{"value"=>"<p>This series dates from 1896 to 2003 and details each stage of Jarvis's career as a performer, as well as her work in music production and publishing. The personal papers sub-series contains her writings about jazz, journals, and family-related research and correspondence. Outlines and draft chapters of Jarvis's 1998 memoir are included. These chapters detail Jarvis's early interest in playing music, and recount the tragic details of her parents' death. An abstract of Jarvis's oral history interview with the Smithsonian's Jazz Oral History program provides insight into her impressions on being a working musician, working woman, and one of few female musicians in her genre.</p> <p>The Muzak sub-series includes employment-related files and office memos from Jarvis during her time as an executive at the company. These memos, as well as her more formal publications for Muzak, detail the technical theories behind composing and programming for Muzak.</p> <p>The songwriting sub-series contains drafts, revisions, and notes about lyrics that Jarvis composed to accompany her music. Her correspondence with amateur composers, and suggestions for their work, are included here. The sub-series also contains draft scripts of two of Jarvis's musical theatre works, with comments and revisions from co-composer Michael Suchomel.</p> <p>Performance files cover Jarvis's shows and tours from her early 20s to her appearances with the Statesmen of Jazz. Her regular engagements in New York City, festival appearances, and tours are documented through notes, contracts, set lists, and programs. This sub-series also includes notebooks from Jarvis's tenure with the New York Mets, which list her game song selections, organized by game date. These notes often list song title, composer or publisher, and the time during the game at which they were played.</p> <p>Recording and publishing files document her work as a recording artist, record producer for Muzak, and music publisher. Copyright applications and songwriter contracts list Jarvis's song titles, co-composers, and publishing company. The sub-series also contains copyright applications and contracts for other artists and Muzak titles that were published through Jarvis's Goldcast Music Publishing. In addition to Goldcast, files from Jarvis's Heavenly Music Company, through which she published her work in the 1960s, and Sportsmusic, for her baseball-related compositions with Frank Hunter, are also included. These records highlight the financial and legal aspects of the recording and publishing industry, which Jarvis handled for herself, Muzak recordings, and other jazz musicians.</p> <p>Clippings in this series are arranged by subject and cover her work as a baseball organist, tenure with Muzak, solo and small group performances, and tours with the Statesmen of Jazz. The clippings include announcements for her shows, interviews with Jarvis, reviews of her jazz performances and recordings, and ephemera. The earliest clipping in the sub-series announces her radio debut at the age of 12.</p>"}