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Department of Special Collections

Performing Arts Collection-
Donation Information and Recent Additions.

Special Collections is actively seeking collections that enhance the curriculum of the University and complement the Library's current holdings in the performing arts. Areas of general interest include historic sound recordings and manuscript collections relating to music, the theater, dance, the circus and film and television. Of particular interest are 78rpm ethnic recordings, European recordings of vocal music, cylinders, materials relating to California and Santa Barbara performing arts, film music, and sound recording catalogs from all eras. We also seek to cooperate with other institutions that may be more appropriate homes for a particular collection. We cannot purchase or appraise collections. Contact the archivist if you know of materials that might fit into the scope of our collections.

Below are listed some recent additions to the Performing Arts Collections. Collections of commercial sound recordings are not listed, but are being cataloged on an ongoing basis. Contact the archivist to use any of these materials or if you are interested in donating materials. Advance notice may be required to use audio and video materials or unprocessed collections.

  • Film festival programs collection. (PA Mss 69). Collection of programs from film festivals around the world, 1980s and 1990s.
  • John and Anna Gillespie research files for Notable twentieth-century pianists, 1900-1995 (PA Mss 68). Authors' research files for biographical sourcebook on pianists.
  • California circus photographs, 1950s. (PA Mss 67). Photographs of California circuses in the early 1950s, including Clyde Beatty Circus.
  • Geiringer (Karl) Papers. (Fac Pap 46) Papers of Austrian musicologist and UCSB faculty member Karl Geiringer.
  • Bust of Dame Judith Anderson by Richmond Barthé. (PA SC 18)
  • Richard F. Bungay Collection (PA2007-05) Collection of 9,000 78rpm recordings that belonged to Mr. Bungay, the National Classical Promotions Manager for London Records in New York.
  • British manuals and guides to magic tricks, conjuring, illusions, and prestidigitation. (PA Mss 66). Early 20th century British pamphlets and ephemeral guides to magic of a practical nature.
  • Music Academy of the West Recordings (PA Mss 65). Recordings of Music Academy of the West concerts, 1960-2001.
  • Warren (Leonard) Collection (PA Mss 64) Papers and recordings of noted operatic baritone Leonard Warren.
  • Baker (Darrell) Harry Lauder Collection. (PA Mss 63) Collection of recordings, books, photographs and emphemera related to Scottish performer Sir Harry Lauder.
  • Live Oak Festival Recordings (PA Mss 62) Aircheck recordings of aKORN radio from the 2002 and 2003 Live Oak Festivals.
  • Little Performers Collection (PA Mss 61) Collection of photographs, cartes-de-visite, and souvenir circus programs relating to little people performers in late 19th and early 20th century circus and vaudeville.
  • Film Scripts Collection (PA Mss 60) Collection of screenplays from major and independent films, 1959-2003 (bulk 1989-2003).
  • Playman (Gordon) Papers (PA Mss 59) Papers of composer Gordon Playman, including manuscript scores and recordings.
  • Lemack (Brad) Collection (PA Mss 58) Collection of publicity materials from shows produced by Embassy Television and Tandem/T.A.T.
  • Moran (William R.) Collection (PA Mss 57) Papers and collection of author and discogrpher William R. Moran.
  • Santa Barbara Civic Light Opera Records (PA Mss 56) Records of Santa Barbara musical theater company.
  • Eichheim (Henry) Papers (PA Mss 52) Papers of composer and organologist.
  • Goldshlak (Leon A.) Gilbert & Sullivan Collection. (PA Mss 51) Extensive collection of books, recordings and memorabilia related to Gilbert & Sullivan, donated by Barry Kasdan.
  • Pedroza (Alma and Alfonse) Recordings. (PA Mss 50). Acetate recordings of opera singers Alma and Alfonse Pedroza.
  • Rae (Dorothy) Collection. (PA Mss 49). Photos of vaudeville performer Dorothy Rae.
  • Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara records. (PA Mss 47). Records of local theater company.
  • Couper (Mildred) Papers. (PA Mss 45). Papers and musical manuscripts of composer Mildred Couper including her quarter tone piano compositions.
  • Specht (Margaret) Correspondence (PA Mss 44). Correspondence between Specht and Lotte Lehmann.
  • Wallsten (Robert) Papers. (PA Mss 43). Papers of New York actor and writer including correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks and literary manuscripts. Wallsten co-wrote the autobiography of Dame Judith Anderson.
  • Arabic wax cylinders. (PA Mss 42). Collection of 21 brown wax cylinders recorded in Damascus, Syria ca. 1900. The cylinders are male vocals with instrumental (oud) accompaniment.
  • Diemer (Emma Lou) Papers. (PA Mss 41). Papers of composer and UCSB faculty member Emma Lou Diemer. The collection includes her manuscript scores, business correspondence and royalty statements, programs, review and clippings.
  • Geiringer (Bernice) Papers. (PA Mss 40). Personal papers of pianist and philanthropist Bernice Geiringer, second wife of musicologist Karl Geiringer. The collection contains correspondence, files related to her philanthropic activity with the Music Academy of the West, Hadassah and The Santa Barbara Music Clubs. Geiringer (then Bernice Abrahms) also studied composition with Arnold Schoenberg in the 1930s and her notebooks from these courses are also in the collection.
  • Betsy Brown Puppetry Collection. (PA Mss 38). Collection of programs, newletters, clippings and other material related to puppetry, including the puppet theater of Europe and Asia.
  • Alexander (John) collection. (PA 2001-006). Collection of Dame Judith Anderson's memorabilia. Collection inludes her unpublished autobiography dictated to Robert Wallsten, letters, photographs, clippings and scripts.
  • Lucas (Johnny) Sound Recording Collection. (PA 2001-001). Collection of jazz 78s of dixieland trumpeter Johnny Lucas, including unreleased acetate recordings. The collection is currently being cataloged in Pegasus.
  • Florey (Robert) Sound Recording Collection. (PA 2001-001). Film director Robert Florey's collection of early French 78 rpm recordings have been added to the Department of Special Collections. The collection includes many French popular recordings from 1900-1940 including recordings by Dramen, Polin, Felix Mayol, Mistinguett, Charlus, Berard and Chevallier among others. The collection is currently being cataloged in Pegasus.
  • Hilly (John) Collection. (PA 2000-017). Recordings of several radio shows guest starring John Hilly, an Assistant US Attorney for the Southern District of New York. The collection includes one episode of Hi Jinx and seven of the show Gangbusters. Most of the shows are about prosecuting mobsters and bootleggers. Discs are cataloged in Pegasus. Search under Hilly, John, C.
  • Moran (William) Collection. (PA 2000-014). About 3,000 of the discs in author and discographer William R. Moran's collection of vocal 78 rpm recordings have been donated to the UCSB Archive of Recorded Vocal Music. The bulk of Mr. Moran's collection will eventually be housed at the Stanford University Archive of Recorded Sound.Discs are currently being cataloged in Pegasus.
  • Brahms (Johannes). Sieben Lieder, Op 62, no 1-4, Autograph Ms. (PA Mss 33). Scans of Brahms' autograph manuscript to his Op. 62 songs are now available on the Internet.
  • Kingsbaker/Moeller/Bang Collection. (PA 2000-003). The KMB collection contains approximately 3,000 Jazz and dance orchestra 78s and LPs and a large number of trade catalogs relating to Jazz and popular music. The collection is currently being cataloged through an LSTA grant and catalog records are in Pegasus.
  • Clovis (Hall) Papers. (PA Mss 30). Hall Clovis, along with Eleanor Steele, performed as the vocal duo Clovis-Steele and concertized in the 1930s. Included in the collection are manuscripts of music composed for them by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Darius Milhaud, Jeno Takacs, Katherine Ruth Heyman, Harry Thacker (H.T.) Burleigh as well as manuscripts of arrangements and other original compositions. Also included are copies of their recordings, programs, clippings and photos. An inventory and listening copies are in preparation.
For further information or assistance in locating research materials contact the archivist:

David Seubert, Curator
Performing Arts Collection
Davidson Library
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010
(805) 893-5444
Email: David Seubert

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