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Booton Herndon Collection, 1963-1964Add to your cart.

By Maristella Feustle

Collection Overview

Title: Booton Herndon Collection, 1963-1964Add to your cart.
ID: 06/ 068
Primary Creator: Herndon, Booton (1915-1995)
Extent: 6.0 Boxes
Subjects:
Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The collection consists of six boxes of materials related to Herndon's 1964 book The Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven: The Guy Lombardo Story, including extensive typed transcripts of interviews with Guy, Lebert, and Carmen Lombardo, and others, along with drafts of the book up to the published version.

Biographical Note

Booton Herndon was born in Charlottesville, Virginia on December 9, 1915. He attended the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, and later relocated to New Orleans, where he worked for the Item Tribune. He served in the United States Army from 1943 through 1945, and resided in Manhattan, in New York City in the late 1940s. Herndon wrote prolifically, authoring dozens of books on a variety of topics, and thousands of articles. He died in Charlottesville, Virginia on March 29, 1995.

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Physical Access Note:

Collection is housed in remote storage. Advance notice for use is required. Please contact the Music Library for further information.

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Administrative Information

Repository: Music Library
Acquisition Source: Booton Herndon
Acquisition Method: Gift.

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