Box Popular Music OS 1

Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: The papers Mr. Mamalakis donated in 1981 and 1987 (M1987-03) include articles, newsclippings, correspondence and printed material relating to the life and death of Johnny Mercer, memorials and tributes to Mercer, and events surrounding the acquisition of the Johnny Mercer Papers by Georgia State University. Mr. Mamalakis' 1999 donation (accession M1999-06) consists of two folders of material relating to Johnny Mercer and an audio cassette. The first of the folders contains an...

Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection:

This collection consists of fourteen color photo images (28 prints, 2 of each image) of the lobby at the Rialto Theater prior to the Mercer postal stamp celebration in September 1996. The group of photographs includes images of the Mercer display on the Rialto "art wall" and of Johnny Mercer's Oscar award.

Scope and Content of the Papers From the Collection: This collection contains 10 folders and 1 oversize folder of correspondence, Christmas cards, and other printed and manuscript materials; and 8 folders of photographs. The materials document the long friendship of the Ober and Mercer families, including various parties, informal get-togethers, and charity and fundraising events in which the two families were involved, mainly on Lido Isle and nearby locations. The correspondence includes letters and notes to Polly Ober from Johnny Mercer,...

Oversize Materials

This folder contains four undated photographs of the burial site for Johnny Mercer in Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia, as well as two copies each of two posters advertising the Johnny Mercer Celebration Concert held at the conclusion of the Johnny Mercer Foundation Songwriters Project at Northwestern University, one from 2008 and one from 2009.