Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Collection [collection]

Title

Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Collection [collection]

Language

English

Form

collection

Physical Description

435 ft.

1079 boxes

Repository

Music Division, Library of Congress

Abstract

The collections in the Music Division of the Library of Congress for Academy Award winner Danny Kaye (1913-1987) and his wife, composer and songwriter Sylvia Fine (1913-1991) are particularly rich in the areas of American Musical Theater and film. The collection consists of music, scripts, correspondence, business papers a Musical Comedy Library archive, awards, and realia. Audio-visual materials are located in the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound division. The bulk of the collection is in off site storage and must be accessed by appointment.

Contents Note

The materials in the Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Collection were donated to the Library of Congress by Sylvia Fine in 1990. The collection consists of music, scripts, correspondence, business papers, a Musical Comedy Library archive, awards, realia, and audio visual materials, which are located in the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.

Note

Audio/visual materials transferred to MBRS

 notes

Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/music/eadxmlmusic/eadpdfmusic/mu2005.wp.0052.pdf

Copyright Information

http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html

Subjects

American Musical Theater

Film Music

Theater

Women in the Performing Arts

Radio/Television

Kaye, Danny

Fine, Sylvia

Updated

08-13-2008