Finding aid of the Susan Matheson Collection On Iola
Brubeck, 1995-2002
Processed by Melissa Lehn
Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
University of the Pacific Library
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Stockton, CA 95211
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University of the Pacific. All rights reserved.
Finding aid of the Susan Matheson Collection On Iola Brubeck,
1995-2002
Collection number: MSS 315
Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
University
of the Pacific Library
Stockton, California
- Processed by:
- Processed by Melissa Lehn
- Date Completed:
- 2007
- Encoded by:
- Michael Wurtz
© 2008 University of the Pacific. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Susan Matheson collection on Iola Brubeck,
1995-2002
Dates: 1995-2002
Collection number: MSS 315
Collector:
Matheson, Susan Childs
Creator:
Brubeck, Iola
Collection Size: .75 feet
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Dept. of
Special Collections
Stockton, California 95211
Abstract: This collection consists mainly of recorded
interviews and transcripts conducted from 1995 to 1999 with various musicians
and individuals involved with the Brubecks.
Physical location: For current information on the location
of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Languages: Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
Collection open for research.
Publication Rights
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as
the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the
researcher.
Preferred Citation
Susan Matheson collection on Iola Brubeck, 1995-2002. MSS 315.
Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific
Library.
Biography / Administrative History
Susan Matheson was a graduate student at Stanford University who studied
Iola Brubeck as the subject of her Master's thesis. The thesis, In the Stream
of Time: Iola Brubeck's Contribution to Jazz, is about Iola Brubeck's influence
on her husband Dave Brubeck's career and the genre of jazz.
Iola Whitlock married Dave Brubeck on September 21, 1942 and in doing so
began an important partnership in both her personal life and the genre of jazz.
Iola Brubeck served as manager to Dave Brubeck and is credited with being the
driving force in bringing jazz concerts to colleges. Iola is also recognized as
a librettist and lyricist who contributed to such Dave Brubeck works as The
Real Ambassadors, The Light in the Wilderness, The Gates of Justice, and Truth
is Fallen.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection consists mainly of recorded interviews and transcripts
conducted from 1995 to 1999 with various musicians and individuals involved
with the Brubecks from both a musical and business perspective. Correspondence
between Susan Matheson and Iola Brubeck as well as Susan Matheson and others is
also included. A partial list of lyrics written by Iola Brubeck can be found in
this collection in addition to a CD-Rom that holds the thesis, transcripts,
e-mails, and faxes.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Brubeck, Iola
Brubeck, Dave
Librettists - Biography
Jazz
Related Material
folder 1.1
Correspondence- Susan Matheson and Iola Brubeck
(12/1998-3/2000)
folder 1.2
Correspondence- Susan Matheson and Others
(1997-2002)
folder 1.3
Interview Transcript, Susan Matheson with Iola and Dave
Brubeck (8/1997)
folder 1.4
Interview Transcript, Susan Matheson with Iola Brubeck
(8/1997)
folder 1.5
Interview Transcript, Susan Matheson with Iola and Dave
Brubeck (8/13/1995)
folder 1.6
Interview Transcript, Susan Matheson with Jacquelyn Balish
(6/30/1997)
folder 1.7
Interview Transcript, Susan Matheson with James Bancroft
(6/17/1998)
folder 1.8
Transcript, Susan Matheson with Margaret Branson
(7/1998)
folder 1.9
Interview Transcript, Tish Brubeck with Chris Brubeck
(11/1998)
folder 1.10
Interview Transcript, Susan Matheson with Darius Brubeck
(1/16/1998)
folder 1.11
Interview Transcript, Susan Matheson with Ernest Farmer
(2/11/1999)
folder 1.12
Interview Transcript, Susan Matheson with Russell Gloyd
(10/10/1998)
folder 1.13
Interview Transcript, Susan Matheson with Fred Hall
(9/7/1998)
folder 1.14
Interview Transcript, Susan Matheson with Don Jaeger
(2/14/1999)
folder 1.15
Interview Transcript, Susan Matheson with Richard Jeweler
(11/13/1997)
folder 1.16
Interview Transcript, Susan Matheson with Gene Lees
(6/23/1998)
folder 1.17
Interview Transcript, Susan Matheson with Rabbi Charles
Mintz (2/10/1999)
folder 1.18
Interview Transcript, Susan Matheson with Frank Modica
(10/22/1998)
folder 1.19
Interview Transcript, Susan Matheson with George Moore
(8/13/1997)
folder 1.20
Interview Transcript, Susan Matheson with Barbara Roessner
(1/16/1999)
folder 1.21
Interview Transcript, Susan Matheson with Grover Sales
(5/11/1998)
folder 1.22
Interview Transcript, Susan Matheson with Jack Six
(10/22/1998)
folder 1.23
Interview Transcript, Susan Matheson with Floyd
Slotterback (2/12/1999)
folder 1.24
Transcript, Susan Matheson with Bill Smith
(10/8/1998)
folder 1.25
Interview Transcript, Susan Matheson with Pearl Steiner
West (10/8/1998)
folder 1.26
Interview Transcript, Susan Matheson with Eugene Wright
(1/9/1998)
folder 1.27
Interview Transcript, NPR Jazz Profiles- Dave Brubeck
(1996)
folder 1.28
Partial List of Lyrics by Iola Brubeck
Audio Tapes of Interviews
CD-Rom with thesis, transcripts, e-mails, and
faxes
