LibGuides: Bing Crosby House: Home

Original Manuscripts:
Materials such as some correspondence by Crosby, his family; friends and contemporaries such as Bob Hope, Al Rinker, Rosemary Clooney, and Frank Sinatra. Also includes materials relating to the Bing Crosby Historical Society.

A few collections have been processed.  Click on the titles to see the  inventory.

Photographs:
Bing, his family, friends, and contemporaries, and places associated with him: such as his boyhood home in Tacoma.

Books and other Secondary Material:
Books in various editions by Crosby; and other books either about him, his family, friends, and contemporaries. Also, includes books owned by him.

Newsclippings about Crosby and his family, sheet music, Bing Crosby Pro-Am Golf Programs, scrapbooks about Crosby created by his fans.

The Library receives gift subscriptions of periodicals donated by the various Bing Crosby fan clubs, such as Club Crosby and the International Crosby Circle.

Research Material:
Materials gathered by scholars and fans about him. This includes correspondence, research notes and  manuscripts

Realia:
Includes three dimensional objects such as: ice cream cartons, coloring books, buttons,  clothing, etc.

The holdings for the book collection is available on the on-line catalog.

Bing Crosby Fan Club Periodicals The Bing Crosby Fan Club Periodicals lists the holdings of various periodicals of Crosby fan clubs from throughout the world.