A Preliminary Inventory of His George Gershwin Collection at the Harry Ransom
Center
Creator:
Horchow, Roger
Title:
Roger Horchow Collection of George
Gershwin
Dates:
1928-2001
Extent:
1 box (.42 linear feet)
Abstract:
The Roger Horchow Collection of George
Gershwin contains photographs, clippings, playbills, and other ephemera related to
Roger
Horchow’s interest in George Gershwin’s life and career.
Call Number:
Manuscript Collection MS-01589
Language:
English
Access:
Open for research. Researchers must create an online Research Account and agree to
the
Materials Use Policy before using archival materials.
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may have
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may
arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be
deemed
highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the Ransom Center and The University
of
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Authorization for publication is given on behalf of the University of Texas as the
owner of
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Roger Horchow Collection of George Gershwin (Manuscript Collection MS-01589). Harry
Ransom
Center, The University of Texas at Austin.
Roger Horchow (1928-) is the founder of the mail-order retail catalog Horchow Collection and a Broadway musical producer. His Broadway
producing credits include Crazy for You (1992), Kiss Me Kate (1999), Curtains
(2007), Gypsy (2008), Annie
(2012), and Bandstand (2017).
The Roger Horchow Collection of George Gershwin documents Horchow's interests in the
life
and career of American composer George Gershwin. The collection includes a small amount
of
primary material related to Gershwin, press information about the musical Crazy for
You, and
catalog records for various music recordings of Gershwin's songs.
Related Material
Related materials at the Harry Ransom Center include the Edward Jablonski and Lawrence
D.
Stewart Collection of Gershwin Research Materials, the Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Records,
the
Paul Kresh Collection, the Morris Leopold Ernst Papers, the Musicians Collection,
the Gloria
Swanson Papers, and the Edward Weeks Papers. Additionally, the S. N. (Samuel Nathaniel)
Behrman Collection, the Contempo Records, the Sinclair Lewis Family Papers, the Music
Manuscripts Collection, the John Gassner Papers, the B. J. Simmons and Co. Costume
Design
Records, the Jule Styne Papers, and the Florenz Ziegfeld Collection each contain a
small
amount of related material.
Separated Material
Commercial recordings and printed books were transferred to the Ransom Center Library
and
are searchable through the University of Texas Library Catalog.
