Guide to the Donald J. Stubblebine Collection of Theater and Motion Picture Music and Ephemera NMAH.AC.1211 Franklin A. Robinson, Jr. 2019 Archives Center, National Museum of American History P.O. Box 37012 Suite 1100, MRC 601 Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 [email protected] http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives Table of Contents Collection Overview ........................................................................................................ 1 Administrative Information .............................................................................................. 1 Arrangement..................................................................................................................... 2 Scope and Contents........................................................................................................ 2 Biographical / Historical.................................................................................................... 1 Names and Subjects ...................................................................................................... 3 Container Listing ............................................................................................................. 4 Series 1: Stage Musicals and Vaudeville, 1866-2007, undated............................... 4 Series 2: Motion Pictures, 1912-2007, undated................................................... 327 Series 3: Television, 1933-2003, undated............................................................ 783 Series 4: Big Bands and Radio, 1925-1998, undated.......................................... 799 Series 5: Personalities, 1875-2009, undated....................................................... 803 Series 6: Ephemera and Single Sheet Music, 1908-2005, undated..................... 805 Donald J. Stubblebine Collection of Theater and Motion Picture Music and Ephemera NMAH.AC.1211 Collection Overview Repository: Archives Center, National Museum of American History Title: Donald J. Stubblebine Collection of Theater and Motion Picture Music and Ephemera Identifier: NMAH.AC.1211 Date: 1866-2009, undated Creator: Hauber, Joseph R. (Donor) Stubblebine, Donald J., 1925-2010 (Collector) Extent: 285 Cubic feet (600 boxes) Language: English . Administrative Information Acquisition Information Donated to the Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smitsonian Institution by Joseph Regis Hauber in memory of Donald J. Stubblebine, in 2010. Processing Information Collection processed by Andrea Bishop, Michele Holewa, Catarina Hurtado, Eric Ross, Sarah Rung, Isaac Simon, Jack Barral, Caroline Kleiner, Erin Wiebe, and Abigail Phelps, interns, and Nelse Greenway, volunteer, 2018-2019, supervised by Franklin A. Robinson, Jr., archives specialist and Vanessa Broussard Simmons, archivist. Preferred Citation Donald J. Stubblebine Collection of Musical Theater and Motion Picture Music and Ephemera, 1866-2009, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. Restrictions The collection is open for research but is stored offsite. Arrangements must be made with the Archives Center staff two weeks prior to a scheduled research visit. Conditions Governing Use Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions. Reproduction restricted due to copyright or trademark. Biographical / Historical Donald J. Stubblebine was born on February 4, 1925 in Reading, Pennsylvania, to Edgar W. and Emma Stubblebine. He had an older brother Edgar W. Stubblebine, Jr. His father was a sheet metal worker employed by the railroad in Reading. Stubblebine was first exposed to musicals through motion pictures. Page 1 of 808 Donald J. Stubblebine Collection of Theater and Motion Picture Music and Ephemera NMAH.AC.1211 His mother attended "dish night" with her son twice a week. During the Great Depression, in order to draw an audience, theaters would give out dishes with each admission. He credited this with beginning his love of musicals. By the 1940 United States Census his mother is listed as a widow. Stubblebine attended the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania. After graduation he was employed for forty years as controller by the Chilton Publishing Company. He retired in 1994. As a lifelong film and theater fan, Stubblebine began collecting sheet music, programs, and ephemera from stage and film musicals in the early 1970s. As his collection grew, so did his expertise in the history of musical theatre and film. He eventually authored four reference books dealing with United States and British stage and film musicals as well as films from Canada and Australia. He became an often sought-after expert in stage and film music. His obsession with collecting eventually filled his Philadelphia apartment with one of the largest collections of material centered on music in the United States. He collected not only the sheet music and scores from musicals but often collected copies of reviews, programs, photographs, and costume sketches. Stubblebine died on May 1, 2010 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Scope and Contents One of the most comprehensive collections of material relating to musical stage and film productions, the collection consists of an assortment of material including sheet music written specifically for or included in stage and screen musicals, television programs, Big Band performances, and radio. Some productions may have been produced under more than one title, especially if the production was presented internationally. The collection is arranged alphabetically by title of production or personality using proper name. Folders for each entry may include sheet music, ephemeral items related to that specific production or personality such as theater programs, reviews, and posters. There are a number of costume design drawings. Folders will rarely include full printed scores. Published scores were separated from this collection before donation. Arrangement The collection is divided into six series. Series 1, Stage Musicals and Vaudeville, 1866-2007, undated Subseries 1.1, United States Stage Musicals, 1866-2007, undated Subseries 1.2, Ziegfeld Productions, 1911-1958, undated Subseries 1.3, British Stage Musicals, 1890-1943, undated Subseries 1.4, Assorted Countries Stage Musicals, 1896-1935, undated Series 2, Motion Pictures, 1912-2007, undated Subseries 2.1, United States Motion Pictures, 1919-2007, undated Subseries 2.2, British Motion Pictures, 1912-1988, undated Subseries 2.3, Foreign Motion Pictures, Assorted Countries, 1921-1985, undated Subseries 2.4, Silent Motion Picture Cue Sheets, 1915-1930, undated Series 3, Television, 1933-2003, undated Series 4, Big Bands and Radio, 1925-1998,undated Subseries 4.1, Big Bands, 1929-1998, undated Subseries 4.2, Radio, 1925-1948, undated Page 2 of 808 Donald J. Stubblebine Collection of Theater and Motion Picture Music and Ephemera NMAH.AC.1211 Series 5, Personalities, 1875-2009, undated Series 6, Ephemera and Single Sheet Music, 1908-2005, undated Names and Subject Terms This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms: Subjects: Motion pictures Motion pictures, British Music -- 19th century Music -- 20th century Music -- Performance Music -- United States Musical revue, comedy, etc Musical theater Musicals Revues -- 1900-1910 Silent films Silent films -- Musical accompaniment Theater Vaudeville Types of Materials: Design drawings Playbills Posters -- 20th century Sheet music Theater programs Page 3 of 808 Series 1: Stage Musicals and Vaudeville Donald J. Stubblebine Collection of Theater and Motion Picture Music and Ephemera NMAH.AC.1211 Container Listing Series 1: Stage Musicals and Vaudeville, 1866-2007, undated Subseries 1.1: United States Stage Musicals, 1866-2007, undated Box 500, Folder 4 Abe Martin, 1920 Box 500, Folder 1 A La Carte, 1950 Box 500, Folder 2 A La Carte, 1950 Box 500, Folder 3 Abe Lincoln in Illinois, 1963 Box 500, Folder 5 Abi Gezunt, 1949 Box 500, Folder 6 About Face, 1944 Box 500, Folder 7 Accidentally Yours, 1931 Box 500, Folder 8 Ace High, 1924 Box 500, Folder 9 Ace of Clubs, 1950 Box 500, Folder 10 Ace of Revues, 1919 Box 500, Folder 11 The Acquittal , 1910, 1920 Box 500, Folder 12 The Act, 1977 Box 500, Folder 13 Adding Machine, 2000 Box 500, Folder 14 Adrienne , 1923 Box 500, Folder 15 Adrift in New York, 1945 Box 500, Folder 16 Adventures of Paddington Bear, 1974 Box 500, Folder 17 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, 2001 Box 500, Folder 18 Afgar, 1919 Box 500, Folder 19 Afgar, 1920 Box 500, Folder 20 Affairs of Vanity Fair, 1947 Page 4 of 808 Series 1: Stage Musicals and Vaudeville Donald J. Stubblebine Collection of Theater and Motion Picture Music and Ephemera NMAH.AC.1211 Box 500, Folder 21 Africana , 1927 Box 500, Folder 22 Africana , 1934 Box 500, Folder 23 Africanoloy , 1924 Box 500, Folder 24 After the Ball, 1954, 2004 Box 500, Folder 25 After the Girl, 1914 Box 500, Folder 26 After Tomorrow, 1931 Box 500, Folder 27 Afterwhile, (military) Box 501, Folder 1 Ah, Wilderness, 1932 Box 501, Folder 2 Aida, 2000 Box 501, Folder 3 Ain't Broadway Grand, 1993 Box 501, Folder 4 Ain't it the Truth, 1921 Box 501, Folder 5 Ain't Love Grand?, 1927 Box 501, Folder 6 Ain't Misbehavin', 1978 Box 501, Folder 7 Airborne, (Concert) Box 501, Folder 8 Airs and Graces, 1917 Box 501, Folder 9 Airs on a