Contents


Collection Summary

Biographical Note

Scope and Content Note

Organization of the Luther Henderson Papers

Selected Search Terms

Container List

Music, 1940s-2002

Subject Files, 1960-2002

Personal Correspondence, 1953-2002

Business Papers, 1960-2003

Financial Documents, 1964-2003

Miscellany, 1935-2000

Brick Fleagle Materials, 1930s-1987

Luther Henderson Papers

Processed by the Music Division of the Library of Congress

2011

Collection Summary

Creator Henderson, Luther, 1919-2003
Title Luther Henderson Papers
Span Dates circa 1930-2003(bulk 1960-1995)
Abstract: Luther Henderson was an American arranger, orchestrator, conductor, music director, and composer. He worked on over fifty Broadway musicals, including Ain't Misbehavin' and Jelly's Last Jam. He was a frequent arranger and orchestrator for Duke Ellington. The collection contains music manuscripts, correspondence, business and financial papers, photographs, promotional materials, clippings, realia, and other materials related to his career.
Extent: approximately 17,250 items128 containers54.5 linear feet
Language: Collection material in English
Identification: ML31.H45

Biographical Note

Date Event
1919, Mar. 14 Born, Kansas City, Mo.
1936-1938 Attended College of the City of New York
1939, June 17 Married Tealene Nee Berry
1940, Dec. 24 Son Denson born
1942 B.S., in music, Juilliard School of Music, New York, N.Y.
1944-1946 Staff orchestrator, U.S. Navy School of Music, Washington, D.C.
1946-1947 M.A., in music, New York University
1950, Mar. 19 Son Luther born
1956, Sept. 14 Married Stevie (Muriel) Melzer
1957, Sept. 20 Daughter Melanie born
1958 Composed arrangements for Rodgers and Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song
1960 Composed arrangements for Do Re Mi
1971, Jan. 30 Married Margo Semos
1978 Arranger and orchestrator for Ain't Misbehavin'
1981, Feb. 8 Married actress Billie Allen
1988-1989 Conducted and played piano for Broadway revival of Ain't Misbehavin'
1992 Jelly's Last Jam nominated for Tony Award for best score
1992 Jelly's Last Jam wins Drama Desk Award for outstanding orchestration
1997 Play On! nominated for Tony Award for best orchestration
1999-2000 Collaborated with Sir Simon Rattle, Lena Horne, and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra on performances and recordings of Classic Ellington
2002 Henderson and Billie Allen honored with a Pioneer Award at the AUDELCO "VIV" Awards
2003 Little Ham nominated for Drama Desk Award for outstanding orchestration
2003, July 29 Died, New York City
2004 Posthumously honored with a Jazz Masters Award by the National Endowment for the Arts

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Scope and Content Note

The Luther Henderson Papers span from the 1930s to 2003 with the majority of the materials dating from 1960 to 1995. The collection includes music manuscripts, subject files, correspondence, business papers, financial documents, photographs, writings, posters, biographical materials, and realia.

The Music series consists of holograph manuscript or computer-generated scores and sketches, manuscript scores in the hands of other composers, lead sheets, parts, and source materials used for arrangements. Most are extensively annotated and are often accompanied by notes, correspondence, and scripts to which they closely relate. From the late 1980s on, Henderson's scores and sketches are almost exclusively computer-generated, although they are freely annotated by hand. Some pieces contain printed file indexes that indicate other works in progress on his computer at the time. Music in the collection is arranged in five subseries: general projects; performer projects; the Luther Henderson Songbook; music library files; and Brick Fleagle music.

Henderson's degree of involvement with musical projects varied widely. In some instances, such as Ain't Misbehavin, he composed the score of the musical and served as music director. In others, such as Flower Drum Song, he contributed only a few arrangements. Henderson also provided musical advice and ideas for projects that later developed into well-known Broadway musicals or for projects that failed to materialize. All of these are represented in the collection. Notable works include Ain't Misbehavin, Ellington Suite, Jelly's Last Jam, MLK Suite, One More Song, Play On!, Reverend Jenkins' Almost All Colored Orphanage Band, and Turned on Broadway. Henderson was a prolific arranger who worked for various performers, such as the Canadian Brass, Placido Domingo, Mandy Patinkin, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. These projects ranged from commissioned works to concerts and night club acts.

The Luther Henderson Songbook is a compilation of vocal and instrumental music that Henderson hoped one day to publish as a multi-volume series. Although he does indicate specific compositions intended for publication, it is likely that that the files contain extraneous tunes that may or may not have had a place in the final product. The remaining musical materials are files of arrangements by other composers that Henderson used for projects or otherwise came to possess, the latter being manuscripts owned by friend and fellow arranger Jacob Roger "Brick" Fleagle. These were presumably bequeathed to Henderson upon Fleagle's death in 1992.

Many projects have accompanying subject files, as do projects that have no music materials but other related documents. The Subject Files series contains correspondence, business papers, royalty statements, scripts, clippings, programs, and/or promotional materials. Loose documents and files not originally associated with subject files are arranged within the Personal Correspondence, Business Papers, Financial Documents, or Miscellany series. Henderson's invoices are particularly useful, as they indicate miscellaneous projects from the 1970s in which he took part. The Brick Fleagle materials contain a scattering of Fleagle's business papers and contracts, many of which relate to his musical arrangements file.

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Selected Search Terms

People

  • Burr, Charles.
  • Citron, Stephen.
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974.
  • Fleagle, Brick.
  • Fleagle, Brick.
  • Henderson, Luther, 1919-2003--Archives.
  • Henderson, Luther, 1919-2003--Correspondence.
  • Henderson, Luther, 1919-2003--Manuscripts.
  • Henderson, Luther, 1919-2003--Photographs.
  • Henderson, Luther, 1919-2003.
  • Henderson, Luther, 1919-2003.
  • Henderson, Luther, 1919-2003. Selections.

Organizations

  • Canadian Brass.
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Subjects

  • African American composers.
  • Arrangers (Musicians)--United States.
  • Jazz--Lead sheets.
  • Jazz.
  • Music--Manuscripts--United States.
  • Musicals--Excerpts.
  • Musicals--Scores.
  • Orchestrators--United States.
  • Popular music--United States.
  • Revues--Scores.
  • Revues.

Titles

  • Ain't misbehavin'.
  • Ain't misbehavin'. Selections.
  • Jelly's last jam.
  • Jelly's last jam. Selections.

Form/Genre

  • Artifacts (Object genre)
  • Clippings (Information artifacts)
  • Correspondence.
  • Financial records.
  • Notes.
  • Photographic prints.
  • Programs (Documents)
  • Promotional materials.
  • Scripts (Documents)

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Organization of the Luther Henderson Papers

The Luther Henderson Papers are organized in seven series:

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Container List

Music, 1940s-2002

Scores, sketches, lead sheets, parts, and source materials. Many titles are accompanied by lyric sheets, correspondence, notes, programs, scripts, and other related materials. All projects are musical theater productions or concert works unless indicated otherwise. Musical works with substantial documentation have corresponding subject files.

General Projects

Musical theater productions, concerts, films, recording sessions, individual pieces, and miscellaneous projects.

Arranged alphabetically by title of project.

Ain't misbehavin', 1978, 1988

Scores, sketches, lyric sheets, correspondence, and source materials

Ain't misbehavin' suite: for chamber orchestra, undated

Scores

The all night strut, 1976

Scores, program, and clippings

Benton and Bowles Inc. [advertisements], 1968-1969

Scores, sketches, parts, lyric sheets, and notes

Billy Taylor's 80th birthday celebration [concert], 2002

Parts for "I wish I knew how it would feel to be free"

Black and blue, 1989

Scores and sketches

Black, brown, and beige, undated

Score for "The Lord is my shepherd"

Blow that trumpet, brother, brother!, undated

Scores and script

Bricktop in Paris, 1980

Scores and script

Campbell's Soup [advertisement], 1990

Scores, sketches, and correspondence

Classic Ellington [concert/recording], 1999, 2000

Scores, correspondence, notes, and source materials

Come Sunday [recording session], 1994

Scores, sketches, parts, and correspondence

Conquering Thursday, 1969

Score for "Prologue"

The crystal tree, 1981

Scores and sketches

Bass and drum parts

Do re mi, 1960

Scores for "I know about love" and "Listen baby"

Ellington suite, 1991

Scores, sketches, and source materials

Ellington's New York [concert], 1993

Scores, sketches, correspondence, notes, and source materials

Far East suite [recording project], see Classic Ellington 1999

The first, 1981

Scores for "Ebbets field" and "There are days"

Happy New Year, 1980

List of musical numbers

Hey, foxy mama, 1987

Scores, sketches, lead sheets, lyric sheets, and notes

Lead sheets

Jelly's last jam, 1992

Piano-conductor score

Scores, sketches, lead sheets, lyric sheets, and notes

Parts

Laura, undated

Lead sheets

The mayor of Harlem, undated

Scores, sketches, lyric sheets, and script excerpts

Miscellany, 1956-1994

Scores

Score excerpts, sketches and fragments, script excerpts, and notes

Sketch book

MLK suite, 1992

Scores and sketches

Parts

My Broadway, 1998

Scores for "Mean to me" and "Not while I'm around"

Olds FLA '87 [Oldsmobile promotional event], 1987

Scores, script, and source materials

Olds for '60 [Oldsmobile promotional event], 1959-1960

Scores

Olds for '87 [Oldsmobile promotional event], 1986

Scores, sketches, script, correspondence, program, and notes

Olds for '88 [Oldsmobile promotional event], 1987

Scores, script, notes, program, and source materials

Olds for '89 [Oldsmobile promotional event], 1988

Scores, vocal parts, and source materials

One more song, 1987

Scores

Scores of miscellaneous songs

Lead sheets

Parts

Play on!, 1997

Score

Rehearsal scores

Sketches and source materials

Polly, 2000

Rehearsal scores

Scores, sketches, lyric sheets, and script excerpts

Porgy and Bess suite (brass quintet), 1989

Score

Porgy and Bess suite (brass quintet, orchestra), undated

Score

Parts

Reverend Jenkins' Almost All Colored Orphanage Band, 1987

Scores, lead sheets, lyric sheets, notes, and source materials

Riviera on the rocks, 1959

Scores and lead sheets

Saturday laughter, 1998-1999

Scores, lead sheets, and plot outline

Siren song, undated

Scores and lead sheets

The slams [film], 1973

Scores and parts

Songs my mother never taught me, circa 1979

Scores, sketches, lead sheets, lyric sheets, script, and notes

St. Louis woman, 1997

Scores, sketches, and notes

Stormy weather, 2001

Piano-vocal score

Scores and sketches

Bass parts

Storyville, 1970s

Scores, script excerpts, and notes

Sweeter and sweeter, 1983

Scores, notes, and plot outline

The three Black kings [ballet], undated

Scores

Turned on Broadway [recording], 1982

Scores for vol. 1

Parts for vol. 1

Scores for vol. 2

Parts for vol. 2

Performer Projects

Music for concerts, recordings, or night club acts by individual performers or groups.

Arranged alphabetically by performer last name or name of group.

Bergen, Polly see General Projects: Polly

Brightman, Sarah, 1988

Scores, correspondence, financial documents, and source materials

Burr, Charles, 1976

Scores and sketches

Canadian Brass, circa 1982-1998

12th Street rag

Scores

A-moverin

Scores

Amazing grace

Scores

American Dixieland

Sketches and notes

Andante and Oh, minuetto

Scores

Ballin' the jack

Scores and source materials

Beale Street blues

Scores

Bess, you is my woman

Score

Black bottom stomp

Scores

BMG Classics [recording project]

Scores, tuba parts, and correspondence

Brass on Broadway [recording]

Scores, correspondence, and source materials

The Buttercup-Willow affair

Scores and source materials

By an' by

Scores and source materials

Bye bye baby

Score, sketches, and tuba part

The carousel waltz

Scores and source materials

Clockwise permutation

Scores and parts

Deep river

Scores and source materials

Dixie über Alles

Scores, correspondence, and source materials

Don't mean a thing

Score and sketches

Don't mean a thing / Sentimental mood

Scores and sketches

Elegy and celebration

Score, sketches, and correspondence

The Ellington connection [recording project]

Scores, correspondence, and source materials

The entertainer

Source materials

Ezekiel's chariot

Scores and source materials

Fugue for tinhorns

Score, sketches, piano part, and source materials

Germany '96 [concert]

Score, parts, correspondence, and source materials

Gospel according to the Brass [recording project]

Scores, sketches, parts, notes, and source materials

A gospel wedding song

Score and parts

High society

Scores

Huara-che-roony

Scores and parts

I got rhythm

Scores

Indian love call

Scores and source materials

Inside Ellingtonia [concert]

Scores, sketches, correspondence, notes, and source materials

Jelly and the vamp

Scores

Joy to the world

Scores and source materials

Judith Blegon [concert]

Sketches, notes, and source materials

King Porter stomp

Scores and source materials

London blues

Scores and source materials

Loudly let the trumpet bray

Scores and source materials

Lush life

Score and parts

MacDonald's Band

Scores, sketches, and parts

Mamie's blues

Scores and source materials

Maple leaf rag

Score and source materials

McDonald's in brass [advertisement]

Scores and source materials

Memory

Score and sketches

Minuet in blue-hoo

Score and parts

Music of the night

Score, sketches, and source materials

My dearest love

Scores

Nearer to thee

Scores and sketches

New world a comin'

Scores, sketches, correspondence, and source materials

O say can you

Scores, correspondence, and notes

The pearls

Scores and sketches

Poor butterfly see also BMG Classics

Score, trumpet parts, and source materials

The race

Scores

Red hot jazz: the Dixieland album [recording]

Scores

Red velvet brass

Scores and source materials

The rhythm series

Score

Rondo-boperation

Score and parts

The saints' hallelujah

Score

Send in the clowns

Score, sketches, and source materials

Sentimental mood

Scores

Seventy-six trombones

Score and sketches

Slaughter on 10th Ave.

Scores and source materials

Softly as in a morning sunrise

Scores and source materials

Sophisticated lady

Scores, sketches, and correspondence

St. Louis blues

Scores

The Strayhorn suite

Score and source materials for "Blood count"

Strike up the band

Score

Strike up the band [recording]

Scores

Study war no more

Scores

Sugar blues see also BMG Classics

Parts and source materials

Take his hand

Score

What child is this?

Scores and source materials

The wolverines

Scores, sketches, and source materials

You made me love you

Scores

You name it

Score and parts

Cook, Barbara, 1987

Scores for "Sooner or later"

Dietz and Schwartz, 1972

Sketches, lyric sheets, notes, and source materials

Domingo, Placido, 1991

Scores, notes, and source materials

Ellis, Anita, 1992-1993

Scores, lead sheets, correspondence, photographs, notes, and source materials

Goulet, Robert and Carol, 1966

Scores and notes

Henderson, Margo, 1977-1978 and undated

Scores, parts, promotional materials, notes, and miscellany

Henderson, Melanie, 1966 and undated

Scores and lyric sheets

Johnson, Betty, 1983-1985

Scores, notes, and source materials

Lawrence, Carol, 1962, 1965 and undated

Scores and notes

Patinkin, Mandy, 1988

Scores and source materials

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, 1987-1988

Andrew Lloyd Weber suite

Scores

Another hundred people with fidgety feet

Scores

Cole Porter suite. Overture

Scores

Harold Arlen suite

Scores

Parts

Hart and Hammerstein by Rodgers

Scores

Parts for 3rd movement

Jesus Christ superstar: instrumental suite

Scores

Source materials and notes

Jule Styne suite

Scores

Parts

Phantom of the opera: orchestra suite

Scores

Source materials and notes

Quelquechose suite: op. 2. Me and my girl medley

Scores

Shore, Dinah, undated

Scores

Uggams, Leslie, 1996

Scores and correspondence

Luther Henderson Songbook

Scores and lead sheets, most of which were intended for future publication as bound volumes. Includes both vocal and instrumental works.

Arranged alphabetically by title.

Accelerator and Don't sing it

All for Harold (That's my boy!)

Andante, op. 2

Baby blue

Be a girl

Blue legato brass

The blues

The bossa cha-cha nova

Bossa nova: op. 1

Bossa nova: op. 2

Call it love

Can't stop

Chicago

Chicken reel

Cloak and dagger

Clockwise permutation

Crystal tree

Darling

The devil you say

Don't mess with Tess

Doxology for my teeny bopper: op. 1

Doxology for my teeny bopper: op. 2

Dream smoke

A drum is a woman

The evil eye

For the homeless

For the Lord

Fox trot

Frankie and Johnny twist

The future Mrs. (Mr.) me

Give me a man

A gospel wedding song

Got no time

Gotta have talent

Hey Cherie!

High hat

Home is the entire world

I know her name

If I could fly

India inck

Just got me

Lady of the lavender mist

The Lord is my shepherd

Love has a funny way

Love scene

Love song

Love stays

Lullaby

Lutu's song

Magical man

March time

Margo's tune

Meditation

Melanie's lullaby

Melanie's marching song

Mercy me

Minuet in blue-hoo

Mutual funds

My gray matter

My kind of love

My love

Not your heart

Nothin' funny

No wonder

Oh God

Old MacDonald's farm

Opus staccato

Please don't go away from me

River song

The saga of Bailey

Satin-skinned gal

September theme

Small aria

So what

Solitaire

Solo and duet

Sorrow

The Soulville train

The spelling bee

Spell it out

Stanley

Stephanie

Sweet little baby of mine

Sweet Mary

Take his hand

Take my hand

Ten good years

Thanksgiving

That's life, I guess

That's no news

There's a look to her

There's something about a man who doesn't love you

This land

The time is wrong

Theme

To a tilted em

The torque

Travel on

A tune for WM. S.

Waltz in E♭

Watergate watchman

Well, well

What a day

What a star can do

What ever happened to the dream

What ev'ry woman knows

What happened

What I'm gonna do

What kind of jazz is that?

White of her

Wiggins

Woman

Yesterday's child

You

You name it

Young man

Lists of songs for inclusion

Music Library Files

Annotated scores and lists of materials in Henderson's library.

Arranged alphabetically by folder title.

Beane, Reginald

Bells are ringing

Blackwell, Charles and Herb Schultz

Christmas songs

Do re mi

Flora and the red menace

Hallelujah baby!

Lists of sheet music in library

Masello, Robert and Peter Strode

Miscellanous songs

Miss Ethel Waters

Morgan, Bob

Rodgers and Hart

Strayhorn, Billy

Tempo Music Inc.

That 5 a.m. jazz

Brick Fleagle Music

Scores and parts by Henderson's close friend and fellow arranger, Jacob Roger "Brick" Fleagle. Includes arrangements by other composers in Fleagle's hand.

Arranged alphabetically by title.

Ain't cha-glad?

Alice blue gown

Auld lang syne

Basin Street blues

Blue interlude

Blue Lou

Blue room

Burnin' de candle at both end

Can't we be friends

Chocolate

Ciao

D♮ blues

Dark eyes

Dear old Southland

The Duke steps out

An earful of music

Gee! Ain't I good to you

Heavy Edna

Hot Toddy

I found a new baby

I got rhythm

I know that you know

I never slept a wink last night

I'm comin' Virginia

Juba dance

Lady be good

Liza

Makin' friends

The man from the South

Mandy

My gal Sal

Nagasaki

Nola

Oh! Miss Hannah!

Old loves

Red Bean Row

Riff romp

Rockin' in rhythm

Rolling in love

Royal garden blues

Shanghai shuffle

Somebody loves me

Sophisticated lady

Spellbound

Star dust

Sweet Sue

Swing it

Swing low, sweet chariot

Three little words

Tired of everything

Was my face red?

When Bhudda smiles

Who cares?

Will you, won't you, be my baby?

Subject Files, 1960-2002

Business papers, scripts, contracts, programs, clippings, financial documents, and/or notes. All projects are musical theater productions or concert works unless indicated otherwise.

Organized in two subseries: general projects and performer projects. Arranged alphabetically by title of project or last name of performer.

General Projects

Musical theater productions, concerts, films, recording sessions, individual pieces, and miscellaneous projects.

Arranged alphabetically by title of project.

About face, undated

Ain't misbehavin, 1978, 1988

Belle Starr, 1996

Billy Taylor's 80th birthday celebration [concert], 2002

Black and blue, 1989

Blind man of Broadway, 1991

Bojangles, undated

Carver, undated

Celluloid, 1978

The chit'lin circuit, 1985

Classic Ellington [concert/recording], 1999, 2000

Conquering Thursday, 1969

The crystal tree, 1981

Do re mi, 1960

Eliza [WNET film], 1975

Ella Fitzgerald 75th birthday celebration, 1993

Ellington: a theatrical review, 1978

Ellington centennial [UCLA concert], 1999

Ellington suite, 1991

Ellington's New York [concert], 1993

F. Jasmine Addams, 1971

Far East suite [recording project], see Classic Ellington 1999

The first, 1981

Fresh air taxi, 1990

Getting up nights, undated

Good news, 1973

Hallelujah baby!, undated

Happy New Year, 1980

Hey, foxy mama, 1987

Hot feet, 2002

Hot spot, 1963

Jelly's last jam, 1992

Business papers

Clearance forms

Clippings

Programs

Royalty statements

Scripts

Student study guide

Tour materials

Keep a knockin', 1988

Laura, undated

Little ham, 1987

Look to the rainbow, 1985

Lucky guy, undated

Lush life: a Strayhorn cabaret [recording project], 1998

Mahalia, 1978

Marilyn, undated

The mayor of Harlem, undated

Me and Wilhelmina, undated

Miss Ethel Waters, 1983

Miss Teen USA, 1986

MLK suite, 1992

Mr. Nobody, undated

My Broadway [concert], 1998

My mother's daughter, undated

One more song, 1987

Persephone, 1962, 1996

Play on!, 1997

Polly, 2000

Quasimodo, 1976

The Ragtime blues, 1976

Rare breed, 1986

Reverend Jenkins' Almost All Colored Orphanage Band, 1987

Rodgers and Hart, 1975

Saturday laughter, 1998-1999

St. Louis woman, 1997

Stormy weather, 2001

Storyville, 1970s

Sugar Hill, 1985

The three Black kings [ballet], undated

Turned on Broadway [recording], 1982

Walk in my shoes, 1968

Performer Projects

Music for concerts, recordings, or night club acts by individual performers or groups.

Arranged alphabetically by performer last name or name of group.

Brightman, Sarah, 1988

Canadian Brass, circa 1992-1990

Cassidy, Tim, 1975

Henderson, Margo, 1969, 1977-1978 and undated

Horne, Lena, 1983

Johnson, Betty, 1983-1985

Norman, Jessye, 1993-1998

Patinkin, Mandy, 1988

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, 1987-1988

Smith, Alexis, 1975

Three Mo' Tenors, 1998

Personal Correspondence, 1953-2002

Letters from family, friends, and notable musical personalities.

Arranged chronologically or alphabetically by last name of correspondent.

1957-1997 and undated

Allen, Billie, 1968-1969 and undated

Congratulatory notes, 1958, 1988-1992

Davis Jr., Sammy, 1956

Henderson, Melanie and Denson, 1976-2002

Kostelanetz, Andre, 1977

Rodgers, Richard, 1975

Strayhorn, Billy, 1953

Business Papers, 1960-2003

Professional correspondence, contracts, notes, publicity materials, and miscellaneous materials.

Arranged chronologically or alphabetically by folder title.

1965-2003 and undated

American Eagle Awards, 1993

American Musicals Project, 1998-1999

BMI, 1986-1995

Contact information lists, 1960-1992 and undated

Do-re-mi-ology, 1987

Ellington International Conference, 1998

The Juno Company, 1982-1983

Lena Horne Music Scholarship, 1989

MCA Classics, 1987-1997

Music rental, 1988-1994

Peabody Institute, 1993-1994

Quel Else Enterprises, 1978-1989

Tony Awards, 1997

United Artists Corp., 1975-1976 and undated

Financial Documents, 1964-2003

Invoices, ledgers, royalties, tax returns, and other personal or business-related items. Projects not identified in above series may have supporting invoices or royalty statements present in these files.

Arranged alphabetically by file name.

AFM pension fund, 1975-2003

Computer file indexes, 1987-1989

Invoices, 1964-1988 and undated

Ledgers, 1970-1975

Lu-Mel Music, 1970-1971

Pelican Resort and Casino, 1986-1988, 1995

Royalties, 1995

Royalties and pay stubbs, 1969-1971

Tax returns, 1965-1972

Miscellany, 1935-2000

Personal documents, writings, photographs, realia, posters, and other miscellaneous materials.

Awards, 1970s?, 1987-1992

Clippings, 1953-1958, 1989, 1994

Datebooks and address books, 1975, 1984-1991

Miscellany, undated

Personal documents, 1956-1996

Photographs, 1985-1998 and undated

Posters, undated

Programs, 1946-1997 and undated

Realia, 1998 and undated

Résumés, 1993 and undated

Scrapbook, 1941-1955

Writings, 1935-1939, 1982, 1994-2000 and undated

Brick Fleagle Materials, 1930s-1987

Business papers and photographs formerly in the possession of Henderson's close friend and fellow arranger, Jacob Roger "Brick" Fleagle.

Contracts, 1943-1947

Correspondence and miscellany, 1973-1977 and undated

Invoices, 1976-1987 and undated

Personal documents, 1958, 1971, 1980s

Photographs, 1930s-1940s and undated

Fleagle, alone

Fleagle, with others

Other performers

Recording sessions

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