Box 2
Container
Contains 12 Results:
Personal Legal Documents: Including marriage certificate (to Alice E. Rossing - May 28, 1955 - Alice was his second wife, Will McLean married an unidentifeid woman on a trip West in the late 1940s. A son, Don McLean - not the songwriter/performer of "American Pie" - was born of this union. Will lost track of both and never saw them again, after the early 1950s.), Ocala Housing Authority public housing applications, burial documents (1976) for Alice Rossing McLean (wife of Will McLean), death certificate (1985) for Ruth Patterson McLean (mother of Will McLean), the (May 21, 1987) marriage license/certificate issued to Will McLean and Margaret Longhill in Hamilton County, Florida (although never "legally" married, an unofficial "wedding" ceremony was held in the "Performer's Campground" at the Florida Folk Festival in White Springs, before a performance, in 1987), various rewritings of Will McLean's last will and testament (1977 - 89), Power of Attorney (Will McLean to Margaret Mary Longhill - 1989) Will McLean's death certificate (1990), etc.
File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Spanning a period beginning with his genealogical roots in the late 19th Century and detailing the private and public life of "Florida's premier folklorist" from his birth until his passing in 1990, THE WILL McLEAN FLORIDA FOLK MUSIC COLLECTION consists of family history and photographs, handwritten song lyrics and poetry, promotional posters, handbills, brochures and programs, recordings (various formats), artifacts (his iconic black wool hat, harmonicas, a guitar, etc.) as well as...
Dates:
1885 - 2000
Professional Legal Documents (Part 1): Including miscellaneous "Permission for Use of Works" and release form documents, miscellaneous licensing and music royalties documents, miscellaneous handwritten letters and documents pertaining to musical compositions and ownership, miscellaneous recording, distribution and publication contracts, Power of Attorney documents (Will McLean to Doris S. Remington - "artistic and /or musical works" - October 1988), miscellaneous documents pertaining to the "buyout" of copyrights and other artistic materials (from Doris S. Remington by Will McLean - November 1989), etc.
File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Spanning a period beginning with his genealogical roots in the late 19th Century and detailing the private and public life of "Florida's premier folklorist" from his birth until his passing in 1990, THE WILL McLEAN FLORIDA FOLK MUSIC COLLECTION consists of family history and photographs, handwritten song lyrics and poetry, promotional posters, handbills, brochures and programs, recordings (various formats), artifacts (his iconic black wool hat, harmonicas, a guitar, etc.) as well as...
Dates:
1885 - 2000
Professional Legal Documents (Part 2): Including miscellaneous music copyright registrations, artist/agent contracts, State of Florida incorporation and dissolution documents (1966 - 1971 - pertaining to the Wakulla Music Company - owned by Will McLean), etc.
File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Spanning a period beginning with his genealogical roots in the late 19th Century and detailing the private and public life of "Florida's premier folklorist" from his birth until his passing in 1990, THE WILL McLEAN FLORIDA FOLK MUSIC COLLECTION consists of family history and photographs, handwritten song lyrics and poetry, promotional posters, handbills, brochures and programs, recordings (various formats), artifacts (his iconic black wool hat, harmonicas, a guitar, etc.) as well as...
Dates:
1885 - 2000
Personal and Professional Ephemera Pertaining to Lais Wadsworth (Dancer and Friend): Including miscellaneous performance programs (starring Will McLean and Lais Wadsworth), miscellaneous letters from Lais Wadsworth to Will McLean, miscellaneous letters from Will McLean to Lais Wadsworth, miscellaneous certificates and letters acknowledging performances by Will McLean and Lais Wadsworth (together), performance music listings, etc.
File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Spanning a period beginning with his genealogical roots in the late 19th Century and detailing the private and public life of "Florida's premier folklorist" from his birth until his passing in 1990, THE WILL McLEAN FLORIDA FOLK MUSIC COLLECTION consists of family history and photographs, handwritten song lyrics and poetry, promotional posters, handbills, brochures and programs, recordings (various formats), artifacts (his iconic black wool hat, harmonicas, a guitar, etc.) as well as...
Dates:
1885 - 2000
"Ballet of the Florida Sand" Ephemera Pertaining to the Will McLean Dance Project: - Including a 4-page proposal (with the objective of creating an interpretive dance based on the works of Will McLean) presented by Will McLean, Margaret Longhill and Nancy Smith Fichter to the Southern Ballet Theatre in Winter Park, Florida, miscellaneous letters and memos discussing the creation of the "Ballet of the Florida Sand," etc. miscellaneous performance programs, etc.
File — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Spanning a period beginning with his genealogical roots in the late 19th Century and detailing the private and public life of "Florida's premier folklorist" from his birth until his passing in 1990, THE WILL McLEAN FLORIDA FOLK MUSIC COLLECTION consists of family history and photographs, handwritten song lyrics and poetry, promotional posters, handbills, brochures and programs, recordings (various formats), artifacts (his iconic black wool hat, harmonicas, a guitar, etc.) as well as...
Dates:
1885 - 2000
Obituaries (January 18, 1990): Including miscellaneous Will McLean obituaries (published in The Orlando Sentinel, The Citrus County Chronicle, The Tampa Tribune-Times, The Seminole Tribune, The Tallahassee Democrat, The St. Petersburg Times, The St. Augustine Record, The Gainesville Sun, The Palm Beach Post, The Ocala Star-Banner, The Daytona Beach Sunday News-Journal, etc.), a Memorial Service program and funeral card (January 24, 1990), programs for "A Celebration of the Life and Songs of Will McLean and Friends (The Thomas Center, Gainesville, Florida - April 24, 1990, etc.
File — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Spanning a period beginning with his genealogical roots in the late 19th Century and detailing the private and public life of "Florida's premier folklorist" from his birth until his passing in 1990, THE WILL McLEAN FLORIDA FOLK MUSIC COLLECTION consists of family history and photographs, handwritten song lyrics and poetry, promotional posters, handbills, brochures and programs, recordings (various formats), artifacts (his iconic black wool hat, harmonicas, a guitar, etc.) as well as...
Dates:
1885 - 2000
Tributes and Memorials (Part 1): Including miscellaneous Will McLean Foundation memorial brochures, Memorial Service programs (January 24, 1990), Thomas Center (Gainesville, FL) Tribute brochures (April 24, 1990), Moring Funeral Homes (Sign-in) guest book, Will McLean Music Festival promotional material, programs for the Dedication of the Will McLean Memorial (Gore's Landing Park - Marion County, Florida - April 27, 1991), etc.
File — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Spanning a period beginning with his genealogical roots in the late 19th Century and detailing the private and public life of "Florida's premier folklorist" from his birth until his passing in 1990, THE WILL McLEAN FLORIDA FOLK MUSIC COLLECTION consists of family history and photographs, handwritten song lyrics and poetry, promotional posters, handbills, brochures and programs, recordings (various formats), artifacts (his iconic black wool hat, harmonicas, a guitar, etc.) as well as...
Dates:
1885 - 2000
Tributes and Memorials (Part 2): Including miscellaneous Will McLean Foundation memorial brochures, miscellaneous "Doug Gauss Presents FLORIDA" programs, copies of the "Eulogy for Will McLean by Gamble Rogers, Gore's Landing (Marion County) Memorial ephemera, Will McLean Music Festival promotional material, thank you letters to Will McLean from government officials (1980s) for participation in the Florida Folk Festivals, miscellaneous memorial newspaper and magazine articles, fan letters, etc.
File — Box: 2, Folder: 8
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Spanning a period beginning with his genealogical roots in the late 19th Century and detailing the private and public life of "Florida's premier folklorist" from his birth until his passing in 1990, THE WILL McLEAN FLORIDA FOLK MUSIC COLLECTION consists of family history and photographs, handwritten song lyrics and poetry, promotional posters, handbills, brochures and programs, recordings (various formats), artifacts (his iconic black wool hat, harmonicas, a guitar, etc.) as well as...
Dates:
1885 - 2000
Tributes and Memorials (Part 3): Including miscellaneous ephemera pertaining to the Will McLean watercolor portrait (1990) by celebrated Tampa artist Mary Ann Di Nella. "The portrait of Will McLean…depicts Florida's Troubadour in an ethereal union with the Florida creatures he loved: hawks, Sandhill cranes, panthers, green turtles..." (See, also BOX 20, Folder 1 and BOX 21, FOLDER 1)
File — Box: 2, Folder: 9
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Spanning a period beginning with his genealogical roots in the late 19th Century and detailing the private and public life of "Florida's premier folklorist" from his birth until his passing in 1990, THE WILL McLEAN FLORIDA FOLK MUSIC COLLECTION consists of family history and photographs, handwritten song lyrics and poetry, promotional posters, handbills, brochures and programs, recordings (various formats), artifacts (his iconic black wool hat, harmonicas, a guitar, etc.) as well as...
Dates:
1885 - 2000
Tributes and Memorials (Part 4): Including miscellaneous handwritten student essays (unidentified school) written on the theme of THE MUSIC OF WILL McLEAN (1990) for the Will McLean Foundation
File — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Spanning a period beginning with his genealogical roots in the late 19th Century and detailing the private and public life of "Florida's premier folklorist" from his birth until his passing in 1990, THE WILL McLEAN FLORIDA FOLK MUSIC COLLECTION consists of family history and photographs, handwritten song lyrics and poetry, promotional posters, handbills, brochures and programs, recordings (various formats), artifacts (his iconic black wool hat, harmonicas, a guitar, etc.) as well as...
Dates:
1885 - 2000