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Descriptive Summary Susannah McCorkle Papers, 1946-2001 McCorkle, Susannah JPB 06-03 30 linear feet; 63 boxes The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Music Division.

New York, New York

Susannah McCorkle (1946-2001) was an important American jazz / pop singer as well as a talented writer. Her papers consist of her writings, correspondence, business and personal papers, scores, concert programs, clippings, publicity material, photographs and books. Administration Information Source

Thea Lurie, executor of the McCorkle Estate, donated the Susannah McCorkle Papers to the Music Division in 2005.

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Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

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Preferred Citation

Susannah McCorkle Papers, JPB 06-03. Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Biography

Susannah McCorkle, an American jazz/pop singer and a writer of fiction and journalism, was born in Berkeley, California on January 1, 1946. The daughter of an anthropologist who often switched jobs, her family moved regularly. She graduated from high school in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and attended the University of California at Berkeley. After a break from school to travel to Mexico, she received her Bachelors degree in Italian literature in 1969. She then moved to Europe, first to Paris, then to Rome, where she worked as a translator.

In Paris a friend played her a Billie Holiday record, and from that point on McCorkle committed to becoming a singer. (Her only previous singing experience had been performing in community theater while in high school.) She briefly studied voice in Rome and began sitting in with local musicians. She also took a job entertaining on a cruise ship, a memorable trip that inspired stories in her journals. McCorkle moved to London in 1973, where she immediately found work with musicians impressed by her knowledge of songs and her authentic Holiday-inspired sound.

Some of her first gigs in the United States were with the trumpeter Richard Sudhalter's band (1975), although she didn't relocate permanently to New York until 1978. McCorkle's first recordings were made in London: 1975 demo sessions with the pianist Keith Ingham, followed by her first album, The Music Of Harry Warren, on EMI in 1976. In the United States she recorded several albums for the Inner City and Pausa labels until 1988, when she was signed by Concord, for whom she recorded ten albums.

McCorkle eventually established a career based in the cabaret circuit, but her style was more jazz-based than most cabaret artists. She usually performed with a piano trio, but she engaged larger groups on her recordings, featuring arrangements by her musical director Allen Farnham and Rich De Rosa. She also occasionally performed with big bands or orchestras, such as the Eastman Jazz Ensemble, the Little Orchestra Society and the New York Pops. McCorkle toured the country performing and also conducted music workshops for students of all ages.

McCorkle was a talented writer as well as a singer. Her short stories were published in Mademoiselle and other women's magazines in American and in Britain, and one, Ramona by the Sea, won the 1975 O. Henry Award for short fiction. She had an ongoing relationship with American Heritage, producing three profiles of musicians for the magazine in the 1990s, and for two years prior to her death she was at work on a memoir of her early singing career in Rome.

McCorkle struggled with many personal issues in her life. She suffered from an overeating disorder as a teenager, was married and divorced twice, fought breast cancer in 1989-1990, and suffered from manic depression (several members of her family were also afflicted with depression or other mental illness). She committed suicide on May 19, 2001.

Scope and Content Note

The Susannah McCorkle Papers document the life and career of a great American singer and writer. They consist of 30 linear feet of material dating from 1946-2001, with the bulk dating from ca. 1970 - 2001. The Papers cover all aspects of McCorkle's professional singing and writing careers as well as her personal life. They include sheet music, scores, arrangements and lyrics for songs she performed and recorded throughout her career, including many of the octet arrangements for her albums on the Concord label; papers documenting her performing, touring and educational activities, as well as media clippings and concert programs; published and unpublished writings and journals, including unpublished novellas and a memoir of her early singing career; personal papers and correspondence; performance and publicity photographs and publicity literature from all stages of her career, and books owned by McCorkle. The separated material includes many unreleased sound and video recordings.

Portions of the McCorkle Papers existed only in electronic form on floppy disks. These files were retrieved and printed; not all were fully salvageable. Documents in the collection printed from electronic files contain headers at the top of each page listing the file name, date of file creation when known, and page number. A CD-R containing all original electronic files is in Box 29, Folder 4.

Arrangement

The collection is organized into 12 series and 13 sub-series. The series and sub-series are: Series I: Writings, 1957-2001 and undated Sub-series 1 - Early Writings, 1957-1968 Sub-series 2 - Non-fiction, 1967-2001 and undated Sub-series 3 - Fiction, 1971-1999 and undated Series II: Correspondence, 1967-2001 and undated Series III: Business Papers, 1974-2001 and undated Sub-series 1 - Bookings, 1982-2000 and undated Sub-series 2 - Financial Papers, 1982-2000 Sub-series 3 - Record Companies, 1974-2001 Series IV: Personal Papers, 1946-2001 and undated Series V: Project Documentation, 1975-2001 and undated Sub-series 1 - Performances, 1975-2000 and undated Sub-series 2 - Recordings, 1975-2001 Series VI: Concert Programs, 1963-2000 and undated Series VII: Clippings, 1972-2001 and undated Series VIII: Publicity Material, 1975-2001 and undated Series IX: Song Lyrics, 1971-2000 and undated Series X: Scores, 1975-2000 and undated Sub-series 1 - Shows, 1984-2000 and undated Sub-series 2 - Special Projects, 1981-2000 Sub-series 3 - Recordings, 1986-2000 Sub-series 4 - General Trio Arrangements, 1975-1999 and undated Sub-series 5 - Song Collections, ca. 1975-1999 and undated Series XI: Iconography, 1972-2000 and undated Series XII: Books, 1949-1995

Series Descriptions/Container List Series I: Writings, 1957-2001 and undated 7 boxes

This series contains McCorkle’s published and unpublished writings. These include fiction stories published in various magazines, non-fiction journalistic pieces and essays published in newspapers and magazines, and McCorkle’s personal journals and her unpublished writings based on them. There are also unfinished writings as well as works-in-progress, including two unpublished novellas and a book-length unpublished memoir. Major portions of this series were retrieved from floppy disks and printed; not all were fully salvageable. Documents printed from electronic files contain headers at the top of each page listing the file name, date of file creation when known, and page number.

Sub-series 1 – Early Writings, 1957-1968Sub-series 2 – Non-fiction, 1967-2001 and undatedSub-series 3 – Fiction, 1971-1999 and undated Sub-series 1: Early Writing, 1957-1968 4 folders

Chronological

This sub-series spans McCorkle’s childhood to college years at the University of California at Berkeley. It includes writing she did for the satirical Berkeley newspaper the Pelican (sometimes under a pseudonym) as well as work she did for English classes.

1 1 Grade School/High School, 1957-1963 College, 1964-1968 1 2 1964-1965 1 3 1965-1966 1 4 1968 Sub-series 2: Non-fiction, 1967 - 2001 and undated 5 boxes

Alphabetical (essays and stories); Chronological (journals and memoirs)

This sub-series consists of McCorkle’s articles and essays and her journals, as well as the memoirs based on them, including Secrets In Piazza Navona, a book McCorkle worked on in the last two years of her life but never completed. It also includes notes and research carried out in the writing process. In addition to the profiles of musicians McCorkle wrote for American Heritage (on Irving Berlin, Bessie Smith and Ethel Waters, and an unfinished profile of Mae West), there are several personality profiles McCorkle wrote for local New York City newspapers; It’s Not Easy Being A Politically Correct Chanteuse, an essay McCorkle wrote for The New York Time Magazine; and the script for a proposed McCorkle-hosted radio series, The Singers. See also Publishing Correspondence, Box 7, Folders 21-31.

Essays and Articles, 1979-2001 and undated

Files contain varying combinations of notes, drafts and published versions of articles.

1 5-6 Always: A Singer's Journey Through The Life Of Irving Berlin, 1998

Published in American Heritage magazine, November 1998.

1 7 Anklang Des Unbewussten: Die Songs Des Goldenen Zeitalters, 1992

In German. Incomplete photocopy of published article in Die Zeitschrift Der Kulter, April 1992.

1 8 Back To Bessie, 1997

About Bessie Smith. Published in American Heritage magazine, November 1997.

1 9 Barney Beck, Beekeeper, undated

Unpublished. See Sound Recordings in Separated Material (work tapes) for recording of McCorkle interviewing Beck.

1 10 George Le Moine, 1980

Unpublished.

1 11-13 Hot Mamas And Torchsingers: Great Performers of the Twenties, Thirties, and Forties, 1993-1995

Includes correspondence and grant application to the Guggenheim Foundation.

1 14 I Was A Compulsive Overeater, ca. 1980-1981

Unpublished.

1 15 It's Not Easy Being A Politically Correct Chanteuse, 1993-1994

Published in The New York Times Magazine, January 9, 1994.

1 16 The Kid Who Loved The Marx Brothers, 1980

Unpublished.

1 17 Leonard's World, 1983

Published in Newsday, April 14, 1983.

2 1 The Mother Of Us All, 1994

About Ethel Waters. Published in American Heritage, March 1994.

2 2 Mr. Dunphy, 1979

Published in New York magazine, October 15, 1979.

2 3 Panic In Central Park, 1980

Unpublished.

2 4 The Passionate Spectator, 1995-1999

Unpublished.

2 5 The Singers, 1994

Script for proposed radio program, never produced. See pilot tape in Separated Material.

2 6 Theodora Skipitares, 1980-1987

Unpublished.

2 7-10 Type A Man, 1989-1990

Unpublished.

2 11-13 West, Mae, 1999-2001

Proposed article on Mae West for American Heritage, never finished. See also Box 4, Folder 13.

2 14 Women Going To Work In Middle Age, 1979

Contains journal-like material and questionnaire for McCorkle's mother.

2 15 Words And Music, 2000

Columns for Emusic.com.

2 16-18 Proposals and Notes, 1981 - 2000 and undated 2 19 Inspirational Writings By Others, undated Journals, 1967-2000 and undated

Journals incorporate some fiction writing. See also transcriptions of these journals in sub-series 2, Memoirs, Box 4, Folders 14-19 and Box 5, Folders 1-3.

Europe, 1967-1973 3 1 Summer In Venice, 1967 3 2 Paris, 1970

Contains stories Sally and The End of Paris Stay

3 3 Paris and Rome, 1969-1970

Includes correspondence and early version of story The Quitter. See also Folders 11-13.

3 4 Rome, 1970 3 5 Rome, ca. 1970

Contains story, Venetian Laundry.

3 6 The Address Book, 1970

Journal covers Rome, Florence and London visits.

3 7 Bad Elizabeth, early 1970s

Typed story, from journals.

3 8 Berkeley Birth Control Clinic, early 1970s

Typed story, from journals.

3 9 Carrie and Cairo, early 1970s

Includes typed story and written journal.

3 10 The Girl Who Almost Bombed, early 1970s

Hand-written story.

The Quitter, 1970

Story begun in journals. See Folder 3.

3 11 Manuscript 3 12 Typescript 3 13-14 Typescript revision 3 15-16 Singing On The Sea, 1970

Journal of McCorkle's experience singing on a cruise ship. Contains unsent fan letter to Stan Getz.

3 17 Rome and London, ca. 1972-1973 3 18 Dreams, 1990 and undated

Contains dream descriptions and discussions of McCorkle's breast cancer.

General, 1980 - 2000 and undated 3 19 1980 - 1982 4 1 1989 - 1990 4 2 1991 4 3 1992 - 1999 4 4 2000

See also Library Notes in Secrets In Piazza Navona, Box 5, Folder 4.

4 5 undated Memoirs, Early 1970s-2001 and undated

None published. See also Because Of Music, Box 6, Folder 6.

4 6 Autostrada della Serenissina, early 1970s 4 7 The Glamorous Life Of A Jazz Singer In London, 1974 4 8 If You Sing You're A Singer, 1974-1975 4 9-12 A Singing Life, 1994-1996 Secrets In Piazza Navona, 1999-2001

McCorkle was attempting to write a memoir of her European life of the early 1970s based on the journals she kept from that period. Part of her writing process involved transcribing the journals into her computer. Drafts were saved as computer files; some were corrupted and only partially preserved. McCorkle's printouts often contain hand-written notes and edits.

4 13 Notes on Journals and Book Plan, 1999-2000

Contains letter from American Heritage regarding Mae West article.

Journal Transcriptions, 1999 4 14-16 Rome 1970 4 17-19 Rome 1971-1972 5 1 America and Florence 1971-1972 5 2 London 1972-1973 5 3 New York 1975 Early Drafts, 1999-2000 5 4 Notes, Outlines and Proposal, 1999-2000

Contains Library Notes, a journal McCorkle kept while writing the first drafts of the book.

5 5 Outline for Publisher 5 6 Chapter 1

Two drafts, one incomplete (corrupted computer file).

5 7 Chapters 2-3

Chapter 2 incomplete (corrupted computer file).

Revisions, 2000 5 8 Outline and Proposal 5 9 Prologue and Chapter 1 5 10 Chapter 2 5 11 Chapter 3 5 12 Chapter 4 5 13 Chapter 5 5 14 Chapter 6 5 15 Chapter 7 5 16 Chapter 8 5 17 Chapter 9 5 18 Chapter 10 5 19 Chapter 11 5 20 Chapter 12

File damaged, incomplete.

6 1 Chapter 13 6 2 Additional Material, 2000-2001

More notes and a description of manuscript "trouble spots".

6 3 French Lessons, undated 6 4 A Trip To Caracas, undated Sub-series 3: Fiction, 1971-1999 and undated 1.5 boxes

Alphabetical

With the exception of two unpublished novellas, this sub-series consists of short stories. Unless otherwise noted all exist in hand or typed manuscript, with published versions when applicable. A note from McCorkle states that Ramona by the Sea, The Bearer, My Lover's Wife and French Lessons were based on incidents described in her journals. See also Publishing Correspondence, Box 7, Folders 21-31.

6 5 The Bearer, 1978

Published.

6 6 Because of Music, ca. 1978

Unpublished.

6 7-8 Caroline's Mother, 1980

Unpublished novella.

6 9 Children's Stories, undated

Contains three stories, none published.

6 10 Cornelia, 1969

Winner of Mademoiselle magazine's 1969 College Fiction Competition. Published in the magazine in August 1969.

6 11 Dark Pastels, undated

Unpublished.

6 12 The Door, undated

Unpublished.

6 13 English Actor Jumps From Window, ca. 1972

Unpublished.

6 14 George, Mary and the Babysitter, 1973

Published in New Idea, April 28, 1973. Published again in unidentified magazine.

6 15 Good Night, 1982

Commissioned and published by UK magazine Woman's Own, unknown publication date. Written at Yaddo.

6 16 Harry's Wives, 1982-1983

Published in Woman's Own (unknown date).

6 17 The Little Girl Who Who Got Bored, 1980

Unpublished.

6 18 Love In A Department Store, 1979

Unpublished.

6 19 The Lover Who Got Locked Out Of The Garden, 1974-1977

No manuscript. Two published versions: New Idea, April 13, 1974, and UK Woman's Journal, 1977.

6 20 The Mad Sociologist Of Berkeley, 1972

Unpublished.

6 21 The Man In My Dressing Room, 1997

Contains hand-written and printed draft, and correspondence with McCorkle's agent.

6 22 Mrs. Lassen's London Friends, 1969

Radio play. Never produced.

6 23 My Lover's Wife, undated

Unpublished.

7 1 No More Than Three Days, undated

Unpublished. Hand manuscript only.

7 2 The Prisoner Of Plato's Retreat, 1982

Unpublished.

7 3 Ramona by the Sea, 1973-1975

Originally published in Mademoiselle, October 1973. The story won the 1975 O. Henry Award and was published in that year's Prize Stories collection.

7 4 Rides, 1971

Unpublished.

7 5 Waiting, 1981-1983

Published in Cosmopolitan, October 1983. Contains post-it note from McCorkle indicating which stories were based on her life experiences.

7 6 Without Him, 1983

Published in unidentified magazine. No manuscript.

7 7 The Woman Across The Room, 1979

Published in unidentified magazine.

7 8 The Woman In 2B, 1977

Published in unidentified British magazine.

7 9 Your Name In Lights In Hollywood, 1993

Unpublished.

7 10 You've Changed, 1993

Unpublished.

7 11 Untitled Novel, 1989 and undated

Found as electronic document.

7 12 Untitled Material, early 1970s and undated 7 13 Proposals and Notes, 1993-1999 7 14-19 Fiction Fragments, 1971 and undated

Unfinished handwritten and typed manuscripts assembled by McCorkle under title Fiction Fragments, including early work on stories in finished form elsewhere in this sub-series.

Series II: Correspondence, 1967-2001 and undated 3 boxes

Alphabetical

Correspondence is divided into five categories: fan letters, publishing, song research, song suggestions and general correspondence to and from McCorkle. Most of the personal correspondence is to and from friends and colleagues; what little correspondence there is to McCorkle’s family is in Box 10, Folder 10.

7 20 Fan Letters, 1990-2000 and undated

Contains letter from fan with anecdote of meeting and working with Irving Berlin just after World War II.

Publishing, 1979-2001 7 21 A-L, 1979-1984 7 22 American Heritage, 1992-2000 7 23 Cosmopolitan, 1981-1984 7 24 Curtis Brown, Ltd., 1980-1982 7 25 Deborah Rogers Ltd. Literary Agency, 1978-1984 7 26 Hochman, Gail, 1990-2001

McCorkle's literary agent.

7 27 M-Z, 1980-1998 7 28 The New York Daily News, 1980-1981 7 29 New York 1980-1982 7 30 Redbook, 1982 7 31 Unidentified, 1980-1982

Correspondence with unidentified individuals regarding McCorkle's writing.

Song Research, 1991-1997 and undated

Notes, lyrics, and correspondence with musicians and scholars about song lyrics and history.

8 1 1991 and undated 8 2 1996

Contains correspondence with Bill Simon regarding Parlor Songs published by Clarence Williams.

8 3 1997 and undated 8 4-5 undated Song Suggestions, 1992-2000 and undated

Correspondence and submissions from songwriters and fans, and suggestions on songs for McCorkle to perform. Recordings included with letters are in Separated Material, and listed on folders.

8 6 A-B, 1996-2000 and undated 8 7 C-H, 1994-2001 8 8 I-N, 1994-1999 and undated 8 9 S-T, 1992-1997 9 1 W-Z and unidentified, 1994-1999 and undated General To McCorkle, 1971-2001 and undated 9 2 A-B, 1979-1999 9 3 C-E, 1975-2000 and undated 9 4 Century Association, 2000-2001 9 5 F, 1988-2000

Correspondents include Dave Frishberg.

9 6 G-H, 1980-1999 and undated

Correspondents include Terry Gross and staff of WHYY Philadelphia.

9 7 I-K, 1976-1999 and undated 9 8 L-McCorkle, 1972-2000 and undated

Correspondents include McCorkle's mother (Mimi) and sister (Margie).

9 9 Ma-Mon, 1971-2000 and undated 9 10-12 Moran, Daniel, 1999

McCorkle and Moran were romantically involved. Contains ephemera and small inconography in addition to correspondence.

9 13 N - Olson, Eric, 1989-1999

McCorkle and Olson were romantically involved.

9 14-16 Olson, Eric, 1997 10 1 Osteen - Ottawa, 1993-2000 and undated 10 2 P - S, 1978-2000 and undated

Correspondents include Rex Reed and Don Sebesky.

10 3 T - Z, 1975-2000 and undated

Correspondents include Harry Warren.

10 4 Yaddo, 1982-1983 Unidentified 10 5 1998-2001 and undated 10 6 1978-1999

Includes letter to Keith Ingham from unidentified correspondnent.

From McCorkle, 1967-2001 and undated 10 7 A-K, 1967-2001

Contains letter to UC Berkeley faculty about education program in Padua.

Concord Records, dates

Also contains correspondence from Dan DiNicola. See also Concord Records in Business Papers, Box 20, Folders 1-7.

10 8 1990-1994 10 9 1996-1998 10 10 L-Z, 1990-2001

Contains letters to McCorkle's relatives.

10 11 Unidentified, 1988-2000 and undated Series III: Business Papers, 1974-2001 and undated 10 boxes

This series documents the logistical and financial aspects of McCorkle’s career. The bookings sub-series covers McCorkle’s performing and traveling life, while the other two sub-series consist mostly of financial statements.

Sub-series 1 – Bookings, 1982-2000 and undatedSub-series 2 – Financial Papers, 1982-2000Sub-series 3 – Record Companies, 1974-2001 Sub-series 1: Bookings, 1982-2000 and undated 7.5 boxes

Chronological

Contains correspondence with presenters, contracts, and travel information regarding gigs and prospective gigs. Much of the correspondence is from or to Dan DiNicola (McCorkle’s husband and manager) or McCorkle's assistant Anne Jeffreys.

10 12 Algonquin Hotel, 1992-1998 General, 1982-2000 and undated 10 13 1982-1988 10 14-18 1989 11 1-9 1990 11 10-18 1991 12 1-5 1992 12 6-11 1993 12 12-15 1994 13 1-3 1994 13 4-10 1995 13 11-12 1996 14 1-6 1996 14 7-16 1997 15 1-4 1997 15 5-13 1998 16 1-4 1998 16 5-15 1999 17 1-6 1999 17 7-14 2000 18 1-2 2000 18 3 undated Sub-series 2: Financial Papers, 1982-2000 1.6 boxes

Chronological

Contains four years of statements from First Teachers Federal Credit Union, Schenectady, New York; tax returns and accounting information; and receipts and credit card statements, which include some tour accounting paperwork.

Bank Statements, 1995-1999 18 4 1995-1996 18 5 1997-1999 Receipts and Credit Card Statements, 1994-1995 18 6 1994-1995 18 7-13 1995 19 1-4 1995 Tax Returns, 1982-2000 19 5 1982-1983 19 6 1984-1985 19 7 1986 19 8 1987 19 9 1989 19 10 1990-1991 19 11 1992 19 12 1994 19 13 1995 19 14 1996 19 15 1998 19 16 1999 19 17-18 2000 Sub-series 3: Record Companies, 1974-2001 8 folders

Categorical

Mainly provides documentation of Concord Records. Includes contracts, marketing information and accounting statements. Other companies documented include EMI, Sony and Rhino.

Concord, 1988-2001

See also Correspondence in Box 10, Folders 8-9 and Publicity Material in Box 28, Folder 4.

20 1 Account Statements, 1997-1998 Contracts, 1988-2001 20 2 1988-1997 20 3 1998-2001 Marketing, 1999-2000 20 4 1999 20 5 2000 Royalty Statements, 1996-1999 20 6 1996-1997 20 7 1998-1999 20 8 Other Companies, 1974-1994 Series IV: Personal Papers, 1946-2001 and undated 2 boxes

Categorical

In addition to Susannah McCorkle's personal papers, this series also contains papers pertaining to McCorkle's mother, Margery, for whom McCorkle was handling financial and medical issues. McCorkle’s papers contain documentation of her jury service, marriages and divorces, insurance and estate planning, documents such as birth certificate and passports, medical records and her high school yearbook. Papers for her mother (McCorkle usually referred to her as “Mimi”) contain information on the trust established for her, bank statements and letters to her mother’s physicians regarding her care. By New York State Law all medical records in this series are sealed from public view.

Susannah McCorkle, 1946-2001 and undated 20 9 Jury Service, 1983-2001 20 10-11 Marriage and Divorce Papers, 1977-2001 20 12 Insurance and Estate Planning, 1986-2001 20 13 Coin Collecting and Jewelry, 1978-2000 20 14 Berkeley House, 2001 20 15 Identification Cards and Address Book, 1997-2001 and undated 21 1 High School Yearbook, 1963

Incomplete photocopy.

21 2 Ephemera, 1999 and undated

Mostly business cards.

21 3 General, 1946-1999

Birth certificate, diploma, driver license and passports.

Margery McCorkle, 1988-2001 21 4 Trust, 1988-2000 21 5 Bank Statements, 2000-2001 21 6 Correspondence regarding, 2000-2001 Medical Records, 1988-2001

By New York State law these records are sealed from public view.

29 1-2 Susannah McCorkle, 1988-2000

Contains correspondence to McCorkle's doctors concerning her cancer treatment.

29 3 Margery McCorkle, 2000-2001 294CD-R containing Susannah McCorkle electronic documents. Series V: Project Documentation, 1975-2001 and undated 3.5 boxes

This series contains notes, setlists, song lists and lyrics, lighting cues, scripts, correspondence and other documentation regarding McCorkle’s musical career in both performance and recording.

Sub-series 1 – Performances, 1975-2000 and undatedSub-series 2 – Recordings, 1975-2001 Sub-series 1: Performances, 1975-2000 and undated 2.5 boxes

Categorical

This sub-series documents the annual shows McCorkle presented at the Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel and elsewhere; her various collaborations with Rayburn Wright and the Eastman Jazz Ensemble; her education and school concerts; appearances on radio and television; and collaborations with artists such as Skitch Henderson, Marian McPartland and Dave Frishberg.

Shows, 1982-2000

With the exception of The Hollywood Blondes, all were performed at the Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel and elsewhere.

21 7-9 The Hollywood Blondes, 1982-1984

See also scores, Box 33, Folders 1-2.

21 10 Autumn In New York: A Celebration Of The Great Songs And Singers Of Manhattan, 1991

McCorkle's first Algonquin show.

21 11-12 The Passionate Cole Porter, 1996 22 1-3 Let's Face The Music: The Songs Of Irving Berlin, 1997-1998 and undated 22 4-6 Gershwin and Jobim, 1998 22 7 From Broken Hearts To Blue Skies, 1999 22 8-9 Hearts And Minds, 2000 Collaborations, 1998-2000 and undated

See also Byrd, Charlie in scores, Box 36, Folder 1.

22 10 Frishberg, Dave, undated

See also audio tapes in Separated Material.

22 11 Henderson, Skitch and New York Pops, 1998 22 12 McPartland, Marian, Mike Abene and Gene Bertoncini, undated

Notes and lead sheets.

22 13 Nadler, Mark, 1998-2000 Other Performance Projects, 1983-2000 and undated Eastman School of Music, 1983-1985 and undated

Notes and correspondence between McCorkle and Rayburn Wright documenting multiple projects, probably including the Alec Wilder memorial concert of August 1981. See also video in Separated Material, project documentation in Box 23, Folders 5 and 8, and Scores, Box 36, Folders 2-5.

22 14 1983 Jan. - Sept. 22 15 1983 Oct. 22 16 1984-1985 22 17 Undated 23 1 Education and School Concerts, 1989-2000 and undated 23 2 Jazz Meets Pop, 1988

Live concert in Schenectady, NY broadcast on PBS. Collaboration with Rayburn Wright and Eastman Jazz Ensemble, Mark Murphy, Gerry Mulligan, Gene Bertoncini and Michael Moore. See also scores in Boxes 36, Folders 2-5 and video in Separated Material.

23 3-4 Lullaby Of Broadway (Corky Hale Show), 1998

See also audio tape in Separated Material

23 5 Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz, 1999-2000 and undated

Includes research on Alec Wilder songs.

23 6 Great Songs From The Golden Age Of The Silver Screen, 1985-1997

Collaboration with Rayburn Wright. See also scores in Boxes 37-39.

23 7-8 Riverwalk: Live From The Landing, 1990

See also correspondence from Jim Cullum in Box 9, Folder 3 and lead sheets in Box 42, Folder 3.

23 9 Symphony Pops Concerts, 1984-1985 and undated 23 10 Voiceovers, 1998

See also audio tapes in Separated Material.

23 11 When Tony Played The Sax, 1997-2000

See also recordings in Separated Material.

23 12 Performance Outlines, 1992-2000 and undated

Includes proposed program for Festival Miami 2001.

23 13-16 Set Lists, 1975-2000 23 17 Technical Riders, 1999 and undated Sub-series 2: Recordings, 1975-2001 1 box

Chronological

This sub-series contains lyrics, notes, correspondence and other documentation, mostly of the album projects McCorkle produced on the Concord label from 1988-2000. There is also a folder of proposed contents for a 2001 studio recording. See also Song Collection, Box 58, Folder 3, for notes on The Songs Of Johnny Mercer and Box 59, Folder 8 for notes on The Music Of Harry Warren.

24 1 London Demos, 1975

See also sound recording in Separated Material.

24 2 No More Blues Concord Jazz 4370, 1988-1989 24 3-6 Sabia Concord Jazz 4418, 1990-1991 24 7 I'll Take Romance Concord Jazz 4491, 1991 24 8 From Bessie To Brazil Concord Jazz 4547, 1993 24 9-10 From Broadway To Bebop Concord Jazz 4615, 1994 24 11 Easy To Love: The Songs Of Cole Porter Concord Jazz 4696, 1996 24 12-13 Let's Face The Music: The Songs Of Irving Berlin Concord Jazz 4759-2, 1997 24 14-15 From Broken Hearts To Blue Skies Concord Jazz 4857-2, 1998 24 16-17 Hearts And Minds Concord Jazz 4897-2, 2000 24 18 Proposals, 1999-2001

Includes notes on proposed 2001 studio recording.

Series VI: Concert Programs, 1963-2000 and undated 7 folders

Chronological

This series does not constitute a definitive collection of programs, but it does provide documentation for every phase of McCorkle’s career, beginning in her high school years. It contains flyers and concert season schedules as well as programs.

McCorkle Programs 25 1 1963-1987 25 2 1989-1993 25 3 1994-1996 25 4 1997 25 5 1998 25 6 1999-2000 and undated 25 7 Non-McCorkle Programs, 1994-2000

Programs contain McCorkle's notes on performances.

Series VII: Clippings, 1972-2001 and undated 25 folders

Chronological

This series contains a very thorough collection of newspaper and magazine clippings about McCorkle, beginning with her earliest press notices in London, 1972, and ending with 2001 posthumous clippings (presumably inserted by the executor of the estate).

25 8 1972-1975 25 9 1976 25 10 1977-1979 25 11 1980 25 12 1981 25 13 1982 25 14 1983 26 1 1984 26 2-3 1985 26 4-5 1986 26 6 1987 26 7 1988 26 8 1989 26 9 1990 26 10 1991 26 11 1992 26 12 1993 26 13-14 1994 26 15 1995 26 16-17 1996 27 1-2 1997 27 3-5 1998 27 6-8 1999 27 9 2000-2001

Includes posthumous clippings.

27 10-11 undated Series VIII: Publicity Material, 1975-2001 and undated 18 folders

Chronological

The papers in this series consist of material designed for distribution and marketing, including press releases, biographies and resumes, itineraries, flyers and press quotes. McCorkle constantly updated her press package and the progress of her career can be tracked by the latest press releases her office issued. They typically listed upcoming gigs, projects and record releases and summed up recent events in McCorkle’s career. The series also contains correspondence relating to work done on McCorkle’s behalf by her publicist, Helene Greece, as well as letters she sent to her fan mailing list.

Press Releases and Biographies, ca. 1975-2001 and undated 27 12 ca. 1975-1985 27 13 1986-1989 27 14 1990-1991 27 15 1992-1995 28 1 1996-1998

Contains essay by McCorkle titled Susannah McCorkle Childhood Singing And Musical Influences.

28 2 1999-2001 and undated Other Publicity Material, 1978-2000 and undated 28 3 Flyers, ca. 1978 - 2000 28 4 Concord Records, 1989-2000 28 5 Discographies, 1985-2000

Includes correspondence with McCorkle's webmaster regarding her online discography.

28 6-7 Mailing Lists, 1989-2000 and undated 28 8-9 Greece, Helene, 1996-2000 and undated

Greece did publicity work for McCorkle.

28 10 Quotes, 1989 -1998 and undated 28 11 Itineraries, 1996-2000 and undated 28 12 Show Descriptions, 1993 and undated 28 13 Correspondence, 1979-2000

Includes letters sent to fans on McCorkle's mailing list.

28 14 Resumes, ca. 1980-1991

Includes response to Ira Gitler for Encyclopedia of Jazz.

Series IX: Song Lyrics, 1971-2000 and undated 2 boxes

Chronological

This series consists of song lyrics, research and occasional correspondence about song history that McCorkle collected throughout her career, in different forms. For several years in the early 1970s she maintained a growing hand-written notebook of lyrics, attaching numbers to songs for reference. Later notebooks were typed or computer-printed. She also produced a set of index cards with lyrics.

Handwritten, Typed and Printed, 1971-2000 and undated 31 1 1971 and undated 31 2-14 1972-1977

This material was gathered in a single notebook assembled during McCorkle's time in London. It contains research and notes on songs, as well as proposed medleys and setlists.

31 15 1991 and undated 31 16 1993-1995 31 17-21 1994-2000 and undated 31 22 Undated

Contains McCorkle's translation and notes on Antonio Carlos Jobim's The Waters Of March.

32 Index Cards, undated

Around 200 cards with song lyrics, arranged alphabetically by title. Complete only to the letter N.

Series X: Scores, 1975-2000 and undated 28 boxes

The scores are divided into five sub-series: shows, special projects, recordings, general trio arrangements and song collections. The shows, special projects, and recordings often correspond to project documentation files in series V. Most of the scores McCorkle routinely used were for piano trio. The scores for her Concord recordings were usually for octets, and her collaborations with Rayburn Wright were for either jazz big band or full orchestra.

Sub-series 1 – Shows, 1984-2000 and undatedSub-series 2 – Special Projects, 1981-2000 and undatedSub-series 3 – Recordings, 1986-2000Sub-series 4 – General Trio Arrangements, 1975-1999 and undatedSub-series 5 – Song Collections, ca. 1975-1999 and undated Sub-series 1: Shows, 1984-2000 and undated 3 boxes

Chronological

Consists mostly of scores for shows performed at the Algonquin hotel and elsewhere. All are for piano trio and consist of lead sheets, sketches and parts for piano, bass and drums. Arrangements are by Ben Aronov, Allen Farnham, Lee Musiker and Rich DeRosa. The music is in varying combinations of holographs and reproductions.

The Hollywood Blondes, 1984

See also project documentation in Box 21, Folders 7-9.

33 1 A-L 33 2 M-Z Algonquin Hotel, 1991-2000 and undated Autumn In New York: A Celebration Of The Great Songs And Singers Of Manhattan, 1991

Arrangements by Ben Aronov and Lee Musiker.

33 3 A-F 33 4 G-Z 33 5 1992

Show associated with CD I'll Take Romance.

33 6 1994

Show associated with CD From Broadway To Bebop.

33 7-11 The Passionate Cole Porter, 1996

Arrangements by Allen Farnham and Rich DeRosa.

34 1-3 Let's Face The Music: The Songs Of Irving Berlin, 1996-1997

Arrangements by Allen Farnham.

34 4-6 Gershwin and Jobim, 1998

Arrangements by Allen Farnham.

34 7-8 From Broken Hearts To Blue Skies, 1999

Arrangements by Allen Farnham.

35 1-3 Hearts And Minds, 2000

Arrangements by Allen Farnham.

Unidentified Shows, 1994-1998 and undated 35 4 1994 and undated

Includes "censorship medley" based on McCorkle's article It's Not Easy Being A Politically Correct Chanteuse.

35 5 1998 Sub-series 2: Special Projects, 1981-2000 7 boxes

Alphabetical

Includes all of the scores and parts for McCorkle’s “Symphony Pops” concerts, most arranged by Rayburn Wright, including those for the 1981 Alec Wilder memorial concert, the 1988 television program Jazz Meets Pop and the concert program Great Songs From The Golden Age Of The Silver Screen. The sub-series also contains three Don Sebesky arrangements of Friedrich Hollaender songs McCorkle performed with the Little Orchestra Society at Lincoln Center, and scores McCorkle sang with Skitch Henderson and the New York Pops.

36 1 Byrd, Charlie Collaboration, 1998-1999

Lead sheets and correspondence.

Eastman School of Music Alec Wilder Concert, 1981 July

Arrangements used in memorial concert for Wilder. See also concert video in Separated Material.

I Like It Here by Alec Wilder and William Engvick

Arranged by David Berger. For voice and jazz big band with strings.

36 2 Full score. Holograph reproduction. 36 3 Parts. 36 4 If Someday Ever Comes Again by Alec Wilder and Johnny Mercer

Arranged by Rayburn Wright. Orchestra reduction score and parts for vocal, bass and drums.

36 5 You're Free by Alec Wilder and Frances Landesman

Arranged by Rayburn Wright. For jazz big band. Full score and parts, holographs and reproductions.

36 6 Eye Bank Benefit, 2000

Vision Medley arranged by Allen Farnham.

36 7 Foreign Language Record, 1986

Published lead sheets.

Little Orchestra Society, 1996 June

Arrangements by Don Sebesky used in performance at Lincoln Center. All for voice and chamber orchestra. Full scores (holograph reproductions) and parts (computer prints).See also Concert Programs.

36 8 Falling In Love Again by Friedrich Hollaender and Sammy Lerner 36 9 Ich Weiss Nicht by Friedrich Hollaender and Robert Liebmann 36 10 Wenn Ich Mir Was Wunschen by Friedrich Hollaender New York Pops, 1998

Arrangements by Mark Suozzo for voice and orchestra. Full scores, vocal-piano scores and vocal parts. Holograph reproductions.

36 11 Chica Chica Boom Chic by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren 36 12 Manha De Carnival by Luiz Bonfa, Antonio Maria and Susannah McCorkle 36 13 Wave by Antonio Carlos Jobim Great Songs From The Golden Age Of The Silver Screen, 1985

Arrangements by Rayburn Wright for voice and orchestra. Scores are holograph reproductions, parts are both holographs and reproductions. See also project documentation, Box 23, Folder 6.Charts are arranged in performance order.

42nd St. by Al Dubin and Harry Warren Opener. 37 1 Full score. 37 2 A Set parts. 37 3 B Set parts. Full song. 37 4 Full score. 37 5 Parts. As Time Goes By by Herman Hupfeld 37 6 Full score. 37 7 Parts. Blues In The Night by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer 37 8 Full score. 37 9 Parts. Bye Bye Baby by Leo Robin and Jule Styne 38 1 Full score. 38 2 Parts. It's A Most Unusual Day by Harold Arlen and Jimmy McHugh 38 3 Full score. 38 4 Parts. Let Yourself Go by Irving Berlin 38 5 Full score. 38 6 Parts. Movie Medley 38 7 Full scores, A and B set. Parts. 38 8 A set. 39 1 B set. Remember My Forgotten Man by Al Dubin and Harry Warren 39 2 Full score. 39 3 Parts. They Can't Take That Away From Me by George and Ira Gershwin 39 4 Full score. 39 5 Parts. The Trolley Song by Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin 39 6 Full score. 39 7 Parts. Jazz Meets Pop, 1988

Live concert in Schenectady, NY broadcast on PBS. Collaboration with Rayburn Wright and Eastman Jazz Ensemble, Mark Murphy, Gerry Mulligan, Gene Bertoncini and Michael Moore. Unless otherwise noted all songs arranged by Rayburn Wright for vocal and jazz big band. See also project documentation in Box 23, Folder 2 and video in Separated Material.

Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer 40 1 Full score.

Holograph reproduction.

Parts.

Holographs.

40 2 Reeds and trumpets. 40 3 Trombones and rhythm section. 40 4 The Ballad Of Pearly Sue by Gerry Mulligan

Lead sheet.

Bye Bye Baby by Leo Robin and Jule Styne 40 5 Full and reduction scores.

Holograph reproductions.

40 6 Parts.

Holographs.

Call Of The City by Oscar Brown 40 7 Full score.

Holograph reproduction.

40 8 Lead sheet and parts.

Holographs.

The Lady Is A Tramp by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart

Arranged by Rayburn Wright for two vocals (McCorkle and Mark Murphy) and jazz big band.

40 9 Full score.

Holograph reproduction.

40 10 Lead sheets and parts.

Holographs.

Let's Get Away From It All by Thomas Adair and Matt Dennis 41 1 Full score.

Holograph reproduction.

Parts.

Holographs.

41 2 Reeds and trumpets. 41 3 Trombones and rhythm section. Still Crazy After All These Years by Paul Simon 41 4 Full score.

Holograph reproduction.

41 5 Parts.

Holographs.

S'wonderful by George and Ira Gershwin 41 6 Lead sheets and full score.

Holograph reproductions.

Parts.

Holographs.

41 7 Reeds and trumpets. 41 8 Trombones and rhythm section. Walkin Shoes by Gerry Mulligan and Bobby Troup 42 1 Full score.

Holograph reproduction.

42 2 Lead sheets and parts.

Holographs.

42 3 Riverwalk: Live From The Landing, 1990

Lead sheets. See also correspondence from Jim Cullum, Box 9, Folder 3 and Project Documentation, Box 23, Folders 7-8. Sound recording of McCorkle's appearance on the radio program may be in Separated Material.

42 4 San Jose Jazz Festival, 1998 Aug. 9

Lead sheets.

42 5 Shirley Temple Christmas, 1998 Dec.

Lead sheets, lyrics and correspondence. For performance at Lincoln Center. See also Concert Programs.

42 6 WHYY Broadcast, 1988 Dec.

Concord Christmas Broadcast. Lead sheets.

Sub-series 3: Recordings, 1986-2000 2 boxes

Chronological

This sub-series contains lead sheets, scores and parts for arrangements performed on McCorkle’s recordings, beginning with the 1986 CBS project As Time Goes By and including nearly all of her Concord releases. Arrangements are often for octet. Arrangers include Billy Taylor, Ben Aronov, Rich De Rosa and Allen Farnham.

43 1 As Time Goes By CBS/Sony 28AP-3315, 1986 Oct.

Lead sheets and lyrics. Arrangements by Billy Taylor.

43 2 No More Blues Concord Jazz 4370, 1988 Oct.

Lead sheets.

43 3 Sabia Concord Jazz 4418, 1990-1991

Lead sheets.

43 4 I'll Take Romance Concord Jazz 4491, 1991

Lead sheets.

From Bessie To Brazil Concord Jazz 4547, 1992-1993

All arrangements for voice and jazz septet. All have full scores and parts, all holographs.

43 5 Accentuate The Positive by Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen, 1992 Dec. 27

Arranged by Rich DeRosa.

43 6 Hit The Road To Dreamland by Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen, 1993

Arranged by Ben Aronov.

43 7 The Lady Is A Tramp by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, 1993

Arranged by Ben Aronov.

43 8 Love by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, 1992 Dec. 30

Arranged by Rich DeRosa.

43 9 The People That You Never Get To Love, 1993

Arranged by Allen Farnham.

43 10 Thief In The Night by Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz, 1993

Arranged by Allen Farnham.

From Broadway To Bebop Concord Jazz 4615, 1994

All arrangements for voice and jazz septet. Full scores and parts, all holographs.

43 11 Chica Chica Boom Chic by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren

Arranged by Allen Farnham.

43 12 Don't Fence Me In by Cole Porter

Arranged by Allen Farnham.

43 13 A Friend Like Me by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken

Arranged by Rich DeRosa.

43 14 Guys And Dolls by Frank Loesser

Arranged by Allen Farnham.

43 15 He Loves Me by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick

Arranged by Rich DeRosa.

43 16 It's Easy To Remember by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart

Arranged by Rich DeRosa.

43 17 General lead sheets. Easy To Love: The Songs Of Cole Porter Concord Jazz 4696, 1995 Aug. - 1995 Sept.

All songs by Cole Porter. See also photographs of recording session in Box 62, Folder 5.

44 1 Anything Goes

Arranged by Allen Farnham for voice and jazz octet. Sketch, full score and parts. Holographs.

44 2 Easy To Love

Lead sheets.

44 3 Everytime We Say Goodbye

Lead sheet.

44 4 It's All Right With Me

Arranged by Allen Farnham for voice and jazz octet. Sketch, full score and parts. Holographs.

44 5 Let's Do It

Arranged by Rich DeRosa for voice and jazz octet. Lead sheets, full score and parts. Holographs and reproductions.

44 6 Night And Day

Arranged by Rich DeRosa for voice and septet. Full score and parts. Holographs and reproductions.

44 7 You Do Something To Me

Arranged by Rich DeRosa. For voice and jazz octet. Full score and parts. Holographs and reproductions.

44 8 You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To

Lead sheets. Holographs.

44 9 Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

Arranged by Allen Farnham for voice and jazz octet. Sketch, full score and parts. Holographs and reproductions.

44 10 Let's Face The Music: The Songs Of Irving Berlin Concord Jazz 4759-2, 1996

Jazz trio arrangements by Allen Farnham.

From Broken Hearts To Blue Skies Concord Jazz 4857-2, 1998 44 11 Lead sheets.

Includes songs not on recording.

44 12 Blue Skies by Irving Berlin

Arranged by Rich DeRosa for voice and jazz septet. Full score and parts. Holographs.

44 13 I Wish I Were In Love Again by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart

Arranged by Allen Farnham for voice and jazz septet. Full score and parts. Holographs.

44 14 Looking For The Silver Lining by Jerome Kern, B.G. DeSylva and Susannah McCorkle

Arranged by Allen Farnham for voice and jazz octet. Full score and parts. Holographs.

44 15 Something To Live For by Billy Strayhorn

Arranged by Rich DeRosa for voice and jazz septet. Full score and parts. Holographs.

44 16 Hearts And Minds Concord Jazz 4897-2, 2000

Sketches, lead sheets and parts.

Sub-series 4: General Trio Arrangements, 1975-1999 and undated 7 boxes

Alphabetical by song title

Contains McCorkle’s library of scores for piano trio that could not be definitively attached to a particular project. Many of the songs in this sub-series have more than one arrangement. Arrangers include Michael Abene, Ben Aronov, Chris Berger, Richard Rodney Bennett, Rich DeRosa, Allen Farnham, Dave Frishberg, Keith Ingham, McCorkle, Lee Musiker, Pat Rebillot, and Don Sebesky.

45 1 Ab - Ain't Misbehavin', undated 45 2 Ain't Safe To Go Nowhere - Alone Together, 1985 and undated 45 3 Alone Too Long - At, 1999 and undated 45 4 Ba - Be, 1986 and undated 45 5 Bi - Bl, undated 45 6 Bo - By, undated

Contains McCorkle's version of The Girl From Ipanema retitled The Boy From Ipanema.

46 1 C, undated 46 2 Da - Dia, 1983 and undated 46 3 Did - Dr, 1999 and undated 46 4 E - Fa, 1976-ca.1985 and undated 46 5 Fe - Foo, 1986 and undated 46 6 For - G, 1994-1996 and undated 47 1 H, ca.1985 and undated 47 2 I Can't - I Feel, undated 47 3 I Get - I Remember, 1992 and undated 47 4 I Thought - If I Only, 1977-ca.1997 and undated 47 5 If - I'm, undated 48 1 Im - It, undated 48 2 It's - I've, undated 48 3 J, undated 48 4 K - La, 1991 and undated 48 5 Let - Let's Face, 1983-1996 48 6 Let's Get - Lo, 1976 - ca. 1999 and undated 48 7 Lu - Ma, ca. 1975 and undated 49 1 Me - My, 1977-1987 and undated 49 2 N - O, 1985 and undated 49 3 P - Q, ca. 1982 and undated 49 4 R - Sk, ca.1990 and undated 50 1 Sl - Some, 1985 and undated 50 2 Somebody - Sp, 1999 and undated 50 3 St - Sw, 1998-1999 and undated 50 4 Ta - Tha, undated 50 5 There - They, 1986-1998 and undated 51 1 Thi - Tri, 1986 and undated 51 2 Tro - V, undated 51 3 Wa - Wha, 1984 and undated 51 4 Whe - Whi, 1985 and undated 51 5 Who - Wi, 1986 and undated 51 6 Ya - You Gotta, 1996 and undated 51 7 You Keep - Z and orphan pages, undated Sub-series 5: Song Collections, ca. 1975 - 1999 and undated 9 boxes

Alphabetical and Topical

This sub-series consists of published sheet music McCorkle collected, often with notes and extra lyrics McCorkle researched. Different portions of the collection are arranged by title, composer/lyricist, and in three special subject collections: Brazilian, songs associated with Bessie Smith, and foreign lyrics to English songs.

By Title, ca. 1975 52 1 A

Contains list of songs with keys.

52 2 B 52 3 C 52 4 D 52 5 E 52 6 F - G 52 7 H 53 1 I - I'll 53 2 I'm - J 53 3 K - L 53 4 M - N 53 5 O - P 53 6 R 54 1 S 54 2 T 54 3 U - W 54 4 Y - Z By Composer or Lyricist, 1976-1999 and undated 55 1 Bell, Bernie, 1994 55 2 - 7 Berlin, Irving, undated 56 1 Coleman, Cy, undated 56 2 Coward, Noel, undated 56 3 Dorough, Bob, undated 56 4 Fields, Dorothy, undated 56 5 Frishberg, Dave, 1985 and undated

Contains signed book of Frishberg's songs.

56 6 Gershwin, George, undated 57 1 Gershwin, Ira, undated 57 2 Haber, Robert, 1986 and undated 57 3-4 Harburg, Yip, ca. 1981

Contains notes and research on Harburg and his songs.

57 5 Hollaender, Friedrich, 1996 and undated 57 6 Landesman, Fran and Simon Wallace, undated 57 7 Maltby, Richard and David Shire, 1989 - 1991 58 1 Mathews, Norman, 1994 and undated 58 2 McPartland, Marian, 1983 Mercer, Johnny, 1977-1999 and undated 58 3 Mercer album material, 1977 58 4-5 General, 1999 and undated 58 6 Monk, Thelonious, 1994 and undated

Contains McCorkle's lyrics to Well You Needn't.

58 7-8 Porter, Cole, undated Robin, Leo, undated 58 9-10 Lead sheets 59 1 Arrangements

Parts for piano, guitar, drums and bass.

59 2 Rodgers, Richard, undated 59 3 Rome, Harold, undated 59 4 Ross, Steve, 1995 59 5 Schwartz, Arthur, undated 59 6 Stoller, Mike and Jerry Lieber, undated 59 7 Van Heusen, Jimmy, 1985 and undated 59 8 Warren, Harry, 1976

Contains notes on Warren recording session.

Special Subjects, 1994 and undated 60 1-5 Brazilian, 1994 and undated 60 6 Foreign Lyrics To English Songs, undated 60 7 Smith, Bessie (songs associated with), undated Series XI: Iconography, 1972-2000 and undated 3 boxes

Chronological

This series contains photographs of McCorkle and sketches by McCorkle and others. The photographs are in four divisions: publicity, performance, candid and oversized. Publicity photos are mostly 8”x10” and include proof sheets and negatives. Performance and candid photos are in varying sizes. There are three divisions of sketches: drawings produced by McCorkle (some as part of her therapy during her bout with breast cancer), drawings of McCorkle by others, and drawings by Lee Davis.

Photographs, 1972-2000 and undated Publicity, 1972-2000

See also Oversized photos, Box 63, Folder 1.

61 1 1972-1976 61 2 1978 1980 61 3 Jan. 61 4 June 61 5 1981-1983 61 6 1984-1986 61 7 1987 61 8 1988-1989 61 9 1990-1992 61 10 1993 61 11 1994 Jan. 61 12 1994 Mar. - 2000 Performance, 1974-1999 and undated 62 1 1974-1980

Includes photo of McCorkle performing with Bobby Hackett.

62 2 1983 62 3 1985-1999 and undated Candid, 1980-2000 and undated 62 4 Personal, 1980-2000 and undated

With friends.

62 5 With Other Musicians, 1996-1998 and undated

Includes photos with Skitch Henderson and Michael Feinstein, and in recording studio recording Cole Porter CD.

63 1 Oversized, 1973-1993

All publicity photos.

Sketches, 1973-1999 and undated 62 6 Drawings by Susannah McCorkle, 1990-1999

Most of these drawings were produced for therapeutic purposes during McCorkle's bout with breast cancer.

62 7 Drawings of McCorkle by Others, 1973-1998 and undated 62 8 Drawings by Lee Davis, undated

Found in envelope notated "Lee Davis drawings 1/99, Lee Davis, Berkeley." Drawings are of Navy scenes during World War II.

Series XII: Books, 1949-1995 1 box

Alphabetical

The books in this series contain inscriptions or markings by either McCorkle or the book’s author.

30 Golino, Carlo L., ed. Contemporary Italian Poetry: An Anthology. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1962.

Inscribed by McCorkle to friends.

30 Howe, Irwin. The Immigrant Jews Of New York. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1976.

Inscribed to McCorkle by a friend.

30 Milne, A. Forbes. An Introduction To Sight-Singing Part II. England: Stainer & Bell, 1949

Contains theory exercises by McCorkle.

30 Moran, Daniel Thomas. Gone To Innisfree. [Self-published], 1993.

Inscribed to McCorkle by the author.

30 Moran, Daniel Thomas. Sheltered by Islands: New and Selected Poems 1985-1995. [Self-published], 1995.

Inscribed to McCorkle by the author.

30 Myss, Caroline. Why People Don't Heal And How They Can. New York: Harmony Books, 1997.

Inscribed to McCorkle by Jackie and Herbert Osteen.

30 Roach, Marion. Another Name For Madness. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985.

Inscribed to McCorkle by a friend.

Separated Materials

Sound Recordings Commercially-Released Recordings The Music Of Harry Warren. (Cassette insert only for 1983 Inner City reissue.) The Songs Of Johnny Mercer. Cassette (Inner City 1983 reissue) and CD (Jazz Alliance 1996 reissue). Over The Rainbow: The Songs of E.Y. "Yip" Harburg. CD (Jazz Alliance 1996 reissue). (Also, insert but no cassette for Inner City 1983 issue). The People That You Never Get To Love. Cassette (Inner City 1981 release) and CD (Jazz Alliance 1997 reissue). Thanks For The Memory: Songs Of Leo Robin. Cassette (Pausa 1985 release) and CD (Jazz Alliance 1998 reissue). How Do You Keep The Music Playing? Two CDs (Pausa 1986 issue and Jazz Alliance 2000 reissue). Dream. Cassette (Pausa, 1987). No More Blues. Cassette (Concord Jazz 4370, 1989). Sabia. Cassette (Concord Jazz 4418, 1990). I'll Take Romance. CD (Concord Jazz 4491, 1992) From Bessie To Brazil. CD (Concord Jazz 4547, 1993). (Signed by McCorkle.) Easy To Love: The Songs Of Cole Porter. CD (Concord Jazz 4696, 1996). (Signed by McCorkle.) Let's Face The Music: The Songs Of Irving Berlin. CD (Concord Jazz 4759-2, 1997). Someone To Watch Over Me. CD (Concord Jazz 4798-2, 1998). Hearts And Minds. CD (Concord Jazz 4897-2, 2000). Commercial Releases-In-Progress (34 cassettes of rough mixes and test masterings of McCorkle's albums.) Non-Commercial Recordings Radio Broadcasts (69 cassettes and 3 CDs of radio broadcasts from throughout McCorkle's career. Includes NPR, BBC and local radio programs containing interviews with and performances by McCorkle.) Live Performances (28 cassettes and 2 DATs of live performances from throughout McCorkle's career). Work/Rehearsal Tapes (37 cassettes of recordings of McCorkle working with accompanists (most often Allen Farnham) on material for performances or recordings.) Music Demos (19 cassettes labeled "demo" recordings. Some are duets with Keith Ingham.) Voiceover Demos (5 cassettes, 2 DATs and 3 reels.) Answering Machine Messages (3 cassettes and 8 mini-cassettes.) Video Recordings A Tribute To Alec Wilder: 1907-1980. August 1981 performance at Eastman Theater, Rochester, NY. WXXI production. With Marian McPartland and orchestra, Rayburn Wright conducting. VHS. Live performance ca. 1982, WTVD, Durham, NC. U-matic. TV News feature. July 1983 performance at Penn State University. VHS. The Jonathan Schwartz Show. MSG Cable Network, Oct. 19, 1983. VHS and U-matic. TV studio performance ca. 1986. VHS (has content listing on box) and U-matic. Jazz Meets Pop: Susannah McCorkle and Friends. April 18, 1988 performance at Proctor's Theatre, Schenectady, NY. WMHT Schenectady Production. With Ray Wright and Eastman Jazz Ensemble, Mark Murphy, Gerry Mulligan, Gene Bertoncini, Michael Moore. VHS (full show), VHS (excerpts) U-matic (full show), U-matic (3 tapes of excerpts). CBS News Nightwatch, May 29, 1990. Interview by Charlie Rose. VHS. Sony U-matic (may have other content on it, labeled 7/90). NBC TV4 Live at Five, December 1990. Interview with McCorkle. VHS. CBS This Morning, Dec. 1990. VHS. CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt, July 14, 1991. VHS (3 copies). Clint Holmes Show, 1991. VHS Compilation video: Japanese tv interview and performance (1991), CBS This Morning and CBS Sunday Morning. VHS (2 copies) and U-matic. Excerpt of Dec. 1990 appearance on CBS This Morning, and 1994 performance at Rainbow and Stars, NY. U-matic. Live at Jazz Alley, Seattle, Jan. 1997. Betacam SP 12:44 (2 copies), Betacam SP (excerpt) 8:00, VHS 12:44, VHS (excerpt) 7:00 Brazilian TV news segment, May 28, 1997. VHS. 1998 live performance with Al Gafa, guitar: They Can't Take That Away From Me, The Waters of March. VHS (2 copies). Books and Scores Alexander, Shana. Happy Days: My Mother, My Father, My Sister & Me. New York: Doubleday, 1995. Bartok, Bela. Mikrokosmos. London: Boosey & Hawkes, 1940. A College Book of Modern Verse. Edited by James K. Robinson and Walter B. Rideout. New York: Harper and Row, 1958. Da Fonseca, Duduka and Bob Weiner. Brazilian Rhythms For Drumset. New York: Manhattan Music, Inc., 1991. The Gramaphone Jazz Good CD Guide. Edited by Keith Shadwick. Middlesex, England: Gramaphone, 1995. Holroyd, Michael. Bernard Shaw Vol. I: 1856-1898: The Search for Love. New York: Random House, 1988. Holroyd, Michael. Bernard Shaw Vol. II: 1898-1918: The Pursuit of Power. New York: Random House, 1989. Jones, Judy and William Wilson. An Incomplete Education. New York: Ballantine Books, 1987. Landesman, Fran. Rhymes At Midnight. London: Golden Handshake, 1996. Milne, A. Forbes. An Introduction to Sight-Singing. London: Stainer & Bell, 1947. Milne, A. Forbes. An Introduction to Sight-Singing Part II. London: Stainer & Bell, 1949. Papworth, Keith. 500 Chord Shapes for the Guitar. London: B. Feldman, 1960. Savage, Flora L. Phillip Savage - A California Saga: 1850 - 1914. San Francisco: self-published, 1950. (Photocopied manuscript.) Scotti, S.R. and R.S. Goodwin. Blue Vagabond: A Song Revue. Boston: Urban Press, 2000. Shostakovich, D. Six Children's Pieces. London: Boosey & Hawkes, 1946. Thompson, John. The Adult Preparatory Piano Book. London: Chappell, 1961. Thompson, John. Chord-Speller: A Music Writing Book. London: Chappell, 1947. Award Manhattan Cabaret Association award to McCorkle for Best Jazz/Swing Recording of the Year 1999 for Someone To Watch Over Me.