Hilton (Ozzie) Collection, ca. 1935 - 1985

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Summary

Title:
Ozzie Hilton Collection
Dates:
ca. 1935 - 1985
Creators:
Hilton, Heidi
Abstract:
Recordings of jazz, swing, and popular music of the 1940's on audiocassette, including many obscure or hard-to-find performances and interviews.
Containers:
Box: 1
Box: 2
Extent:
2 boxes : 315 audiocassettes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Ozzie Hilton Collection, ARS-0052. Courtesy of the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

The Ozzie Hilton collection consists of approximately 315 audiocassettes of big band swing, jazz, and popular music of the 1930's, 40's and 50's. A few of the tapes are compilations of commercially released records, but many are taken from airchecks, transcriptions, and other sources. Perhaps most interesting from a research standpoint are several interviews with musicians. There are also live recordings from the Big Horn Jazz Festival from 1975 to 1977. While familiar names such as Duke Ellington, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, and Count Basie are included, the artists most fully represented are Russ Morgan (with around 30 tapes devoted to his work), Henry King, and Syd Lawrence. Other bandleaders featured here are Mal Hallett, Boyd Raeburn, Alvino Rey, Tommy Tucker, and Ted Fiorito. There are also a handful of classical and polka recordings.

Acquisition information:
The Ozzie Hilton Collection was donated to the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound by Heidi Hilton in 1999.
Processing information:

This finding aid was produced with generous financial support from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Arrangement:

Two record storage boxes full of cassettes. Cassettes have not been rearranged or ordered. Tracklists are included with each cassette.

Physical location:
Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound Stanford University Libraries Stanford, California 94305-3076
Rules or conventions:
Prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Franz Kunst
Date Prepared:
© September 2010
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2010-10-08T15:42-0700

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research; material must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Contact the Archive for assistance.

Terms of access:

Property rights reside with repository. Publication and reproduction rights reside with the creators or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Head Librarian of the Archive of Recorded Sound.

Preferred citation:

Ozzie Hilton Collection, ARS-0052. Courtesy of the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:
Braun Music Center, 541 Lasuen Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-3076, US
Contact:
(650) 723-9312
soundarchive@stanford.edu
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