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Biography & Personal Papers



link to catalog page ARMFIELD, Eugene Kinckle Jones

Eugene Kinckle Jones

The National Urban League and Black Social Work, 1910-1940

Author: Felix L. Armfield
Pub Date: 2012

The biography of an important agent for black social change in the early twentieth century   learn more...

link to catalog page MEYERS, The Genius and the Goddess

The Genius and the Goddess

Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe

Author: Jeffrey Meyers
Pub Date: Paper, 2012; Cloth, 2009

An intimate look at the marriage of two twentieth-century American icons   learn more...

link to catalog page CAPS, Henry Mancini

Henry Mancini

Reinventing Film Music

Author: John Caps
Pub Date: 2012

A superstar of film scoring, from The Pink Panther to "Moon River"   learn more...

link to catalog page DIEKMAN, Live Fast, Love Hard

Live Fast, Love Hard

The Faron Young Story

Author: Diane Diekman
Pub Date: Paper, 2012; Cloth, 2007

A guts and glory biography of honky-tonk great Faron Young   learn more...

link to catalog page DIEKMAN, Twentieth Century Drifter

Twentieth Century Drifter

The Life of Marty Robbins

Author: Diane Diekman
Pub Date: 2012

Country singer, racecar driver, restless seeker   learn more...

link to catalog page BURNS, Archie Green

Archie Green

The Making of a Working-Class Hero

Author: Sean Burns
Pub Date: 2011

Remembering a life devoted to preserving working-class traditions   learn more...

link to catalog page ELLER, Becoming Ray Bradbury Author: Jonathan R. Eller
Pub Date: 2011

The authoritative biography of Ray Bradbury's early years   learn more...

link to catalog page GODBEY, Crowe on the Banjo

Crowe on the Banjo

The Music Life of J. D. Crowe

Author: Marty Godbey
Pub Date: 2011

A musical biography of one of bluegrass's true pioneers   learn more...

link to catalog page MCLEOD, Daughter of the Empire State

Daughter of the Empire State

The Life of Judge Jane Bolin

Author: Jacqueline A. McLeod
Pub Date: 2011

The trailblazing work of the first African American woman judge   learn more...

link to catalog page WIERZBICKI, Elliott Carter Author: James Wierzbicki
Pub Date: 2011

A revealing portrait of a living legend of American classical music   learn more...

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