Albert Glasser papers - Archives West

Albert Glasser papers, 1939-1993

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Glasser, Albert
Title: Albert Glasser papers
Dates: 1939-1993 (inclusive)
Date of CollectionDate of Collection
Quantity: 40.26 cubic ft. (43 boxes)
Collection Number: 07676
Summary: Contains audio recordings and sheet music for movie and television scores by Albert Glasser.
Repository: American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu
Access Restrictions: There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Albert Glasser (1916-1998) wrote music scores for film and television during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Movie scores include “The Amazing Colossal Man,” “Attack of the Puppet People,” “Huk,” “I Shot Jesse James,” “The Monster from Green Hell,” “Oriental Evil,” and “Saga of the Viking Women.” He also composed music for “The Cisco Kid” and the radio show “Hopalong Cassidy.” In addition, he arranged and conducted music written by composer Rudolf Friml and orchestrated Ferde Grofé’s “World’s Fair Suite.”

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Most of this collection consists of recordings, films, and music scores from nearly 100 motion pictures and television shows. Also included are orchestrations and arrangements of music by composers including Rudolf Friml and Ferde Grofé. Related materials include music cue sheets for motion picture scores; contracts and agreements between Glasser and film companies; photographs of Glasser on set; correspondence; and newspaper and magazine clippings. There are also radio interviews with Glasser, his autobiography, “I Did It!”, and other fictional writings by Glasser.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

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Restrictions on Use

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Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The collection has been arranged into three series. Series I is alphabetical by title of movie or television show and contains multiple formats of materials.

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Albert Glasser at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

This material was received from Albert Glasser from 1978-1997, UCLA Libraries in 2004, Ron Burbella in 2017, and David Schecter in 2021.

Processing Note

The collection was processed by Laura Jackson in February 2010 and updated by Jamie Greene in May 2019 and January 2023.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Film and Television Music, 1946-1993Return to Top

This series contains reel-to-reel audio tapes, audio cassettes, phonograph records, microfilm, sheet music, and VHS tapes of music composed by Glasser for film and television. The VHS tapes contain the movie for which Glasser composed the music. Sheet music may contain other paper records (such as notes) pertaining to that peice.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	3 Came to Kill
Box
1	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1959
21	Sheet Music	undated
	4 Boys and a Gun
Box
1, 16, and 42	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1956-1969
37	Sheet Music	undated
	20,000 Eyes
Box
1, 16	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1961
21	Sheet Music	undated
	Abilene
Box
19	VHS	1946
	The Adventures of Robin Hood: Requiem for a Cavalier and Symphonic Suite of Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Box
35	Phonograph Records,	1975
19	Compact Discs (CD),	1987
	Air Patrol
Box
1, 16	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1962-1970
21	Sheet Music	undataed
	The Amazing Colossal Man
Box
1, 16	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1957
21	Sheet Music	undated
19	VHS	1957 / 1993
Box
42	An Angel's Kiss - Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1956
	Apache Chief
Box
21	Sheet Music	undated
	Attack of the Puppet People (a.k.a The Fantastic Puppet People)
Box
1, 16	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1957-1959
21	Sheet Music	undated
19	VHS	1958 / 1993
	Bailout at 43,000
Box
2, 16	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1956-1970
21	Sheet Music	undated
	The Bandit Queen
Box
21	Sheet Music	undated
	The Beat Generation
Box
2	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1958
21	Sheet Music	1958
	The Beginning of the End
Box
2, 16, and 42	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1957-1970
21	Sheet Music	undated
	The Big Caper
Box
2, 16, and 42	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1956-1969
32	Phonograph Records	undated
21	Sheet Music	undated
19	VHS	1957
	Big Town
Box
2-3, 16	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	circa 1950
21 and 37	Sheet Music	undated
	Border Rangers
Box
21	Sheet Music	undated
	The Boss
Box
3, 16, and 42	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1956-1970
21	Sheet Music	undated
19	VHS	undated
	The Boy and the Pirates
Box
13, 16, and 42	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1960-1981
20	Cassette Tapes	undated
21	Sheet Music	undated
19	VHS	1960 / 1993 and 1997
	The Buckskin Lady
Box
3-4, 16, and 42	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1956-1969
37	Sheet Music	undated
	The Bushwhakers
Box
4, 16	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1949-1970
21	Sheet Music	undated
19	VHS	undated
	Captain John Smith and Pocahantas
Box
4, 16, and 42	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1953
32	Phonograph Records	undated
21	Sheet Music	undated
19	VHS	1953
	China Gold
Box
4, 16	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1953
	The Cisco Kid
Box
4, 16	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1948
32	Phonograph Records	undated
28, 30-31	Photographs and Posters	circa 1948
22	Sheet Music	circa 1948
	Code Test
Box
4	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1957
	Colossal Beast
Box
5	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1958
22	Sheet Music	undated
	Confessions of an Opium Eater
Box
5, 16	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1962
22	Sheet Music	undated
	Cop Hater
Box
5, 16, and 42	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1957
22	Sheet Music	undated
19	VHS	undated
	The Cyclops
Box
5, 16, and 42	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1956
22	Sheet Music	undated
19-20	VHS	1956
	The Daring Caballero
Box
19	VHS	undated
	Dead Ringer
Box
21	Sheet Music	undated
	Destination 60,000
Box
6, 16	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1956
22	Sheet Music	undated
	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in Harlem
Box
22	Sheet Music	1955
	Everybody's Dancing
Box
22	Sheet Music	undated
	Fantastic Film Scores by Al Glasser
Box
14, 18	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes
32	Phonograph Records	1979
	Flight to Hong Kong
Box
6, 16, and 42	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1956
22	Sheet Music	undated
	Geisha Girl
Box
6, 16-17, and 42	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1951-1974
32	Phonograph Records	1951
22	Sheet Music	undated
19	VHS	undated
	The Girl from San Lorenzo (Cisco Kid)
Box
19	VHS	undated
	Giant from the Unknown (a.k.a. The Giant of Devil's Crag)
Box
6	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1957
23	Sheet Music	undated
	Girl in the Woods
Box
7	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1957
23	Sheet Music	1957
Box
42	Grand Canyon - Sheet Music	1949
	High-Powered Rifle
Box
7, 16	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1960-1969
23	Sheet Music	undated
	High School Confidential
Box
7	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1958
23	Sheet Music	undated
	The Hired Gun
Box
23	Sheet Music	undated
19	VHS	undated
	Hollywood Varieties
Box
23	Sheet Music	undated
	Hopalong Cassidy
Box
20	Cassette Tapes	1950 / 1990
23	Sheet Music	undated
	Huk
Box
7, 16-17, and 43	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1956-1985
20	Cassette Tapes	undated
20	Microfilm	undated
32 and 41	Phonograph Records	undated
23	Sheet Music	1956
	I Shot Billy the Kid
Box
21	Sheet Music	undated
	I Shot Jesse James
Box
8, 17	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1948-1978
32	Phonograph Records	undated
23	Sheet Music	1946
19	VHS	undated
	Invasion, U.S.A.
Box
8, 17	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1952-1970
	Kipling's Women
Box
23	Sheet Music	undated
	The Last of the Wild Horses
Box
8, 17, and 42	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1948-1970
19	VHS	undated
23	Sheet Music	undated
	Lecoque
Box
17	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1964-1974
23	Sheet Music	undated
	The Long Chase
Box
23	Sheet Music	undated
Box
42	Lorrie - Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1956
	Magnificence in Trust
Box
17	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1965
23	Sheet Music	1964
	Misty Morning
Box
8	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	undated
	The Monster from Green Hell
Box
8, 17	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1956-1986
24	Sheet Music	undated
19	VHS	undated
	The Monster Maker
Box
20	VHS	undated
	Motion Picutre Music by Albert Glasser (compilations)
Box
14, 18	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	undated
33	Phonograph Records	undated
	Motorcycle Gang
Box
8, 17, and 42	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1957
24	Sheet Music	1957
	Movie Quiz
Box
24	Sheet Music	1950
	The Mugger
Box
8, 17	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1957-1959
	Sheet Music
	My Dad, J.R. (a.k.a. Man of Conflict)
Box
9, 17, and 42	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	circa 1953
	Neanderthal Man
Box
9, 17	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1953
24	Sheet Music	undated
20	VHS (with "Tormented")	undated
	The Night of the Quarter Moon
Box
9	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1958
	Oklahoma Territory
Box
9, 17	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1959
24	Sheet Music	undated
	Omoo-Omoo the Shark God
Box
9, 17	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1949-1970
24	Sheet Music	undated
	Oriental Evil (a.k.a. Unmei)
Box
12, 17, and 42	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1950-1974
20	Cassette Tapes	undated
33	Phonograph Records	undated
24	Sheet Music	1951
	Our Time in Hell
Box
24	Sheet Music	undated
	Paradise for Buster
Box
17 and 42	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	undated
24	Sheet Music	undated
	Paris Model
Box
9, 17, and 42	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1953 and 1969
24	Sheet Music	undated
	Philo Vance Returns
Box
33	Phonograph Records	undated
	Please Murder Me
Box
9	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1955
24	Sheet Music	undated
	Poetry for Lovers
Box
10, 17	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1960 and 1965
33	Phonograph Records	undated
	Problem Girls (a.k.a. "Velvet Cage")
Box
33	Phonograph Records	undated
24	Sheet Music	undated
	The Return of Jesse James
Box
24	Sheet Music	undated
	The Return of Wildfire
Box
10, 17, and 42	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1948 and 1970
24	Sheet Music	undated
	Rock and Roll
Box
10	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1965
	Rocketship XM
Box
17	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1976
20	VHS	undated
	Saga of the Viking Women
Box
10, 17, and 42	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1957 and 1993
24	Sheet Music	undated
20	VHS	undated
	Secrets of Beauty
Box
33	Phonograph Records	1951
24	Sheet Music	1951
	Snowfire
Box
10-11	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1956
24	Sheet Music	undated
	The Spider
Box
17	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1958 and 1993
41	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes, Santa Rosa, parts 1-4	1958
24	Sheet Music	undated
	Stag Dinner
Box
17	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1961
	Street of Sinners
Box
11, 17, and 42	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1956 and 1970
33	Phonograph Records	1957
25	Sheet Music	undated
	Teenage Cave Man (a.k.a. Prehistoric World)
Box
11	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1958
25	Sheet Music	undated
20	VHS	1956
	Tender Grass
Box
11	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1965
	Three Desperate Men
Box
25	Sheet Music	undated
	Tokyo File 212
Box
11, 16-17, and 42-43	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1950, 1981, and 1985
20	Cassette Tapes	undated
33 and 41	Phonograph Records	undated
25	Sheet Music	1950
20	VHS	1950
	Top of the World
Box
12, 17, and 42	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	circa 1955
25	Sheet Music	undated
	Tormented
Box
12, 17	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1959 and 1986
33	Phonograph Records	1959
25	Sheet Music	1959
20	VHS	undated
	Tough Assignment
Box
25	Sheet Music	1949
	Trail of the Mounties
Box
25	Sheet Music	undated
	Train to Tombstone
Box
21	Sheet Music	undated
20	VHS	undated
	Treasure of Monte Christo
Box
12, 17	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1949, 1955, and 1970
25	Sheet Music	1949
	Untitled Film Scores
Box
37	Sheet Music	undated
	Urubu
Box
13, 18	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1948 and 1970
25	Sheet Music	1948
	Valerie
Box
13, 18, and 42	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	1957
25	Sheet Music	undated
20	VHS	undated
	War of the Colossal Beast
Box
20	VHS	undated
	Western Pacific Agent
Box
33	Phonograph Records	undated
25	Sheet Music	1950
	When Hell Broke Loose
Box
13	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	circa 1958
25	Sheet Music	undated

Series II. Miscellaneous Audio Recordings and Scores, 1949-1980Return to Top

This series contains non-film related works by Glasser, untitled tapes and scores, and works by other people. It also has taped interviews with Glasser.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
34	Interview with Al Glasser and Don Otis	1949
42	Al Glasser Interview (Audio Reel-to-Reel Tape)	1977
15, 18	KFAC Tribute to Albert Glasser	1980
	Other Works by Glasser
Box
14-15, 18	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	undated
34-35	Phonograph Records	undated
26-27; 38, 40	Sheet Music	undated
28	Sheet Music on Microfilm	undated
	Rudolf Friml Compositions
Box
15	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	undated
34-35	Phonograph Records	undated
38	Sheet Music	undated
28	Sheet Music on Microfilm	undated
	Untitled Materials
Box
14-15, 18	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	undated
28	Audio strip for film	undated
34-36	Phonograph Records	undated
	Works by Others
Box
18	Audio Reel-to-Reel Tapes	undated
34, 36	Phonograph Records	undated
27, 39	Sheet Music	undated
28	Sheet Music on Microfilm	undated
	World's Fair Suite
Box
27-28, 39	Sheet Music	undated
28	Sheet Music on Microfilm	undated

Series III. Papers and Photographs, 1939-1991Return to Top

This series contains the paper and photographic material of the collection. Highlights include Glasser's work contracts, autobiography, and photographs of Glasser at work in a studio.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
29	Agreements and Contracts	1939-1958
29	Articles about Glasser	1947-1991
29	Autobiography	1991
29	Correspondence	1943-1993
29	Interview with Albert Glasser	1984
29	List of Works by Glasser	undated
29	Miscellaneous, Film Score Materials	undated
29	Miscellaneous Materials	undated
29	Music Cue Sheets	1943-1963
30	Newspaper Clippings	1947-1965
30	Paychecks and Royalties	1951-1957
30	Periodical Clippings	1945-1977
30 and 39	Photographs	1948-1972 and undated
30	Studio Orchestra Manager's Daily Reports	1949-1959
30	Writings by Glasser	circa 1990

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

B Films.
Motion picture music -- Scores.
Motion picture music.
Motion pictures.
Radio music.
Science fiction films.
Television music.

Form or Genre Terms

Audiotapes.
Photographs.
Scores.

Occupations

Composers.

Titles within the Collection

Cisco Kid (Television program : 1950-1956)

Other Creators

Personal Names
- Friml, Rudolf -- 1879-1972
- Grofé, Ferde -- 1892-1972.

Archives West Finding Aid

Table of Contents

Albert Glasser papers, 1939-1993

Overview of the Collection

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Related Materials

Acquisition Information

Processing Note

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Film and Television Music, 1946-1993Return to Top

Series II. Miscellaneous Audio Recordings and Scores, 1949-1980Return to Top

Series III. Papers and Photographs, 1939-1991Return to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Form or Genre Terms

Occupations

Titles within the Collection

Other Creators

Personal Names

Processed by Laura Jackson
2010

Archives West Finding Aid

Table of Contents

Albert Glasser papers, 1939-1993

Overview of the Collection

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Related Materials

Acquisition Information

Processing Note

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Film and Television Music, 1946-1993Return to Top

Series II. Miscellaneous Audio Recordings and Scores, 1949-1980Return to Top

Series III. Papers and Photographs, 1939-1991Return to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Form or Genre Terms

Occupations

Titles within the Collection

Other Creators

Personal Names

Processed by Laura Jackson2010

Processed by Laura Jackson
2010