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Gus Kahn musical compositions and papers
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Series 1. Musical compositions. 1913-1945.

Scope and Content

Contains manuscript, printed, and published songs and song lyrics.
Box 2, Folders 1-4

Gus Kahn compositions. 1913-1951.

Box 2, Folder 5

Gus Kahn film music. 1933-1936.

Scope and Content

Includes music for Great Day (unrealized), Reunion in Vienna (1933), Storm at Daybreak (1933), Maytime (1937), and unidentified films; lyrics for Spring Parade (1940).
Box 3, Folders 1-5

Grace LeBoy Kahn compositions. 1937-1964.

Box 3, Folder 6

Walter Donaldson compositions. 1931-1932.

Boxes 4-6

Lyrics. 1921-1936.

Scope and Content

Notebooks and loose pages with lyrics by Gus Kahn.
 

Series 2. Sound recordings. 1936-1942.

Scope and Content

Contains 7" and 10" disc recordings, mostly transcription discs.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Use of audio material requires production of listening copies.
Box 1

Always Be a Good Boy. undated.

Box 1

Baby Feet Go Pitter Patter. undated.

Box 1

Ballad in C / Ballad in D (Jimmy McHugh). undated.

Box 1

Blue Lovebird - Alice Faye from Lillian Russell (1940) [2 copies]. undated.

Box 1

Cry - Grace Kahn with Don Kahn and His Woodwinds [2 copies]. 1942.

Box 1

Day Dreaming - Guy Lombardo (Jerome Kern). 1941.

Box 1

Day Dreaming - Glenn Miller. 1941.

Box 1

Day Dreaming - Alan Holt / Jimmy Shields. 1941.

Box 1

Day Dreaming - Jimmy Shields. 1941.

Box 1

Gone With the Wind - Grace LeBoy Kahn. 1936.

Box 1

I Want You to Know - Benny Meroff's Orchestra / Donald Kahn. 1938.

Box 1

I'll See You in My Dreams. undated.

Box 1

It's About Time - Margaret Lake / Serenade - Spencer-Hagen Orchestra. undated.

Box 1

Kol Nidre - Al Jolson from Hollywood Cavalcade (1939). undated.

Box 1

Louella Parsons-Jimmy McHugh interview / I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Ames Brothers; I'm in the Mood for Love - Eddie Fisher; I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me - Ames Brothers; Cuban Love Song - Gordon MacRae [2 copies]. undated.

Box 1

Silver Lady. undated.

Box 1

Symphony no. 41 in C Major - Winterthur Symphony Orchestra, Otto Ackerman (Mozart).

Box 1

The Waltz You Saved for Me - Al Goodman (Gus Kahn, Flindt, King) / Let Me Call You Sweetheart - Al Goodman (Whitson, Friedman). undated.

Box 1

Unidentified. undated.

 

Series 3. Correspondence. 1933-1941.

Scope and Content

The bulk of correspondence consists of cards and letters of condolence sent to the family after Gus Kahn's death.
Box 6, Folder 3

General correspondence. 1933-1941.

Scope and Content

Includes two letters from Charles N. Daniels (Neil Moret) enclosing music.
Box 6, Folder 4

Condolences - notable personages. 1941.

Scope and Contents note

Includes Hazel and Harry Beaumont, Sam Bischoff, Sally Eilers and Harry Joe Brown, Edward Buzzell, Ida and Eddie Cantor, Dorothy and Oscar Hammerstein II, Groucho Marx, Samuel Marx, Lillian and Sigmund Romberg, Ann Ronell.
Box 6, Folders 5-7, Box 7, Folders 1-3

Condolences. 1941.

 

Series 4. Personal papers. 1915-1955.

Box 7, Folder 4

Lists of songs by Gus Kahn. 1942-1955.

Box 7, Folder 5

Notebooks. 1915-1938.

Scope and Contents note

Includes potential song titles.
Box 8, Folder 1

Writings by Gus Kahn. undated.

Scope and Contents note

Contains: partial film treatment "The Old Maestro"; satirical essay "Lo, the Poor Lyric Writer."
Box 8, Folder 2

Writings by others. 1924.

Scope and Content

Contains: "Elmer's Story" by Benny Rubin; "The Girl from Kelly's" by Dan Kusell.
Box 8, Folder 3

Financial. 1930-1939.

Scope and Contents note

Contains notebooks with lists of income and expenses.
Box 8, Folder 4

Record library. undated.

Scope and Contents note

Contains notebook with alphabetized list of records presumably owned by Gus Kahn.
Box 8, Folder 5

Drawing of Winston Churchill. undated.

Box 8, Folder 6

Artifacts. 1942-1945.

Scope and Content

Includes coin commemorating the centenary of the New York Philharmonic; souvenir coin from Mt. Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles; keys; coins; a cross.