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Found in 161 Collections and/or Records:

Kerry Strayer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0311
Scope and Contents The Kerry Strayer collection was a gift to the University Libraries in October 2016 from Strayer’s wife, Gailyn. The collection is comprised of jazz arrangements for ensembles of varying size and instrumentation, with many pieces arranged by Strayer himself. There are also a handful of original compositions by Strayer, such as “Jeru Blue” and “KAS’s Blues.” In this collection, there are arrangements for the Polycurrents ensemble; jazz quartet, quintet, and sextet; Kerry Strayer and the New...
Dates: 1943 - 2012
Found in: University of Missouri-Kansas City Special Collections and Archives / Kerry Strayer Collection

Larry Pohlman MMEA Concerts Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0414
Scope and Contents

This collection contains audio recordings of music performances at the Missouri Music Educators Association from 1976 to 1993. Many of the recordings are performed by Missouri high school bands and were directed by Larry Pohlman.

Dates: 1976 - 1993
Found in: University of Missouri-Kansas City Special Collections and Archives / Larry Pohlman MMEA Concerts Collection

LeRoy Pogemiller Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0406
Scope and Contents

The LeRoy Pogemiller Collection was transferred to LaBudde Special Collections from UMKC University Archives. It is in two series, each organized alphabetically by file name. Personal/Professional includes documents from Pogemiller’s personal life and professional career. Gasparini Research includes materials related to Pogemiller’s dissertation and career long involvement with the works of Italian Baroque composer Francesco Gasparini (1661-1727).

Dates: 1956-2008
Found in: University of Missouri-Kansas City Special Collections and Archives / LeRoy Pogemiller Collection

Lewis Roht Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0040
Scope and Contents

Live recordings of performances by Kansas City jazz musicians on cassette tapes.

Dates: 1978 - 1999
Found in: University of Missouri-Kansas City Special Collections and Archives / Lewis Roht Collection

Lotte Lehmann Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0030
Scope and Contents

Contains recordings of opera performances, studio sessions, and interviews of soprano, Lotte Lehmann.

Dates: 1938 - 1960
Found in: University of Missouri-Kansas City Special Collections and Archives / Lotte Lehmann Collection

Louis Katzman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0251
Scope and Contents The Louis Katzman Collection was a gift of Michael M. Katzman in July 2013. Housed in LaBudde Special Collections, the bulk of the manuscript collection consists of sets of band and orchestra parts, mostly for tunes arranged by Katzman. Also present are some pieces of sheet music (individual songs and collections) in which Katzman played a role as composer or arranger, as well as publications including advertising materials, discographies, and periodicals.Housed in...
Dates: 1910 - 2005
Found in: University of Missouri-Kansas City Special Collections and Archives / Louis Katzman Collection

Luyben Music Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0287
Scope and Contents The Luyben Music Collection was donated by Annette Luyben to LaBudde Special Collections in summer 2020. The collection consists of business records, correspondence, publications, events, organizations, resources, awards, memorabilia, and photos relating to Luyben Music, Luyben clarinet ligatures, and members of the family who ran the business. Materials include official documentation on the building for the store, records on interaction with customers, products or merchandise, letters, news...
Dates: 1834 - 2022
Found in: University of Missouri-Kansas City Special Collections and Archives / Luyben Music Collection

MacDowell Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0009
Scope and Contents The MacDowell Collection (formerly MacDowell Colony Collection) was purchased from the artist residency and workshop and is housed in LaBudde Special Collections, UMKC Miller Nichols Library. Broken down into four series, the collection consists of compositions and arrangements by a variety of musical artists. The first series contains manuscript music material arranged by composer/arranger last name. The second series contains material by arranger P. Hans Flath. The third series contains...
Dates: 1845 - 1965
Found in: University of Missouri-Kansas City Special Collections and Archives / MacDowell Collection

Major N. Clark Smith Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0026
Scope and Contents The Major N. Clark Smith Collection was gifted to the University of Missouri-Kansas City by Mrs. Robert Lee Groves on April 25, 1973. Housed in the Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections, the collection consists of original and photocopied manuscript music scores and published sheet music composed and/or arranged by Major N. Clark Smith, including Frederick Douglass Funeral March, O’ Lincoln High, Tuskegee Institute March, and Negro Folk Suite. Also included are titles by...
Dates: 1895 - 1932
Found in: University of Missouri-Kansas City Special Collections and Archives / Major N. Clark Smith Collection

Marciem Bazell Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0273
Scope and Contents The Marciem Bazell Collection was gifted by Bazell’s colleagues in the Conservatory of Music and Dance, University of Missouri-Kansas City, in Spring 2015 with aditional materials gifted in 2021. The bulk of the collection consists of production books from various operas that Bazell directed during her career. Since dates are unclear on many of the items, the operas have been organized in alphabetical order and content is annotated, having been thoughtfully provided by her Conservatory...
Dates: 1991 - 2012
Found in: University of Missouri-Kansas City Special Collections and Archives / Marciem Bazell Collection

Mark Klugman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0029
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of audio recordings of KANU radio broadcasts as well as other nationally broadcast recordings. Some notable broadcasts include Hubert Humphrey in Kansas City, coverage of events held at UMKC, and interviews with Frank Lloyd Wright, Gertrude Stein, Ed Dorn, Adela Rogers St. Johns, Louise Nevelson, Mary Churchill, Bernard Lovell, and Mary McCarthy.

Dates: 1938-1977
Found in: University of Missouri-Kansas City Special Collections and Archives / Mark Klugman Collection

Marr Sound Archives Audiovisual Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0066
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of many recordings that were accumulated since the founding of the Marr Sound Archives but the provenance and/or donors are unknown. There is limited information about the recordings in this collection. Much of the collection are lacquer discs of various music performances and home recordings. The collection also holds various test pressings, open reel tapes, cassettes, CD-Rs, and films.

Dates: 1912 - 2007
Found in: University of Missouri-Kansas City Special Collections and Archives / Marr Sound Archives Audiovisual Collection

McLean Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0151
Scope and Contents The McLean Family Collection was acquired in April 2009 as a gift from Martha McLean Simpson, daughter of Minnie and Lawrence McLean. The collection contains both personal information about the McLean Family as well as material relating to the McLean Band Shop in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The band shop was patronized by many local and well-known visiting musicians. There are photographs of such celebrities as Benny Goodman, Tex Beneke and Sammy Kaye. Hal McLean, Lawrence McLean’s older...
Dates: 1855 - 1949
Found in: University of Missouri-Kansas City Special Collections and Archives / McLean Family Collection

Mel Lewis Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0008
Scope and Contents The Mel Lewis Collection was donated to the Miller Nichols Library at the University of Missouri-Kansas City by Doris Sokoloff in 1996. The collection consists of material related to Lewis’ life and career and dates from the 1940s to the 1990s.Housed in LaBudde Special Collections, the manuscript materials include biographical information, correspondence, business records, programs, datebooks, publications, clippings, awards, music scores, miscellaneous ephemera and memorabilia,...
Dates: 1940 - 1996
Found in: University of Missouri-Kansas City Special Collections and Archives / Mel Lewis Collection

Michael C. O'Laughlin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0132
Scope and Contents The Michael O'Laughlin Collection was a gift of O'Laughlin in July 2020. It consists of book reviews, correspondence, presentation notes and research, Irish Roots Café website and podcast viewership statistics, summaries and outlines of future podcast episodes, song lyrics, publications, O’Lochlainns Personal Journal of Irish Families, photographs, sheet music, and audio and video that O’Laughlin created and collected related to Irish music, genealogy, and Kansas City and Midwest cultural...
Dates: 1881 - 2020
Found in: University of Missouri-Kansas City Special Collections and Archives / Michael C. O'Laughlin Collection

Michael Johnston Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0023
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of recordings by Kansas City area musician and songwriter, Michael Johnston. Included are audiotapes of original songs and radio spots from 1970s to 1980s.

Dates: 1972 - 1989
Found in: University of Missouri-Kansas City Special Collections and Archives / Michael Johnston Collection

Michelle Boulé Bad Music Hour Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0408
Scope and Contents

Contains recordings of the radio program "Bad Music Hour," hosted by Michelle Boulé on KCUR-FM, 1992-1996.

Dates: 1992-1995
Found in: University of Missouri-Kansas City Special Collections and Archives / Michelle Boulé Bad Music Hour Collection

Mike Adams Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0415
Scope and Contents

The audiovisual materials in this collection consists of many live recordings of renown jazz musicians playing in the Kansas City area and surrounding region, including Jay McShann, Pat Metheney, Clark Terry, Zoot Simms, Woody Herman, Barney Kessel, and Ella Fitzgerald, among other legends. The collection also consists of jazz festival recordings, including the Mid-America Jazz Festival, Wichita Jazz Festival, Jazz Olympics, and the Kansas City Women's Jazz Festival.

Dates: 1962 - 2004
Found in: University of Missouri-Kansas City Special Collections and Archives / Mike Adams Collection

Music Library Association Midwest Chapter Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0288
Scope and Contents The Music Library Association-Midwest Chapter Collection was gifted by the organization to LaBudde Special Collections in early 2016 with additional materials gifts in 2018. Thecollection includes organizational materials such as officer and board member files, committee papers, and meeting materials; correspondence from various members on MLA business; issues of MLA’snewsletter The Notebook; miscellaneous resources, guides and publicity; anda small amount of photographs from two MLA...
Dates: 1940 - 2013
Found in: University of Missouri-Kansas City Special Collections and Archives / Music Library Association Midwest Chapter Collection

Mutual Musicians Foundation Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0095
Scope and Contents Original Project Images: Photo Thumbnails (Wall Photos and Individual Prints #1-181) (PDF) Original Project Images: Photo Descriptions (Wall and #1-181) (PDF) ...
Dates: 1920s - 2000s
Found in: University of Missouri-Kansas City Special Collections and Archives / Mutual Musicians Foundation Photograph Collection

Norman Saks Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0255
Scope and Contents The Norman Saks Collection was donated by Saks to LaBudde Special Collections in the summer of 2014. The expansive nature of this collection is a reflection of Mr. Saks’ dedication to all aspects of Jazz music. A series of personal documents feature Saks ’correspondences as well as research materialsspecifically related to jazz artists, including: newspaper clippings, interviews, and artist contracts. Includedwith this series is a copy of The Charlie Parker Discography, completed by Saks,...
Dates: 1904 - 2013
Found in: University of Missouri-Kansas City Special Collections and Archives / Norman Saks Collection

O. T. Honey National Guard Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0063
Scope and Contents

The content is from 1940-1952 and includes presidential addresses by Harry S Truman and F.D.R. as well as recordings of the 140th Infantry Band conducted by Lt. O.T. Honey. The paper materials of this collection are housed at the Missouri State Archives as the O.T. Honey National Guard Collection (MS172).

Dates: 1941 - 1952
Found in: University of Missouri-Kansas City Special Collections and Archives / O. T. Honey National Guard Collection

Olin James Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0100
Scope and Contents

The collection consist of audio recordings of classical music, swing music, home recordings, and Army calls.

Dates: 1939 - 1958
Found in: University of Missouri-Kansas City Special Collections and Archives / Olin James Collection

Parody Hall Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0190
Scope and Contents The Parody Hall Collection was a gift of David Sanger in February 2011. Contained in the collection is a wide assortment of promotional materials for events and concerts at Parody Hall, including flyers, posters and photographs of bands and other musical artists. A financial ledger chronicling the profits of Parody Hall concerts from 1982-1985 offers an interesting glimpse into the daily business of a performance venue. Posters and calendars, ranging from 1981-1988, paint a representative...
Dates: 1980 - 1988
Found in: University of Missouri-Kansas City Special Collections and Archives / Parody Hall Collection

Paul Creston Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0003
Scope and Contents The Paul Creston Collection was donated to the University of Missouri-Kansas City by his wife, Louise Creston, in 1987. Organized into 18 series that occupy nearly 100 boxes, the manuscript collection is housed in LaBudde Special Collections and consists of published and unpublished scores; music and non-music related writings, including correspondence, diaries, and notebooks; reviews and concert programs; awards and honors; scrapbooks, photographs and other miscellaneous items. The earliest...
Dates: 1943 - 1986
Found in: University of Missouri-Kansas City Special Collections and Archives / Paul Creston Collection

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