Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Collection, 1893-1988
Span: 1893-1988
Bulk: 1924-1968
English
collection
435 ft.
1112 boxes
Danny Kaye (1913-1987) was an American actor, singer, dancer, comedian and humanitarian; his wife Sylvia Fine (1913-1991) was an American lyricist, composer, writer, lecturer and producer. The collection, which documents their lives and careers, contains printed and manuscript music, scripts, correspondence, business and financial papers, promotional and publicity materials, photographs, programs, posters, awards and realia.
Music, scripts, correspondence, business papers, iconography, awards, scrapbooks, and promotional material.
Audio visual materials transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress
Kaye, Danny
Papers of the popular entertainer and his songwriter wife.
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American Musical Theater
Film Music
Theater
Women in the Performing Arts
Radio/Television
Women Composers
Kaye, Danny
Fine, Sylvia
ML31.K397
Performing Arts Encyclopedia
scdb
Music Division, Library of Congress
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu012007
IHAS
120907
loc.natlib.scdb.200033583