Descriptive Summary
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Preferred Citation
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Susan Matheson collection on Iola Brubeck,
1995-2002
Dates: 1995-2002
Collection number: MSS 315
Collector:
Matheson, Susan Childs
Creator:
Brubeck, Iola
Collection Size: .75 feet
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Dept. of
Special Collections
Stockton, California 95211
Abstract: This collection consists mainly of recorded
interviews and transcripts conducted from 1995 to 1999 with various musicians
and individuals involved with the Brubecks.
Physical location: For current information on the location
of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Languages: Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
Collection open for research.
Publication Rights
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.
Biography / Administrative History
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.
Scope and Content of Collection
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.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Brubeck, Iola
Brubeck, Dave
Librettists - Biography
Jazz
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