Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1909 - 1976
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Emma Kelly collection
Collection
Identifier: M183
Abstract:
Emma Kelly was a lifelong resident of Statesboro, Georgia. Having learned to play the piano at the age of six, she continued to perform for civic clubs and special events across the state for the rest of her life. The locally famous "Miss Emma" achieved world-renown when author John Berendt devoted an entire chapter to her in his novel, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. The Emma Kelly collection includes documentary materials and artifacts...
Dates:
circa 1900-2001; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1999
Found in:
Special Collections
Margaret Whiting collection
Collection
Identifier: M064
Abstract:
The Margaret Whiting collection consists of printed, visual, and audio materials relating to the careers of singer Margaret Whiting and her friend, songwriter Johnny Mercer, as well as Johnny Rotella and Emma Kelly.
Dates:
1924-2010; Majority of material found within 1946 - 2007
Found in:
Special Collections
Ober family papers
Collection
Identifier: M157
Abstract:
The Ober family lived near Johnny Mercer and his family on Lido Isle (Newport Beach, California) in the 1950s and 1960s. The two families became close friends. The collection contains correspondence, photographs, and other printed and manuscript materials, documenting the long relationship between the families, as well as collected material relating to Johnny Mercer, 1976-2000.
Dates:
1952-2000
Found in:
Special Collections
Robert Kimball collection
Collection
Identifier: M227
Abstract:
The Robert Kimball Collection, 1930-2008, consists of mixed materials compiled by the well-respected musical theater historian as research for his co-edited book The Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer (New York, 2009). The collection contains biographical information on Johnny Mercer's collaborators, songs (in the form of sheet music, arranger's piano and vocal scores, arranger's lead sheets, piano-conductor scores), newspaper clippings, copies of theater...
Dates:
1930-2008
Found in:
Special Collections
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- Lyricists 2
- sheet music 2
- video recordings 2
- Arrangement (Music) 1
- Compact discs 1
- Composers 1
- Los Angeles (Calif.) 1
- Midnight in the garden of good and evil (Motion picture) 1
- Newport Beach (Calif.) 1
- Savannah (Ga.) 1
- Statesboro (Ga.) 1
- Women musicians 1
- Women pianists 1
- Women singers 1
- artifacts (object genre) 1
- audiotapes 1
- correspondence 1
- magazines (periodicals) 1
- manuscripts (document genre) 1
- posters 1
- promotional materials 1
- scrapbooks 1
- songbooks 1
- sound recordings 1 + ∧ less
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