P. C. White collection of motion picture accompaniments
Scope and Contents
Collection of silent motion picture musical accompaniments collected by P.C. White during his employment as an organist, including the full piano score for Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments. Also includes "Marching Song of the Foreign Legion" from Beau Geste and miscellaneous mood music.
Dates
- approximately 1920
Creator
- Riesenfeld, Hugo, 1879-1939 (Person)
- White, P. C. (collector, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from P.C. White collection of motion picture accompaniments must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
P.C. White was an organist during the early 20th century, working in North Carolina and other locations. He retired in the mid-1930s.
Extent
2 oversize folders (0.2 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS3777.xml
Custodial History
Materials were collected by White in the course of his employment. They were later donated to L. Tom Perry Special Collections by his niece, Jean Elam.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Jean Elam; 2006.
Appraisal
Film Music.
Processing Information
Processed; Norm Gillespie; 2007.
- Title
- Register of P. C. White collection of motion picture accompaniments
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Garrett Schroath
- Date
- 2011 May 13
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States