Harry Geller papers, 1920-1970

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Geller, Harry
Title
Harry Geller papers
Dates
1920-1970 (inclusive)
Quantity
26.91 cubic ft. (56 boxes)
Collection Number
10883
Summary
Most of the collection is comprised of scores for the TV series "The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show." Also included are scores that Geller composed, arranged, and conducted for other television series.
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
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Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Harry Geller was a music conductor, band leader, and composer in the television industry between the 1950s and 1970s. Frequently working with the Harry Geller Orchestra, Geller conducted music on numerous popular television shows, including "The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show" and "Daniel Boone." He also composed music for a number of other television shows, including "The Wild Wild West" and "Cimmaron Strip."

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection contains television musical scores composed, conducted, and arranged by Harry Geller and played by the Harry Geller Orchestra. Most of the collection is comprised of scores for "The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show." It also contains scores composed by Harry Geller for numerous other television series, including "Arnie," "The Baileys of Balboa," "Bracken's World," "Cimarron Strip," "Custer," "The Danny Thomas Hour," "The Dick Van Dyke Show," "The Felony Squad," "The Flying Nun," "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir," "Gunsmoke," "The Guns of Will Sonnett," "Hawaii Five-O," "I Spy," "Judd, for the Defense," "Lancer," "Land of the Giants," "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis," "Mission: Impossible," "The Odd Couple," "The New Phil Silvers Show," "The Patty Duke Show," "Rawhide," "That Girl," "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea," and "The Wild Wild West." Also included are some television scripts, including several drafts of "Tennessee Ernie Ford Meets King Arthur," an episode of the anthology series "Startime." There are also musical scores and related documents for a few television commercials.

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Preferred Citation

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

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Harry Geller as the dates of processing.

Acquisition Information

The collection was donated by Harry Geller between 1974-1977.

Processing Note

Processed by Ann Mulfort in 2013, and re-processed by Roger Simon in September 2024.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Television Shows – Music Scores and Related DocumentsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
“The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show”
Box
A
Box
1
“Air Force Hymn”
 undated
1
“Alabamy Bound”
 undated
1
“Alexander’s Ragtime Band”
 undated
1
“All Points West” (sheet music)
 1937
1
“All This Luggage” (Chevrolet commercial)
 undated
1
“Along Came Jones”
 undated
1
“American Heroes”
 undated
1
“Anchors Aweigh”
 undated
1
“And This is My Beloved” (sheet music)
 1955
1
“Anything You Can Do”
 undated
1
“Anywhere I Wander” (sheet music)
 1955
1
Australian Medley
 undated
1
Autumn Medley
 undated
1
“Autumn Nocturne”
 undated
B
Box
1
“Baciare, Baciare”
 undated
1
“The Ballad of Davy Crockett”
 undated
1
“Ballad of the Alamo”
 undated
1
“Banana Boat Song”
 undated
1
“Banjo Picker’s Ball”
 undated
2
Barbershop Medley and Barbershop Medley #2
 undated
2
Basic Scores
(1) “God’s Love”; (2) “I Love to Tell the Story”; (3) “In That Great Getting’ Up Morning”; and (4) “This Train.”
 undated
2
“Battlefield” and “Battlefield Finish”
 undated
2
“Battle Hymn of the Republic”
 undated
2
“The Battle of New Orleans”
 undated
2
“Baubles, Bangles and Beads” (sheet music)
 1953
2
“Baxter Button #1,” “Baxter Button #3,” and “Baxter Play-On” (Fight on for Old S.C.)
 undated
2
“Benjamin Franklin”
 undated
2
“Beyond the Blue Horizon”
 undated
2
“Big D” (includes sheet music)
 1956, undated
2
“Bill Bailey”
 undated
2
“Bird of Paradise”
 undated
2
“Blackberry Boogie”
 undated
2
“Black-Eyed Susie”
 undated
2
“Bless This House”
 undated
2
“Bless Your Pea-Pickin’ Heart”
 1957-1959, undated
2
“Blind Barnabus” (includes sheet music)
 1948, undated
2
“Blue Deluge Waltz”
 undated
2
“Blue Moon”
 undated
2
“Blue Tango”
 undated
2
“Boat Play-On”
 undated
2
“Breezin’ Along with the Breeze”
 undated
2
“Brennan Play-On”
 undated
3
“Bringing in the Sheaves”
 undated
3
“Broad Play-On #1”
 undated
3
Broad Rach. Type Theme
 undated
3
“Buckle Down, Winsocki”
 undated
3
“Buddy’s Polka”
 undated
3
Bull Fite Medley
 undated
3
“Button #6”
 undated
3
“By the Sea” – Medley
 undated
C
Box
3
“Cabin in the Sky”
 undated
3
Cajun Medley
 undated
3
“Caprice Viennois”
 undated
3
“Caribbean”
 undated
3
“Caroling, Caroling”/“I’m the Happiest Christmas Tree” – Opener
 undated
3
“Carol of the Drum”
 undated
3
“Casey Junior”
 undated
3
“Cerebral Palsy Opening”
 undated
3
“Chanson Epique”
 undated
3
“Chantez, Chantez”
 undated
3
“Charlie Brown”
 undated
4
“Children, Go Where I Send Thee”
 undated
4
Choir Parts
(1) “Blessed Assurance”; (2) “Granada”; (3) “I Want to be Ready”; (3) Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus”; and (4) “Take My Hand.”
 undated
4
Choir Scores
(1) “Blessed Assurance” and (2) “Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus.”
 undated
4
“Christ Arose”
 undated
4
“Christopher Robin is Saying His Prayers”
 undated
4
“Christmas Carols – Fantasy” (sheet music)
 1945
4
“Christmas in America” (includes sheet music)
 1955, undated
4
Christmas Medley/ Christmas Medley ’58/Christmas Medley ‘59
 1958-1959, undated
4
“The Christmas Song”
 undated
4
“Christ Was Born on Christmas Day” (sheet music)
 1953
4
“The Church in the Wildwood”
 undated
5
Circus Medley
 undated
5
“Clancy Lowered the Boom”
 undated
5
“Climb Axe – Bridge”
 undated
5
Clooney & Ford Medley
 undated
5
College Medley #2
 1958, undated
5
“Come Back to Sorrento”
 undated
5
“Come to the Fair”
 undated
5
“Company’s Comin’” and “Company’s Comin’” Medley
 undated
5
“Cool Water”
 undated
5
“Copenhagen”
 undated
5
“Corvette Wink”
 undated
5
“Cotton Candy and a Toy Balloon”
 undated
5
“Cottontown” & Lee Medley
 undated
5
“County Fair” Play-On
 undated
5
“Count Your Blessings”
 undated
5
Cowboy Medley #1
 undated
6
Cow Eyes Cue
 undated
6
“Credits” Background – “Bless Your Pea-Pickin’ Heart”
 undated
6
“Cry Me a River”
 undated
D
Box
6
Dance Medley
 1958, undated
6
“Dance Waltz”
 undated
6
“Dancing in the Dark”
 undated
6
“Dancin’ in the Streets”
 undated
6
“Deck the Hall” (sheet music)
 1953
6
Defense Att.
 undated
6
“Didn’t It Rain”
 1959, undated
6
Disney Medley
Includes a handwritten list of Disney titles.
 undated
6
“Dixie Land Medley”
 1958
6
“Don’t Be Ashamed of Your Age”
 undated
6
“Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes”
 undated
6
“Down by the Ohio” (“O-Hi-O”)
 undated
6
“Down by the Old Mill Stream” (includes sheet music)
 1931, undated
6
“Down by the Station”
 1959, undated
6
“Down Deep”
 1957
6
“Dream (When You’re Feeling Blue)”
 undated
E
Box
6
Easter Bowery Medley
 undated
6
Easter Medley
 undated
7
“Easter Parade” – Revised
 undated
7
“Eli-Eli”
 undated
7
“Elijah Rock”
 undated
7
“El Rancho Grande” – Opener
 undated
7
“Ernie Dividend Ninety” (car commercial)
 undated
7
“Ernie Falcon Character” (car commercial)
 undated
7
“Ernie Falcon Love Song” (car commercial)
 undated
7
“Ernie Pinafore Economy” – Part 2 (car commercial)
 undated
7
“Ernie Pinafore Galaxie” – Part I (car commercial)
 undated
7
“Ernie Play-On” – I
 undated
7
“Ernie Styling” (car commercial)
 undated
7
“Ernie Swapping Bee Hive” (car commercial)
Includes a list of video shots and accompanying audio.
 1961, undated
7
“Ernie Swapping Bee Mikado” (car commercial)
Includes a list of video shots and accompanying audio.
 1961, undated
7
“Ernie Wagon Leadership” (car commercial)
 undated
7
Ern’s Sea Medley
 undated
7
“Eternal Life”
 undated
F
Box
7
“Fall”
 undated
7
Fantasyland Montage
 undated
7
Far Away Medley
 undated
7
Favorite’s Medley
 undated
7
F.C. Medley
 undated
7
“A Fellow Named Freddy”
 undated
8
’59 Ford TV Commercial/Fordtime 1960 Closing
 1959-1960
8
“First Born”
 undated
8
“The First Noel”
 undated
8
“The First Snowfall”
 undated
8
Fite Medley
 undated
8
“Floatin’ Down to Cotton Town”
 undated
8
“Following the Leader”
 undated
8
“Follow the Leader”/“Follow the Leader” #1/“Follow the Leader” #2
 undated
8
Football Bowl Medley
 undated
8
Ford Button/Ford Button #1/Ford Button #2/ Ford Button #10
 undated
8
“Ford Christmas Theme” (car commercial)
 undated
8
“Ford Closing #1”/“Ford Closing #2”
 undated
8
“Ford Goes First” (car commercial)
 undated
8
“Ford Opening” (car commercial)
 undated
8
“Ford Play-Off #1”/“Ford Play-Off #3/“Ford Play-On I”
 undated
8
“Ford Signature”
 undated
8
“Fordtime Closing”/“Fordtime 1960 Closing” (car commercials)
 1960, undated
8
“Fordtime 1960” – Opening
 1960
8
“Ford Swapping Bee” – Opening/“Ford Swapping Bee” – Closing (car commercials)
 undated
8
“Foreman”
 undated
8
Foster March
 undated
9
French-Canadian Medley
 undated
9
“Frere Jacques”
 undated
9
“Funiculi, Funicula”
 undated
9
G
Box
9
“Galaxie Wedding” (car commercial)
Includes a list of video shots and accompanying audio.
 1958
9
“Gary, Indiana” (sheet music)
 1958
9
“Gee, But It’s Good to Be Here” (includes sheet music)
 1956, undated
9
“Georgia on My Mind”
 undated
9
“Get Me to the Church on Time” – Medley
 undated
9
“Get Out of Town”
 undated
9
Gilbert & Sullivan Medley
 undated
9
Girls’ Names Medley
 undated
9
“Glad Rags”/“Glad Rags” Medley
Includes a sheet of lyrics.
 undated
9
“Glissando”/“Glisses”
 undated
9
“Glocca Morra”
 undated
9
“Glow-Worm”
 undated
9
“God Be with You”
 undated
9
“God of Our Fathers”
 undated
10
“God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”
 undated
10
“Going to Shout All Over God’s Heaven”
 undated
10
“Goodbye, Dolly Gray”
 undated
10
“Good Day”
 undated
10
“Goodnight, My Someone” (sheet music)
 1958
10
“Good Will”
 1957, undated
10
“Go with the Greats” (car commercial)
 undated
10
“Granada”
 undated
10
“Great Day”
 undated
10
“Great God Amighty”
 undated
10
“The Green Door”
 undated
10
Groups Medley
 undated
11
Gypsy Song from “Carmen”
 undated
H
Box
11
“Hallelujah”
 undated
11
Halloween Medley
 1958, undated
11
“The Halls of Montezuma”
 undated
11
“Hambone”
 undated
11
“Happiness is a Thing Called Joe”
 undated
11
“Happiness Street”
 undated
11
“Hark, the Herald Angels Sing”
 undated
11
“Haul Away”
 undated
11
Hawaiian Medley
 undated
11
“Heart” (sheet music)
 1955
11
“Heart of My Heart”
 undated
11
“Heigh-Ho”
 undated
11
“He’ll Have to Go”
 undated
11
“Hello Mary Lou”
 undated
11
“He’ll Understand”
 undated
11
“Hernando’s Hideaway” (sheet music)
 1954
11
“Hey Ern #1”/“Hey Ern #2”/“Hey Ern #3”
 undated
11
“Hey Good Lookin’”
 undated
11
“Hey, Jeannie” Play-On
 undated
11
“Hey Joe”
 undated
11
“Hey, Look Me Over”
Includes a “sing-off” that’s for a car commercial.
 undated
12
“Hey There” (sheet music)
 1954
12
“Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo” Medley
 undated
12
“His Eye is on the Sparrow”
 undated
12
“His Hands”
 undated
12
“Hog-Tied Over You”
 undated
12
“Hold to God’s Unchanging Hands”
 undated
12
Hollywood Bowl Concert – Cole Porter Medley
 undated
12
Hollywood Bowl Medley
 undated
12
“Home for the Holidays”
 undated
12
“Hoods, Hoods”
 undated
12
“Hoop-Dee-Doo”
 undated
12
“Hospodi Pomilui”
 undated
12
“How Green Was My Valley”
 undated
I
Box
12
“I Ain’t Got Nobody”
 undated
12
“I Almost Lost My Mind”
 undated
12
“I am a Pilgrim”
 undated
12
“I Can’t Give You Anything but Love”
 undated
12
“I’d Rather be a The Lamp Post on Old Broadway”
 undated
12
“I Dreamed”
 undated
12
“If I Can Help Somebody”
 undated
12
“I Hadn’t Anyone Till You”
 undated
12
“I’ll Remember April”
 undated
12
“I Love to Tell the Story”
 undated
12
“I’m Available”
 undated
13
“I’m Goin’ Back to Whur I Come From”
 undated
13
“I’m Moving On”
 undated
13
“I’m Walkin’”
 undated
13
“In a Little Spanish Town”
 undated
13
“In That Great Getting’ Up Morning”
 undated
13
“In the Good Old Summertime” – Opener
 1958, undated
13
“In the Middle of an Island” – Opening
 undated
13
“I Saw Esau”
 undated
13
“It Had to Be You”
 undated
13
“It’s a Beautiful Day for a Ball Game” (includes sheet music)
 1960, undated
13
“It’s a Boy”
 undated
13
“It’s All in the Game”
 undated
13
“It’s All Over Me”
 undated
13
“It’s a Most Unusual Day”
 undated
13
“It’s Just a Matter of Time”
 undated
13
“It's the Same Old Shillelagh” – Ernie and Maureen O’Hara Duet
 undated
13
“Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini”
 undated
13
“I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm”
 1957, undated
14
“I’ve Never Been in Love Before” (sheet music)
 1956
14
“I Wanna Be a Friend of Yours”
 undated
14
“I Want to be Ready”
 undated
14
“I Whistle a Happy Tune”
 undated
14
“I Wonder as I Wander” (includes sheet music)
 1943, undated
J
Box
14
“Jack O’ Diamonds”
 undated
14
“Jambalaya”
 undated
14
“Jesus Loves Me”
One copy also includes “Bringing in the Sheaves.”
 undated
14
“Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho”
 1960
14
“Joy to the World”
 undated
14
“Jubilation T. Cornpone”
 undated
14
“June is Bustin’ Out All Over”
 undated
14
June Medley
 undated
14
“Just a Closer Walk with Thee”
 undated
14
“Just Another Polka”
 undated
14
“Just Between You and Me”
 undated
14
“Just Born (To Be Your Baby)” (includes sheet music)
 1957, undated
K
Box
15
“Kaw-Liga”
 undated
15
“Kids!”
 undated
15
“Ki Mitziyon”
 undated
15
“Kisses Sweeter Than Wine”
 undated
L
Box
15
“La Danza”
 undated
15
“The Lady’s in Love with You”
 undated
15
“Lazybones”
 undated
15
Lazy Bridge/Circle Dance
 undated
15
“Lazy Mary” (“The Italian from Bristol”)
 undated
15
“Let’s Go to Church”
 undated
15
“Lida Rose” (sheet music)
 1958
15
“Life’s Railway to Heaven”
 undated
15
“Like Young”
 undated
15
“Little Cocoa Palm”
 undated
15
“Little David”
 undated
15
“Little Klinker”
 undated
15
“The Little Shepherd”
 undated
15
“Lolly-Too-Dum”
 undated
15
“London” Bridge
 1957
15
“Lonesome Road”
 undated
16
“Lord, I’m Coming Home”
 undated
16
“The Lord’s Prayer”
 undated
16
“Love”
 undated
16
“Love is the Only Thing”
 undated
16
“Love Letters” (includes sheet music)
 1945, undated
16
“Love Makes the World Go Round”
 undated
16
“Love Me in the Daytime”
 undated
16
Love Medley
 undated
16
“Lover”
 undated
16
“Lucky Day”
 undated
M
Box
16
“MacNamara’s Band”
 undated
16
“The Man I Love”
 undated
16
March Medley
 undated
16
“The Mardi Gras March”
 undated
16
“Marianne”
 undated
16
Marine Drill Team (“Stout-Hearted Men”/“Marching Along Together”)
 undated
16
Marines
 undated
16
“May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You”
 undated
16
Medley (“Ma! He’s Making Eyes at Me!”/”San Antonio Rose”/“Tumbling Tumbleweeds”/“Ragtime Cowboy Joe”/“Bill Bailey, Won’t You Please Come Home”)
 undated
17
Medley Old Favorites
 undated
17
“Melodie D’Amour”
 undated
17
“Memphis”
 undated
17
“The Merrily Song” (“Merrily, Merrily”)
 undated
17
“The Merry Christmas Polka”
 undated
17
Merry Xmas – Opener ‘59
 1959
17
“A Mighty Fortress is Our God”
 undated
17
Military Medley
 1959, undated
17
Minstrel Teaser
 undated
17
Misterioso #1
 undated
17
“Mountain High”
 undated
17
“Mutual Admiration Society”
 undated
17
“My Darling, My Darling” (sheet music)
 1948
17
“My Fair Lady” – Selection for Orchestra (sheet music)
 1956
17
“My Heart Reminds Me”
 undated
17
“My Home Town is a One Horse Town” (includes sheet music), 1920, undated
 undated
18
“My Little Corner”
 undated
18
“My Mother’s Eyes”
 1958, undated
18
“My Shining Hour”
 undated
18
“My Task”
 undated
N
Box
18
“Nearer, My God, to Thee”
 undated
18
“The Nearness of You”
 undated
18
New McDonald
 undated
18
“The Nickelodeon Song”
 undated
18
“Nigh Bethlehem”
 undated
18
“Night Train to Memphis”
 undated
18
“900 Pages of 66 Books”
 1958, undated
18
“The Ninety and Nine”
 undated
18
“Nobody Knows but the Lord”
 undated
18
“Nobody’s Business”
 undated
18
“No Squeeze Blues” (car commercial)
 undated
18
“Now the Day is Over”
 undated
O
Box
18
O’Brien Play-On
 undated
18
“O Holy Night”
 undated
18
“Oklahoma”
 1959, undated
18
“Old Betsy”
 undated
18
“Old MacDonald”
 undated
19
“The Old Rugged Cross”
 undated
19
“Ole Buttermilk Sky” (includes sheet music)
 1946, undated
19
“O Little Town of Bethlehem”
 undated
19
“On Behalf of the Visiting Firemen” – Opener
 undated
19
“Once in Love with Amy” (sheet music)
 1956
19
“On the Outskirts of Paree”
 1956, undated
19
“On the Street Where You Live” (sheet music)
 1956
19
“Onward Christian Soldiers”
 undated
19
“Onward for God and My Country” (includes sheet music)
 1955, undated
19
Orchestra Scores
(1) “Blessed Assurance”; (2) “I Want to be Ready”; (3) “Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus”; and (4) “Take My Hand.”
 undated
19
“Others”
 undated
19
“Our Thanks to Thee”
 1957
19
“Over the River”
 undated
P
Box
19
“Paddlin’ Madelin’ Home”
 undated
19
“Parade of the Wooden Soldiers”
 undated
19
Park Medley
 1958, undated
19
Party Medley
 undated
20
Party Song
 undated
20
“Peace in the Valley”
 undated
20
“Personality”
 undated
20
“Philadelphia, U.S.A.”
 undated
20
“Pick-a-Little, Talk-a-Little”/“Goodnight Ladies” (sheet music)
 1958
20
“Play Gypsies – Dance Gypsies”
 undated
20
“The Plunk of the Banjo”
 undated
20
“Poinciana”
 undated
20
“Polka Medley”
 undated
20
“Porgy and Bess” Medley/“Porgy and Bess” Medley #2/“Porgy and Bess” Medley #3/“Porgy and Bess” Medley #5
 undated
20
“A Prayer”
 undated
20
Preston Foster Play-On
 undated
20
“Primrose Lane”
 undated
20
“Psalm 150”
 undated
R
Box
20
“Raindrops”
 undated
20
Rain Medley
 undated
21
“Red River Rose”
 undated
21
“The Resurrection”
 undated
21
“Reuben and Rachel”
 1958, undated
21
“Riff”
 undated
21
Roaring 20’s Medley
 undated
21
“Rock and Roll Square Dance”
 undated
21
“Rodger Young” (sheet music)
 1956
21
Romance Medley/Romantic Medley
 undated
21
Romero Play-On
 undated
21
Rooftops of Paris
 undated
21
“Round and Round”
 undated
21
“Row, Row, Row”
 undated
S
Box
21
“Safety in Numbers”
 undated
21
Scherzo
 undated
21
“School Day (Ring Ring Goes the Bell)”
 undated
21
“School Days” – Opener
 undated
21
Scotch Medley
 undated
21
Sea Medley
 undated
21
“Selections from ‘Guys and Dolls’” (sheet music)
 1958
21
“Selections from ‘Hans Christian Andersen’” (sheet music)
 1956
21
“Selections from ‘Kismet’” (sheet music)
 1956
21
“Selections from ‘The Pajama Game’” (sheet music)
 1958
21
“Sentimental Journey”
 undated
22
“September Song”
 undated
22
“Seven Little Girls Sittin’ in the Back Seat”
 undated
22
“Seventy-Six Trombones”/“River Kwai” (includes sheet music)
 1957, undated
22
“Shadrack”
 undated
22
“Shake, Rattle and Roll”
 undated
22
“Shangri-La”
 undated
22
“Shenandoah”
 undated
22
“She’s Funny That Way”
 undated
22
“Shine On, Harvest Moon”
 undated
22
“The Shotgun Boogie”
 undated
22
“Silent Night, Holy Night”
 undated
22
“Singing the Blues”/“Singing the Blues” insert
 undated
22
“Sixteen Tons”
 undated
22
“Skip to My Lou”
 undated
22
“Sleep, My Little Lord Jesus”
 undated
22
“Sleepy-Eyed John”
 1957, undated
22
“Sleepy Time Down South”
 undated
22
Smiles Medley
 undated
22
Smith-Ford Medley #2
 1959, undated
22
“Softly and Tenderly”
 undated
22
Soft Shoe Medley
 undated
22
“Somebody Bigger Than You and I”
 undated
22
“Some Children See Him”
 undated
23
Song & Dance Man (soft shoe routine)
 1957, undated
23
“The Song is You”
 undated
23
“The Sound of Music” Medley
 undated
23
“Spinning Song”
 undated
23
“Spring, Spring, Spring”/“Gaudeamus Igitur”
 undated
23
Square Checkers
 undated
23
“Stand By Me”
 undated
23
“Standing on the Corner” (sheet music)
 1956
23
“Stardust”
 undated
23
“Stay a Little Longer”
 undated
23
“St. Louis Blues”
 undated
23
“Stranger in Paradise” (sheet music)
 1954
23
“Stuck On You”
 undated
23
“Sugartime”
 undated
23
“Summertime” (includes sheet music)
 1954, undated
23
“Sunday Down in Tennessee”
 undated
24
“Surrey”/“Surrey” Medley
 undated
24
“Sweet Genevieve” (includes sheet music)
 1934, undated
24
“Sweet Hour of Prayer”
 undated
24
“Sweet Peace”
 undated
24
“Swinging on a Star”
 undated
24
“Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”
 undated
T
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24
“Take Me Along”
 undated
24
“Take My Hand”
 undated
24
“Take My Mother Home”
 undated
24
“Take Time to Be Holy”
 undated
24
“Take Your Girlie to the Movies”
 undated
24
“Tater Pie”
Includes a typewritten sheet of lyrics.
 undated
24
“Teenage Crush”
 undated
24
“Tenderly” Intro – “D”
 undated
24
“That Old Black Magic”
Includes a typewritten sheet of lyrics.
 undated
25
“That’s Love”
 undated
25
“That’s What I Like About the South”
 undated
25
“There is Beauty in Everything”
 1957, undated
25
“There’ll Be No New Tunes on This Old Piano”
 undated
25
“There’s a Lot to Look For” (car commercial)
 undated
25
“There’s No Business Like Show Business” – To Fade Out
 undated
25
“This Train”
Includes a typewritten sheet of lyrics.
 1961, undated
25
“The Three Bells” (includes sheet music)
 1948, undated
25
“Tiger Rag”
 undated
25
“Till There Was You” (sheet music)
 1957
25
“To a Poet a Thousand Years Hence”
 undated
25
“Together, Wherever We Go” – Medley-Opener
 undated
25
“The Touch of God’s Hand”
 undated
25
Train Medley
 undated
25
“The Trolley Song”
 undated
26
“Troubles Was Hard”
 undated
26
“Try a Little Tenderness”
 undated
26
“Tumbling Tumbleweeds”
 undated
26
“Turkey in the Straw”
 undated
26
“29 Favorite Christmas Community Carols” (sheet music)
 1957
26
II Lesson
 undated
U
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26
“Unchained Melody” (sheet music)
 1955
26
“United Nations March”
 undated
26
“Up a Lazy River”
 undated
26
“U.S.A. Loves Chevrolet” (car commercial)
 undated
V
Box
26
“The Varsity Drag”
 1957, undated
26
Vocal Symphony
 undated
W
Box
26
“Waiting for the Robert E. Lee”
 undated
26
Walking Medley
 undated
26
“Walkin’ My Baby Back Home”
 undated
26
“Walkin’ on Air”
 undated
26
Wally Cox Play-On
 undated
26
“Water Boy”
 undated
26
“The Wedding Song”
 1957
26
“We Have Love”
 undated
26
Western Medley
 undated
27
“Western” Opening/“Western” Closing
 undated
27
“What a Friend We Have in Jesus”
 undated
27
“Whatever Lola Wants” (sheet music)
 1955
27
“What Shall We Do with a Drunken Sailor”
 undated
27
“When a Gypsy Makes His Violin Cry”
 undated
27
“When God Dips His Love in My Heart”
 1957, undated
27
“When Johnny Comes Marching Home”
 undated
27
“When Payday Rolls Around”
 undated
27
“When the Saints Go Marching In”
 undated
27
“When You’re Away”
 undated
27
“When You’re Looking” (car commercial)
 undated
27
“When You Wore a Tulip”
 undated
28
“Where or When”
 undated
28
“Whispering Hope”
 undated
28
“White Christmas”
 undated
28
“Who at My Door is Standing” – Versions A & B
 undated
28
“Who’s Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet”
 undated
28
“Why Baby Why?” (includes sheet music)
 1957, undated
28
Winter Medley #1
 undated
28
“Winter Song”
 undated
28
“Witch Doctor”
 undated
28
“The Witch Song”
 undated
28
“With a Little Bit of Luck”
 undated
28
“Wonderful Copenhagen” (sheet music)
 1955
28
“Won’t You Marry Me”
 undated
28
World Ford #1/World Ford #2
 undated
28
World War I – Medley
 undated
28
“Would You Like to Take a Walk?”
 undated
Y
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28
“Yakety Yak” – Ford-Gobel
 undated
28
“You Don’t Want My Love”
 undated
28
“You’ll Never Walk Alone”
 undated
28
“The Young Man Who Wouldn’t Hoe Corn”
 undated
28
“Your Cheatin’ Heart”
 undated
28
“You’re a Grand Old Flag”
 undated
28
“You’re Ahead in a Ford” (car commercial)
 1958
28
“You’re Nobody ‘til Somebody Loves You”
 undated
Z
 1957, undated
Box
28
“Zip-A-Dee Doo-Dah”
 undated
28
“Zip” Medley
 1957
“Arnie”
Box
Season 1
Box
29
Episode 2 – “An Urge to Splurge” (#E-106)
Includes Music Notes and Music Breakdown sheets.
 1970
29
Episode 4 – “Wife vs. Secretary” (#E-104)
Includes Music Notes and Music Breakdown sheets.
 1970
29
Episode 8 – “Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow” (#E-102)
Includes Music Notes and Music Breakdown sheets.
 1970
29
Episode 9 – “Why Spy?” (#E-113)
 undated
29
Episode 10 – “For Whom the Whistle Blows” (#E-112)
Includes Music Notes and Music Breakdown sheets.
 1970
29
Episode 12 – “Sell Mates” (#E-103)
Includes Music Notes and Music Breakdown sheets.
 1970
29
Episode 13 – “Let Them Eat Cookies” (#E-109)
Includes Music Notes and Music Breakdown sheets.
 1970
30
Episode 14 – “To Buy or Not to Buy” (#E-114)
 undated
30
Episode 15 – “Second Honeymoon” (#E-115)
Includes Music Notes and Music Breakdown sheets.
 1970
30
#6224 – Re-Do
Includes Music Notes and Music Breakdown sheets.
 1970
Season 2
Box
30
Episode 1 – “Nuvo Riche” (#F-302)
 undated
31
Episode 2 – “Well, There Goes the Neighborhood” (#F-303)
 undated
31
Episode 3 – “Honey, I'm Sorry, But...” (#F-301)
 undated
31
Episode 4 – “The Maid” (#F-307)
 undated
31
Assorted
 undated
Box
“The Baileys of Balboa”
Box
47
Episode 2 – “The Great Yacht Club Robbery” (spiral-bound notebook with blue cover)
 1964
47
Episode 3 – “The Return of Barbara Wyntoon” (spiral-bound notebook with blue cover)
 1964
47
Episode 4 – “To Sam, He’s a Swimmer” (spiral-bound notebook with blue cover)
 1964
47
Episode 5 – “Mutiny” (spiral-bound notebook with blue cover)
 1964
47
Episode 6 – “My Son, the Dreamer” (spiral-bound notebook with blue cover)
 1964
47
Episode 7 – “Wanna Buy a Hot Turkey?” (spiral-bound notebook with blue cover)
 1964
47
Episode 8 – “Buck Ships Out” (spiral-bound notebook with blue cover)
 1964
48
Episode 17 – “To Hawaii with Love” (spiral-bound notebook with blue cover)
 1964
48
Assorted (spiral-bound notebook with blue cover)
 undated
“Bracken’s World”
Box
31
#5806
Includes Music Notes and Music Breakdown sheets.
 1969
32
#5818
Includes Music Notes and Music Breakdown sheets.
 1969
32
#5820
Includes Music Notes and Music Breakdown sheets.
 1970
32
Assorted
 1969
“Cimarron Strip”
Box
32
Episode 2 – “The Legend of Jud Starr” (#0702)
Includes “CBS TV Music Editorial” documents for multiple music cues.
 1967
32
Episode 4 – “The Battleground” (#0701)
Includes “CBS TV Music Editorial” documents for multiple music cues.
 1967
33
Episode 7 – “Whitey” (#0711)
Includes “CBS TV Music Editorial” documents for multiple music cues.
1967
33
Episode 9 – “The Search” (#0712)
Includes “CBS TV Music Editorial” documents for multiple music cues.
 1967
33
Episode 19 – “The Sound of a Drum” (#0720)
Includes “CBS TV Music Editorial” documents for multiple music cues, as well as a list of music cues and corresponding times, titles, and instruments.
 1968
33
Concert Score
 undated
33
Assorted
 undated
34
“Custer” – Episode 14 – “Spirit Woman” (#2516)
“Daniel Boone”
Box
34
Season 4 – Episode 15 – “The Scrimshaw Ivory Chart” (#1417)
Includes Music Notes and Music Breakdown sheets.
 1967
Season 5
Box
34
Episode 2 – “The Blackbirder” (#3007)
Includes Music Notes and Music Breakdown sheets.
 1968
34
Episode 25 – “Sweet Molly Malone” (#3025)
Includes Music Breakdown sheets.
 1969
35
Season 6 - Episode 20 – “The Landlords” (#5012)
Includes Music Breakdown sheets.
 1969
“The Danny Thomas Hour”
Box
35
Episode 7 – “Fame is a Four-Letter Word”
1967
35
Episode 13 – “Is Charlie Coming?”
1967
35
“The Dick Van Dyke Show”
 undated
35
“The Felony Squad” – Season 2 – Episode 10 – “Who’ll Take Care of Joey” (#1915)
Includes Music Breakdown sheets.
 1967
“The Flying Nun”
Box
Season 2
Box
35
Episode 3 – “The Rabbi and the Nun” (#3558)
 undated
35
Episode 6 – “The Organ Transplant” (#3546)
 undated
35
Episode 9 – “It’s an Ill Windfall” (#3543)
 undated
35
#3547
 undated
36
#3553
 undated
36
#3564
 undated
36
Theme
 undated
51
“Friends, Romans, Countrymen” (spiral-bound notebook with brown cover)
 undated
36
“The Ghost and Murs. Muir” – #5219
Includes Music Breakdown sheets. Probably for the episode “No Hits, No Runs, No Oysters.”
1969
“Gunsmoke”
Box
36
Season 10, Episode 18 – “One Killer on Ice” (#0421)
 1964
Season 11
Box
51
Episode 12 – “The Hostage” (spiral-bound notebook with green cover)
1965
Episode 13 – “Outlaw’s Woman”
Box
36
1965
51
1965 (spiral-bound notebook with green cover)
Season 13
Box
36
Episode 6 – “A Hat” (#0254)
Includes “CBS TV Music Editorial” documents for multiple music cues.
 1967
36
Episode 10 – “Prairie Wolfer” (#0255)
Includes “CBS TV Music Editorial” documents for multiple music cues.
37
Season 15, Episode 9 – “A Matter of Honor” (#0355)
 1969
37
Assorted
 undated
37
“The Guns of Will Sonnett”
 undated
37
“Hawaii Five-O” – Season 1, Episode 13 – “King of the Hill” (#0208)
Includes “CBS TV Music Editorial” documents for multiple music cues.
 1968
53
“I Spy” – Season 1, Episode 14 – “Affair in T’Sien Cha” (spiral-bound notebook)
“Judd, for the Defense”
Box
37
Season 1, Episode 21 – “What You Can Do with Money” (#1821)
Includes Music Breakdown sheets.
 1968
Season 2
Box
37
Episode 1 – “In a Puff of Smoke” (#2801)
Includes Music Breakdown sheets.
 1968
37
Episode 8 – “The Gates of Cerberus” (#2802)
Includes Music Notes and Music Breakdown sheets.
 1968
37
Episode 11 – “Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch to Live” (#2815)
Includes Music Breakdown sheets.
 1968
38
Episode 14 – “Borderline Girl” (#2814)
Includes Music Notes and Music Breakdown sheets.
 1968
38
Episode 16 – “The Poisoned Tree” (#2811)
 1968
38
Episode 20 – “The Holy Ground: The Killers – Part 2” (#2821)
 1969
38
Assorted
 undated
38
“Lancer” – Season 1, Episode 25 – “The Measure of a Man” (#3125)
“Land of the Giants”
Box
Season 1
Box
39
Episode 12 – “The Golden Cage” (#2405)
Includes Music Notes and Music Breakdown sheets.
 1968
39
Episode 18 – “Night of Thrombeldinbar” (#2420)
 undated
39
Episode 20 – “Target: Earth” (#2422)
Includes Music Notes and Music Breakdown sheets.
 1969
Season 2
Box
40
Episode 3 – “The Inside Rail” (#4701)
Includes Music Notes and Music Breakdown sheets.
 1969
40
Episode 6 – “Giants and All That Jazz” (#4705)
 undated
40
“The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis” – Season 3, Episode 11 – “Have Reindeer, Will Travel” (#5413)
 undated
40
“Mission: Impossible” – Season 5, Episode 3 – “The Innocent” (#60035-108)
Includes Timing Sheets.
 1970
40
“The Odd Couple” – Season 1, Episode 7 – “I Do, I Don’t”
Includes Timing Sheete and Music Spotting Notes, as well as sheet music for “Red Sails in the Sunset” and “A Man and a Woman.”
 1935, 1966-1970
“The New Phil Silvers Show”
Box
51
S-01 (spiral-bound notebook)
 undated
51
S-02 (spiral-bound notebook)
 undated
51
S-03 (spiral-bound notebook)
 undated
51
S-04 (spiral-bound notebook)
 undated
52
S-05 (spiral-bound notebook)
 undated
52
S-06 (spiral-bound notebook)
Includes two sheets as loose inserts.
 undated
52
S-08 (spiral-bound notebook)
 undated
52
S-09 (spiral-bound notebook)
Includes sheet music for “Semper Fidelis” and “The Washington Post.”
 1888-1889, undated
52
S-10 (spiral-bound notebook)
 undated
52
S-11, S-13 & S14 (spiral-bound notebook)
 undated
52
S-12 & S15 (spiral-bound notebook)
 undated
53
S-18 (spiral-bound notebook)
 undated
“The Patty Duke Show”
Box
48
Season 2, Episode 16 – “Patty, the Witness” (#32009) (spiral-bound notebook with “Cathy Leaves Home: But Not Really”)
 undated
Season 3
Box
48
Episode 1 – “A Foggy Day in Brooklyn Heights” (#32002), Episode 2 – “Operation: Tonsils” (#32001), Main Title, & End Title (spiral-bound notebook)
 undated
49
Episode 3 – “Partying is Such Sweet Sorrow” (#32003) & Episode 4 – “The Guest” (#32004) (spiral-bound notebook)
49
Episode 5 – “Our Daughter the Artist” (#32005) & Episode 9 – “Patty and the Eternal Triangle” (#32006) (spiral-bound notebook)
 undated
49
Episode 6 – “Patty’s Private Pygmalion” (#32007) & Episode 7 – “The Girl from N.E.P.H.E.W.” (#32008) (spiral-bound notebook)
 undated
48
Episode 14 – “Cathy Leaves Home: But Not Really” (#32011) (spiral-bound notebook with “Patty the Witness”)
 undated
50
Episode 15 – “The History Paper Caper” (#32017), Episode 16 – “A Very Phone-y Situation” (#32018), & Episode 17 – “Ross Runs Away, But Not Far” (#32019) (spiral-bound notebook)
 undated
40
Theme, Main Title, & End Title
 undated
“Rawhide” – Season 8, Episode 4 – “Walk into Terror” (#0955)
Box
40
1965
Includes “CBS TV Music Editorial” documents for multiple music cues.
53
1965 (spiral-bound notebook)
“Startime” – episode 31 – “Tennessee Ernie Ford Meets King Arthur”
Box
56
Music Lists
 undated
41
Music Scores
 undated
56
Revised Script Pages with annotations
 undated
56
Teleplay
 undated
56
Teleplay – Final Draft
 1960
56
Shooting Script – Revised (two sets)
 1960
41
“Surrogate” (#8001-90)
A list of track titles and accompanying instruments, probably for the TV movie “The Challenge” (1970).
 undated
“That Girl” – Season 1
Box
53
Episode 2 – "Goodbye, Hello, Goodbye" (#6) (spiral-bound notebook)
 undated
53
Episode 6 – “Rich Litle Rich Kid” (#7) & Episode 8 – “Little Auction Annie” (#8) (spiral-bound notebook)
 undated
54
Episode 7 – “Help Wanted” (#9) & Episode 15 – “Beware of Actors Bearing Gifts” (#10) (spiral-bound notebook)
 undated
54
Episode 9 – “Time for Arrest” (#12) (spiral-bound notebook)
 undated
54
Episode 12 – “Soap Gets in Your Eyes” (#13) & Episode 13 – “All About Ann” (#14) (spiral-bound notebook)
 undated
54
Episode 14 – “Phantom of the Horse Opera” (#15) & Episode 17 – “Among My Souvenirs” (#16) (spiral-bound notebook)
 undated
54
Episode 16 – “Christmas and the Hard-Luck Kid” (#18) & Episode 18 – “These Boots Weren’t Made for Walking” (#17) (spiral-bound notebook)
 undated
55
Episode 19 – “Kimono My House” (#20) & Episode 20 – “Gone with the Breeze” (#19) (spiral-bound notebook)
 undated
55
Episode 21 – “Rain, Snow and Rice” (#21) & Episode 22 – “Paper Hats & Everything” (#22) (spiral-bound notebook)
 undated
55
Episode 23 – “What Are Your Intentions?” (#23) & Episode 24 – “A Tenor’s Loving Care” (#24) (spiral-bound notebook)
 undated
55
Episode 25 – “Leaving the Nest is for the Birds” (#25) & Episode 26 – “You Have to Know Someone to be Unknown” (#26) (spiral-bound notebook)
 undated
55
Episode 27 – “The Honeymoon Apartment” (#27) & Episode 28 – “This Little Piggy Had a Ball” (#28) (spiral-bound notebook)
 undated
55
Episode 29 – “Author, Author” (#29) & Episode 30 – “The Mating Game” (#30) (spiral-bound notebook)
 undated
“Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea” – Season 4
Box
42
Episode 2 – “The Deadly Dolls” (#1303)
Includes Music Notes and Music Breakdown sheets.
 1967
43
Episode 5 – “Sealed Orders” (#1306)
Includes Music Breakdown sheets.
 1967
44
Episode 21 – “Savage Jungle” (#1322)
Includes Music Notes and Music Breakdown sheets.
 1968
44
Episode 25 – “The Death Clock” (#1311)
Includes Music Notes and Music Breakdown sheets.
 1968
“The Wild, Wild West”
Box
Season 1 – Episode 17 – “The Night the Dragon Screamed” (#1310-3224-0168)
Box
44
1965
Includes Music Spotting Notes and “CBS TV Music Editorial” documents for multiple music cues.
50
1965 (spiral-bound notebook)
Season 2
Box
45
Episode 5 – “The Night of the Returning Dead” (#1310-3224-0305)
Includes “CBS TV Music Editorial” documents for multiple music cues.
 1966
45
Episode 8 – “The Night of the Bottomless Pit” (#1310-3224-0312)
Includes Music Spotting Notes and “CBS TV Music Editorial” documents for multiple music cues.
 1966
45
Episode 25 – “The Night of the Deadly Blossom” (#1310-3224-0328)
Includes Music Spotting Notes and “CBS TV Music Editorial” documents for multiple music cues.
 1967
Season 4
Box
45
Episode 4 – “The Night of the Sedgewick Curse” (#1310-3224-0610)
 undated
45
Episode 6 – “The Night of the Kraken” (#1310-3224-0612)
 undated
46
Episode 8 – “The Night of the Egyptian Queen” (#1310-3224-0604)
 1968
46
#1310-3224-0602
 undated
46
#1310-3224-0621
 undated
46
Assorted
 undated

Series II. Television Commercials – Music Scores and Related DocumentsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
46
“All This Luggage”
Includes sheet music for “See the U.S.A. in Your Chevrolet” and a memo that states the objective for the commercial (which was scheduled to run during a December 1961 episode of “Bonanza”) and includes a list of video shots and accompanying audio.
 1950, 1961
46
“Eight Corvairs”
Includes a shot-by-shot list of the commercial.
 1962
46
Sun-Maid Raisins
 1970

Series III. AssortedReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
46
Chases’ Calendar of Annual Events – 1959
 1958
46
Letter – to Geller from Len Scholl of Erwin Wasey, Inc.
 1970
46
“The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show” – Rehearsal Schedule – Final Show – Fifth Season
 1961
46
Unidentified Music Scores
 undated
46
Assorted Lyrics
 undated

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Titles within the Collection

  • "Arnie" (Television program)
  • "Bracken's World" (Television program)
  • "Cimarron Strip" (Television program)
  • "Custer" (Television program)
  • "Daniel Boone" (Television program)
  • "Gunsmoke" (Television program)
  • "Hawaii Five-O" (Television program)
  • "I Spy" (Television program)
  • "Judd, for the Defense" (Television program)
  • "Lancer" (Television program)
  • "Land of the Giants" (Television program)
  • "Mission: Impossible" (Television program)
  • "Rawhide" (Television program)
  • "Startime" (Television program)
  • "That Girl" (Television program)
  • "The Baileys of Balboa (Television program)
  • "The Danny Thomas Hour" (Television program)
  • "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (Television program)
  • "The Felony Squad" (Television program)
  • "The Flying Nun" (Television program)
  • "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" (Television program)
  • "The Guns of Will Sonnett" (Television program)
  • "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" (Television program)
  • "The New Phil Silvers Show" (Television program)
  • "The Odd Couple" (Television program)
  • "The Patty Duke Show" (Television program)
  • "The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show" (Television program)
  • "The Wild Wild West" (Television program)
  • "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (Television program)

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