Guide to the Chic McFarlan territory dance bands scrapbooks PA Mss 230
Finding aid prepared by Zachary Liebhaber, 2021.
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
special@library.ucsb.edu
2021 September 27
Title: Chic McFarlan territory dance bands scrapbooks
Identifier/Call Number: PA Mss 230
Language of Material:
English.
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear Feet
(1 flat oversize box)
Date (inclusive): 1936-1949
Abstract: A pair of disbound scrapbooks containing eighty-one pasted and laid in ephemeral items, photographs, negatives, postcards,
brochures and city guides. All of the material relates to swing bands (territory dance bands) directed by Chic McFarlan in
Omaha, Nebraska, and Kansas City, Missouri, between 1936 and 1949.
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
The collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish
or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained
[Identification of Item], Chic McFarlan territory dance bands scrapbooks, PA Mss 230. Department of Special Research Collections,
UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
A pair of disbound scrapbooks containing eighty-one pasted and laid in ephemeral items, photographs, negatives, postcards,
brochures and city nightlife guides. All of the material relates to swing bands (territory dance bands) directed by Chic McFarlan
in Omaha, Nebraska, and Kansas City, Missouri, between 1936 and 1949. Includes items related to his 1930s ensemble "Chic McFarlan
and his Collegians" based in Omaha, as well as many items related to "Chic McFarlan's Orchestra" and "Chic McFarlan's Band"
based in Kansas City in the 1940s.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Dance orchestra music
Big band music
Brochures
Ephemera (general object genre)
Negatives (photographs)
Photographs
Postcards
Scrapbooks
McFarlan, Chic (Charles William), 1913-1988 -- Archives
flat-box 1
Disbound scrapbook pages