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Come Rain or Come Shine collection
Collection
Identifier: M152
Abstract:
One folder, containing one copy of the script, three programs, and one review of the Los Angeles production Come Rain or Come Shine.
Dates:
1997
Found in:
Special Collections
Ervin Drake collection
Collection
Identifier: M142
Gene Lees papers
Collection
Identifier: M060
Abstract:
This collection consists of research materials used by Gene Lees when he was writing his Johnny Mercer biography, Portrait of Johnny: The life of John Herndon Mercer. The papers include the correspondence files of both Gene Lees and Johnny Mercer, Mercer family biographical information, page proofs of Portrait of Johnny, as well as an unpublished manuscript entitled Song Lake Summer. Other...
Dates:
1808-2004; Majority of material found within 1990 - 2004
Found in:
Special Collections
Geoffrey Parker collection
Collection
Identifier: M007
Abstract:
This collection consists of newsclippings, press releases, programs, an interview transcript and other material relating to Johnny Mercer, 1946-1977, which Georgia State University professor Geoffrey Parker gathered from various sources including recordings of a GSU tribute to Johnny Mercer.
Dates:
1946-1977
Found in:
Special Collections
Georgia State University Mercer Stamp Celebration collection
Collection
Identifier: M124
Abstract:
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.
Dates:
1996
Found in:
Special Collections
Ginger Mercer collection
Collection
Identifier: M003
Abstract:
Ginger Mercer was born Elizabeth Meltzer on June 25, 1909 in Brooklyn, New York, one of three daughters born to Anna and Joseph Meltzer. While a member of the cast of the Garrick Gaieties of 1930 Ginger met an aspiring actor named Johnny Mercer, her future husband, who had moved to New York from Savannah, Georgia to try his hand at a show business career. Following her husband's death, Ginger traveled widely and spent much of her time promoting her Johnny...
Dates:
circa 1960-1983
Found in:
Special Collections
Hugh Mercer, Jr. collection
Collection
Identifier: M145
Abstract:
This collection consists of one folder of correspondence and greeting cards from the files of Hugh Mercer, Jr., son of Johnny Mercer’s half-brother.
Dates:
circa 1937-1973
Found in:
Special Collections
Joan Clarke Johnny Mercer collection
Collection
Identifier: M172
Abstract:
Consists of a videocassette recording of a 1951 episode of the television program
The Name's the Samefeaturing Johhny Mercer.
Dates:
1951
Found in:
Special Collections
John and Seymour Rennolds collection
Collection
Identifier: M135
Scope and Content of the Collection
The John and Seymour Rennolds Collection covers the time period from 1933 to about 1992. The manuscript portion of the collection includes materials that the Rennolds gathered on twentieth-century lyricist and composer Johnny Mercer (1909-1976). Included in the collection are a brief history of the collection itself, general files, correspondence, clippings and programs, music and lyrics, song magazines, one photograph, and three videotapes.A significant part of the manuscript...
Dates:
1933-circa 1992; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1985
Found in:
Special Collections
Johnny Mercer Box Office dedication collection
Collection
Identifier: M140
Abstract:
This collection consists of memorabilia from the dedication of the Johnny Mercer Box Office at the McCallum Theatre, March 16, 2001, Palm Desert, Ca.
Dates:
2001
Found in:
Special Collections
Johnny Mercer contracts collection
Collection
Identifier: M212
Abstract:
The collection consists of 24 contracts (dated 1933;1939; 1952-1978) signed by American lyricist Johnny Mercer (1909-1976), some with associated correspondence; and one contract signed by his son after his death.
Dates:
1933; 1939; 1952-1978
Found in:
Special Collections
Johnny Mercer Foundation records
Collection
Identifier: M141
Abstract
The Johnny Mercer Foundation is a charitable organization with a stated mission of supporting the discipline of songwriting in the tradition of the Great American Songbook as exemplified by the life and work of Johnny Mercer. Board meeting minutes, correspondence, legal documents, financial records and audits, and reports from supported charities and initiatives make up their records, dated 1962-2018.
Dates:
1962-2018
Found in:
Special Collections
Johnny Mercer Mike
audio collection
Collection
Identifier: M210
Abstract:
The collection consists of three compact discs made from audiotapes and a phonograph record. The recordings (circa 1967) feature Johnny Mercer vocals, accompanied by a piano or small combo, for 19 songs he composed for the unproduced musical "Mike," a musical comedy for the stage based on Mickey Spillane's hard-boiled detective Mike Hammer.
Dates:
circa 1967
Found in:
Special Collections
Johnny Mercer Oral History Project
Collection
Identifier: M-OH_JM
Abstract
The Johnny Mercer Oral History Project includes interviews with family members, friends, and colleagues of Johnny and Ginger Mercer. John Herndon Mercer (1909-1976), a native of Savannah, Georgia, began writing songs at the age of fifteen and eventually became one of the foremost figures of 20th century American popular music. His catalog includes many numbers that have become American classics, and his activities as lyricist, composer, performer and businessman span a period of nearly five...
Dates:
1995-2002
Found in:
Special Collections
Johnny Mercer paintings reproduction collection
Collection
Identifier: M211
Abstract:
Prints, slides, transparencies, and digital images of 24 watercolor paintings by the American songwriter Johnny Mercer (1909-1976) plus one image of a manuscript. Subjects include family members and other figures, landscapes, and seascapes.
Dates:
1947, 1965-1966
Found in:
Special Collections
Johnny Mercer papers
Collection
Identifier: M001
Abstract:
John Herndon Mercer (1909-1976), a native of Savannah, Georgia, began writing songs at the age of fifteen and eventually became one of the foremost figures of 20th century American popular music. His catalog includes many numbers that have become American classics, and his activities as lyricist, composer, performer and businessman span a period of nearly five decades. The Johnny Mercer papers consist of biographical materials (including an unpublished autobiography), correspondence, drafts and...
Dates:
1885-1981
Found in:
Special Collections
"Johnny Mercer: The Dream's On Me" collection
Collection
Identifier: M213
Abstract
The Johnny Mercer Foundation worked with the Turner Classic Movies network, Rhapsody Productions, executive producer Clint Eastwood and director Bruce Ricker to create Johnny Mercer: The Dream's On Me, a 100-minute documentary on the life and music of songwriter Johnny Mercer, released in 2009. The collection includes production and research materials created or assembled for the film, 1912-2013, including newly-created interviews and performances as well as...
Dates:
1912-2013
Found in:
Special Collections
Leonora Gidlund papers
Collection
Identifier: M030
Abstract:
Leonora Gidlund conducted extensive research on resources relating to the life and career of Johnny Mercer while pursuing an M.A. degree in History at Georgia State University, resulting in a thesis in 1984. Her papers consist of correspondence with educational institutions, archives, historical societies, book dealers, radio stations and private collectors holding research materials relating to Johnny Mercer, and include a number of copies of original materials (including draft lyrics and...
Dates:
1983-1984
Found in:
Special Collections
Nick Mamalakis papers
Collection
Identifier: M034
Abstract:
A Savannah, Georgia businessman, Nick Mamalakis was associated with lyricist Johnny Mercer's family and its businesses from 1930, and was the primary advocate of plans to bring the papers of Johnny Mercer to the archives at Georgia State University. His papers include articles, newsclippings, correspondence and printed material relating to Johnny Mercer and to the acquisition of the Johnny Mercer Papers by Georgia State University, and brief manuscript by Nick Mamalakis describing the events...
Dates:
1956-1999
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
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