AHJ_ah06436 Inventory of the Robert Emmett Dolan papers, 1941-1972 Dolan (Robert Emmett) papers Processed by Roger Simon University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
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 Finding aid encoded by D. Claudia Thompson August 2014 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Dolan, Robert Emmett, 1908-1972 Robert Emmett Dolan papers 1915-1972 06436 19.69 cubic ft. (26 boxes) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English Robert Emmett Dolan composed, arranged, and conducted music for movies, TV, and stage. This collection includes music and production materials, as well as scripts, correspondence, contracts, and awards and certificates. Biography of Robert Emmett Dolan

Robert Emmett Dolan (1908-1972) composed, arranged, and conducted music for movies, TV, and stage. His work in movies included several starring Bing Crosby, among them "Holiday Inn" (1942), "Going My Way" (1944), "The Bells of St. Mary's" (1945), "Road to Rio" (1947), and "White Christmas" (1954). His television work included "Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years" (1960-1961) and "O.K. Crackerby!" (1965-1966). He collaborated with songwirter Johnny Mercer on numerous songs and on two Broadway shows - "Texas, Li'l Darlin'" (1949-1950) and "Foxy" (1964). He was a member of the music faculty of Columbia University, and he authored a book, “Music in Modern Media.”

 Scope and Content

The Dolan collection contains music and production materials for Dolan’s work in movies, TV, and stage. Also included are scripts and manuscripts written by Dolan and others, contracts, correspondence, awards and certificates, teaching materials, and drafts of “Music in Modern Media.”

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The collection was processed by Roger Simon in September 2025.

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 Access Terms Motion picture music -- United States -- 20th century Musical theater -- United States -- 20th century Television music -- United States -- 20th century <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Music Performing Arts Container List Series I. Music 1 “Aaron Slick from Punkin’ Crick” (movie) (bound notebook) 1951 12 “Air for String Quartet” undated 1 “Anything Goes” (movie) (bound notebook) 1955 1 “Are Husbands Necessary?” (“Mr. and Mrs. Cugat”) (movie) (bound notebook) 1942 1 “Bahama Passage” (movie) (bound notebook) undated 12 Ballad undated 1 “The Bells of St. Mary’s” (movie) (bound notebook – two copies) undated “Birth of the Blues” (movie) 1 Original Sketches (bound notebook) 1941 1 1941 (bound notebook) 1 “Blue Skies” (movie) (bound notebook) 1946 22 “Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre” – “Time of Flight” Excerpt (TV) (audiotape – one reel) 12 Bolshoi Ballet TV by David Raksin undated 12 “Boy on a Dolphin” (movie) undated 1 “Bring On the Girls” (movie) (bound notebook) 1944 12 Bucolie undated 12 “Calypso Alfresco” undated “Children's Stories as Told by the Great Gildersleeve” (record album) 12 “The Brave Little Tailor as told by the Great Gildersleeve” undated

Text by John Whedon and Sam Moore; music by Dolan.

 12 “Hansel and Gretel as told by the Great Gildersleeve” undated

Text by John Whedon and Sam Moore; music by Dolan.

 12 “Coco” (Broadway show) undated 12 “Collage for Clarinet” by Lyn Murray undated 12 “Come Blow Your Horn” by Sammy Cahn (lyrics) and James Van Heusen (music) undated 2 “Cross My Heart” (movie) (bound notebook) 1945 2 “Dear Ruth” (movie) (bound notebook) 1946 12 “Death or Victory” undated 12 “Desolation & Poverty” undated 12 “The Devil’s Hairpin” (movie) – “Prelude” by Van Cleave undated 2 “Dixie” (movie) (bound notebook) 1943 2 “Duffy’s Tavern” (movie) (bound notebook) 1945 12 “Eisenhower on Churchill” (T.V. Film) undated 2 “For Whom the Bell Tolls” (movie) (bound notebook) 1943 “Foxy” (Broadway show) 12 “As Fair as Her Name,” “Bon Vivant,” “Celia’s First Essay,” and “A Child of the Wild” undated 12 “Ebenezer Reprise,” “If Mother Could Just See Me Now,” “I’ll Get Even,” “I’m Way Ahead of the Game,” “In Loving Memory,” and “Larceny and Love” undated 12 “The Letter of the Law,” “Life’s Darkest Moment,” and “Many Ways to Skin a Cat” undated 13 “Money Isn’t Everything,” “My Night to Howl,” “The Power of Love,” “Respectability,” and “Rollin’ in Gold” undated 13 “Run, Run, Run, Cinderella,” “Share and Share Alike,” “The S.S. Commodore Ebenezer McAfee the Third,” “Take It from a Lady,” “Talk to Me, Baby,” and “Till It Goes Out of Style” undated 13 Assorted 1963, undated

Includes multiple scores in a folder labeled “Composer.” Includes a list of the songs in each act, a list of the show’s credits, and a staff directory.

 23 Assorted undated

Handwritten scores in a large, spiral-bound notebook. Includes as loose inserts multiple scores.

 13 “The Girl I Used to Know” by Dolan (music) and Walter O’Keefe (lyrics) undated 2 “Going My Way” (movie) (bound notebook) 1944 2 “Good Sam” (movie) (bound notebook) undated 2 “The Great Gatsby” (movie) (bound notebook) 1948 2 “Happy Go Lucky” (movie) (bound notebook) 1942 13 “He Didn’t Have the Know-How No How” by Dolan (music) and Johnny Mercer (lyrics) undated 13 “The Heiress” (movie) 1948 2 “Here Come the Waves” (movie) (bound notebook) 1944 2 “Holiday Inn” (movie) (bound notebook) 1942 “How the West Was Won” (movie) 13 “How the West Was Won” by Sammy Kahn (lyrics) and Dolan (music) undated 13 “Indian Fight” by Alfred Newman 1962 3 “I Love a Soldier” (movie) (bound notebook) 1944 22 “I’m Way Ahead of the Game,” sung by Tony Bennett (audiotape – one reel) undated

From the Broadway musical “Foxy.”

 3 “Incendiary Blonde” (movie) (bound notebook) 1943 13 “Isadore Shapiro & Sons” by Dolan (music) and Johnny Mercer (lyrics) undated 13 “I Struck It Lucky” undated 13 “I Wanna Be in Love Again!” by Johnny Mercer undated 13 “Juno” (Broadway show) – “Lament (New)” – #45 and “Finale Act II” – #46 undated 3 “Lady in the Dark” (movie) (bound notebook) 1943 23 “Lee, the Virginian” (NBC-TV – Special Projects) – Original Sketches 1962 3 “Let’s Dance” (movie) (bound notebook) 1949 3 “Let’s Face It” (movie) (bound notebook) 1943 13 “Little Bit o’ Country” by Dolan (music) and Johnny Mercer (lyrics) undated 13 “Lonelyheart” by Dolan (music) and Johnny Mercer (lyrics) undated “Louisiana Purchase” (movie) 3 Original Sketches (bound notebook) 1941 3 1940 (bound notebook) 3 1941 (bound notebook) 3 “The Major and the Minor” (movie) (bound notebook) 1942 13 “The Man Who Understood Women” (movie) undated 24 “Messer Marco Polo” (play – apparently unproduced) (large three-ring notebook) undated 3 “Monsieur Beaucaire” (movie) (bound notebook) undated 13 “The Mountaineer” (from an unidentified movie – Prod. # 10395) undated 23 “Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid” (movie) (bound notebook) undated 13 Music in the House – Extension undated 3 “My Favorite Brunette” (movie) (bound notebook 1946 3 “My Own True Love” (movie) (bound notebook 1947 4 “My Son John” (movie) (bound notebook) 1951 14 “Nevada Smith” (movie) 1965 14 “O.K. Crackerby!” (TV series) by Dolan and Abe Burrows 4 “Once Upon a Honeymoon” (movie) (bound notebook) undated 4 “The Perils of Pauline” (movie) (bound notebook 1946 14 “Quartet” by Dolan undated 14 “Rhythm Tune” by Dolan undated 24 “Road to Rio” (movie) (bound notebook) 1947 14 “Rondeau” by Dolan undated 4 “Saigon” (movie) (bound notebook) 1947 4 “Salty O’Rourke” (movie) (bound notebook) 1944 14 “The Selfish Giant” undated 14 “The Six-Pence” (Old Gaelic Air) by Alfred Newman (transcription) undated 14 “Skating” and “Skating #2” by Dolan undated 14 “Sophia” (#1) (4 Men) undated 4 “Sorrowful Jones” (movie) (bound notebook) 1948 14 “Spelled Backwards I Love You” by Dolan (music) and Johnny Mercer (lyrics) undated 4 “Standing Room Only” (movie) (bound notebook) 1943 4 “Star Spangled Rhythm” (movie) (bound notebook 1942 “Stories for Children, Told in His Own Way by the Great Gildersleeve” (record album) (1945) 14 “Jack and the Bean Stalk as told by the Great Gildersleeve” undated

Text by John Whedon and Sam Moore; music by Dolan.

 14 “Puss in Boots as told by the Great Gildersleeve” undated

Text by John Whedon and Sam Moore; music by Dolan. Includes as an insert the text of “Puss in Boots.”

 14 “Rumpelstiltskin as told by the Great Gildersleeve” undated

Text by John Whedon and Sam Moore; music by Dolan. Includes as an insert the text of “Rumpelstiltskin.”

 “Stories for Children, Told in His Own Way by the Great Gildersleeve” (record album) (1947) 14 “Cinderella as told by the Great Gildersleeve” undated

Text by John Whedon and Sam Moore; music by Dolan; lyrics by Johnny Mercer.

 14 “Snow White and Rose Red as told by the Great Gildersleeve” undated

Text by John Whedon and Sam Moore; music by Dolan. Includes as inserts five copies of the text of “Snow White and Rose Red.”

 4 “The Stork Club” (movie) (bound notebook) 1945 14 “String Quartet in A Minor” by Dolan undated 14 Tempo Chart – Ollie Wallace undated “Texas, Li’l Darlin’” (Broadway show) 14 “Affable, Balding Me” 1949 15 “The Big Movie Show in the Sky” 1949 15 “Chase” Reprise undated 15 “Coyote’s Specialty” undated 15 “Entr’acte” 1949 15 “Exit March” undated 15 “Finale Ultimo” – Parts I and II undated 15 “Hootin’ Owl Trail” 1949 15 “Horseshoes Are Lucky” 1949 16 “It’s Great to Be Alive” 1949 16 “Jeep Sequence” undated 16 “Just to Keep the Record Straight” 1949 16 “Little Bit o’ Country” 1949 16 “Love Me, Love My Dog” undated 16 “Miss Jones” Reprise undated 16 “A Month of Sundays” undated 16 “Movie Encore” undated 16 “Movie Show” Reprise undated 16 Opening – Act I (“Find Me a Man”) undated 16 Opening – Act II undated 17 Opening Dance undated 17 Opening – Scene III, Act I 1949 17 Opening – Scene IV, Act II undated 17 “Our Family Tree” 1994 17 Overture undated 17 “Politics” 1949 17 “Ride ‘em, Cowboy” undated 17 Road Entr’acte undated 17 Road Overture undated 17 “Square Dance” 1949 18 “Sundays” Reprise undated 18 “Take a Crank Letter” 1949 18 “Texas, Li’l Darlin’” 1949 18 “They Talk a Different Language” 1949 18 “Whichaway’d They Go?” 1949 18 “Whoopin’ and A-Hollerin’” 1949 18 “Yodel” Reprise” undated 19 Assorted 1949, undated 4 1949 (bound notebook – two copies) 19 Theme by Dolan undated 19 “The Three Faces of Eve” (movie) undated

Includes “Conductor Book for Robert E. Dolan.”

 “Top o’ the Morning” (movie) 4 1949 (bound notebook) 19 1949 22 “Tribute to De Gaulle” – J. Wellington – Time Magazine Network Radio, undated (audiotape – one reel) undated 23 “U.S. Grant” (NBC-TV – Special Projects – Bayside) – Complete Sketches (Originals) 1961 19 “The Victor Borge Show” – “Hertz Entrance” by Dolan undated 19 “Visit to a Small Planet” (movie) – “Rising Table” undated 19 “The Voice of the Turtle” (movie) by Max Steiner 1947

Includes a short letter to Dolan from Max Steiner.

 19 “The Way You Fall in Love” by Dolan (music) and Johnny Mercer (lyrics) undated

The pages are blank.

 19 “We Can Be Proud” undated 5 “Welcome Stranger” (movie) (bound notebook) 1946 19 “The White House Blues” by Dolan (music) and Johnny Mercer (lyrics) undated

The pages are blank.

 “White Christmas” (movie) 5 1954 (bound notebook)

This copy begins with “Vistavision Title” and ends with “End Title.”

 5 1954 (bound notebook)

This copy begins with “Prelude” and ends with “White Christmas – Rec. Version.”

 “Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years” 11 Episode 1 – “The Gathering Storm” undated 11 Episode 2 – “Combat Deepens” undated 11 Episode 3 – “Dunkirk” undated 11 Episode 4 – “French Agony” undated 11 Episode 5 – “Take One with You” undated 11 Episode 6 – “The Ravens Remain” undated 11 Episode 7 – “Struggle at Sea” undated 11 Episode 8 – “Hinge of Fate” undated 11 Episode 9 – “Alone No More” undated 11 Episode 10 – “Out of the East” undated 11 Episode 11 – “The Torch Is Lit” undated 11 Episode 12 – “Sand and Snow” undated 11 Episode 13 – “Strike Hard, Strike Home!” undated 11 Episode 14 – “Closing the Ring” undated 11 Episode 15 – “Be Sure You Win” undated 11 Episode 16 – “Turning of the Tide” undated 11 Episode 17 – “The Die Is Cast” undated 11 Episode 18 – “D-Day” undated 11 Episode 19 – “Set Europe Ablaze” undated 11 Episode 20 – “Triumph in France” undated 11 Episode 21 – “Beginning of the End” undated 11 Episode 22 – “Final Christmas” undated 11 Episode 23 – “Yalta” undated 11 Episode 24 – “Tying the Knot” undated 11 Episode 25 – “Götterdämmerung” undated 11 Episode 26 – “Goodbye, Mr. Churchill” undated 11 Episode 27 – Special – “Will to Victory” undated 19 Music recorded for the record album undated 21 M-1 (audiotape – one reel) 1961 21 M-2 (audiotape – one reel) 1961 21 M-3(audiotape – one reel) 1961 21 M-4 (audiotape – one reel) 1960 22 M-6 (audiotape – one reel) 1960 22 M-7 (audiotape – one reel) 1960 22 M-8 (audiotape – one reel) 1960 19 “The Wonderful World of Bob Hope” (TV) undated 23 “The World of Billy Graham” (NBC-TV Special Projects) – Complete Sketches (Originals) 1961 “The World of Jacqueline Kennedy” (NBC-TV Special Projects)

Aired on NBC in November 1962.

 25 Original Sketches (large, spiral-bound notebook) 1962 19 Undated 25 “The World of Jimmy Doolittle” (NBC-TV Special Projects Division) – Original Sketches (four-ring notebook) 1961 20 “The World of Maurice Chevlaier” (NBC-TV) – “Ma Belle Cherie” by Dolan (music) and Johnny Mercer (lyrics) 1962 20 “You Know You Don’t Want Me (So Why Don’t You Leave Me Alone?)” by Johnny Mercer (lyrics) and Dolan (music) 1959 20 “You’re My Love” by Johnny Mercer (lyrics) and Dolan (music) undated 20 “You Started Something” by Joseph J. Lilley undated

Inscribed to Dolan by Lilley.

 20 Click Sheets 20 Assorted 25 Assorted, undated (large three-ring notebook) undated

Includes scores with music by Dolan and lyrics by Johnny Mercer.

 Series II. Scripts and Manuscripts 5 “Anything Goes” (movie) by Sidney Sheldon (revised final white – bound notebook with black cover) 1955

Includes stills from the movie.

 6 “The Bear That Wasn’t There” undated 6 “The Boy Who Swallowed an Elephant” (play – apparently unproduced) by Stanley Mann undated “Bravo! Bravo!” (play – apparently unproduced) by Dolan 6 Scene-by-Scene Synopsis (two copies) 1959 6 Scripts (three drafts/copies) undated 6 “Coco” (Broadway show) undated

Book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner; music by Andre Previn.

 6 “Duse and the French” by Victor Mapes undated 6 “Escadrille” (play – apparently unproduced) (second draft) by Julian Barry 1966 6 “Foxy” (Broadway show) undated

Suggested by Ben Jonson’s “Volpone.” Book by Ian McLellan Hunter and Ring Lardner, Jr.; lyrics by Johnny Mercer; music by Dolan.

 6 “Free and Easy” (play – apparently unproduced) (revised) 1949

Lyrics by Johnny Mercer; music by Dolan; book by Sig Herzig and Milton Lazarus. Includes a note from Herzig regarding the script and, as inserts, revised script pages.

 6 “God Bless America” – Synopsis (proposal – TV series) by Dolan 1965 6 “The Good Folks Out There” (playlet) by Dolan undated 6 “I Don’t Get to Go Nowhere” undated 6 “Joey” by Louis Peterson 1956

Originally produced on TV for the “Goodyear Television Playhouse.” According to an article published in “The New York Times” on April 6, 1956, Paramount bought the property with the intent of making it into a feature film that would have starred Anthony Perkins (who played Joey in the original TV production) and would have been produced by Dolan. The feature film was never made.

 6 “Juno” (Broadway show) by Joseph Stein and Marc Blitzstein undated 6 “Just Passing Through” undated “Messer Marco Polo” (play – apparently unproduced)

Based on the novel by Donn Byrne.

 6 Script by Robert Nathan undated 6 Script by Robert Nathan and Sigfrid Herzig undated 5 Book by Robert Nathan and Siegfried Herzig; lyrics by Johnny Mercer; music by Dolan (bound notebook) undated “Music in Modern Media” (book) by Dolan 6 Author’s Note, Contents, and Charts, Diagrams, & Music Examples 1967 6 Bound Proofs (two) 1967

One includes handwritten notes; the other includes as an insert a typewritten document labeled “author’s note.”

 6 Draft “Music for the New Media” undated 6 Draft undated 6 Draft undated

In a three-ring notebook. Includes as loose inserts “Music for Films – Craft Techniques,” “Determining Click Speed,” and “Film Mathematics.”

 7 Galley Proofs 1966 7 Information for Book Jacket undated 7 “Music in the Theater” by Dolan undated 7 “New Strings for an Old Harp” by Dolan undated 7 “Smalltown, U.S.A.” (NBC) by Ernest Pendrell 1964 7 “A Star Danced” (stage – apparently unproduced) by Dolan (two drafts) undated 7 “Story for Bing” undated 7 “A Streetcar Named Desire” – Acting Edition, by Tennessee Williams (Dramatists Play, Service, Inc.) 1953 “Texas, Li’l Darlin’” (Broadway show) 7 Script 1949 7 Script – State Fair Musicals 1957 (three copies) 1949 7 Script undated 7 “Two Out of Three” (outline) by Dolan and Peggy Simon 1966 7 “Views on Contemporary Music” undated 7 “What Happened to the Melody?” by Dolan (two copies/drafts) undated 7 “What Have Dolan and Moore Been Doing?” undated 5 “White Christmas” (movie) by Norman Krasna, Norman Panama, and Melvin Frank (2nd revised final white – bound notebook with black cover) 1953

Includes stills from the movie.

 7 Assorted Lyrics undated Series III. Production Materials 7 “Anything Goes” (movie) – Production Budget 1955 7 “Coco” (Broadway show) 1969, undated

Includes Music Breakdown Sheets.

 7 “Foxy” (Broadway show) 1963, undated

Includes a Music Breakdown Sheet and correspondence.

 7 “Messer Marco Polo” (play – apparently unproduced) 1949-1950, undated 7 “Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years” (TV) 1960, undated

Includes Music Cue Sheets and lists of episodes with corresponding sequences and music descriptions.

 7 “The World of Benny Goodman” (TV) 1962 7 “The World of Jimmy Doolittle” (TV) 1961 7 Assorted 1959-1966, undated

Includes materials from “The Last of the Secret Agents?” (movie), “The Revlon Revue” (TV), “The World of Maurice Chevlaier” (TV), “The World of Bob Hope” (TV), a TV show about Ulysses S. Grant, and a play titled “Stairs to the Roof.”

 Series IV. Teaching Columbia University 8 “Classes in Score-Reading, Orchestration & Conducting” by Dolan 1965

Includes as inserts five copies of “examination requirements,” string writing exercise #1, and six sets of music scores.

 8 Dodge Hall Music Library 1965, undated 8 “The Film Musical” 1951, undated

Includes a curriculum list, “On Riverside Drive” – A Television Play with Music by Sam Moore, an untitled script, and “Why a Musical Show?”

 8 “Film Music-Scoring at Columbia” by Dolan 1966 8 Assorted 1967-1970

Includes memos from Dolan and other documents from and about the Music Department, “Columbia University Bulletin” – School of General Studies – 1967-1968, “Schedule of Classes and Room Assignments, Autumn Term, 1967-1968,” the 1968 Faculty Handbook, an issue of “Columbia University Newsletter,” an issue of “Up Against the Wall” (Columbia University Students for a Democratic Society), Columbia University Press – Book Catalog – Fall 1967-Winter 1968, and press releases.

 8 “Joseph Schillinger Correspondence Course” with Dolan undated Series V. ASCAP [American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers] 8 1965>

In a black, three-ring notebook with tabs. Includes as an insert a report on an ASCAP meeting.

 5 1965, undated

In a bound notebook with a black cover.

 Series VI. Financial 8 Contracts 1943-1971, undated

Includes multiple letters from Columbia University reappointing Dolan as Associate in Music, photocopies of contracts from MGM regarding the movie “How the West Was Won,” two photocopies of a contract from Twentieth Century-Fox regarding the movie “The Man Who Understood Women,” documents related to Dolan’s work on the Broadway show “Juno” (referred to in the documents as “Daarlin’ Man”), documents related to Dolan’s work on the Broadway show “Texas, Li’l Darlin,’” photocopies of contracts between Dolan and Paramount, and a contract for Dolan’s “exclusive radio services on the Ford Motor Company program.”

 8 Insurance 1948-1950 8 The New Dramatists Committee, Inc. (NY, NY) – Grant Proposal 1967-1968 20 Taxes 1949-1951, 1963 8 Assorted 1950-1951

Includes bills from The Children’s Piano Studio (Elizabeth Bordon, Santa Monica, CA) and Bill Morris, Inc. – Authorized Studebaker Dealer (Santa Monica, CA).

 Series VII. Diaries 8 1966 8 1967 8 1969 8 1970 Series VIII. Correspondence 8 “Anything Goes” (movie) 1953-1955 8 Capitol Records 1942-1949

Includes an Amended Prospectus for Capitol Records, Inc.

 Letters from Bing Crosby, Johnny Green, Oscar Hammerstein II, and Cole Porter 8 Photocopies 1947-1955, 1967-1972 26 Originals 1947-1955, 1967-1972 8 1941-1948 9 1949 9 1950-1959 9 1960-1969 9 1970 9 Undated Series IX. Awards and Certificates Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 20 Certificate of Nomination for Award – Scoring of a Musical Picture – “Birth of the Blues” 1942 20 Certificate of Nomination for Award – Scoring of a Musical Picture – “Holiday Inn” 1942 20 Certificate of Nomination for Award – Scoring of a Musical Picture – “Star Spangled Rhythm” 1943 20 Certificate of Nomination for Award – Scoring of a Musical Picture – “Lady in the Dark” 1944 20 Certificate of Nomination for Award – Scoring of a Musical Picture – “Incendiary Blonde” & Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture – “The Bells of St. Mary’s” 1945 20 Certificate of Nomination for Award – Scoring of a Musical Picture – “Blue Skies” 1946 20 Certificate of Nomination for Award – Scoring of a Musical Picture – “Road to Rio” 1947 20 American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers – Certificate of Membership 1946 20 Boxoffice Blue Ribbon Award – Best Picture of the Month – “White Christmas” – November 1954 undated 20 The Council of Motion Picture Organizations – Audience Award Nomination to “White Christmas” for Best Motion Picture for the 1954-1955 Season 1955 Exhibitor Laurel Awards 20 Official 1954 Nomination – “White Christmas” 1954 20 Official 1956 Nomination – “Anything Goes” 1956 20 Southern California Motion Picture Council Inc. – Certificate of Award – “White Christmas” 1954 20 United States Treasury Department – Citation – “In recognition of distinguished and patriotic services to our Country, rendered in behalf of National Defense on a nation-wide radio broadcast on the date of November 18, 1941 undated

Signed by Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr.

 Series X. Clippings 20 “Anything Goes” (scrapbook) 1955-1956

Many of the clippings in the scrapbook have come loose.

 9 Clippings about Dolan 1944-1947 9 1950, 1964-1968, undated 9 1958, 1971, undated Series XI. Photographs 20 Maurice Chevalier 1966

Inscribed to Dolan by Chevalier. In the photo, Chevalier is holding sheet music for “Ma Belle Cherie” by Dolan.

 20 Dolan undated 20 “White Christmas” (five stills) 1954 Series XII. Collected Published Sheet Music 9 “Americana Collection” – Vocal Edition – Mixed Voices (Rubank, Inc., Chicago, IL) 1942 9 “The Blue Paradise” – “Auf Wiedersein” by Sigmund Romberg (G. Schirmer, Inc., NY, NY) 1915 “Can-Can” 9 “Allez-Vous-En, Go Away” by Cole Porter (Chappell & Co., NY, NY) 1953 9 “I Am In Love” by Cole Porter (Chappell & Co., NY, NY), 1953 1953 9 “Carols for Christmas” undated

“With the Season’s Best Wishes” – Bill Morris, Inc. – Bay District Studebaker Dealer, Santa Monica, CA.

 9 “Chimney Corner Dream” by Dolan (music) and Johnny Mercer (lyrics) (Cromwell Music, Inc., NY, NY) 1961 “Coco” 9 “Always Mademoiselle” by André Previn (music) and Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics) (Chappell & Co., NY, NY) 1969 9 “A Brand New Dress” by André Previn (music) and Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics) (Chappell & Co., NY, NY) 1969 9 “But That’s the Way You Are” by André Previn (music) and Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics) (Chappell & Co., NY, NY) 1969 9 “Coco” by André Previn (music) and Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics) (Chappell & Co., NY, NY) 1969 9 “Gabrielle” (Piano Solo) by André Previn (Chappell & Co., NY, NY) 1969 9 “Let’s Go Home” by André Previn (music) and Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics) (Chappell & Co., NY, NY) 1969 9 “The Money Rings Out Like Freedom” by André Previn (music) and Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics) (Chappell & Co., NY, NY) 1969 9 “Fiddlin’ Joe” by Douglas Moore (Carl Fischer, Inc., NY, NY) 1936 “Foxy” 9 “I’m Way Ahead of the Game” by Dolan (music) and Johnny Mercer (lyrics) (Commander Publications, NY, NY) 1963 9 “Run, Run, Run Cinderella” by Dolan (music) and Johnny Mercer (lyrics) (Commander Publications, NY, NY) 1963 9 “Talk To Me Baby” by Dolan (music) and Johnny Mercer (lyrics) (Commander Publications, NY, NY) 1963 “How the West Was Won” 9 A Home in the Meadow” by Sammy Cahn (lyrics and Dolan (music adapted and arranged by) (Robbins Music Corp., NY, NY) 1963 9 Vocal Selection (Robbins Music Corp. NY, NY) 1963

Includes “A Home in the Meadow” by Sammy Kahn (lyrics) and Dolan (music adapted and arranged by), “Raise a Ruckus Tonight” by Johnny Mercer (lyrics) and Dolan (music adapted by), and “What Was Your Name in the States?” by Johnny Mercer (lyrics) and Dolan (music adapted by).

 9 “Li’l Abner” – Vocal Score 1959 9 “More Easy Classics to Moderns” (“Music for Millions” Series – Volume 27) (Consolidated Music Publishers, Inc., NY, NY) 1960 5 “Nineteen Sonatas for the Piano” – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (bound notebook) 1918 “Silk Stockings” 9 “All Of You” by Cole Porter (Chappell & Co., NY, NY) 1954 9 “As On Through the Seasons We Sail” by Cole Porter (Chappell & Co., NY, NY) 1954 9 “Paris Loves Lovers” by Cole Porter (Chappell & Co., NY, NY) 1954 9 “Silk Stockings” by Cole Porter (Chappell & Co., NY, NY) 1954 9 “Without Love” by Cole Porter (Chappell & Co., NY, NY) 1954 Series XIII. Collected Books 9 “At Swim-Two-Birds” (HC) by Flann O’Brien (Pantheon Books, NY, NY) 1939 9 “Directing the Play – A Source Book of Stagecraft” (HC) by Toby Cole and Helen Krich Chinoy (eds.) (The Bobbs-Merrill Co, NY, NY) 1953 9 “The Ferret Fancier” (HC) by Anthony C. West (Simon and Schuster, NY, NY) 1963 9 “40 Years of Hit Tunes” (The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, NY, NY) (two copies) undated 9 “History of England” (HC) by George Macaulay Trevelyan (Longmans, Green and Co., NY, NY) 1926 9 “Hollywood Without Make-Up” (HC) by Pete Martin (J.P. Lippincott Co., NY, NY) 1948 9 “The Importance of Being IRISH” (HC) by Alan Bestic (William Morrow and Co., NY, NY) 1969 9 “International Motion Picture Almanac – 1956” (HC) by Charles S. Aaronson (ed.) (Quigley Publications, NY, NY) 1955

Dolan is listed on pg. 66.

 9 “Mind You, I’ve Said Nothing! Forays in the Irish Republic” (HC) by Honor Tracy (Methuen & Co., Ltd., London, England) 1955 9 “Musicians Directory – 1972 First Edition” (Musicians’ Union Local 47 – American Federation of Musicians – AFL-CIO) 1972

Dolan is listed on pg. 60.

 9 “New Campus Writing – No. 2 (PB) by Nolan Miller (ed.) (Bantam Books, NY, NY) 1957 9 “The New Deal – Revolution or Evolution?” (revised ed.) (PB) by Edwin C. Rozwenc (ed.) (D.C. Heath and Co., Boston, MA) 1959 “New World Writing” (PB) (The New American Library of World Literature, Inc., NY, NY) 9 “First Mentor Selection” 1953 9 “Fifth Mentor Selection” 1954 9 “Sixth Mentor Selection” 1954 9 “Seventh Mentor Selection” 1955 9 “Eighth Mentor Selection” 1955 9 “#14” 1958 10 “No People Like Show People” (HC) by Maurice Zolotow (Random House, NY, NY) 1951 10 “Notes on a Cowardly Lion – The Biography of Bert Lahr” (HC) by John Lahr (Alfred A. Knopf, NY, NY) 1969 10 “The Patch Commission” (HC) by Frederick Crews (E.P. Dutton & Co., NY, NY) 1968 10 “Philosopher’s Holiday” (PB) by Irwin Edman (The Viking Press, NY, NY) 1956 10 “The Rise of Urban America” (PB) by Constance McLaughlin Green (Harper & Row, NY, NY) (front cover missing) 1967 10 “Ross and ‘The New Yorker’” (HC) by Dale Kramer (Doubleday & Co., Garden City, NY) 1951 10 “‘Saturday Review’ Reader” (PB) (Bantam Books, NY, NY) 1951 10 “Speaking of Pianists…” (HC) by Abram Chasins (Alfred A. Knopf, NY, NY) 1957 10 “The Technic of the Baton – A Handbook for Students of Conducting” (PB) by Albert Stoessel (Carl Fischer, Inc., NY, NY) 1927 10 “Theatre in the Twentieth Century” (HC) by Robert W. Corrigan (Grove Press, NY, NY) 1963 Series XIV. Collected Publications and Programs 10 Academy Awards Presentation – 22nd 1950

Dolan is listed as “Musical Director.”

 10 “Daily Variety” (one issue) 1951

Includes a short article about Paramount promoting Dolan to producer.

 10 “Film Music Notes” (National Film Music Council, Hollywood, CA) (two issues) 1945-1946

One issue includes a review of “The Bells of St. Mary’s”; the other includes “Notes on Robert Emmett Dolan” and excerpts from his score for “The Bells of St. Mary’s.”

 10 “The Harvard Review” (one issue) 1966 10 “The Hollywood Reporter” (one issue) 1951

Includes a short article about Paramount promoting Dolan to producer.

 10 “New York” (The New York Magazine Co., NY, NY) (one issue) 1968 10 “Palette Talk” (M. Grumbacher, Inc., NY, NY) (one issue) 1958 10 “The Paris Review” (Eastern News Company) (one issue) 1960 10 “Performing Arts – L.A. Edition” (Beverly Hills, CA) (one issue) 1971

Includes an ad for a production of “Coco” in Los Angeles.

 “Playbill” 10 “Jesus Christ Superstar” (Mark Hellinger Theatre) 1971 10 “Promises, Promises” (Shubert Theatre) 1969 10 “Tchin-Tchin” (The Plymouth Theatre) 1962 10 “Poetry” (Modern Poetry Association, Chicago, IL) 1961 10 “Stage – The Program for the Fisher Theatre” (Detroit, MI) (three copies) 1963

A program for a Detroit production of “Foxy.”

 Series XV. Other 10 Article about Dolan by Paramount publicist Jack Hirshberg undated 10 Copyright Law 1965-1966, undated

In a black, three-ring notebook. Materials related to House Bills revising U.S. copyright law. Includes statements regarding the revisions, including Dolan’s, correspondence, schedules of hearing, and summaries of hearings. Includes as inserts a statement by Dolan at a meeting of the Screen Composers’ Association of the USA, an issue of that organization’s bulletin, a memo regarding “works made for hire,” and a House Report Index.

10 Directory with Notes undated

In a black, three-ring notebook. Handwritten entries on people involved in specific projects, with accompanying notes. For example, an entry on actor Ruta Lee says that she was cast as “Girl” in the film “Anything Goes,” and includes other information, such as term to commence, compensation, screen credit, and agent.

10 Dramatists Guild, Inc. – Constitution undated 10 Map – “The Scottish Tourist Board’s Map of Scotland” undated 10 Painting – green head on yellow background with “I.B.,” undated 10 Pamphlets Brochures, and Booklets 1958, 1969, undated

(1) “Facts About Norway” (Chr. Schibsteds Forlag, Oslo, Norway); (2) “A Grande Salle – Place des Arts – Montreal” (4 copies); (3) “Look to Norway”; (4) “Norway at a Glance”; (5) Production Manual - Fine Recording Inc. (NY, NY).

 10 Typewritten and Handwritten Notes and Lists 1969, undated 10 Assorted undated

Film Footage Table and “Vote for Easy Jones” – memorabilia from “Texas, Li’l Darlin.’”