985

13        Nashville Music Association n.d.

14        Nashville -- Performer List 1981

15        Nashville Songwriters Association 1975-1979

16        [Nashville Songwriters Association] “Nash Song Writers Assn1977-1978

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          Reunion of Professional Entertainers (R.O.P.E.)  n.d.

            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 Memphis” 1995

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        U.K. LPs” 1969-1972

 

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 throughJoobalai” Bing

                                                Crosby

83        Card Index:    “Joseph and His Brothers” Louis Armstrong & His Orch  through

                                                “My Window Faces south” Fats Waller & His Rhythm

84        Card Index:    Nagasaki” Paul Mares & Friars Society Orch, Benny Goodman

                                                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:    UgandaAuggie Goupil - Drums throughZutty’s Hooty Blues”

                                                (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;”

                                                12/27/39 through 11/05/41; “C&W Hits Collections”

 

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          University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 1990

 

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:

            America’s Biggest Entertainment Value—Camden

            April Releases

            Best Sellers

            Camden

            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