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Summary Information
Eddy Hanson Papers 1970-1975
SC 1139; Tape 604A; Disc 143A
0.1 c.f. (1 folder), 5 tape recordings, and 4 disc recordings
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Material concerning professional organist Eddy Hanson, Waupaca, Wisconsin. Included are three oral history interviews with Hanson, his friend and fellow musician Dan Barton of Oshkosh, and another friend, record producer Al Rollo of Appleton; four commercial disc recordings of Hanson performances; and one folder of sheet music, notes on the interview contacts, and other papers. Included is information on Hanson's youth in Waupaca, making piano rolls in Chicago, Prohibition experiences there, a friendship with Cole Porter and other composers and celebrities, World War I experiences in John Philip Sousa's military band, and other reminiscences. Barton discusses work playing with big bands in the early 1900's, his invention of the Bartola (widely used in silent movie theaters) and of the Barton Pipe Organ, and of his company's attempt to get into the church organ market. English
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-tape00604a
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