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The Hugo Keesing collection on The Beatles

 Collection 0068-SCPA
The Beatles were an English rock band that formed in Liverpool in 1960 and eventually became one of the best selling artists worldwide. The Fab Four was comprised of John Lennon (1940-1980), Paul McCartney (b. 1942), George Harrison (1943-2001), and Ringo Starr (b. 1940). After disbanding in 1970, all four members had successful solo careers. This collection consists of books, serials, clippings, sheet music, and memorabilia related to this band. Collected by Hugo A. Keesing, a professor at the University of Maryland and a popular culture scholar, the collection covers the period from the 1950 through the 2007, with the bulk between 1963 and 1980, and again from 1990-2000. The collection has been separated into eight series, from both during the band's active career and after the group disbanded.

Dates

  • 1950-2007, undated
  • Majority of material found within 1963-1980, 1990-2000

Use and Access to Collection

The collection is open for research use. Materials from this collection must be used in the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library's Irving and Margery Morgan Lowens Special Collections Room, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday. Contact the curator for an appointment: http://www.lib.umd.edu/scpa/contact

Duplication and Copyright Information

Copyright was not transferred with the donation of the materials; all rights remain with the creators and rights holders.

Extent

3.50 Linear Feet

Additional Description

Scope and Content of Collection

The Hugo Keesing collection on The Beatles consists of realia, ephemera, recordings, magazines, books, newspaper clippings, and sheet music relating to The Beatles, dating from 1950 to 2007. The bulk of the materials date from 1963-1980 and from 1990-2000. This collection includes collectible merchandise which dates from the 1960s, when the Beatles were active. Some of the magazines, newspaper clippings, and books are contemporaneous with the group's career, while others are in the form of tributes and remembrances from after the group disbanded. There are a significant number of magazines and newspaper clippings related to John Lennon's death in 1980. The sheet music series consists of well-known popular songs recorded by The Beatles, most of which were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

Biography

[See finding aid for the Hugo Keesing collection on popular music and culture for information on Hugo Keesing]

The Beatles, a band from Liverpool, England, consisted of John Lennon (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Paul McCartney (vocals, bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, drums), Ringo Starr (drums, percussion, vocals), and George Harrison (guitar, sitar, vocals). The band was active from 1960 to 1970. The group released twelve studio albums, thirteen EPs, and twenty-two singles in the United Kingdom between 1962 and 1970, various versions of which were sold internationally. The Beatles also produced five films between 1964 and 1970.

The appearance of "The Fab Four" on the Ed Sullivan Show in the United States in 1964 shortly followed their first American album, Meet the Beatles, and was viewed by over 70 million people, launching a period of "Beatlemania" in the United States. The large number of Beatles-related merchandise, including clothing, posters, books, dolls and other collectibles demonstrates the group's profound influence on popular culture. Additionally, the arrival of the Beatles in the United States helped open the American market to other British groups, including the Rolling Stones and the Kinks, cultivating the "British Invasion."

The Beatles' musical style changed throughout their career, including, at various times, elements of skiffle, beat, rock and roll, pop, psychedelic rock, Indian music, folk, and Western Classical music. In 1966, the Beatles stopped touring and instead experimented with innovative recording techniques and use of technology. The shift from a popular touring group to an experimental studio band is highlighted by the landmark 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, as well as several other groundbreaking works.

After disbanding, each member of the band pursued careers as solo performers. Lennon was shot and killed in December 1980 and Harrison died of lung cancer in November 2001. McCartney and Starr continue to perform today.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into eight series:
  1. Series 1: Realia
  2. Series 2: Ephemera
  3. Series 3: Recordings
  4. Series 4: Magazines
  5. Series 5: Books
  6. Series 6: Clippings
  7. Series 7: Album-Related Materials
  8. Series 8: Sheet Music

Custodial History and Acquisition Information

Gift of Hugo Keesing received in shipments beginning in September 1996-2015.

Related Material

In addition to this collection, the other Keesing materials at Special Collections in the Performing Arts (SCPA) are separated into eleven other collections (see the list below). Also available for access are thousands of LP singles and pieces of sheet music pertaining to popular music in the twentieth century.

Other Keesing Collections

  1. The Hugo Keesing collection on popular music and culture, 1950-1999
  2. The Hugo Keesing collection on music and World War I, 1917-1919
  3. The Hugo Keesing collection on music and the Vietnam War, 1956-2018
  4. The Hugo Keesing collection on music and the Gulf Wars, 1990-1992
  5. The Hugo Keesing collection on music for television and radio shows, 1950-1999
  6. The Hugo Keesing collection on Elvis Presley, 1974-1997
  7. The Hugo Keesing collection on Roy Orbison, 1961-1995
  8. The Wouter Keesing collection on Fats Domino, 1952-2000
  9. The Hugo Keesing collection on Annette Funicello and Hayley Mills, 1958-1968
  10. The Hugo Keesing collection, 1971-1981. Available for use at Hornbake Library.
  11. The Hugo Keesing collection of Jacoba Feenstra's sheet music, 1881-1911
An additional finding aid exists to further describe the memorabilia contained within several of the Keesing collections. The Hugo Keesing collection on popular music and culture, listed above, may contain more items related to The Beatles, such as realia and sheet music, as well as fifty-five recordings and fifteen solo albums by Beatles members.

There are thousands of books and other materials, such as musical scores and magazines, donated by Dr. Keesing that have been cataloged and are located in the Lowens Room using the prefix MKEESING. Books on the Beatles from the Keesing Collection are listed below.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.001: Spencer, William F. John Lennon. Rastatt: Verlagsunion Erich Pabel-Arthur Moewig KG, 1989.

PA Lib SCPA KEESING B10.002: Swenson, John. The Beatles: Yesterday and Today! New York: Kensington, 1977.

PA Lib SCPA KEESING B10.003: Wenner, Jann. Lennon Remembers: The Rolling Stone Interviews. New York: Fawcett Popular Library, 1971.

PA Lib SCPA KEESING B10.004: Meyden, Henk van der and Jan Langereis. Yeah Yeah Yeah: Zo sijn de Beatles! Amsterdam: A.J.G. Strengholt, 1964.

PA Lib SCPA KEESING B10.005: Swenson, John. The John Lennon Story. New York: Leisure Books, 1981.

PA Lib SCPA KEESING B10.006: Tremlett, George. The John Lennon Story. London: Futura, 1976.

PA Lib SCPA KEESING B10.007: Tremlett, George. The Paul McCartney Story. London: Futura, 1975.

PA Lib SCPA KEESING B10.008: Shepherd, Billy. The True Story of the Beatles. New York: Bantam Books, 1964.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.009: Scaduto, Anthony. The Beatles. New York: New American Library, 1968.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.010: Rosenbaum, Helen. The Beatles: Trivia Quiz Book. New York: New American Library, 1978.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.011: Lennon, John. In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works. New York: New American Library, 1967.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.012: Lennon, John. Skywriting by Word of Mouth. New York: Harper and Row, 1987.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.013: Grove, Martin A. Beatle Madness. New York: Manor Books, 1978.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.014: Hine, Al. The Beatles in Help! New York: Dell, 1965.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.015: Goodgold, Edwin and Dan Carlinsky. The Complete Beatles Quiz Book. New York: Warner Books, 1975.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.016: Hine, Al. The Beatles in Help! London: Mayflower Books, 1965.

PA Lib SCPA KEESING B10.017: Garbarini, Vic and Brian Cullman. Strawberry Fields Forever: John Lennon Remembered. New York: Bantam Books, 1980.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.018: Grove, Martin A. Paul McCartney: Beatle with Wings! New York: Manor Books, 1978.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.019: Geppert, Georg. Songs der Beatles: Texte und Interpretationen. Munich: Kosel-Verlag, 1968.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.020: Epstein, Brian. A Cellarful of Noise. London: New English Library, 1965.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.021: Davies, Hunter. The Beatles: The Authorized Biography. London: Granada, 1978.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.022: Burke, John. The Beatles in A Hard Day's Night. New York: Dell, 1964.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.023: Deurwaarder, Carlola. Paul McCartney: Het onthullende verhaal van de legendarische ex-Beatle. Amsterdam: Margriet, 1992.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.025: Epstein, Brian. A Cellarful of Noise. New York: Doubleday, 1964.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.026: De Blasio, Edward. All About the Beatles. New York: Macfadden-Bartell, 1964.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.028: Clark, Alan. The Beatles. United States: Special Collector's Series 6. Alan Clark Productions, 1981.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.029: Rombeck, Hans, Wolfgang Neumann, and Rainer Moers. Die Beatles: Ihre Karriere - Ihre Musik - Ihre Erfolge. Bergisch Gladback: Lubbe, 1981.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.030: Seaman, Frederic. The Last Days of John Lennon. New York: Dell, 1991.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.031: McCabe, Peter and Robert D. Schonfeld. Apple to the Core: The Unmaking of the Beatles. New York: Pocket Books, 1972.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.032: Lennon, Cynthia. A Twist of Lennon. London: W.H. Allen, 1978.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.033: Larkin, Rochelle. The Beatles. New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1981.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.034: McCabe, Peter and Robert D. Schonfeld. John Lennon: For the Record. Toronto: Bantam Books, 1984.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.035: The Beatle Book. New York: Lancer Books, 1964.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.036: Larkin, Rochelle. The Beatles: Yesterday...Today...Tomorrow. New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1974.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.037: The Beatles: Up To Date. New York: Lancer Books, 1964.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.038: Graustark, Barbara, David Hanna, Jon-Michael Reed, Lillian Roxon, and Martin Sage. John Lennon and the Beatles Forever. Edited by Ed Naha. New York: Tower, 1978.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.039: Celsi, Teresa Noel. The Beatles. Kansas City: Ariel Books, 1993.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.040: Carpozi, Jr., George. John Lennon: Death of a Dream. New York: Manor Books, 1980.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.041: Davies, Hunter. The Beatles. New York: Dell, 1968.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.042: Fast, Julius. The Beatles: The Real Story. New York: Berkley, 1968.

PA Lib SCPA KEESING B10.043: Shipper, Mark. Paperback Writer: The Life and Times of the Beatles; The Spurious Chronicle of their Rise to Stardom. London: New English Library, 1978.

PA Lib SCPA KEESING B10.044: Lennon, Pauline. Daddy, Come Home: The True Story of John Lennon and his Father. London: Angus and Robertson, 1991.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.045: Leukefeld, Peter. John Lennon: In Memoriam. Munich: Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1981.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.046: Noebel, David A. The Legacy of John Lennon: Charming or Harming a Generation? Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.047: Malms, Jochen. Paul McCartney and Wings: Die Neuen Erfolge des Ex-Beatles. Munich: Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1981.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.048: Niedergesass, Siegfried. Die Beatles. Ravensburg: Otto Maier, 1987.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.049: Lennon, John. The Penguin John Lennon. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1965.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.050: Lennon, John. A Spaniard in the Works. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.051: Lennon, John. In His Own Write. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.052: Castleman, Harry and Walter J. Podrazik. All Together Now: The First Complete Beatles Discography 1961-1975. New York: Ballantine Books, 1976.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.053: Elson, Howard. McCartney: Songwriter. London: W.H. Allen, 1986.

PA Lib SCPA KEESING B10.054: Connolly, Ray. John Lennon: 1940-1980; A Biography. London: Fontana Paperbacks, 1981.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.055: Dister, Alain. Les Beatles. Paris: Albin Michel, 1972.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.056: DeWitt, Howard A. The Beatles: Untold Tales. Fremont, California: Horizon Books, 1985.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.057: Conger, Mary Mack. Sweet Beatle Dreams: The Diary of Mary Mack Conger. Kansas City, Missouri: Andrews and McMeel, 1989.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.058: Davies, Hunter. Les Beatles. Translated by Delia Chopin. Montreal: Presses De La Cite, 1976.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.059: DiLello, Richard. The Longest Cocktail Party. Chicago: Playboy, 1972.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.060: Burke, John. A Hard Day's Night. London: Pan Books, 1977.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.061: Stannard, Neville. The Beatles: The Long and Winding Road; A History of the Beatles on Record. Edited by John Tobler. New York: Avon Books, 1984.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.062: Vermeer, Evert. "Get Back": 25 jaar Beatles-muziek. Almere: De Koning Boekprodukties, 1988.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.063: Russell, J.P. The Beatles on Record. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1982.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.064: Thomson, Elizabeth and David Gutman, eds. The Lennon Companion: Twenty-Five Years of Comment. New York: Schirmer Books, 1988.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.065: Schaffner, Nicholas. The Boys from Liverpool: John, Paul, George, Ringo. New York: Methuen, 1980.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.066: Ryan, David Stuart. John Lennon's Secret. London: Kozmik Press Center, 1982.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.067: Snell, Conrad. John Lennon 4ever: The Biography. United States: Crown Summit Books, 1981.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.068: Somach, Denny, Kathleen Somach, and Kevin Gunn. Ticket to Ride. New York: William Morrow, 1989.

PA Lib SCPA KEESING B10.069: Seaman, Frederic. The Last Days of John Lennon. New York: Carol, 1991.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.070: Schultheiss, Tom. The Beatles: A Day in the Life; The Day-by-Day Diary 1960-1970. New York: Quick Fox, 1981.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.071: Riley, Tim. Tell Me Why: A Beatles Commentary. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.072: Salewicz, Chris. McCartney. New York: St. Martin's, 1986.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.073: Sauceda, James. The Literary Lennon: A Comedy of Letters. Ann Arbor: Pierian, 1983.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.074: Fulpen, Har van. John Lennon 1940-1980. Amsterdam: Loeb, 1980.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.075: Vorobeva, T. Istoriia ansamblia "Bitlz." Leningrad: Muzyka, 1990.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.076. Williams, Allan and William Marshall. The Man Who Gave the Beatles Away. London: Elm Tree Books, 1975.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.077: Wenner, Jann. Lennon Remembers: The Rolling Stone Interviews. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, 1971.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.078: Taylor, Derek. As Time Goes By. London: Davis-Poynter, 1973.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.079: Wootton, Richard. John Lennon. New York: Random House, 1985.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.080: Ono, Yoko. Grapefruit. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2000.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.081: Pang, May and Henry Edwards. Loving John: The Untold Story. New York: Warner Books, 1983.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.082: Reinhart, Charles. You Can't Do That: Beatles; Bootlegs and Novelty Records. Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1981.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.083: O'Grady, Terence J. The Beatles. Boston: Twayne, 1983.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.084: Humphery-Smith, Cecil R., Michael G. Heenan, and Jenifer Mount. Up the Beatles' Family Tree. Northgate, England: Achievements, 1976.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.085: Keenan, Deborah. On Stage, The Beatles. Mankato, Minnesota: Creative Educational Society, 1976.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.086: Howlett, Kevin. The Beatles at the Beeb: The Story of their Radio Career. London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1982.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.087: Harry, Bill. The Book of Lennon. New York: Delilah Communications, 1984.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.088: Harry, Bill. Paperback Writers: The History of the Beatles in Print. The Beatles vol. 3. London: Virgin Books, 1984.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.089: Harry, Bill. Beatlemania: The History of the Beatles on Film. The Beatles vol. 4. London: Virgin Books, 1984.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.090: Harry, Bill. Beatles for Sale: The Beatles Memorabilia Guide. The Beatles vol. 5. London: Virgin Books, 1985.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.091: Koltay, Gabor. John Lennon 1940-1980. Budapest: Zenemukiado, 1981.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.092: Harry, Bill. The Book of Beatle Lists. Poole, Dorset: Javelin Books, 1985.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.093: Giuliano, Geoffrey. Dark Horse: The Private Life of George Harrison. New York: Plume, 1991.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.094: Friedman, Rick. The Beatles: Words Without Music. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1968.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.095: Wiener, Jon. Come Together: John Lennon in His Time. New York: Random House, 1984.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.096: Wallgren, Mark. The Beatles On Record. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1982.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.097: Norman, Philip. Shout: The Beatles in Their Generation. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1981.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.098: Neises, Charles P., ed. The Beatles Reader: A Selection of Contemporary Views, News and Reviews of The Beatles in Their Heyday. Rock and Roll Remembrances. Ann Arbor: Pierian, 1984.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.099. Mitchell, Carolyn Lee. All Our Loving. London: Robson Books, 1981.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.100: Mellers, Wilfrid. Twilight of the Gods: The Beatles in Retrospect. London: Faber and Faber, 1973.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.101: Kelly, Michael Bryan. The Beatle Myth: The British Invasion of American Popular Music, 1956-1969. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 1991.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.102: Hopkins, Jerry. Yoko Ono. New York: Macmilan, 1986.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.103: Green, John. Dakota Days. New York: St. Martin's, 1983.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.104: Giuliano, Geoffrey. Blackbird: The Life and Times of Paul McCartney. New York: Plume, 1991.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.105: Flippo, Chet. Yesterday: The Unauthorized Biography of Paul McCartney. New York: Doubleday, 1988.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.106: Giuliano, Geoffrey. Dark Horse: The Secret Life of George Harrison. Toronto: Stoddart, 1989.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.107: Hockinson, Michael J. The Ultimate Beatles Quiz Book. New York: St. Martin's, 1990.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.108: Clayson, Alan. Ringo Starr: Straight Man or Joker? New York: Paragon House, 1992.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.109: DiLello, Richard. The Longest Cocktail Party. London: Charisma Books, 1973.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.110: Fawcett, Anthony. John Lennon: One Day at a Time. New York: Grove, 1981.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.111: Stannard, Neville and John Tobler. Working Class Heroes: The History of the Beatles' Solo Recordings. The Beatles vol. 2. New York: Avon, 1984.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.112: Evans, Mike. Nothing to Get Hung About: A Short History of the Beatles. Liverpool: The City of Liverpool Public Relations Office, n.d.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.113: Doney, Malcolm. Lennon and McCartney. Kent: Midas Books, 1981.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.114: Cowan, Philip. Behind the Beatles Songs. London: Polytantric, [1978?].

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.115: Zanderbergen, George. The Beatles. Mankato, innesota: Crestwood House, 1978.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.116: John Lennon 1940-1980: Het Ver Haal. N.d.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.117: Best, Pete and Patrick Doncaster. Beatle! The Pete Best Story. New York: Dell, 1985.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.118: Back Track. N.d.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.119: Belanger, Lyn, Michael Brecher, Jo Kearns, Nicholas Locke, and Mike Shatzkin, eds. A Tribute to John Lennon 1940-1980. London: Proteus, 1981.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.120: Beatles, The Beatles. London: Northern Songs, 1968.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.121: Beatles, The Latest Beatlebook of Recorded Hits: Souvenir Song Album No. 2. Keys, [1964?].

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.122: Harrison, George. I Me Mine. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1980.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.123: Dowlding, William J. Beatlesongs. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.124: Coleman, Ray. Lennon. New York: McGraw Hill, 1985.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.125: Coleman, Ray. The Man Who Made the Beatles: An Intimate Biography of Brian Epstein. New York: McGraw Hill, 1989.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.126: Corbin, Carole Lynn. John Lennon. New York: Franklin Watts, 1982.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.127: The Editors of Rolling Stone. The Ballad of John and Yoko. Edited by Jonathan Cott and Christine Doudna. Garden City, New York: Dolphin Books, 1982.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.128: Castleman, Harry and Walter J. Podrazik. The Beatles Again? Ann Arbor: Pierian, 1977.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.130: DeWitt, Howard A. Paul McCartney: From Liverpool to Let It Be. Fremont, California: Horizon Books, 1992.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.131: Cepican, Bob and Waleed Ali. Yesterday Came Suddenly: The Definitive History of the Beatles. New York: Arbor House, 1985.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.132: The Beatles. West Havon, Connecticut: Academic Industries, 1984.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.133: Aldrige, Alan. The Beatles Songbook. Translated by Peter Zentner. Munich: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1971.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.134: Sheff, David and Barry Golson. John Lennon: Les Beatles Yoko Ono et moi. Generique, 1982.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.135: Alico, Stella H. The Beatles and John Lennon. West Haven, Connecticut: Pendulum, 1979.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.136: Blake, John. All You Needed Was Love: The Beatles After the Beatles. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1981.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.137: Benson, Ross. Paul McCartney: Behind the Myth. London: Victor Gollancz, 1992.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.138: Benson, Joe. Uncle Joe's Record Guide: The Beatles. Glendale, California: J. Benson Unlimited, 1987.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.139: Bedford, Carol. Waiting for the Beatles: An Apple Scruffs Story. Poole, Dorset: Blandford, 1984.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.140: Sheff, David. The Playboy Interviews with John Lennon and Yoko Ono: The Final Testament... Edited by G. Barry Golson. New York: Berkley Books, 1982.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.141: Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup?da, A. C. Search for Liberation: Featuring a Conversation Between John Lennon and Swami Bhaktivedanta. Los Angeles: The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 1981.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.142: Adler, Bill. Dear Beatles. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1966.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.143: Braun, Michael. Love Me Do: The Beatles' Progress. Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1964.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.144: Brown, Peter and Steven Gaines. The Love You Make: An Insider's Story of The Beatles. New York: McGraw Hill, 1983.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.145: Bresler, Fenton. Who Killed John Lennon? New York: St. Martin's, 1989.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.146: Baird, Julia. John Lennon My Brother. New York: Henry Holt, 1988.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.147: The Beatles Lyrics Illustrated. New York: Dell, 1975.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.148: 26 Days that Rocked the World: Birth of Beatlemania; 1964 Historic Concert Tour of America! Los Angeles: O'Brien, 1978.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.149: The Beatles: It was Twenty Years Ago... Great Britain: Michael, 1984.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.150: Lewisohn, Mark. EMI's The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions: The Official Abbey Road Story. Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 1988.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.151: Mendelsohn, John. Paul McCartney: A Biography in Words and Pictures. Edited by Greg Shaw. United States: Sire Books, 1977.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.152: Rayl, A.J.S. Beatles '64: A Hard Day's Night in America. New York: Doubleday, 1989.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.153: Ono, Yoko. John Lennon: Summer of 1980. New York: Putnam, 1983.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.154: Sutton, Margaret. We Love You Beatles. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1971.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.155: Goldman, Albert. The Lives of John Lennon. New York: William Morrow, 1988.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.156: Lefcowitz, Eric. Tomorrow Never Knows: The Beatles' Last Concert. San Francisco: Terra Firma Books, 1987.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.160: Harrison, George and Ravi Shankar. The Concert for Bangla Desh. California: Apple, 1971.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.161: Beatles, Beatles Ltd. London: George Newnes, 1964.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.162: Friede, Goldie, Robin Titone, and Sue Weiner. The Beatles A to Z. New York: Methuen, 1980.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.163: McCartney, Paul. Give My Regards to Broad Street. London: Pavilion Books, 1984.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.164: Freeman, Robert. Yesterday: The Beatles 1963-1965. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston, 1983.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.165: Du Noyer, Paul, ed. The Paul McCartney World Tour. London: Emap Metro, 1989.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.166: Evans, Mike. The Art of the Beatles. London: Anthony Blond, 1984.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.167: DelBuono, Robert and Cindy DelBuono. The Beatles: A Collection. Philadelphia: George H. Buchanan, 1982.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.168: Di Franco, J. Philip, ed. The Beatles in Richard Lester's A Hard Day's Night: A Complete Pictorial Record of the Movie. Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1978.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.169: The Beatles. Great Britain: Colour Library Books, 1983.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.170: Yenne, Bill. The Beatles. New York: Gallery Books, 1989.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.171: Tobler, John. The Beatles. New York: Exeter Books, 1984.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.172: The Beatles Film. Watford, England: Sun Printers, 1964.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.173: Podell, Jack J., ed. The Beatles are Back. New York: Macfadden-Bartell, 1964.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.174: The Beatles Starring in A Hard Day's Night. Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman, 1964.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.175: Gelder, Henk van and Lucas Ligtenberg. The Beatles in Holland. Amsterdam: Loeb, 1989.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.176: Lennon, John, Yoko Ono, and Anthony Peebles. The Lennon Tapes: John Lennon and Yoko Ono in Conversation with Andy Peebles, 6 December 1980. London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1981.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.177: Parkinson, Norman. The Beatles Book. London: Hutchinson, 1977.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.178: Pirmantgen, Patricia. The Beatles. Mankato, Minnesota: Creative Education, 1975.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.179: Miles. Beatles In Their Own Words. Edited by Pearce Marchbank. New York: Quick Fox, 1978.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.181: Miles. John Lennon In His Own Words. New York: Quick Fox, 1981.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.182: Lewisohn, Mark. The Beatles Live! New York: Henry Holt, 1986.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.183: Leach, Sam. Beatles on Broadway. Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman, 1964.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.184: Michaels, Ross. George Harrison: Yesterday and Today. New York: Flash Books, 1977.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.185: Maugham, Patrick. The Beatles. London: PYX, [1964?].

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.186: Hoffmann, Dezo. The Beatles Conquer America. Edited by Roxane Streeter. London: Virgin Books, 1984.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.187: McCartney, Mike. The Macs: Mike McCartney's Family Album. New York: Delilah Books, 1981.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.188: Lennon: A Special Tribute to John Lennon by the Liverpool Echo. Liverpool: Liverpool Echo, [1980?].

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.189: Marchbank, Pearce, ed. With The Beatles: The Historic Photographs of Dezo Hoffmann. New York: Omnibus, 1982.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.190: Russell, Ethan A., Jonathan Cott, and David Dalton. The Beatles Get Back. London: Apple, 1969.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.191: Fenick, Barbara. Collecting the Beatles: An Introduction and Price Guide to Fab Four Collectibles, Records and Memorabilia. Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1982.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.192: Gross, Edward. Paul McCartney: 20 Years on His Own. Las Vegas: Pioneer Books, 1990.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.193: Hipgnosis. "Hands Across the Water:" Wings Tour USA. Edited by Storm Thorgerson and Peter Christopherson. Los Angeles: Reed Books, 1978.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.194: Harry, Bill, ed. Mersey Beat: The Beginnings of The Beatles. London: Omnibus, 1977.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.195: Spence, Helen. The Beatles. New York: Crescent Books, 1981.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.196: Taylor, Alistair. Yesterday: My Life with the Beatles. Las Vegas: Pioneer Books, 1991.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.197: Welch, Chris. Paul McCartney: The Definitive Biography. London: Proteus Books, 1984.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.198: Woffinden, Bob. The Beatles Apart. London: Proteus, 1981.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.199: Williams, Allan. De Echte Beatles Story. Bussum: Centripress, n.d.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.200: Vollmer, Jurgen. Rock 'n' Roll Times: The Style and Spirit of The Beatles and Their First Fans. Woodstock: Overlook, 1983.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.201: Fulpen, H.V. The Beatles: An Illustrated Diary. London: Plexus, 1982.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.202: Spence, Helen. The Beatles Forever. New York: Crescent Books, 1981.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.203: Beatles. Beatlemania 1967-1970 Vol. 2. ATV Music, 1980.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.204: Pascall, Jeremy and Robert Burt, eds. The Beatles: The Fabulous Story of John, Paul, George and Ringo. London: Octopus Books, 1975.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.205: Krebs, David and Steven Leber. Beatlemania. Edited by Robert Rabinowitz, Bob Gill, and Lynda Obst. [1978?]

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.206: Aldridge, Alan, ed. The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics. New York: Dell, 1972.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.207: Aldrige, Alan, ed. The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics 2. New York: Dell, 1980.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.208: Burt, Rob and Michael Wells. The Beatles Musical Pop Up. New York: Bonanza Pop Up, 1985.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.209: Dean, Johnny, ed. The Beatles Book. London: Beat, May 1976.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.210: Dean, Johnny, ed. The Beatles Book. London: Beat, June 1976.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.211: Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, eds. Chant and Be Happy: The Power of Mantra Meditation. Based on the teachings of A.C. Bhaktivednta Swami Prabhup?da. Los Angeles: Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 1983.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.212: Adler, Bill, ed. Love Letters to the Beatles. New York: Blond, 1964.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.213: Beckley, Timothy Green, ed. Lennon: What Happened! United States: Sunshine, 1981.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.214: Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, eds. Chant and Be Happy: The Story of the Hare Krishna Mantra. Based on the teachings of A.C. Bhaktivednta Swami Prabhup?da. Los Angeles: Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 1983.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.215: Beckley, Timothy Green, ed. Lennon: Up Close and Personal. United States: Sunshine, 1981.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.216: Bresler, Fenton. The Murder of John Lennon. London: Mandarin Paperbacks, 1989.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.217: The Beatles Lyrics. London: Futura, 1979.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.218: The Beatles: For the Record. Ontario: Totem Books, 1982.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.219: McCartney, Paul. Paul McCartney: Composer/Artist. New York: MPL Communications, 1981.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.220: Jasper, Tony. Paul McCartney and Wings. Secaucus, New Jersey: Chartwell Books, 1977.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.221: Hoffmann, Dezo. The Faces of John Lennon. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1986.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.222: Giuliano, Geoffrey. The Beatles: A Celebration. Toronto: Methuen, 1986.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.223: Harry, Bill. The Beatles Who's Who. New York: Delilah Books, 1982.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.224: Gambaccini, Paul. Paul McCartney: In His Own Words. London: Omnibus, 1976.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.225: Bacon, David and Norman Maslov. The Beatles' England. San Francisco: 910 Press, 1982.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.226: Buskin, Richard. John Lennon: His Life and Legend. New York: Crescent Books, 1991.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.227: Clifford, Mike. The Beatles. New York: SMITHMARK, 1991.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.228: Lewisohn, Mark. The Complete Beatles Chronicle. New York: Harmony Books, 1992.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.229: Fulpen, Har van. Beatles Dagboek. Amsterdam: Loeb, 1982.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.230: The Beatles Collection from Liverpool to the World - Kit with various items, 1974.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.231: Beatles: 'Round the World. New York: Acme News, Winter 1964.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.232: Carr, Roy and Tony Tyler. The Beatles: An Illustrated Record. New York: Harmony Books, 1975.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.233: Stokes, Geoffrey. The Beatles. New York: Times Books, 1980.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.234: Terry, Carol D., ed. Here, There and Everywhere: The First International Beatles Bibliography, 1962-1982. Ann Arbor: Pierian, 1985.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.235: Shotton, Pete and Nicholas Schaffner. John Lennon: In My Life. New York: Stein and Day, 1983.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.236: Schaffner, Nick. The Beatles Forever. New York: McGraw Hill, 1978.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.237: Pascall, Jeremy, ed. The Beatles Story. De Geschiedenis van de Popmuziek 3. Rotterdam: Plusprodukties, 1977.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.238: Schaumburg, Ron. Growing up with the Beatles. New York: Pyramid Books, 1976.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.239: The Beatles: Yeah, Yeah, Yeah. N.d.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.240: Solt, Andrew and Sam Egan. Imagine: John Lennon. New York: Macmillan, 1988.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.241: Pascall, Jeremy. Paul McCartney and Wings. Secaucus, New Jersey: Chartwell Books, 1977.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.242: Pawlowski, Gareth L. How They Became the Beatles: A Definitive History of the Early Years 1960-1964. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1989.

PA Lib SCPA MKEESING B10.243: Tabatch, Warren, ed. John Lennon: A Personal Pictorial Diary. New York: Sportomatic, n.d.

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Title
The Hugo Keesing collection on The Beatles
Status
Completed
Author
Mary Crauderueff, Spring 2008; Amanda Weeks, July 2011; John Davis, September 2014; and Roslyn Brandes, July 2015
Date
2008-12-01
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
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Language of description note
Finding aid written in English

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