Collection ID: ATM Manuscript Collection 2
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Collection context

Summary

Extent:
17 linear feet plus artifacts and audiovisual recordings
Language:
Materials are in English
Preferred citation:

[item], Hoagy Carmichael Collection, Archives of Traditional Music, Indiana University, Bloomington.

Background

Biographical / Historical:

Hoagland "Hoagy" Carmichael (1899-1981) was an American jazz composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader. Carmichael grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, and graduated from the Indiana University (IU) School of Law. He composed hundreds of songs over the course of his career, but is best known for composing the music for "Stardust", "Georgia on My Mind", "The Nearness of You", and "Heart and Soul", four of the most-recorded American songs of all time.

Scope and Content:

The Hoagy Carmichael Collection represents the largest holding of materials pertaining to Hoagy Carmichael available anywhere in the world.

The Hoagy Carmichael Collection at the Archives of Traditional Music includes music manuscripts, lyric sheets, sound recordings, films and videos, photographs, correspondence, scrapbooks, typescripts, and other memorabilia, totaling more than 3,500 items. The Hoagy Carmichael Collection consists of materials that were in his personal collection, items donated by his family, and items pertaining to Carmichael donated by others-- researchers, musicians and collectors-- from the 1970s to the present.

Acquisition information:
The majority of this collection was donated to Indiana University by Hoagy Carmichael's estate in 1986. Additional material donated by the estate over time up to the present.
Custodial history:

This collection contains materials owned by Hoagy Carmichael and his estate, as well as some materials donated by other scholars, musicians, and collectors.

Processing information:

Processed by Suzanne Mudge.

Completed in 2006

Accruals:

Additional accruals received in 2005, 2010, and 2018.

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Access

RESTRICTIONS:

This collection is open for research.

TERMS OF ACCESS:

This collection is open for research.

PREFERRED CITATION:

[item], Hoagy Carmichael Collection, Archives of Traditional Music, Indiana University, Bloomington.

CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
1165 East 3rd Street
Morrison Hall 117
Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
CONTACT:
812-855-4679
atmusic@iu.edu