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Scope and Content Note
The Harry Chapin Collection spans from about the 1960s to 2008, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1973 to 1990. The documents primarily consist of materials Peter Coan used to write Chapin's biography, Taxi: The Harry Chapin Story, including transcriptions of Coan’s interviews, clippings, articles, scrapbooks, and photographs relating to Chapin’s life and career. Published copies of the biography are also included. The collection also contains several of Chapin's lyric notebooks, as well as correspondence and a film script.