Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Joseph Mullendore music manuscripts
- Dates:
- circa 1930s - 1960s
- Creators:
- Mullendore, Joseph
- Abstract:
- Collection consists of assorted music manuscripts related to the career of music composer Joseph Mullendore.
- Extent:
- 2 linear feet (5 flat boxes)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Joseph Mullendore music manuscripts (Collection Number 2243). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of assorted music manuscripts related to the career of music composer Joseph Mullendore and a small amount of published sheet music written by others. Included are materials representing the television programs The Dick Powell Show and Zane Grey Theater, a small amount of printed sheet music featuring Sid Robin, and scores by Mullendore and others.
- Biographical / historical:
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Joseph Milton Mullendore Jr. was born in Philadelphia, PA on October 21, 1914. He was educated at Philadelphia Conservatory. He began his career in film and television as an arranger, often scoring the compositions of his colleague Herschel Burke Gilbert (and others). In the early 1950s, he began scoring and arranging for motion pictures such as The Jackie Robinson Story (1950), New York Confidential (1955), While the City Sleeps (1956), and The Shaggy Dog (1959). He also composed and conducted music scores for a number of popular television programs such as Burke's Law, Honey West, Lost In Space, The Rifleman, Twilight Zone, and Zane Grey Theatre, among others. He was nominated for an Emmy award in the 1962-1963 for his work on The Dick Powell Theater. Joe Mullendore died on June 19, 1990 in Pasadena, CA.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Stephanie Webb, 2013.
- Processing information:
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- Arrangement:
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The collection is arranged alphabetically by folder titles.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Names:
- Mullendore, Joseph
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-11-07 13:18:36 -0800 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Joseph Mullendore music manuscripts (Collection Number 2243). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988