The Guido Deiro Archive: Part Il.
Printed Items
B. General Memorabilia
These
memorabilia were mainly collected by Guido Deiro himself
through the course of his career, and consist of
photographs, concerts flyers, publicity material, business
contracts, newspaper clippings, sheet music, etc. They are
housed by category in various envelopes.
ENVELOPE 1. Photos of Guido Deiro
1.
Photo of GD holding accordion,
undated. Inscribed to the Free-Reed Center from Count Deiro,
03/24/01
2.
Cut-out photo of GD holding
accordion, undated.
3.
Xerox of photo of GD playing
accordion: inscription and date not decipherable; xerox of
photo of Pietro Deiro playing accordion, dated 1941.
4.
Cut-Out photo of GD playing
accordion (part of same photo as 3.).
5.
Photo of GD with Paul Whiteman,
undated, ?1930’s.
6.
Photo of GD with 8 other unknown
accordionists on parade card, undated, c.1919
7.
Photo of GD in his consevatory and
shop, San Francisco c.1937-8
8.
Photo of GD in his conservatory
and shop with two assisantants, San Francisco c.1937-8
9.
Photo of GD with wreath from
Guerrini and Co., undated, ?1930’s
10.
Same
11.
GD with various accordionists, Syl
Prior’s home, 12/29/46
12.
Photo of GD with Italian POW’s,
Los Angeles, 1945.
13.
Xerox of GD playing accordion,
undated.
14.
Photo of GD accompanying the bass
Bert Rovere, 1948.
15.
Colage of various accordionist
photo’s, including photo 11., undated, from unknown
publication.
16.
Photo ofGD with with accordion at
formal dinner, undated. [same as Scrap Book 2, p.1]
17/18 Photos of GD
receving awardfrom Italian Legion Band, San Jose, undated.
19. Photo of GD
with unknown (? The Gaffi brothers, to whom photo is
inscribed),
undated.
ENVELOPE 2. Miscellaneous Photos
1.
Photo of GD Accordion Studio
(Exterior), undated.
2.
Photo of dinner at [Lucca’s?]
restaurant, probably for Italian POW’s, 1945 [compare env.
1, item 12]: accordion-led band playing in background.
3.
Publicity photo of Anthony
Galla-Rini inscribed to GD, dated 11/28/49.
4.
Xerox of photo of Students of John
Barsualia (of GD Pacific Coast Studio) at Italian Picnic,
06/04/39
5.
Photo of 13 students of Westwood,
Cal. Brach of GD Accordion School, undated.
6.
Publicity photo of Dick Contino,
inscribed to GD., undated.
7.
Publicity photo of Adolf Burgklint,
inscribed to GD and Yvonne Deiro.
8.
Xerox of photo of Nerino Turchet
and his Accordion Band, 1930.
ENVELOPE 3. Guido Deiro Benefit Concert, May 21 1950:
Letters, Flyers,
Program etc.
1.
Program from concert,signed by
participants.
2.
Flyer for concert.
3.
Letter from Anthony Galla-Rini to
Guido Deiro concerning planing of concert.
4.
Photo from concert of accordion
band, dir.by ?Anthony Galla-Rini.
5.
Photo of ?Anthony Galla-Rini and ?
6.
Photo of ?Anthony Galla-Rini with
accordion.
7.
Photo of unidentified male
accordionist.
8.
Photo of unidentified female
accordionist.
9.
Photo of unidentified male
accordionist.
10.
Photo of unidentified button
accordionist.
11.
Photo of group from reception,
unidentified but possibly including Anthony Galla-Rini.
12.
Photo of unidentified
accordionist.
13.
Photo of unidentified trio.
14.
Photo of unidentifed quartet with
instruments [accordion, violin, double bass, guitar]
15.
Photo of unidentified trio.
16.
Photo of unidentified trio with
instruments [accordion, double bass, guitar]
17.
Photo of unidentified quartet with
instruments [clarinet, accordion, double bass, guitar]
18.
Photo of unidientified trio with
instruments [double bass, violin, accordion]
19.
Photo of unidentified female
accordionist.
20.
Photo of unidentified large group
at reception.
21.
Document dated June 4, 1950: “To
Guido Deiro – from the Program Committee and all teachers
and participants of a great Concert.” 32 signatures
ENVELOPE 4.
Misc. Programs and Flyers
1.
Program for concert 11/25/15,
Blackwell’s Island Penitentiary.
2.
Program for Entertainmant & Ball
given by the Officers and Men of U.S.S. Plattsburg, 03/13/19
3.
Program for Grand Concert and Ball
given by the Accordion Club [San Francisco] in Honor of
Guido Deiro, 02/18/21
4.
RKO/Orpheum program for Plaza
Theatre, Sacramento, undated, prob. late 1920’s.
5.
Xerox of several flyers for GD’s
Australian and British tours 1928-9.
6.
Dinner Program for GD appearance
at Plummer Park, 10/05/40.
7.
Program for “Guido Deiro Review of
Dancing, Singing, Music and Comedy,” Wilshire-Bell Theatre,
Los Angeles, 05/05/46.
8.
The same.
ENVELOPE 5.
Business Contracts.
1.
Contract between GD and Accordion
Music Publishing Company of New York, 1949, concerning GD’s
composition Egyptian Fantasy.
2.
Letter to GD from Will Rossiter,
music publisher dated 08/14/47 concerning copyright renewal
for GD’s song Kismet; and signed copy of royalty
agreement between the two parties.
3.
Letter from Frank P. Dow [freight
forwarders] to GD, dated 02/19/47, concerning shipment of
accordions, and invoice of merchandise for the same.
4.
Contract between GD and Columbia
Graphophone Company, dated 10/31/19, concerning forthcoming
recordings for the company.
5.
Contract between GD and Columbia
Graphophone Company, dated 07/11/18, concerning forthcoming
recordings for the company.
ENVELOPE 6.
Panama California Exposition, San Deigo, 1915.
1. Souvenir book
of the exposition.
2.
Document from president of the
exposition giving the gold medal of the exposition to GD for
his concert at the exposition, 07/09/16.
ENVELOPE 7.
Misc. Letters & Legal Documents.
1.
Xerox copy of divorce decree, GD
vs. Mae West, 07/14/20
2.
Xerox copy of Pietro Deiro’s
affidavit stating that he was the first to introduce on the
American stage a piano-accordion contructed in America,
dated 09/07/35. [This affidavit reproduced in Accordion
World, Sept. 1935]
3.
Letter from Anthony Galla-Rini to
Walter Winchell, dated 05/05/50, asking him to mention GD in
his broadcasts.
4.
Xerox of letter from Herman
W.Weber to GD, dated 08/05/35, stating that GD was the first
to introduce the piano-accordion on the American stage
[letter reproduced in Accordion World, Sept 1935].
5.
Xerox of letter from Count Guido
Deiro [Jr.} to Supervisor Willie Kennedy of San Francisco,
stating that it was GD not Pietro Deiro who refined the
accordion.
ENVELOPE 8.
Accordion Periodicals.
1.
Accordion News 07/15/35
[incomplete]
2.
Accordion News-Musicana
05/38
3.
Accordion News-Musicana
06/38 [incomplete]
4.
Accordion World, 05/40
5.
Accordion World, 09/48
6.
Accordion World, 01/49
7.
Accordion World, 01/50
ENVELOPE 9.
Sheet Music.
1.
Guido Deiro’s Royal Method for
Piano Accordion: A Comprehensive Course of Modern
Instruction for the Accordion. New York: Mills Music,
undated, c.1932.
2.
Pink Slippers by Guido
Deiro. Steubenville, Ohio: B. Quattrociocche, 1951.
3.
Valse Pirouette by Guido
Deiro. Steubenville, Ohio: B. Quattrociocche, 1951.
4.
Queen of the Air by Guido
Deiro. Steubenville, Ohio: B. Quattrociocche, 1950.
5.
I Don’t Care by Guido Deiro.
Steubenville, Ohio: B. Quattrociocche, 1952.
6.
Deirina by Guido Deiro.
Steubenville, Ohio: B. Quattrociocche, 1951.
7.
My Florence by Guido Deiro.
Steubenville, Ohio: B. Quattrociocche, 1952.
8.
Egypto by Guido Deiro. New
York: Accordion Music Publishing, 1954.
9.
Moonlight by Guido Deiro.
Steubenville, Ohio: B. Quattrociocche, 1929.
ENVELOPE 10.
Articles.
1.
“Deiro-The Accordion Star,”The
Columbia Record, 10/8 (1912) [xerox].
2.
“Truly Yours by Walter Wincher,”
unidentified source, 02/35 [xerox]
3.
Accordion News, 03/35, 3 [xerox]
[includes ad. For GD Royal Method for the Accordion]
4.
“Guido Deiro on Tour,”
Accordion News, 07/35 [xerox]
5.
Ad. By Italo-American Accordion
Mfg. Co., Accordion News, 07/35, featuring GD. [xerox].
6.
Same.
7.
“Who Was First?: The Deiro
Brothers Controversy,” Accordion News, 08/35. [xerox]
8.
Accordion News, 09/35,
15-16.
9.
Same, 19-20.
10.
Same, 5-6
11.
Ad. For GD studio, unidentified
and undated source, from Italian-American press, c.1936. [xerox]
12.
“Leading Accordion Players Form
Assn. For Advancement of Instrument,” Tempo, 04/38 [xerox].
13.
Ad. For GD performances at the May
Company Wilshire, Los Angeles Times, 10/19/39.
14.
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15.
“Guido Deiro’s Own Story of
‘Sharpshooters March’,” The Pietro Musicordion, 6/2
(May/June 1948).
16.
“Wizards of the Piano-Accordion
Guido and Pietro Deiro,” Hobbies, Sept. 1954. [xerox]
17.
“Let’s Hear It for Humble
Accordion!” unidentified newspaper, 01/09/90. [xerox]
18.
“Save the City From the Abominable
Accordion,” San Francisco Chronicle, 02/13/90. [xerox]
19.
“Lady of Spain,I Abhor You…:
Should Accordion Players Register with the Authorities?”
Time, 05/28/90. [xerox]
20.
“S.F. Rivals Take Wind Out of
Accordion,” The Sacramento Bee Final, 06/15/90. [xerox]
21.
“The Accordion Gets No Respect,”
Music Trades, July 1990. [xerox]
22.
“Guido’s Revenge,” Esquire,
08/90. [xerox]
23.
“Accordion History,” unidentified
and undated source, [xerox]
24.
“Mayor Puts Squeeze on Accordion,”
unidentified and undated source, [xerox]
25.
Sheet with 8 press clippings, all
from unidentified sources and undated, all concerning GD
(prob. late 1930’s).
26.
Similar ad. to 13., from
unidentified and undated source.
27.
Sheet with 9 press clippings, all
from unidentified sources and undated, all concerning GD
(prob. 1930’s). 10th clipping is a flyer for
concert 02/21/37 Grammar School Auditorium, Grand Ave., San
Francisco featuring GD.
28.
“The Life Story of Guido Deiro and
Pietro Deiro,” typescript, source unknown.
29.
“About Pietro Deiro,” typescript,
source unknown.
30.
Newspaper ad. for Vaudeville
appearance of GD and others, from undated and unidentified
source.
31.
Ad. for GD at State Theatrem
Auburn, The Journal-Republican, 01/12/39
32.
Ad. for Southern California
Musical Fiesta, incl. appearance by GD, Los Angeles Times,
05/27/40.
33.
Photo of GD, Los Angeles Times,
05/28/40.
ENVELOPE 11.
Details of Cassettes 2-8.
ENVELOPE 12.
Supplementary Photos
1.
Photo of accordion band and
onlookers, with GD center, undated.
2.
Photo of Pietro Deiro, signed by
him, and inscribed to GD.
ENVELOPE 13.
Miscellaneous
1.
Envelope from Library of Congress
to GD containing copyright cards for 13 of his compositions.
Certificate from Los Angeles Times to GD
acknowledging his contribution to the First Annual Southern
California Musical Fiesta
