LaBudde Special Collections Dept. | Collections: Music: Classical/Popular

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American Composers Collection
Material related to over 50 composers, including manuscript music scores, programs, correspondence, news clippings, and other items

Amy Cheney Beach Collection
Foremost American composer of the Romantic period and virtuoso concert pianist, 1867-1944

Allan Bell Collection
Kansas City music and theatrical promoter, and owner of booking/management agency America's Best Attractions, 1960s-1970s

Walter Brenner Collection
South African-born composer; studied, composed and worked in Germany and United States, 1906-1969

Fred Calland Collection
Ohio-born radio broadcaster/producer, record collector, educator, and noted opera expert, 1923-1999

Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection
Owner/operator of KMBC radio and television stations in Kansas City, and creative force behind several syndicated radio shows, 1920s-1950s

Paul Creston Collection
Prolific American composer, pianist and organist, 1906-1985

Vic Damon Collection
Recording engineer and owner of Damon Recording Studios in Kansas City, 1933-1973

Theodore (Ted) Dreher Collection
Composer, musician and writer based in Kansas City, 1912-1996

Warren Durrett Collection
Big band leader, composer and multi-instrumentalist based in Kansas City, 1920-2002

Grand Emporium Collection
Assorted material, rich in poster art and photos, documenting venerable Kansas City nightclub from 1985-2004, plus some of co-owner Roger Naber's other promotional endeavors before and during that time

William Henry Humiston Collection
Ohio-born composer, music critic and editor, and early member of the MacDowell Colony, 1869-1923

Eunice Lea Kettering Collection
Ohio-born composer and educator, 1906-2000

A. W. Perry's Sons Collection
Music publishing firm in Sedalia, Missouri, 1870s-1960s

Raymond Scott Collection
Pianist, band leader and composer of jazz and popular music, and pioneer in electronic music, 1908-1994

Sheet Music Collection
Tens of thousands of commercially published titles covering a variety of musical styles, visual artistry, and thematic subjects; included are the Popular American, World War I & II, Kansas City imprints, Missouri & Kansas imprints, Classical & Sacred, and American Dance Band Music collections, 1800s-1900s

George Elliott Simpson Collection
Composer, arranger, performer and music educator, 1876-1958

Charles Sanford Skilton Collection
Composer and music educator, who later worked in Lawrence, Kansas, at the University of Kansas and Haskell Institute (now University), the latter at which he became acquainted with Native American tribal melodies, 1868-1941

Major N. Clark Smith Collection
Kansas-born composer, music director and educator, including a position from 1915-1922 at Lincoln High School in Kansas City, 1877-1935

Don Tiff Collection
Pianist, composer, arranger and band leader, as well as musical director of the Orpheum Theatre in Kansas City, 1910-1998

Trumbauer Collection
Material related to the Trumbauer family of musicians, principally jazz saxophonist Frank (1901-1956) and his son, trumpeter and UMKC educator Bill, Sr.

Dr. Vincent T. Williams Collection
Missouri-born physician, music composer and scholar, 1903-1968