Scope and Content Note
The Scripts series includes a treatment, draft scripts, the final screenplay with revisions, and continuity scripts. Several drafts bear the earlier working title, Moonlight Serenade.
The Business Papers series is organized in two subseries, Production Reports and Correspondence. Production Reports consist of daily filming schedules, call sheets, location lists, and other logistical documents used in the day-to-day production of the film. Correspondence contains letters from production staff, Universal Pictures executives, and military officials on the logistics of the film.
The Promotional Materials series consists of film posters and marketing materials, such as ad mock-ups and an informational brochure. Also included are invites to the official press premiere of the film.
The Photographs series contains photographs of Glenn Miller alone, Miller with the Army Air Force Band or the Glenn Miller Orchestra, and numerous film stills from The Glenn Miller Story.
The Music series contains piano-conductor scores for ten songs used in the film. The titles included were popular repertoire numbers for the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Also present is a manuscript score for an arrangement of "Moonlight Serenade" by Ralph Wilkinson and the original parts used for the song by the Glenn Miller Orchestra under the direction of Tex Beneke.
The Diary series consists of a war-time diary that details the day-to-day work of Major Glenn Miller and the Army Air Force Band, from their deployment in June of 1944 until August of 1945. The diary was written and compiled by Captain Don Haynes and is a typed production copy used for the film.