Box 3
Container
Contains 14 Results:
Correspondence to Johnny and/or Ginger, January-March 1976; undated
File — Box: 3, Folder: 1
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents note
Regarding Johnny Mercer's illness and health; from fans, relatives, and friends, including Bing Crosby.
Dates:
January-March 1976; undated
Correspondence to Ginger Mercer, June 1976-December 1979; undated
File — Box: 3, Folder: 2
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents note
Re Johnny Mercer's death, his lyrics, and other matters, from friends, relatives, and fans including President Gerald Ford (photocopy of letter from Ford to Stanley Adams of ASCAP, 15 July 1976).
Dates:
June 1976-December 1979; undated
Letter (copy), September 1976
File — Box: 3, Folder: 3
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents note
Written to Vern Hansen from Bing Crosby re Johnny Mercer's death
Dates:
September 1976
Correspondence, January 1980-1982
File — Box: 3, Folder: 4
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents note
Mostly letters to Ginger Mercer from friends and fans including Rod McKuen, "Yip" Harburg, Steve Allen, Jimmy Van Heusen, the Harold Arlens, and Sammy Cahn, concerning producing shows using, or otherwise reproducing, Mercer lyrics or recordings. Mercer tributes, Our Huckleberry Friend, the donation of materials to GSU. Two letters from a Mercer fan in Germany (September 18, 1982) regarding seeing ...
Dates:
January 1980-1982
Correspondence to and from Ginger Mercer, 1983; undated
File — Box: 3, Folder: 5
Identifier: II
Scope and Content of the Series
From the Series:
Series II contains letters, telegrams, and greeting cards from, to, and between Johnny and Ginger Mercer and their friends and relatives. Major topics include Ginger Mercer's stage career and beaux in the 1920s, when she performed under the stage name "Ginger Meehan"; the courtship of Johnny Mercer and Ginger Meehan; Johnny Mercer's career; Mercer's repayment, in 1955, of a large debt remaining from the failure of his father's business in 1927; and Mercer's final illness and death...
Dates:
1983; undated
Correspondence re rights to Mercer songs for Berea Summer Theater's Mercer in Review, 1983
File — Box: 3, Folder: 6
Identifier: II
Scope and Content of the Series
From the Series:
Series II contains letters, telegrams, and greeting cards from, to, and between Johnny and Ginger Mercer and their friends and relatives. Major topics include Ginger Mercer's stage career and beaux in the 1920s, when she performed under the stage name "Ginger Meehan"; the courtship of Johnny Mercer and Ginger Meehan; Johnny Mercer's career; Mercer's repayment, in 1955, of a large debt remaining from the failure of his father's business in 1927; and Mercer's final illness and death...
Dates:
1983
Correspondence to or from Ginger Mercer or Marc Cramer, 1982; March 1984-December 1992
File — Box: 3, Folder: 7
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents note
Letters to and from friends, fans, colleagues (including Margaret Whiting, Steve Allen, and Maria Cole) regarding Mercer tributes, GSU's Mercer Collection, an exhibit on Mercer in Savannah, the Barry Manilow melody for a Mercer lyric, and rights to Mercer music
Dates:
1982; March 1984-December 1992
Miscellaneous correspondence, undated
File — Box: 3, Folder: 8
Identifier: II
Scope and Content of the Series
From the Series:
Series II contains letters, telegrams, and greeting cards from, to, and between Johnny and Ginger Mercer and their friends and relatives. Major topics include Ginger Mercer's stage career and beaux in the 1920s, when she performed under the stage name "Ginger Meehan"; the courtship of Johnny Mercer and Ginger Meehan; Johnny Mercer's career; Mercer's repayment, in 1955, of a large debt remaining from the failure of his father's business in 1927; and Mercer's final illness and death...
Dates:
undated
Correspondence, primarily greeting cards, 1950s-1990s; undated
Sub-Series — Box: 3, Folder: 9-13
Identifier: II
Scope and Content of the Series
From the Series:
Series II contains letters, telegrams, and greeting cards from, to, and between Johnny and Ginger Mercer and their friends and relatives. Major topics include Ginger Mercer's stage career and beaux in the 1920s, when she performed under the stage name "Ginger Meehan"; the courtship of Johnny Mercer and Ginger Meehan; Johnny Mercer's career; Mercer's repayment, in 1955, of a large debt remaining from the failure of his father's business in 1927; and Mercer's final illness and death...
Dates:
1950s-1990s; undated
Greeting cards from Johnny Mercer to Ginger Mercer
File — Box: 3, Folder: 9
Identifier: II
Scope and Content of the Series
From the Series:
Series II contains letters, telegrams, and greeting cards from, to, and between Johnny and Ginger Mercer and their friends and relatives. Major topics include Ginger Mercer's stage career and beaux in the 1920s, when she performed under the stage name "Ginger Meehan"; the courtship of Johnny Mercer and Ginger Meehan; Johnny Mercer's career; Mercer's repayment, in 1955, of a large debt remaining from the failure of his father's business in 1927; and Mercer's final illness and death...
Dates:
1950s-1990s; undated
Greeting cards from Ginger Mercer to Johnny Mercer
File — Box: 3, Folder: 10
Identifier: II
Scope and Content of the Series
From the Series:
Series II contains letters, telegrams, and greeting cards from, to, and between Johnny and Ginger Mercer and their friends and relatives. Major topics include Ginger Mercer's stage career and beaux in the 1920s, when she performed under the stage name "Ginger Meehan"; the courtship of Johnny Mercer and Ginger Meehan; Johnny Mercer's career; Mercer's repayment, in 1955, of a large debt remaining from the failure of his father's business in 1927; and Mercer's final illness and death...
Dates:
1950s-1990s; undated
Greeting cards to Ginger Mercer from daughter Mandy and son Jeff Mercer and their families
File — Box: 3, Folder: 11
Identifier: II
Scope and Content of the Series
From the Series:
Series II contains letters, telegrams, and greeting cards from, to, and between Johnny and Ginger Mercer and their friends and relatives. Major topics include Ginger Mercer's stage career and beaux in the 1920s, when she performed under the stage name "Ginger Meehan"; the courtship of Johnny Mercer and Ginger Meehan; Johnny Mercer's career; Mercer's repayment, in 1955, of a large debt remaining from the failure of his father's business in 1927; and Mercer's final illness and death...
Dates:
1950s-1990s; undated
Greeting cards to Ginger Mercer from other relatives
File — Box: 3, Folder: 12
Identifier: II
Scope and Content of the Series
From the Series:
Series II contains letters, telegrams, and greeting cards from, to, and between Johnny and Ginger Mercer and their friends and relatives. Major topics include Ginger Mercer's stage career and beaux in the 1920s, when she performed under the stage name "Ginger Meehan"; the courtship of Johnny Mercer and Ginger Meehan; Johnny Mercer's career; Mercer's repayment, in 1955, of a large debt remaining from the failure of his father's business in 1927; and Mercer's final illness and death...
Dates:
1950s-1990s; undated
Greeting cards to Ginger Mercer from friends and acquaintances
File — Box: 3, Folder: 13
Identifier: II
Scope and Content of the Series
From the Series:
Series II contains letters, telegrams, and greeting cards from, to, and between Johnny and Ginger Mercer and their friends and relatives. Major topics include Ginger Mercer's stage career and beaux in the 1920s, when she performed under the stage name "Ginger Meehan"; the courtship of Johnny Mercer and Ginger Meehan; Johnny Mercer's career; Mercer's repayment, in 1955, of a large debt remaining from the failure of his father's business in 1927; and Mercer's final illness and death...
Dates:
1950s-1990s; undated