Niles, Abbe

Scope and Contents The Abbe Niles Trinity College Song Book collection contains materials related to a proposed revision of the 1939 version of the Trinity College Song Book by Trinity alumnus Abbe Niles. Records include correspondence, project notes and sheet music. Of interest are files pertaining to Trinity alumnus William Rosenbaum, who penned Trinity's "Baseball Song." (Rosenbaum would go on to legally change his name to his pen-name, Gilbert Dodge, and in 1921 have the hit song, "Peggy O'Neil.") Also of...

Scope and Contents The collection is arranged into five series, the largest of which is Correspondence (23 letters from Niles and 194 to him). It includes letters from Irving Berlin, Bruce Bliven, George Gershwin, Lillian Gish, Carl Sandburg, and Telly Savalas. The Writings series includes manuscript essays and notes by Niles as well as journal and newspaper articles published by or about Niles. Files on the Watkinson Library Sheet Music collection include notes and correspondence from Niles regarding how...