Lyn Murray papers, 1941-1987

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Murray, Lyn, 1909-1989
Title
Lyn Murray papers
Dates
1941-1987 (inclusive)
Quantity
66.75 cubic ft. (74 boxes)
Collection Number
02928
Summary
The Lyn Murray papers contain the musical scores, audiotapes, and professional papers of the Emmy award winning composer Lyn Murray.
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
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

Lyn Murray (1909-1989) was a conductor, arranger, and producer responsible for writing musical scores for radio, television and motion pictures, and Broadway theatrical productions. In 1950, he moved to Hollywood and began composing scores for feature films, including "The Prowler" (1951), "To Catch a Thief" (1955), and "The Miracle" (1959). His scores for television shows include "The Virginian" (1962), "Daniel Boone" (1964), "The Time Tunnel" (1966) and "Dragnet" (1967). He won an Emmy in 1986 for his score to the National Geographic special "Miraculous Machines."

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Lyn Murray papers contain hand-written musical scores and audiotapes conducted and arranged by Lyn Murray for the stage, radio, television, and motion pictures from 1941-1987. In addition, the papers also include correspondence, contracts, production files, and photographs. Finally, there are various drafts of his personal journals, that he kept from 1947-1983, that were eventually published under the name “Musician: A Hollywood Journal of Wives, Women, Writers, Lawyers, Directors, Producers and Music.”

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Copyright Information

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Preferred Citation

Preferred Citation

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

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

This collection has been intellectually arranged, and divided into three series.

Related Materials

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Lyn Murray at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

Acquisition Information

This material was received from Lyn Murray between 1968 and1989 and from Fred Schiller in 1990.

Processing Note

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Matthew Francis in August, 2009.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Professional PapersReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
1
Correspondence, Contracts, and Finances
circa 1940s-1980s
2
Correspondence, Contracts, and Finances
circa 1940s-1980s
3
Production Files - Finian's Rainbow
1947
3
Production Files - Incident at State Beach
1965
3
Production Files - The Miracle
1964
3
Production Files - Orpheus in Hell
1982
3
Production Files - The Song of Frankenstein
1981
3
Production Files - Tusitala
undated
4
Production Files - Tusitala
undated
4
Book Files - Musician: A Hollywood Journal of Wives, Women, Writers, Lawyers, Directors, Producers and Music
circa 1970s-1980s
5
Book Files - Musician: A Hollywood Journal of Wives, Women, Writers, Lawyers, Directors, Producers and Music
circa 1970s-1980s
6
Book Files - Musician: A Hollywood Journal of Wives, Women, Writers, Lawyers, Directors, Producers and Music
circa 1970s-1980s
6
Lyn Murray Credits
circa 1986
6
Biographical Files
1943-1989
6
Radio Scripts
1943-1950
6
Music Cues
1970
6
Programs
circa 1970s-1980s
6
Miscellaneous Files
circa 1940s-1980s
7
Photographs
circa 1960s-1980s
8
Framed Photographs, Promotional Materials, and Memorbilia
1963-1986
9
Framed Photographs, Promotional Materials, and Memorbilia
1963-1986
74
Daily Appointment Books
1947-1979

Series II. Music Score SheetsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
48
26 by Corwin
1941
34
A Woman for Charley
1969
44
Alan King
1965
11, 32, 49, 50, 51, 58, 60, 61
Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962-1965
44
Alice in Wonderland
1965
22, 56
American Overture
undated
34
Ashes of Mrs. Reasoner
undated
48
The Big Night
1951
25
Bob Hope
1975
13, 59
Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969-1971
57
The Browning Story
undated
32
Camptown
undated
59
Canon a Go-Go
1966
11
Channel 28 Auction
undated
13
Chrysler Theatre - Time of Flight
1966
50
Chrysler Theatre - 5th Pass
1963
52
Chrysler Theatre - Square Peg
1964
57
Cimarron
1948
37, 46
Collage for Clarinet and Band
1966
57
Columbia Presents Corwin
1944
48
Come Fly with Me
1962
10
Corwin's Primer
undated
12
Cover Story
1983
59
Cromer
undated
45
Dan McGrew
undated
10, 11, 27, 41
Daniel Boone
1966-1970
17
Day in the Life of America
1986
57
Daybreak
1945
24
D-Day the Sixth of June
1956
13
Deadly Game
1970
19
Destination Mindano
1968
48, 57
Document A/777
1950
45
Donald O'Connor
undated
40
Don't Push, I'll Change When I'm Ready
undated
35
Double Solitaire
1973
18
Dr. Kildare
1966
40, 59
Dragnet
1966
38
Dream Wife
undated
58
Escape to Zahrain
undated
18, 55
Esther
1941
55
Every Boy
1972
11, 45
Fables
undated
58
Frontier Circus
1961
34
GE Theatre - $200 Parlay
1961
57
GE Theatre - Camel's Foot
1960
50
GE Theatre - Devil You Saw
1961
50
GE Theatre - Free Wheelers
1962
50
GE Theatre - Go Fight City Hall
1962
57
GE Theatre - Great Alberti
1961
57
GE Theatre - Judith
1960
50
GE Theatre - Little White Lyle
1961
50
GE Theatre - Man About the House
1962
57
GE Theatre - Open House
1961
50
GE Theatre - Roman Kid
1962
57
GE Theatre - The Graduation Dress
1960
50
GE Theatre - The Little Hours
1961
50
GE Theatre - The Unstoppable Gray Fox
1962
57
GE Theatre - Very Special Girl
1962
57
GE Theatre - Wishbook
1961
50
Gilbert & Sullivan
undated
22
Grand Banks
undated
10, 48
Great Explorations: John Glenn in Africa
1967
44, 47
Gunsmoke
1960-1965
46
Hallmark Playhouse - A Breath of Air
1951
57
Hallmark Playhouse - A Letter to Mr. Priest
1949
49
Hallmark Playhouse - A Man for Ages
1951
46
Hallmark Playhouse - A Man's Mother
1951
52
Hallmark Playhouse - Anna and the King of Siam
1949
52
Hallmark Playhouse - August Heat
1949
49
Hallmark Playhouse - Barefoot Mailman
1950
52
Hallmark Playhouse - Berkeley Square
1949
48
Hallmark Playhouse - Cinderella
1951
57
Hallmark Playhouse - The Citadel
1948
52
Hallmark Playhouse - Colonel Effingham's Raid
1949
49
Hallmark Playhouse - Deepwood
1951
49
Hallmark Playhouse - Elizabeth Captive Princess
1951
52
Hallmark Playhouse - Enchanted Cottage
1949
49
Hallmark Playhouse - Farmer in the Dell
1951
57
Hallmark Playhouse - Girls are Like Boats
1948
49
Hallmark Playhouse - Golden Herd
1951
48
Hallmark Playhouse - Goodbye Mr. Chips
1951
55
Hallmark Playhouse - Home to Thanksgiving
1950
31
Hallmark Playhouse - Jamie McRuin
1950
46
Hallmark Playhouse - Johnny Appleseed
1951
46
Hallmark Playhouse - Joy Street
1951
55
Hallmark Playhouse - Knee Pants
1950
48
Hallmark Playhouse - Last Horizon
1948
55
Hallmark Playhouse - Marmee
1950
55
Hallmark Playhouse - Mistress of the White House
1950
52
Hallmark Playhouse - Mother
1949
52
Hallmark Playhouse - My Friend Flicka
1948
52
Hallmark Playhouse - National Velvet
1949
55
Hallmark Playhouse - Not Wanted
1950
49
Hallmark Playhouse - Old Soldiers Dive
1951
55
Hallmark Playhouse - Patrick Calls Me Mother
1950
31
Hallmark Playhouse - Pioneer Preacher
1950
52
Hallmark Playhouse - Prairie Years
1949
52
Hallmark Playhouse - Random Harvest
1949
46
Hallmark Playhouse - Rest and Thankful
1951
46
Hallmark Playhouse - Scudda-Hoo! Scudda-Hey!
1951
55
Hallmark Playhouse - Sleepy Hollow
1950
52
Hallmark Playhouse - Smilin' Through
1949
55
Hallmark Playhouse - Story of Kansas City
1950
52
Hallmark Playhouse - The Barker
1949
52
Hallmark Playhouse - The Failure
1949
49
Hallmark Playhouse - The Final Tribute
1950
57
Hallmark Playhouse - The Green Grass of Wyoming
1950
52
Hallmark Playhouse - The Life of Theodore Roosevelt
1951
49
Hallmark Playhouse - The Long Love
1951
49
Hallmark Playhouse - The Long Winter
1951
52
Hallmark Playhouse - The Virginian
1949
57
Hallmark Playhouse - The Way West
1950
46
Hallmark Playhouse - Two Years Before the Mast
1951
55
Hallmark Playhouse - Wayfarer
1950
55
Hallmark Playhouse - West of the Hill
1950
52
Hallmark Playhouse - Wild Swans
1948
47, 58
Have Gun - Will Tavel
1960-1961
19
Hercule Poirot
1962
29
Hollywood Television Theatre - Gondola
1973
35
Hollywood Television Theatre - Incident at Vichy
undated
29, 56
Hollywood Television Theatre - Steambath
1973
45
Hope Album
undated
11
How to Break into Movies
undated
24
Ignatius
undated
32, 37
Incident at State Beach
1965
27, 32
It Takes a Thief
1969
35
Jacques Cousteau - Hippo
undated
41
Jamison's Kids
1970
27
Jesse James
1966
13, 44
The John Forsythe Show
1966
35
Kate Bliss
1978
50
Kraft Mystery Theatre - Talk to my Parnter
1963
51
Kraft Suspension Theatre - In Darkness Waiting
1964
25
La Bohema
undated
56
Ladies of the Corridor
1975
13
Laredo
1966
34, 58
Last of Mrs. Lincoln
1976
38
Laurel & Hardy
undated
59
Liberation
undated
17, 34, 42, 56
Lincoln
1974
16
Long Hot Summer
undated
56
Love Hate Love
1970
45
Luxembourg
undated
15
Magic Carpet
1971
25
Mannix
1970
13, 25
Matt Lincoln
1970
21
Medical Center
1976
55
Men from Shiloh
1970
31, 34, 47, 51, 56, 59, 60
The Miracle
1964
10
Mirror to Mirror
1975
37
Miscellaneous Hymns
undated
10, 11, 14, 18, 23, 25, 26, 30, 32, 46, 48, 55, 59, 61
Miscellaneous Scores
undated
18
Moulin Rouge
1952
21
Mysteries of the Great Pyramids
1977
16
National Geographic Special - Egypt: Quest for Eternity
1982
12
National Geographic Special - Jerusalem
undated
12
National Geographic Special - Miraculous Machines
1985
12
National Geographic Special - Return to Everest
undated
12
National Geographic Special - Save the Panda
undated
28
National Geographic Special - Superliners
1980
48, 49
National Geographic Special - The Amazon
1968
27, 48, 49
National Geographic Special - The Lonely Doryman
1968
30
National Geographic Special - Tigris Expedition
1979
17, 21
National Geographic Special - Treasures from the Past
undated
55
New Explorers: Costa Rica
1972
31
Novak
undated
24, 36
Now You See It, Now You Don't
1967
57
October Morning
undated
24
On the Threshold of Space
undated
24, 46, 61
Orpheus in Hell
1982
13
Owen Marshall
1971
24
Peg O' My Heart
undated
24
Period of Adjustment
1962
54
Pleasure Island
1962
42
Primal Man
undated
49
Promise Her Anything
1966
24, 58
The Prowler
1951
39
Rawhide
1965
34
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1976
56
Requiem for a Nun
1975
59
Ronald Searle Suite
1962
44
Rosie
undated
39
Run, Jack, Run
1965
28
Sea Gypsies
1978
44
Sendrey Greek
undated
38
Separate Lives
undated
41
Shiloh Valentines
1970
48, 58
Signpost to Murder
1964
15
The Smugglers
1961
29
Snow White and the Three Stooges
1961
54
Son of Paleface
1952
53
Song of Frankenstein
1981
59
Songs of Samoa
1968
24
Spectre
undated
34, 59
Time of Man
1969
18
The Time Tunnel
1966
22, 48
To Catch a Thief
1955
55
TV Themes
undated
47
The Twilight Zone
1960
13
Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau
1971
11
Vegas
undated
43, 52
The Virginian
1964
44
Wagon Train
1965
57
What is the Answer
1968
24
Williamsburg
undated
44
Wind in the Willows
undated
54
Wives and Lovers
1963
13
The Young Lawyers
1971

Series III. Music Audio RecordingsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
73
2 Whitney, 1 Space
undated
63
A Day in the Life of America
undated
70
A Flight to Remember
1973
70, 73
A Woman for Charlie
1969
73
Africa Expeditions
undated
64, 65, 69, 71
Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962-1965
62, 66, 68, 73
Alice in Wonderland
1965
63
An Angel in my Pocket
1968
73
Ashes
1975
68
Baby You're the One
undated
63
Bain Party
undated
63, 66
The Bible
undated
66
Big Night
undated
66, 68
The Bold Ones
undated
67
Born of Fire
undated
62
Christopher London
1950
64
Chrysler Theatre - Time of Flight
undated
69
Cold Spring
undated
72
Come Fly With Me
1963
73
Concrete
undated
70
Costa Rica
undated
67
Cover Story
1980
70
Cromer
undated
64
Daniel Boone
1966-1970
63, 65
Destination Mindanao
1968
72
Document A/777
1950
73
Double Solitaire
undated
72
Dragnet
1966
72
Dream Wife
undated
70
Earnest
undated
70
Esther
1941
66, 68
Fables
undated
65, 66
Finian's Rainbow
1947
62
Ford Theatre - Crazy Girl
1948
68
Freburg USA
undated
70
Gluskin Anthology
undated
70
Gondola
1973
73
Hallmark Playhouse - Berkeley Square
1949
62
Hallmark Playhouse - Clay Shattered Door
1949
73
Hallmark Playhouse - Goodbye Mr. Chips
1951
62
Hallmark Playhouse - Lost Horizon
1948
62
Hallmark Playhouse - Morning Glory
1948
73
Hallmark Playhouse - Random Harvest
1949
64
Hannibal
undated
64, 70
Have Gun - Will Travel
1960
70
Haye's Sax
undated
64
Hercule Poirot
1962
68
Hope
undated
63
How to Break into the Movies
undated
69
Ice
1961-1965
64
Ice Capades
1962
70
Ignatius
undated
72
Incident at State Beach
1965
62
International Harvester
1946
64, 66, 68
It Takes a Thief
1967
70
Jacques Cousteau - Hippo
undated
64
The John Forysthe Show
1966
68
Johnny Mercer
undated
72
Judith
undated
70
Ladies of the Corridor
1975
66
Laurel & Hardy
undated
66
Legacy of Fear
undated
66
LIA
undated
67, 68
Lincoln
1974
68, 70, 73
Loulie
undated
70
Love, Hate, Love
1970
62
Luxembourg
undated
65, 66
Magic Carpet
1971
64, 65
Midnight Oil
1967
72, 73
The Miracle
1964
73
Miracle Oneonta
1961
67
Mirror to Mirror
1975
63, 65, 67, 73
Miscellaneous Recordings
undated
73
Movie Primer
undated
67
Mysteries of the Great Pyramids
1967
73
National Geographic Special - The Amazon
undated
67
National Geographic Special - Egypt
1981
63
National Geographic Special - Jerusalem
1986
67
National Geographic Special - The Lonely Doryman
1968
67
National Geographic Special - Return to Everest
undated
67
National Geographic Special - Save the Pandas
undated
67
National Geographic Special - Superliners
1980
67
National Geographic Special - Tigris Expedition
1979
63, 67
National Geographic Special - Treasures of the Past
1987
66
Novak
undated
72
One Lovely Step
1971
67, 68
Orpheus in Hell
undated
64
Outtakes
undated
66
P.I.
undated
66
The Politicain
undated
68
Potpourri
undated
67, 70
Primal Man
undated
62
Prom Album
undated
71
Promise Her Anything
1966
66, 73
The Prowler
1951
70, 73
Radio Primer
undated
70
Requiem for a Nun
1975
71, 73
Rosie
undated
67
Sea Gypsies
1978
70
Sealtest
undated
67
Searle St.
undated
68
Shakespeare
undated
71
Shower
undated
66, 71, 72
Signpost to Murder
1964
63, 68, 70
Sing We Now
1987
70
Slaughter
undated
63
The Smugglers
1966
62, 66, 69
Song of Frankenstein
1981
62, 66, 67, 70
Songs of Samoa
undated
62, 67
Spectre
undated
68
Splendor Grass
undated
67
Start of the Grand Banks
undated
73
Steambath
1973
69
Stevenson
1965
66, 70, 72, 73
Time of Man
undated
71, 72
To Catch a Thief
undated
66, 68, 69
Tusitala
undated
73
UCLA Incident
1969
64
Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau
1971
66
Vegas
undated
68, 72, 73
The Virginian
1964
70
Voice of God
undated
69
Welk
undated
70
Wind in the Willows
undated
72
Wolper
undated
62
Your All-Time Hit Parade
1943

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Composition (Music)
  • Motion picture music.
  • Musical sketches.
  • Radio music.
  • Television music.

Form or Genre Terms

  • Audiotapes.
  • Scores.

Occupations

  • Arrangers (Musicians)
  • Composers.
  • Film composers.