[MUSICIANS - AMERICAN]. A group of 4 manuscripts, comprising:

BATES, Katharine Lee (1859-1929). Autograph letter signed ("Katharine Lee Bates"), to an unnamed "Dear Poet." Wellesley, 3 December 1923. 1 page, 8vo, tiny stain in lower blank margin. Bates thanks the recipient for the "vivid lyrics." From the author of "America the Beautiful." -- COPLAND, Aaron (1900-1990). Autograph note signed ("Aaron"), to Renée. Ossining, New York, n.d. [27 November 1954]. 1 page, oblong 12mo, on personal correspondence card. -- HEUSEN, James Van (1913-1990). Autograph musical quotation signed and inscribed ("James Van Heusen"), to Linda Gaye Moody. N.p., n.d. 1 page, 4to, 10 bars on printed staves with lyrics from "It Could Happen to You", small clear mounting corners to blank area. -- PORTER, Cole (1891-1964). Autograph letter signed ("C.P."), to Mrs. Smith, [Lisbon], 20 April 1955. 1 page, 12mo, on Avis Hotel memo paper, small tear with old tape repair top margin, docketed in another hand. "I believe the title has an A in it." Porter requests a book by Richard Aldrich about his marriage with Gertrude Lawrence.

Property from the Robert L. McKay Collection, North Tustin, California

Property from the Robert L. McKay Collection, North Tustin, California

Property from the Robert L. McKay Collection, North Tustin, California