Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine collection, 1913-1992 |
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Span Dates | 1918-1992 |
Bulk Dates | 1946-1988 |
Call No. | ML31.K397 |
Creator | Kaye, Danny |
Creator | Fine, Sylvia |
Extent | approximately 89,161 items |
Extent | 794 containers |
Extent | 4 mapcase folders |
Extent | 257.75 linear feet |
Language | Collection material chiefly in English; some materials in Hebrew, Danish, and Swedish |
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.mu012007 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2006560770 |
Summary | Danny Kaye (1911-1987) was an American actor, singer, dancer, comedian, and humanitarian. His wife, Sylvia Fine (1913-1991), was an American lyricist, composer, writer, lecturer, and producer. The collection, which documents their lives and careers, contains printed and manuscript music, scripts, correspondence, business and financial papers, promotional and publicity materials, speeches, oral history transcripts, photographs, scrapbooks, programs, posters, honors, and realia. |
Online Content | Selected materials from the Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Collection are available on the Library of Congress website at https://www.loc.gov/collections/danny-kaye-and-sylvia-fine/about-this-collection/. |