Guide to the John Steiner Collection 1860-2001 - The University of ...

manuscripts, invitations, photographs, advertisements, announcements, and articles. Most
correspondence is between Steiner and jazz researchers.
Series III, Record Industry and Collecting, contains job tickets, recording session documents,
invoices, catalogs and music lists, and other administrative documents for Paramount Records
and S/D Records. There are also catalogs, correspondence, and material about other record
companies.
Series IV, Musicians and People, contains articles, research notes, and ephemera about musicians
and other people related to the music industry, including record producers, composers,
songwriters, conductors, bandleaders, accompanists, singers, dancers, writers, actors, comedians,
radio and television programmers and producers, instrument makers, jukebox repairmen, club
and ballroom owners, disc jockeys and announcers, agents, record shop owners, architects,
collectors, authors, and others.
Series V, Clubs, Events, and Ephemera, contains articles, reviews, publications, maps,
advertisements, pluggers, postcards, fliers, programs, playbills, tickets, correspondence,
matchbooks, brochures, invitations, research notes, and other ephemera about clubs, club
memberships, restaurants, bars, pubs, cafes, lounges, theatres, dance halls, ballrooms, hotels,
buildings, schools, universities, concerts, performances, festivals, cruises, and other jazz venues,
neighborhoods, events, and people in Chicago and the surrounding area.
Series VI, Photographs, contains photographic prints, negatives, and slides of musicians, clubs,
locations, and other subjects. Steiner's research notes contain documentation or attempted
verification of musicians' names, where they played and who they played with, as well as where
clubs were located, moved to, and who played there.
Series VII, Subject Files, contains articles, fliers, brochures, book reviews, radio schedules,
directories, catalogs, correspondence, cartoons, ephemera, essays, book chapters, and research
notes. The material documents the history of jazz, Chicago jazz, and other musical styles such as
gospel, blues, swing, rock and pop, boogie woogie, country, hillbilly, minstrel, and bluegrass.
Series VIII, Printed Music, contains sheet music, music books, and stock arrangements for jazz
and popular music. The majority of the music is for piano, but also saxophone, banjo, and
ukulele.
Series IX, Publications, contains magazines, newspapers, and journals primarily about jazz but
also the entertainment industry.
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