Summary Information

Title: Eddy Hanson Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1970-1975

Creator:

• Hanson, Eddy, 1893-1986

Call Number: SC 1139; Tape 604A; Disc 143A

Quantity: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder), 5 tape recordings, and 4 disc recordings

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

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.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-tape00604a

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