The collection of Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald memorabilia, 1901-1967 An inventory of holdings at the American Music Research Center
American Music Research Center, University of Colorado at Boulder The collection of Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald memorabilia, 1901-1967 Descriptive summary Title collection of Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald memorabilia Date(s) 1901-1967 Identification COU-AMRC-34 Creator(s) Repository The American Music Research Center University of Colorado at Boulder 288 UCB Boulder, CO 80309 Location Housed in the American Music Research Center Physical Description 5 Linear feet 11 boxes
Scope and Contents Memorabilia related to Nelson Eddy (1901-1967) and Jeanette MacDonald (1901-1965), screen actors and musicians, collected by multiple collectors.
Administrative Information Arrangement Arranged by topic and movie title.
Access The collection is open for research.
Usage Restrictions Copyright is not held by the American Music Research Center. Requests to publish materials should be directed to the copyright holder.
Acquisition history Donated by multiple Eddy/MacDonald collectors
Preferred Citation [Identification of item], collection of Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald memorabilia, University of Colorado, Boulder
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Personal names MacDonald, Jeanette, 1903-1965 -- Archives Eddy, Nelson, 1901-1967 -- Archives
Corporate names American Music Research Center
Subject headings Motion picture actors and actresses -- Archives
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Detailed Description
Publications and memorabilia Box Folder 1 1 Biographical Information – Nelson Eddy 1 2 Biographical Information – Jeanette MacDonald 1 3 Hall of Fame Music Award , 1988 1 4 Pen and Ink Drawings – Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald 1 5 Photographs – Nelson Eddy 1 6 Photographs – Nelson Eddy – Movie Shots Balalaika Chocolate Soldier Rosalie 1 7 Photographs – Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald 1 8 Photographs – Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald – Movie Shots Bittersweet Girl of the Golden West I Married an Angel Maytime Naughty Marietta New Moon Rose Marie Smilin’ Through Sweethearts 1 9 Photographs – Jeanette MacDonald 1 10 Photographs – Jeanette MacDonald– Movie Shots Cairo Love Parade One Hour With You Sun Comes Up Three Daring Daughters Two’s Company and Three’s a Crowd 1 11 Photographs – Fans 1 12 Photographs – Miscellaneous 1 13 Postcards – Philadelphia, Pa. 1 14 Posters 2 1 Publications – Films of the Golden Age, 1996 2 2 Publications – Nelson Eddy Fan Club - “Dear Eddyites” 2 3 Publications – Nelson Eddy Appreciation Society, Golden Star, 1982, 1987, 1988–1990 2 4 Publications – Nelson Eddy Appreciation Society, Golden Star, 1991-1992 2 5 Publications – Nelson Eddy Appreciation Society, Golden Star, 1993-1994 2 6 Publications – Nelson Eddy Appreciation Society, Golden Star, 1995-1997 2 7 Publications – Nelson Eddy Appreciation Society, Golden Star, 1998-2001
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3 1 Publications – Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald Appreciation Society, Retrospect, 1980 3 2 Publications – Jeanette MacDonald International Fan Club – Beloved Jeanette MacDonald, 1981, 1987 3 3 Publications – Jeanette MacDonald International Fan Club – Golden Comet, 1993-2000 3 4 Publications – Jeanette MacDonald International Fan Club – La Petit Comet, 1992 3 5 Publicity – Nelson Eddy 3 6 Publicity – Jeanette MacDonald 3 7 Royal Canadian Mounted Police 3 8 Scholarship Awards, 1995-1996 3 9 Scrapbook – 90th Birthday Celebration (Photocopy), 1991 June 29 3 10 Scrapbook – 90th Birthday Celebration – Clippings 3 11 Scrapbook – 90th Birthday Celebration – Correspondence 3 12 Scrapbook – 90th Birthday Celebration – Photographs – Fans and Sights 3 13 Scrapbook – 90th Birthday Celebration – Program 3 14 Songbook – Nelson Eddy Songs, 1958 3 15 Song Lyrics 4 1 Complete Films of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, by Philip Castanza. New Jersey: Carol Publishing Company, 1990 4 2 Films of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, by Philip Castanza. New Jersey: Citadel Press, 1981 4 3 Nelson Eddy: America’s Favorite Baritone, by Gail Lulay. Wheeling, Ill.: Goldfleet Publishing, 1990 4 4 Nelson Eddy: Opera Years, 1922-1935, by Sharon Rich. New York: Bell Harbour Press, 2001 4 5 Sweethearts, by Sharon Rich. New York: Bell Harbour Press, 2001 5 1 Nelson Eddy a bio-discography, by Larry F. Kiner. New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1992 5 2 When I’m Calling You, by Jean Hull Herman. Jean Hull Herman, 2006. 9 1 Bookmarks and Matchbook cover 9 2 Stationery with Nelson Eddy photo 9 3 Magnets, pins, stamps, pencils with Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald likeness. 9 4 3 coffee mugs with photo of Nelson Eddy 10 1 Mac/Eddy Today Vol. 1 (Issues 1-5) to Vol. 9 (Issues 34-37) 11 1 Mac/Eddy Today Issues 66, 67, and 68 11 2 Mac/Eddy Today Vol. 10 (Issues 38-41) to Vol. 12 (Issues 46-49) 14 1 Photos – Nelson Eddy portraits (2) 14 2 Photo and Original Letter framed – Nelson Eddy 14 3 Posters – Chocolate Soldier
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- Maytime - Naughty Marietta 14 4 Poster – Bitter Sweet
Recordings Box Cassette 6 1 Balalaika, 1939 Format VHS 6 2 Bitter Sweet, 1940 Format VHS 6 3 Bitter Sweet, 1940 Format VHS 6 4 Desert Song Format VHS 6 5 Desert Song Format VHS 6 6 Girl of the Golden West, 1938 Format VHS 6 7 Let Freedom Ring Format VHS 6 8 Maytime, 1937 Format VHS 6 9 Naughty Marietta, 1935 Format VHS 6 10 New Moon, 1940 Format VHS 6 11 Rose Marie, 1936 Format VHS 6 12 San Francisco, 1936 Format VHS 6 13 Smilin Through, 1941 Format VHS 6 14 Sweethearts, 1938 Format VHS 7 1 Naughty Marietta, 1935 Format VHS Rose Marie, 1936 Maytime, 1937 7 2 Girl of the Golden West, 1938 Format VHS Sweethearts, 1938 Bitter Sweet, 1940 7 3 New Moon, 1940 Format VHS Smilin Through, 1941 Firefly, 1937 7 4 Jeanette MacDonald in Performance, 1950 Format VHS 7 5 Scrapbook #16, Jeanette MacDonald, 1996 Format VHS
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7 6 Balalaika, 1939 Format VHS 7 7 Balalaika, 1939 Format VHS 7 8 Broadway Serenade, 1939 Format VHS 7 9 Cairo, 1942 Format VHS 7 10 Cat and the Fiddle, 1934 Format VHS 7 11 Chocolate Soldier, 1941 Format VHS 7 12 Firefly, 1937 Format VHS 7 13 I Married an Angel, 1942 Format VHS 8 1 Rosalie, 1937 8 2 Sun Comes Up, 1948 8 3 Three Daring Daughters, 1948
Sheet music Box Folder 12 1 Concert Songs sung by Nelson Eddy “Alone” “Night Is Young” (2 copies) “When I Grow Too Old to Dream” (3 copies) 12 2 Bitter Sweet “Bitter Sweet” “Green Carnation” “I’ll See You Again” (3 copies) “If Love Were All” “Kiss Me” “What Is Love?” “Zigeuner” 12 3 Girl of the Golden West “Girl of the Golden West” “Mariachie” “Senorita” (2 copies) “Shadows on the Moon” (3 copies) “Soldiers of Fortune” “Sun-Up to Sundown” “West Ain’t Wild Anymore” “Who Are We to Say” (2 copies) 12 4 I Married an Angel “I’ll Tell the Man in the Street” 12 5 Maytime “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny” (2 copies) “Les Filles de Cadix”
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“Will You Remember” (4 copies) 12 6 Naughty Marietta “Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life (3 copies) “I’m Falling in Love with Someone” “Italian Street Song” “ ‘Neath the Southern Moon” “Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!” 12 7 New Moon “Lover, Come Back to Me” (2 copies) “One Kiss” (2 copies) “Softly as in a Morning Sunrise” “Stout-Hearted Men” (2 copies) “Wanting You” (2 copies) 12 8 Rose Marie “Indian Love Call” (2 copies) “Mounties” “Pardon Me Madame” “Rose Marie” (3 copies) 12 9 Sweethearts “Every Lover Must Meet His Fate” “Farewell to Dreams” (2 copies) “Mademoiselle” “On Parade” (2 copies) “Pretty as a Picture” “Summer Serenade-Badinage” (2 copies) “Sweethearts” “Wooden Shoes” 13 1 Balalaika (with Ilona Massey) “At the Balalaika” (7 copies) “Dark Eyes” “Magic of Your Love” “Ride, Cossack, Ride!” 13 2 Chocolate Soldier (with Rise Stevens) “My Hero” (2 copies) “Sympathy” “Tiralala” “While My Lady Sleeps” 13 3 Knickerbocker Holiday (with Constance Dowling) “One More Smile” “September Song” (2 copies) 13 4 Let Freedom Ring (with Virginia Bruce) “Dusty Road” (2 copies) “Let Freedom Ring” “Love Serenade” “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling” “Where Else But Here” 13 5 Phantom of the Opera (with Susanna Foster) “Lullaby of the Bells” (2 copies) 13 6 Rosalie (with Eleanor Powell)
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“In the Still of the Night” (4 copies) “Rosalie” (2 copies) 13 7 Broadway Serenade “For Ev’ry Lonely Heart” “One Look at You” 13 8 Firefly (with Allan Jones) “Donkey Serenade” (4 copies) “Giannina Mia” “He Who Loves and Runs Away” “Love Is Like a Firefly” 13 9 Love Parade (with Maurice Chevalier) “Anything to Please the Queen” “Dream Lover” (2 copies) “Let’s Be Common” “March of the Grenadiers” “My Love Parade” “Nobody’s Using It Now” 13 10 Merry Widow (with Maurice Chevalier) “Girls, Girls, Girls!” “Merry Widow Waltz” “Vilia” 13 11 Monte Carlo (with Jack Buchanan) “Always in All Ways” “Beyond the Blue Horizon” “Give Me a Moment Please” “Trimmin’ the Women” 13 12 One Hour with You (with Maurice Chevalier) “One Hour with You” “We Will Always Be Sweethearts” “What Would You Do” 13 13 San Francisco (with Clark Gable) “San Francisco” “Would You” (3 copies) 13 14 Three Daring Daughters (with Jose Iturbi) “Dickey-Bird Song” (2 copies) 13 15 Vagabond King (with Dennis King) “Only a Rose” “Some Day” “Song of the Vagabonds” “Vagabond King Waltz”
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