Finding aids describe the contents of individual archival collections of the Library of Congress. This feed identifies both new LC finding aids and those that have undergone substantial revision in the past month. Thu, 21 Nov 2024 12:30:02 -0500 XSLT Processor: SAXON 9.3.0.5 from Saxonica http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsrs/eadmbrs.rs024006 Yearbooks and championship programs of local and international drum corps organizations. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsrs/eadmbrs.rs024006 Finding Aid Recorded Sound Research Center, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 09:55:15 -0500 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000003 Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, author, ethnologist, explorer, geologist, glass manufacturer, and Indian agent; his first wife, Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, the Ojibwe author Bamewawagezhikaquay, which translates in English as "Woman of the Sound the Stars Make Rushing Through the Sky"; and his second wife, Mary Howard Schoolcraft. Correspondence, journals, articles, books, manuscripts of magazines, poetry, speeches, government reports, American Indian vocabularies, maps, drawings, and other papers reflecting Schoolcraft's career as a glass manufacturer, mineralogist on an exploring expedition in the Ozark Mountains, geologist on the Cass expedition to the Northwest Territory, leader of expeditions throughout the Great Lakes region, member of Michigan's legislative council, Indian agent, superintendent of Indian affairs for Michigan, ethnologist, and author of works concerning the Iroquois in New York state and other Native American groups. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000003 Finding Aid Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 09:55:15 -0500 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006034 Poet and writer. Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary drafts, legal documents, photographs, scrapbooks, financial records, theatrical playbills, reports, printed matter, and family papers relating to Millay's life, family, and literary career. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006034 Finding Aid Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 09:55:15 -0500 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms015020 Naturalist, zoologist, and ethnologist. Correspondence, writings, journals, bibliographies, maps, and other papers. Includes journals of scientific expeditions and compilations of North American Indigenous vocabularies, with accompanying large-scale maps showing the distribution of Native American tribes in California and Nevada, as well as notes relating to the Adirondack Mountains and files pertaining to other sites and regions in the United States and abroad. Contains subject material relating to the Bering Sea Tribunal of Arbitration and the Harriman Alaska Expedition. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms015020 Finding Aid Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 09:55:15 -0500 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms024010 Mathematicians. Articles, biographical material, calculations, certificates, correspondence, personnel records, flowcharts, memoranda, newspaper clippings, notes, and photographs in both physical and digital formats relating primarily to the careers of Gladys B. West and Ira V. West as mathematicians at the Dahlgren Naval Proving Ground (now the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division) as well as to their personal lives. Particularly well-documented is Gladys B. West's career and her contributions to the mathematical modeling of the shape of the Earth, later incorporated into the Global Positioning System (GPS). Additional material in physical format includes a dissertation journal, manuals, notebooks, and printed matter. Material in digital format also includes a map. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms024010 Finding Aid Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 09:55:15 -0500 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms024017 Author and journalist. Transcripts, the book Voices of the Second Wave: Chinese Americans in Seattle, and digital files consisting of transcripts, audio recordings, and digitized photographs used while compiling Yang's book on Chinese American immigrants to the United States during the early twentieth century. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms024017 Finding Aid Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 09:55:15 -0500 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms024026 Clergyman and author. Correspondence, a journal, pamphlets, and other material related to Gurley's role as an officer of the American Colonization Society and as an advocate for Black American emigration and colonization of Liberia, predominately his activities prior to the American Civil War. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms024026 Finding Aid Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 09:55:15 -0500 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms024028 Graphic designer and educator. Daybooks, diaries, scrapbooks, books, photographs, catalogs, correspondence, and printed matter in both physical and digital formats primarily related to Miho’s roles as consultant to Champion International Corporation and as an instructor at Innovative Design Labs of Samsung (Samsŏng Chŏnja). http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms024028 Finding Aid Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 09:55:15 -0500 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu012009 Anita O'Day was an American jazz vocalist. The collection primarily consists of manuscript scores, lead sheets, parts, and annotated sheet music for arrangements of popular songs and jazz standards performed by O'Day throughout her career. In addition, it contains a small amount of photographs, correspondence, clippings, scrapbook pages, honors and awards, posters, and publicity materials. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu012009 Finding Aid Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 09:55:15 -0500 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu016007 Max Roach was an American jazz drummer, composer, educator, and activist. The collection includes music manuscripts, writings, correspondence, business papers, photographs, programs, sound recordings, and other materials related to his career. It also contains a variety of materials pertaining to vocalist Abbey Lincoln and countless other jazz artists, including Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, and Charlie Parker. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu016007 Finding Aid Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 09:55:15 -0500 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu018001 Bruce Lundvall was an American record company executive best known for his tenure as president and CEO of Blue Note Records. Lundvall was responsible for the revitalization of the label between 1984 and 2010, and signed many of the brightest stars in jazz and popular music, including Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Norah Jones, Wynton Marsalis, Willie Nelson, Cassandra Wilson, and countless others. The collection includes artist files, correspondence, photographs, promotional materials, and other items related to his career in the record industry. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu018001 Finding Aid Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 09:55:15 -0500 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu018014 Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967) was an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and lyricist. He is prominently known as the leading arranger for the Duke Ellington Orchestra, a position that he held for nearly three decades. The collection chiefly contains scores, sketches, lead sheets, and parts for original compositions and arrangements by Strayhorn and Ellington, as well as business papers, photographs, scripts, and other materials pertaining to Strayhorn's life and the posthumous activities of his estate, Billy Strayhorn Songs, Inc. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu018014 Finding Aid Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 09:55:15 -0500 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu018017 John McGlinn (1953-2009) was an American conductor and musical historian best known for his reconstructions, performances, and recordings of original Broadway orchestrations, including Show Boat and Anything Goes. The collection largely consists of scores and parts for music by Victor Herbert, Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers, Arthur Schwartz, Harry Warren, and other notable Broadway composers. It also contains librettos, programs, writings, and other materials related to McGlinn's life and career. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu018017 Finding Aid Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 09:55:15 -0500 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu019006 Samuel Barber remains one of America’s eminent composers, best known for the "Adagio" from his String Quartet, op. 11 in B minor. He composed large and small-scale works for piano, voice and piano, chorus, and orchestra, as well as three operas. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Barber's compositional style remained decidedly tonal. The collection is comprised of correspondence, music from Barber's personal library, printed music, writings, photographs, awards, programs, and items that belonged to Valentin Herranz, his companion from 1970 until Barber's death in 1981. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu019006 Finding Aid Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 09:55:15 -0500 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu021007 Erick Hawkins (1909-1994) was an American choreographer and dancer and the founder of the Erick Hawkins Dance Company. Lucia Dlugoszewski (1925-2000) was an American avant-garde composer and a frequent collaborator with Hawkins. Hawkins and Dlugoszewski married in 1962. This collection includes choreographic notes and notation, musical scores by Dlugoszewski and others, writings, correspondence, photographs, performance programs, recordings, books, art catalogs, and papers pertaining to the Erick Hawkins Dance Company and Foundation. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu021007 Finding Aid Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 09:55:15 -0500 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu021050 Don Christlieb (1912-2001) was an orchestral bassoonist, chamber musician, and innovative reed maker. He performed on more than 700 movie scores during the "Golden Age of Hollywood" as an employee of movie studios, namely 20th Century Fox. Christlieb was also an artist and photographer who frequently depicted his colleagues in his work. The collection consists of 32 prints made from his original photographs. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu021050 Finding Aid Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 09:55:15 -0500 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu022024 Sammy Nestico (1924-2021) was an American jazz composer, arranger, and conductor. With a career spanning more than eight decades, he published approximately 600 arrangements and original compositions, released twelve solo albums, and conducted or composed for numerous collaborative efforts. This collection primarily consists of printed and copyist scores and parts for his solo albums, jazz ensembles, concert band, chamber ensembles, string orchestra, and chorus. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu022024 Finding Aid Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 09:55:15 -0500 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu024027 Trude Rittmann was a composer and arranger, known particularly for her Broadway and dance arrangements for the American Ballet Caravan and musicals composed by Frederick Loewe and Richard Rodgers. The collection includes correspondence to and from Rittmann, scores of Rittmann's compositions and arrangements, business papers, subject files including Rittmann's writings and reminiscences of productions she worked on, personal papers, photographs, and artwork. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu024027 Finding Aid Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 09:55:15 -0500 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu024028 Milton Ager (1893-1979) was an American arranger and composer of popular songs, primarily in the 1920s and 1930s. His notable compositions include the songs, "Everything Is Peaches Down in Georgia," "Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp of Savannah)," and "Happy Days Are Here Again." The collection chiefly contains scores of Ager's compositions, sketches, and lyrics, as well as a small amount of correspondence. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu024028 Finding Aid Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 09:55:15 -0500 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu024029 John Pierce Langs was an American lawyer and composer who studied under Edward MacDowell in the early twentieth century. The collection documents Langs's composing career through his works for piano solo, chamber ensemble, and songs, as well as his experiences with MacDowell in a series of diaries. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu024029 Finding Aid Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 09:55:15 -0500 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu024030 The composer-lyricist team of Robert Wright and George "Chet" Forrest was active from the 1930s through the 1990s, primarily in the medium of staged musicals, though they also wrote songs for films, club acts, revues, television, and radio. The collection documents their creative output through holograph, manuscript, and printed scores, parts, sketches and lyric sheets as well as a small amount of clippings, contracts, correspondence, notes, programs, schedules, and scripts. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu024030 Finding Aid Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 09:55:15 -0500 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu998001 Leonard Bernstein was an American composer, conductor, writer, lecturer, and pianist. The collection contains correspondence, photographs, writings, personal business papers, the archives from his corporate identity, Amberson Inc., scrapbooks, clippings and press materials, programs, datebooks and schedules, iconography, address books, and fan mail. In addition, it contains music manuscripts for many of his compositions, including The Age of Anxiety (Symphony no. 2); Candide; Chichester Psalms; Fancy Free; Jeremiah (Symphony no. 1); On the Waterfront; Prelude, Fugue and Riffs; Serenade after Plato's "Symposium"; Trouble in Tahiti; West Side Story; and Wonderful Town. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu998001 Finding Aid Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 09:55:15 -0500