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Rompon, Peter. Collection

Acknowledgments

The Peter Rompon Collection were processed and preserved as part of the "Uncovering New Chicago Archives Project," funded with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Descriptive Summary

Title
Rompon, Peter. Collection
Dates
1908-1996
Language
Documents in English
Size
8.75 linear feet (15 boxes)
Repository
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center
University of Chicago Library
1100 East 57th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.
Abstract
Peter Rompon, jazz collector. The Peter Rompon Collection consists of periodicals, catalogs, discographies and record lists. There are also handwritten music and arrangements, songbooks, and fake books.

Information on Use

Access

The collection is open for research.

Citation

When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Rompon, Peter. Collection, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library

Biographical Note

Peter Rompon was a member of the International Association of Jazz Record Collectors and collected big band, swing, Condon style, modern mainstream, bop, modern big band, and jazz vocal records.

Scope Note

The Peter Rompon Collection has been divided into four series: Series I, Method Books and Arrangements; Series II, Publications; Series III, Catalogs and Discographies; Series IV, Newspapers and Oversize. The Peter Rompon Collection consists of periodicals, catalogs, discographies and record lists. There are also handwritten music and arrangements, songbooks, and fake books, which are informal collections of scores used by performing musicians and as a tool for learning.

Series I, Method Books and Arrangements, contains fake books, songbooks, and handwritten music. Arrangers, such as Michael Edwards, Bill Howard, Johnny Warrington, and Ben Kendall compiled popular jazz and swing tunes for combo groups as well as solo instruments. The songbooks feature popular songs arranged for ukulele. Also included are saxophone pedagogy books. See Series IV for additional handwritten music.

Series II, Publications, contains various issues of jazz periodicals and newsletters, including Cadence, Gene Lees Jazzletter, Coda Magazine, and Midwest Jazz. There are books on jazz and musicians, including Satchmo an autobiography written by Louis Armstrong. Also included are newspaper articles, some of which are from The Chicago Tribune, featuring jazz artists and musicians including Roy Eldridge, Carmen McRae, Charlie Parker, and Cecil Taylor.

Series III, Catalogs and Discographies, contains record lists compiled by Roger D. Kinkle. There are record catalogs including Artists House, Delmark, Emily Records, Everest Records, Folkway Records, Inner City/Classic Jazz, Jazz Program, MCA, Pickwick, Record Finders, Record Research, Time-Life Records, Xanadu Records, and Zim Records. There are order requests and forms from Rompon to the editors of the music catalog The Record Round-up. The discographies and solographies are of various musicians, including Bunny Berigan, Coleman Hawkins, Gene Krupa, Ben Webster, and Lester Young. See Series IV for an additional catalog.

Series IV, Newspapers and Oversize, contains various issues of The Reader, Radio Free Jazz, Jazz Times, and Joslin's Jazz Journal. There is also oversize handwritten music and a catalog.

Related Resources

The following related resources are located in the Department of Special Collections:

  • http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/spcl/select.html
  • Chicago Jazz Archive

Indexed Terms

INVENTORY

Series I: Method Books and Arrangements
Box 1
Folder 1
Title
Blank Staff Paper, undated
Box 1
Folder 2
Title
Fake Books, 1918-1954
Box 1
Folder 3
Title
Fake Books, 1918-1954
Box 1
Folder 4
Title
Handwritten Music, 1939-1941
Box 1
Folder 5
Title
Handwritten Music, undated
Box 1
Folder 6
Title
Handwritten Music, undated
Box 1
Folder 7
Title
Handwritten Music, undated
Box 1
Folder 8
Title
Saxophone Method Book, 1926
Box 1
Folder 9
Title
Saxophone Method Book, "Grand Collection of Scales, Arpeggio Exercises and Studies in Interpretation for Saxophone," undated
Box 1
Folder 10
Title
Saxophone Method Book, "Rollinson's Modern School for the Saxophone," undated
Box 1
Folder 11
Title
Saxophone Method Book, "The Saxophone Virtuoso: An Advanced Method," undated
Box 2
Folder 1
Title
Song Lists, 1939-41
Box 2
Folder 2
Title
Song Lists, undated
Box 2
Folder 3
Title
Songbooks, 1950
Box 2
Folder 4
Title
Spivak Arranger and Transposer Key, undated
Series II: Publications
Box 2
Folder 5
Title
Articles, 1988-1989
Box 2
Folder 6
Title
Articles, 1988-1990
Box 2
Folder 7
Title
Articles, 1988-1990
Box 2
Folder 8
Title
Articles, 1989-1990
Box 2
Folder 9
Title
Cadence, 1985-1986
Box 2
Folder 10
Title
Cadence, 1989
Box 3
Folder 1
Title
Cadence, 1990
Box 3
Folder 2
Title
Cadence, 1990
Box 3
Folder 3
Title
Cadence, 1990
Box 3
Folder 4
Title
Cadence, 1991
Box 3
Folder 5
Title
Cadence, 1991
Box 3
Folder 6
Title
Cadence, 1991
Box 4
Folder 1
Title
Cadence, 1991
Box 4
Folder 2
Title
Cadence, 1992
Box 4
Folder 3
Title
Cadence, 1992
Box 4
Folder 4
Title
Cadence, 1992
Box 4
Folder 5
Title
Cadence, 1992
Box 4
Folder 6
Title
Cadence, 1993-1994
Box 5
Folder 1
Title
Cadence, 1994
Box 5
Folder 2
Title
Coda Magazine, 1993
Box 5
Folder 3
Title
Gene Lees Jazzletter, 1983-1984
Box 5
Folder 4
Title
Gene Lees Jazzletter, 1985-1986
Box 5
Folder 5
Title
Gene Lees Jazzletter, 1987-1988
Box 5
Folder 6
Title
Gene Lees Jazzletter, 1989
Box 5
Folder 7
Title
Gene Lees Jazzletter, 1990
Box 5
Folder 8
Title
Gene Lees Jazzletter, 1991
Box 5
Folder 9
Title
Gene Lees Jazzletter, 1992-1993
Box 5
Folder 10
Title
Gene Lees Jazzletter, 1994-1995
Box 5
Folder 11
Title
If You Knew of a Better Life!, undated
Box 5
Folder 12
Title
Jazz Americana, 1956
Box 6
Folder 1
Title
Midwest Jazz, 1994-1995
Box 6
Folder 2
Title
Satchmo, 1955
Box 6
Folder 3
Title
The Story of Jazz, 1958
Series III: Catalogs and Discographies
Box 6
Folder 4
Title
Catalogs, 1977-1979
Box 6
Folder 5
Title
Catalogs, 1977-1995
Box 6
Folder 6
Title
Catalogs, 1977-1995
Box 6
Folder 7
Title
Catalogs, 1977-1995
Box 6
Folder 8
Title
Catalogs, 1978-1980
Box 6
Folder 9
Title
Catalogs, 1980-1987
Box 7
Folder 1
Title
Catalogs, 1985-1986
Box 7
Folder 2
Title
Catalogs, 1985-1986
Box 7
Folder 3
Title
Catalogs, 1985-1986
Box 7
Folder 4
Title
Catalogs, 1985-1986
Box 7
Folder 5
Title
Catalogs, 1986-1988
Box 7
Folder 6
Title
Catalogs, 1994-1995
Box 7
Folder 7
Title
Collector’s Catalog, 1969-1972
Box 8
Folder 1
Title
Collector's Item, 1980-1981
Box 8
Folder 2
Title
Collector's Item, 1982
Box 8
Folder 3
Title
Collector's Item, 1983-1984
Box 8
Folder 4
Title
Discography, Artie Shaw and his Orchestra, 1974
Box 8
Folder 5
Title
Discography, Bunny Berigan, 1978
Box 8
Folder 6
Title
Discography, Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra, 1973
Box 8
Folder 7
Title
Discography, Coleman Hawkins, undated
Box 8
Folder 8
Title
Discography, Edmond Hall, 1981
Box 8
Folder 9
Title
Discography, Gene Krupa, 1975
Box 8
Folder 10
Title
Discography, Harry James and his Orchestra, 1975
Box 8
Folder 11
Title
Discography, John Haley Sims (Zoot Sims), 1980
Box 9
Folder 1
Title
Discography, John Haley Sims (Zoot Sims), 1980-1983
Box 9
Folder 2
Title
Discography, Lee Wiley, 1983
Box 9
Folder 3
Title
Discography, Nat “King” Cole, 1987
Box 9
Folder 4
Title
Discography, Stan Getz, 1978
Box 9
Folder 5
Title
International Association of Jazz Record Collectors, 1988
Box 9
Folder 6
Title
International Association of Jazz Record Collectors, 1992
Box 9
Folder 7
Title
Record Lists, Roger D. Kinkle, undated
Box 9
Folder 8
Title
Record Lists, Roger D. Kinkle, undated
Box 9
Folder 9
Title
Record Lists, Roger D. Kinkle, undated
Box 9
Folder 10
Title
Record Lists, Roger D. Kinkle, undated
Box 10
Folder 1
Title
Record Lists, Roger D. Kinkle, undated
Box 10
Folder 2
Title
Record Research, 1965-1967
Box 10
Folder 3
Title
Record Research, 1967-1968
Box 10
Folder 4
Title
Record Research, 1969-1971
Box 10
Folder 5
Title
Record Research, 1971-1974
Box 10
Folder 6
Title
Record Research, 1974-1976
Box 10
Folder 7
Title
Record Research, 1977-1978
Box 11
Folder 1
Title
Record Research, 1978-1980
Box 11
Folder 2
Title
Record Research, 1981-1982
Box 11
Folder 3
Title
Record Research, 1982-1984
Box 11
Folder 4
Title
The Record Roundup, 1982-1985
Box 11
Folder 5
Title
The Record Roundup, 1982-1989
Box 11
Folder 6
Title
The Record Roundup, 1983
Box 11
Folder 7
Title
The Record Roundup, 1984
Box 11
Folder 8
Title
The Record Roundup, 1985
Box 12
Folder 1
Title
The Record Roundup, 1986-1988
Box 12
Folder 2
Title
Solography, Ben Webster, 1978
Box 12
Folder 3
Title
Solography, Lester Young, 1978
Series IV: Newspaper and Oversize
Box 13
Folder 1
Title
Catalog, Andre Perrault International Jazz, undated
Box 13
Folder 2
Title
Handwritten Music, undated
Box 13
Folder 3
Title
Jazz Times, 1980
Box 13
Folder 4
Title
Joslin's Jazz Journal, 1982
Box 13
Folder 5
Title
Joslin's Jazz Journal, 1983-1984
Box 13
Folder 6
Title
Joslin's Jazz Journal, 1985
Box 13
Folder 7
Title
Joslin's Jazz Journal, 1990-1991
Box 14
Folder 1
Title
Joslin's Jazz Journal, 1992-1993
Box 14
Folder 2
Title
Joslin's Jazz Journal, 1994-1995
Box 14
Folder 3
Title
Radio Free Jazz, 1975
Box 14
Folder 4
Title
Radio Free Jazz, 1976
Box 15
Folder 1
Title
Radio Free Jazz, 1976
Box 15
Folder 2
Title
Radio Free Jazz, 1978
Box 15
Folder 3
Title
Radio Free Jazz, 1979
Box 15
Folder 4
Title
Radio Free Jazz, 1980
Box 15
Folder 5
Title
The Reader, 1992
Box 15
Folder 6
Title
Sabin's Radio Free Jazz! USA, 1974
Box 15
Folder 7
Title
Sabin's Radio Free Jazz! USA, 1974