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Nicholas Schaffner papers

Title: Nicholas Schaffner papers, 1964-1989.
Author: Schaffner, Nicholas, 1953-1991.
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Status	Container	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 1	Mixed material	Supervised use	JOB 05-1 Box 1	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 2	Mixed material	Supervised use	JOB 05-1 Box 2	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 3	Mixed material	Supervised use	JOB 05-1 Box 3	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 4	Mixed material	Supervised use	JOB 05-1 Box 4	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 5	Mixed material	Supervised use	JOB 05-1 Box 5	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 6	Mixed material	Supervised use	JOB 05-1 Box 6	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 7	Mixed material	Supervised use	JOB 05-1 Box 7	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 8	Mixed material	Supervised use	JOB 05-1 Box 8	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 9	Mixed material	Supervised use	JOB 05-1 Box 9	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 10	Mixed material	Supervised use	JOB 05-1 Box 10	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 11	Mixed material	Supervised use	JOB 05-1 Box 11	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Box 12	Mixed material	Supervised use	JOB 05-1 Box 12	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 13	Mixed material	Supervised use	JOB 05-1 Box 13	Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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Description

8.05 linear feet (12 boxes)

Summary

The Nicholas Schaffner papers are a collection of rock and roll music memorabilia.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Memorabilia.
Photographs.
Programs.

Biography (note)

Critic, collector, and composer, Nicholas Schaffner (1953-1991) was an expert on the British Invasion of rock and roll; his collection of Beatles memorabilia was the foundation for his career as a writer.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Call Number

JOB 05-1

OCLC

NYPG05-A10045

Author

Schaffner, Nicholas, 1953-1991.

Title

Nicholas Schaffner papers, 1964-1989.

Biography

Critic, collector, and composer, Nicholas Schaffner (1953-1991) was an expert on the British Invasion of rock and roll; his collection of Beatles memorabilia was the foundation for his career as a writer. Of the six books he wrote or co-wrote, The Beatles Forever (1977), established him as an authoritative source of knowledge on the band. Among his other works are The British Invasion: From the First Wave to the New Wave (1982), which focused on the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Kinks, the Who, Pink Floyd, T. Rex, and David Bowie; it also provided abstracts of 100 other influential British bands. Schaffner's last book was a definitive biography of Pink Floyd, titled Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey (1991). Other writings by Schaffner include record reviews in Rolling Stone, essays in periodicals, and poems. During the late 1970s and 1980s, Schaffner also composed and performed music. A musical he co-wrote, The Harlequin, was part of the Open Space Theatre Experiment in 1978. He released a recording called Magical Kingdoms in 1990; music on this album can be heard in the 1986 movie, Parting Glances.

Indexes

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

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Finding Aid

Occupation

Composers.

Music critics.

Rock music fans.

Added Author

Bowie, David.

Beatles.

Kinks (Musical group)

Pink Floyd (Musical group)

Rolling Stones.

T. Rex (Musical group)

Who (Musical group)

Research Call Number

JOB 05-1

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