00813 DAVID M. DANIELS:An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, MN.

Manuscripts Collection

 Finding aid encoded by David B. PetersonDecember 2010Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEWMinnesota Historical SocietyDaniels, David M., 1927-2002.David M Daniels Papers. 1940-2004 (bulk 1940-1979). Materials in English. Scrapbooks and related materials documenting the career of St. Paul native David Daniels, a singer and actor with numerous Broadway and television performing credits.5.4 cubic feet (6 boxes). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

David Daniels was born April 10, 1927 in St. Paul, Minnesota to Thomas and Frances Daniels. He attended Yale, where he performed in multiple plays and musicals, and graduated from the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. He then frequented the Minnesota orchestra and theater scene, further developing his natural baritone sound with the St. Paul Opera and the Minneapolis Orchestra. His first national role was with Elaine Stritch in Call Me Madam in 1952. In 1955, David Daniels won the Theater World Award for his work on Plain and Fancy and appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show. After David broke onto the national stage, he continued to impress audiences for the next twenty years. He performed around the country, from New York to California, in on and off Broadway productions. His credits also included performing with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra and performing with Liza Minnelli in Carnival. His last documented performance in 1978 was his fifty-eighth role, demonstrating his impressive and expansive career in the entertainment business. On July 30, 2002, he died from complications of lung illness.

 SCOPE AND CONTENTS

The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, playbills, and photographs that document his early days at Yale to his later roles and experiences in the early 1970s. They also contain sheet music from throughout his career and various awards and other recognitions that he received.

CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:Musicals.Opera.Performng arts.Theater.Organizations:Plantation Players (White Bear Lake, Minn.).St. Paul Civic Opera Association. Document Types: Compact discs. DVDs. Photographs. Scrapbooks. Occupations:Actors.Singers.ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATIONPreferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Daniels, David M., David M Daniels papers. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 16,155

 Processing Information:

Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Catalog ID number: 007237777

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION 142.H.12.2F-1Scrapbooks and photo albums: Book summarizing content of scrapbooks, undated.

224-page spiral bound book that also contains a chronological listing of Daniels' theatrical roles from 1945 to 1972.

 Living Musicians by David David Ewen, 1942-1945.

This is a book in which handwritten notations have been made, presumably by Daniels, and into which have been placed some clippings.

Book 20, 1946-1947. Unnumbered book (black cover), undated and 1940. 148.D.6.5BUnnumbered book with cork board cover, undated and 1944. Book 7: Civic Opera, 1947-1949. Yale Banner yearbook, 1947. 142.J.1.1Book 17: Plantation Players, 1947-1951. 148.D.6.5BBook 11, 1952-1953. Book 2, 1953-1955. Book 9: Plain and Fancy, 1954-1955. Book 13, 1954-1956. Book 18, 1952-1960. Photo album: Chrono 13, undated and 1957. 148.D.6.6FBook 14: David on the Road1962-1965. Book 4, 1958-1960. Book 3, 1963. Book 16, 1960-1963. Book 19, 1962-1963. Book 8, 1963-1967. 148.D.6.7BBook 5, 1964-1967. Book 12, 1968-1970. Book 1: Family, 1967-1972. Book 6, 1962-1979. Photo album: Self-portraits and headshots of acquaintances, undated. 142.H.12.2F-2Framed certificates and plaques: Theatre World's Promising Personalities of the 1954-1955 Season, undated. Diploma from the Curtis Institute of Music, 1950. Billboard Donaldson Awards for Outstanding Achievement in the Theater, 1954-1955. White Bear Lake Hall of Fame, 1958. Southern Arizona School Graduate certificate, 1945. Framed color photographs of an unidentified play, undated. Sotheby's auction catalog for sale of items from Daniels' art collection, 2002. Etude music magazine, November 1944. 148.D.6.7BTchaikovsky musical score: Role of Lenski in Eugene Onegin, undated. 2 volumes.

This is a photocopy of a musical score. On the back side of the last page are the words "Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center."

 Audio compact discs: David Daniels from O Kay, undated David Daniels: 24 selection CD, DVD: David Daniels [on the] Ed Sullivan Show: Young and Foolish Again, February 27, 1955. 142.H.12.2F-2Sheet music.47 items in 3 folders: from The Songs of Norway. There But For You Go I from Brigadoon. The Heather on the Hill from Brigadoon. Songs We Hear On The Air. Night and Day from Gay Divorcee. Funny Old Little Old World from Touch and Go. You’re My Girl from High Button Shoes. Were Thine That Special Face from Kiss Me Kate. Willkommen und Abschied. They Didn’t Believe Me from That Midnight Kiss. The Girl That I Marry from Annie Get Your Gun. I’ll See You Again from Bitter Sweet. Song of the Flea from Lawrence Tibbett’s Favorite Concert Songs. ‘Neath the Southern Moon from Naughty Marietta. Old Mother Hubbard. Bess You Is My Woman from Porgy and Bess. Songs and Ballad of the Olden Time. The Blind Ploughman. My Darling, My Darling from Where’s Charley? Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes. Songs of Pitchaik Pitovsky. Old Time Songs. Yours Is My Heart Alone. Falling in Love with Love from The Boys From Syracuse. The Most Beautiful Girl in the World from Billy Rose’s Jumbo. Haunted Heart from Inside U.S.A. They Say It’s Wonderful from Annie Get Your Gun. When I’m Not Near The Girl I Love from Finian’s Rainbow. It’s A Big Wide Wonderful World. Soliloquy from Carousel. It Will Be All Right (In A Hundred Years) from Touch and Go. Les Mamelles De Tiresias. Select Songs of Russian Composers. Sonatina No.3. Francis Poulenc Melodies. Arie Antiche Sarti: Lungi dat caro bene. Richard Strauss Melodies. Dai campi Aria from Mefistofele. Werther. Eugene Onegin. I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin from Porgy and Bess. Trois Ballades de Francois Villon. Francis Poulenc Melodies. Trois Chansons de France. Long Ago (And Far Away) from Cover Girl in Technicolor. En Priere. Dancing in the Dark from The Band Wagon.