Correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, notebooks, copies of scores, drawings, programs, clippings and other printed materials, and photographs. Among the cataloged correspondents are: Leonard Bernstein, Carol Channing, and Douglas Moore.
Maurice Peress papers, 1898-1923, 1950s-201755 linear feet (67 document boxes (Boxes 1-58, 63-70, 79), 2 half-document boxes (Boxes 71-72), 23 tall document boxes (Boxes 59-62, 73-78, 80-97), 3 card file boxes (Boxes 98-99, 131), 25 flat boxes (Boxes 100-124), 6 record cartons (Boxes 125-130), 4 phonograph record boxes (Boxes 132-135), 5 book boxes (Boxes 136-140) for oversized scores)
Creator
Peress, Maurice
Abstract Or Scope
Maurice Peress (1930-2017) was an American orchestra conductor, arranger, author, and educator. The papers include audio and video recordings, clippings, contracts, correspondence, diaries, memorabilia, notebooks, photographs, posters, programs, research materials, reviews, scores, scrapbooks, and working files, sketches, and other materials.
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.