Brubeck (Iola) Susan Matheson Collection, 1995-2002

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Summary

Title:
Susan Matheson collection on Iola Brubeck, 1995-2002
Dates:
1995-2002
Creators:
Matheson, Susan Childs and Brubeck, Iola
Abstract:
This collection consists mainly of recorded interviews and transcripts conducted from 1995 to 1999 with various musicians and individuals involved with the Brubecks.
Extent:
.75 feet
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:

Susan Matheson collection on Iola Brubeck, 1995-2002. MSS 315. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Melissa Lehn
Date Prepared:
© 2008
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid created by Michael Wurtz. Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word. Date of source: March 7, 2008.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection open for research.

Terms of access:

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.

Location of this collection:
University of the Pacific, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University Library
Stockton, CA 95211, US
Contact:
(209) 946-2404
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