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The Rare Book & Manuscript Library is Columbia University’s principal repository for special collections. We collect, preserve, describe, promote, and provide access to the material evidence of diverse individuals and activities in alignment with the University’s research and teaching mission. We build and steward deep collections in select subject areas and connect them to a global audience through reference, teaching, exhibitions, publications, and public programs.
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Patricia Carpenter papers, 1940s-1980s

1.5 Linear Feet
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Sid Ramin papers, circa 1957-2009, bulk 1957-1995

16.5 linear feet
Sid Ramin was a composer, conductor, and arranger for Broadway and Hollywood musicals and for television shows, including All My Children, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Gypsy, and West Side Story.
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Mort Lindsey scores and papers, 1909-2007, bulk 1942-2007

23 linear feet
Mort Lindsey (1923-2012) was an arranger, composer, pianist, and bandleader who worked with Judy Garland, Merv Griffin, Barbra Streisand, and other popular entertainers. This collection comprises scores of Lindsey's compositions and arrangements, along with administrative documents from his stage, film, and television career.
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Subseries I.1: Judy Garland, 1954-1987 (bulk 1963-1966)

instrumental parts and only one (manuscript) concert score. Through The Judy Garland Show , Lindsey arranged
music for many of the show's musical guests: these performers are listed at the folder level. This

This subseries contains material relating to Lindsey's collaborations with Judy Garland in the 1960s. Much of the material in this subseries relates to Lindsey's work on The Judy Garland Show (1963-1964), for which he arranged all the music, composed a number of cues and songs, conducted the band, and accompanied Garland on the piano. His music for Judy Garland are generally represented in annotated conductor scores (usually ozalid copies of calligraphy scores produced by a copyist): there are no instrumental parts and only one (manuscript) concert score. Through The Judy Garland Show, Lindsey arranged music for many of the show's musical guests: these performers are listed at the folder level. This collection does not include all of the music that Lindsey produced for The Judy Garland Show: the musical numbers from several episodes are missing in their entirety. This subseries includes a number of print documents that chart Lindsey's work with Garland, both on television and on stage. Material relating to Lindsey's work on films that starred Judy Garland can be found in Series II.

  1. Series I: Collaborations with Performers, 1914-2007 (bulk 1958-2007)