Jerome Kern collection, 1905-1951

Collection Summary

Title	Jerome Kern collection, 1905-1951
Span Dates	1905-1951
Call No.	ML31.K4
Creator	Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945
Extent	approximately 7,470 items
Extent	102 boxes
Extent	45 linear feet
Language	Collection material in English
Location	Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002004
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/95702650
Summary	The collection consists primarily of Kern's show music and holograph sketches, most of which are manuscript full and vocal scores of Kern's orchestrators and arrangers, especially Frank Saddler and Robert Russell Bennett. Film and other music is also represented, as well as a small amount of correspondence.