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1. Henry Mancini papers, 1930s-2000s

   approximately 206,000 items. 940 containers. 393 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Henry Mancini (1924-1994) was an award-winning American composer of music for film, television, and commercial recordings. Throughout his career, he amassed four Academy Awards, twenty Grammy awards, one Golden Globe Award, and two Emmy Award nominations in addition to many other accolades. Mancini was a prolific conductor who collaborated often with prominent directors, performers, arrangers, and lyricists. The Henry Mancini Papers contain original scores and printed music for his films, television shows, recordings, and concert music. Other materials include project files, business papers, photographs, correspondence, scripts, writings, programs, promotional materials, scrapbooks, clippings, biographical materials, and other items that document his life and career.

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2. Jessye Norman papers, 1881-2020

   approximately 67,000 items. 296 containers. 106 linear feet. 199 digital files (269.3 MB). -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Jessye Norman (1945-2019) was an internationally recognized American soprano. An alumna of Howard University and the University of Michigan, Norman rose to fame after winning the 1968 ARD International Competition in Munich. She specialized in repertoire by late Romantic composers, garnering critical praise for her roles in Wagnerian operas as well as recitals featuring traditional African American spirituals and songs by Francis Poulenc, Gustav Mahler, Hall Johnson, and Richard Strauss. The Jessye Norman Papers contain correspondence from her managers and assistants, business papers, awards, annotated music, photographs, interviews, and clippings that document her career and philanthropic activities.

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3. William Cosel papers, 1961-2000

   approximately 100 items. 3 containers. 2 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Television producer and executive director William Cosel produced Evening at Pops featuring the Boston Pops orchestra on public television station WGBH from 1970 to 2004. The collection contains photographs of performers who appeared on Evening at Pops, as well as production and publicity materials related to the series.

4. Irwin Bazelon papers, 1913-2009

   approximately 2,500 items. 39 containers. 17.75 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Irwin "Bud" Bazelon (1922-1995) was an American composer of both concert and film music, as well as a conductor and author. His compositional output includes symphonies, chamber music, music for documentaries and television commercials, and other works. His Knowing the Score: Notes on Film Music, first published in 1975, was one of the early scholarly texts on film music. The collection consists of Bazelon's music, writings (especially pertaining to Knowing the Score), correspondence, business papers, programs and promotional materials, and clippings.

5. John Sharp Williams papers, 1902-1924

   36,000 items. 120 containers. 91 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   United States representative and senator, lawyer, and planter from Mississippi. Correspondence, biographical and genealogical material, newspaper clippings, printed material, and other papers documenting Williams's Congressional service. Pertains primarily to politics in Mississippi and the nation during the presidential administrations of Woodrow Wilson and Warren G. Harding.

6. George Sutherland papers, 1850-1944

   4,500 items. 11 containers. 4.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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   Lawyer, United States senator from Utah, and associate justice of the Supreme Court. Correspondence, diaries, speeches, biographical material, newspaper clippings, memoranda, legal briefs, and printed Supreme Court opinions by Sutherland.

7. Woodrow Wilson papers, 1786-1957

   278,700 items. 1,345 containers plus 52 oversize. 600 linear feet. 540 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Lawyer, author, educator, president of Princeton University, governor of New Jersey, and president of the United States. Personal, family, and official correspondence, drafts and proofs of books, articles, speeches, academic lectures, scrapbooks, shorthand notes, and memorabilla relating chiefly to Wilson's presidental administrations.

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