Frank Scott and Audrey Roseland Scott Papers

Collection

Identifier: Mss 195-Mss 1596.17

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Frank Scott and Audrey Roseland Scott Papers consist primarily of Scott‘s musical arrangements and the documents relating to his career in the music business. The range of materials in the collection is varied, though, as indicated by the arrangement of the papers into the following eight series: Personal; Family; Print Materials; Project and Event; Business, Financial, and Legal; Composition and Arrangement, Ephemera and Audio. The Personal Series (1930s-1995) is arranged chronologically and according to whether the items belonged to Frank, Audrey, or the couple jointly. This series consists mostly of correspondence. The Family Series (1901-1979) is arranged chronologically and consists of documents belonging to or regarding Frank‘s and Audrey‘s families. All are photocopies, with the family retaining the originals. Many of the papers once belonged to Frank Scott, Sr., who was Frank‘s father and a prominent Fargo banker. His financial records are very detailed and probably represent well the material worth and lifestyle of a middle-class Fargo family in the early to middle twentieth century. Also included is information on the history of the Scott and Wilson families, who were Frank Scott‘s paternal and maternal lines. The Nellermoe family history book details the lives and ancestry of a local family. There is additional information on Audrey‘s Remme and Ingberg lines. The Print Materials Series (1940s-1996) is arranged chronologically. It features news clippings that trace the highlights and activities of Frank‘s career. A number of them pertain to Audrey as well, and she is particularly well-represented by the earlier and later articles. The Project and Event Series (1969-1988) is arranged alphabetically. It gives a good indication of the range and type of Frank‘s musical endeavors. Note that he arranged the music for two musicals: Show Goes the Nation and West is the Land. See the Composition and Arrangement Series for the scores of these musicals. The Business, Financial, and Legal Series consists primarily of contracts, earnings and royalty statements, legal and financial records, and engagement and musician records. The contracts are arranged alphabetically and usually pertain to copyright or music engagement agreements. The earnings and royalty statements, also arranged alphabetically, indicate Scott‘s earnings from his compositions and arrangements. The legal and financial records that Scott himself kept are arranged chronologically. They illustrate the earnings and expenditures of Scott the composer, arranger, band leader, and employer. The engagement and musician records detail the kind of schedule Scott and his band kept, the elements involved in his performances, and the musicians he employed. The Composition and Arrangement Series, which is the largest series, is arranged alphabetically except in the case of untitled compositions and the three musicals for which he arranged scores. The songs in Show Goes the Nation, West is the Land, and Prairie Memory are arranged numerically according to the order in which they were performed. Note also that some of the compositions and arrangements listed alphabetically in the Box Listing are located in boxes 17, 18, and 19. These compositions and arrangements are oversized and had to be moved to larger storage boxes. Medleys; music for specific groups, projects or events; and published sheet music are arranged alphabetically as separate entities. Group, project, and event music is further split to explain the extent of Frank‘s involvement. ―Scott Only‖ indicates that the music contained generally was arranged for a group, project, or event in which Frank was not directly involved. Frank‘s arrangements make up the entire ―Scott Only‖ section. ―Mixed‖ indicates that only some of the music contained was composed or arranged by Frank. Jazz for Jesus, for instance, was a group that he arranged for and participated in. He possessed the music he arranged and that which he collected for Jazz for Jesus. The Scrapbook & Album Series (1930-1940s), arranged chronologically, details Audrey‘s life up to early adulthood. The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, photographs documenting Audrey and her interests. The photograph albums are photocopies and contain mainly photographs but also clippings, programs and other memorabilia about her childhood singing and acting career. A highly selective number of prints were copies onto negatives and the copy prints formed part of the Audrey RoselandScott Photograph Collection The Ephemera Series (Mss 1596.17) is separated between Frank and Audrey. A citation for Frank Scott, Sr. is contained in Frank‘s section. Of particular interest is a board game that Frank devised and original drawings by Audrey, some in color. The Audio Series consists of audio tapes and cassettes of various mostly music recordings related to Frank Scott. They include his own arrangements, his big band, other performances both in California and the Fargo-Moorhead area, and likely recordings taken from radio or television. The content listing has been transcribed directly from the tape box or the tape itself. The cassettes have not been digitized, except one related to the Farewell to Festival Hall at NDSU, recorded in 1982. The audio tapes have not been transferred to cassette or digitized.

Dates

1901-1996

Creator

Scott, Frank. (Person)

Access

The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.

Copyrights

Audrey Scott retained a life estate on the copyrights of all musical arrangements and musical scores.

Biography

Frank Scott Biography The youngest of three sons of Frank Roy Scott, Sr. and Alice Wilson Scott, Frank Roy Scott, Jr. was born in Fargo on June 21, 1921. Educated in the Fargo school system, he graduated from Central High School in 1939. He entered the engineering program at North Dakota Agricultural College (NDAC) that fall, but left school in 1940. Music, not engineering, had been Frank‘s calling from the time he was very young. He began taking piano lessons when he was eight years old, and he led a band and composed and arranged his first songs at age 12. He also learned to play the guitar, banjo, ukulele, and harpsichord. When Frank left NDAC, he moved with his new wife, Jeanette Daniels Scott, to Cleveland, Ohio, and joined the orchestra of Paul Simms. While in Ohio Frank and Jeanette had their first child, Douglas. They returned to Fargo in 1944 and he began his twelve-year career as the music director and pianist for WDAY radio. During that period he scored over 2,500 arrangements for WDAY while composing music for community theater groups and conducting local ice shows. Frank and Jeanette had three more children while living in Fargo: Sally, Todd, and Frank Roy Scott, III. In 1956 the family relocated to southern California, where Frank became an arranger and accompanist for the Lawrence Welk Show. He also assisted the production staff and furnished programming ideas. He worked with many stars including Pat Boone, Debbie Reynolds. Glen Campbell, Liberace, Myron Floren, and Norma Zimmer. He arranged thousands of songs and composed his two most famous songs, Apples and Bananas and The Moment of Truth, while with the Welk show. He remained with the show until 1969, when he and Jeanette returned to Fargo. Frank continued to work with music in Fargo, teaching an arranging course at NDSU for a year, organizing a big band, and continuing to arrange music. He also worked for a time as a realtor for the Arneson Company. In the late 1970s Frank and Jeanette moved back to southern California. Jeanette died in 1979. In the 1980s Frank remained active in music and organized an orchestra that included such musicians as Art Depew, Don Shelton, and Arnold Fishkind. He led this orchestra until his death in 1995. At the time of his death he had arranged over 7,000 songs. Audrey Roseland Scott Biography Audrey Remme was born November 8, 1926, to Amos and Solveig Remme of Fargo. She was the first born and had three brothers: Dale, Keith, and John. She spent most of her youth with her grandparents, the Ingbergs, of Fargo. She was educated in the Fargo school system and graduated from Central High School. She earned a bachelor‘s degree in Art from NDAC in 1949. Throughout her education Audrey was involved in entertaining; having began her career as a singer and dancer at age three. In addition to singing and dancing, she played the piano and accordion. She was a member of the ―Early Dance Review,‖ and ―Uncle Ken‘s Kiddie Club‖ on WDAY Radio from age 5 to 12. In 1943 she began working for Frank Scott of WDAY radio and singing with various big bands in the region. During World War II Audrey toured with the WDAY War Bond Tour Group in North Dakota and Minnesota. She appeared in many theater productions and taught modern dance and exercise at NDAC between 1944 and 1949. In 1947 she became Miss Moorhead and placed second in Minnesota‘s state competition. As an adult Audrey continued to utilize her experience in singing, dancing, acting, and modeling. Throughout much of her life she has taught dance, exercise, and make-up techniques in Fargo, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Phoenix, and southern California. She also has two children: David and Darcy. In 1985 Frank Scott, her former supervisor at WDAY, hired her as the vocalist for his orchestra centered in Palm Desert, California. In 1993 they were married. Upon his death she led the orchestra for a time. She continued to reside in Palm Desert, later apparently moving to Marietta, Georgia near her children. Audrey died April 18, 2008.

Extent

15 Linear Feet (12 linear feet)

75 Audio Cassettes (75 7-inch audio tapes)

4 Audio Cassettes (4 10-inch audio tapes)

46 Audio Cassettes (46 audio cassettes)

1 Video Cassettes (1 VHS cassette)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Frank and Audrey Scott were Fargo, North Dakota natives. He arranged and wrote music for television shows including the Lawerence Welk Show, and later had his own band at Palm Desert, California. Audrey Remme Scott was a singer and entertainer. A recent accesion includes all his arrangements for his own band.

Provenance

Donated by Donated by Audrey R. Scott, 1997 (Acc. 2535).

Separation Record

The following non-manuscript items have been removed from the Frank Scott and Audrey Roseland Scott Papers and sent to the location indicated. Phonograph Records (Institute Phonograph Collection)

Seven (7) phonograph records: Lookin' Out My Back Door, Street Corner, Hit and Run Affair, Thank You, Lord, West is the Land, and The Composer's Songbook. Sheet Music and Song Books (Lawrence Welk Collection)

Four (4) pieces of sheet music: Cherry Blossom Lullaby, Laura-Jean, Schatzie, and Strikes and Spares. Three (3) song books: Hits from the Catalogs of the Welk Music Group. Newspapers (Institute Newspaper Collection)

Various issues of WDAY Mike Notes from 1947 to 1962.

Tape # 7 inch Reel-to-Reel Subseries 1 Music by Frank Scott; vocals by Audrey Roseland, Jan. 24, 1990 (digitized July 2011) 2 Highlights from Frank Scott‘s ‗Composer Songbook‘ recorded live in concert at NDSU Festival Hall, n.d. (digitized July 2011) 3 Songs by Don Roseland and Frank Scott, recorded Aug 3, 1981 at Bermuda Dunes, Calif. (unable to digitize July 2011, due to problems with tracks) 4 Lou Kinman, ‗Crepes Suzette‘ 5/11/66 5 Sylvester Blue dubs, 2/16/83 6 Peter Fountain, all arr. By F. Scott, except ‗Blue Fountain‘ 7 Arty Shaw, Glenn Miller 8 Babe Scott Orchestra, 1938-1940 9 Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw 10 Family, 3/15/60 (Also F.S. at ABC trying new echo sound) 11 American Legion Speech contest, 1/27/66, Rory‘s Speech; Rory‘ Practice, 1/31/66; Ronald Reagan kick-off speech, Channel 9, Sept. 9, 1966 12 First Men on Moon, July 16, 1969 thru July 24, 1969, Flight of Apollo 11 13 Misc. – Frank Scott at piano composing; Jeannette off air Welk Show; Maurice Pearson ‗I‘ll be Seeing You;‘ On the Alamo (Pete Fountain); Crazy River (F. Scott); Lady Be Good (w. …….R. Klein, Scott; I‘ll See you in my Dreams, 3/2/59 (Todd, Sally, Doug); Xmas 1958 opening gifts. Side 2 – Something from WDAY (backwards) 14 Within Music Songs, F. Scott, electric piano 15 Recorded Frank Scott arrangements #5 16 New Musical Idea (Jeannette) Le Paz 17 Frank Scott 10-piece orchestra (from rehearsals, Aug, Sept. 1984) 18 Frank Scott 12-piece orchestra, 2/5/1983, Live (EQ‘d) 19 Recorded Frank Scott arrangements #1 & 2 20 Recorded Frank Scott arrangements #3 & 4 21 Movie ‗Love Letters‘ 22 Welk TV vocals 23 Dick‘s visit, 8/24/63. Recorded at 13431 Hewes Ave., Tustin, Calif. Transferred to cassette tape. 24 Whiteman, etc. Bix Beiderbecke, Old 78s 25 ‗Fats‘ Waller, from old 78s 26 Talent Parade, WDAY, Oct. 7, 1955 27 Frank Scott piano, April 1970 (Bad governor on machine, tape has wobble) 28 St. Michaels Festival, June 12, 1966. Bob Havens Dixie Band 29 Todd- Rory-Dad, April 8, 1966 30 New Life Quartet, June 30, 1981 31 Frank Scott electric piano ‗Open My Eyes‘ 6/18/81 & 6/19/81 32 WDAY – Patty Clark Show; Doug & Dad‘ Feb 12/14 ‘44, Frank Scott guitar solos 33 Frank Scott (testimonial banquet given by Merchants Bank on His Retirement), March 1949 34 Frank Scott Orchestra, 10-piece, 3/4/85, 4/6/85, 4/23/85 35 Frank Scott piano album 36 Frank Scott plays harpsichord 37 Frank Scott ‗Indian Lake‘ 38-39 Frank Scott‘s Big Band (2/15/1976, MSU-TV 13) 40 Salute to John Hammond; 2 Christmas 1971 (con‘t) 41 Jeannette‘s favorites 42 Rehearsal & concert (new arr.), Also United Fund song, June 14, 1971 43 Joe Johnson, personal, 4 Star music, Nashville, Tenn.; Master 44 Joe Johnson, personal, 4 Star music, Nashville, Tenn. 45 Apples and Bananas (different renditions); and songs from Frank Scott‘s piano album (Rough dubs) 46 Christmas with Frank and Audrey 47 Talent Parade Veterans Hospital, Fargo, N.D. 12/20/1950 48 Composers Songbook (Highlights) mono 49 The Moment of Truth (different reditions) 50 Concert (copy of Bill Nelson‘s cassette), June 14, 1971 51 Composer‘s Songbook (complete), final edit EQ; 10/20-21 1970 52 Family, October 20, 1958; Frank Scott piano, just tuned (1958), trying it out 53 Frank Scott (piano, voices, rhythm) mono 54 From Paul Ebert, 2/18/71, Oak Ridge, Tenn. 55 All by Nino Oliviero, Doc Severenson Orchestra 56 WDAY (written on reel, no other information) 57 Concert, NDSU, Composer‘s Songbook, Oct. 20-21, 1970. Final edit (needs EQ) #1 58 Composer‘s Songbook, Oct. 20-21, 1970. Final edit (needs EQ) #2 59 Composer‘s Songbook, Oct. 20-21, 1970, Final edit (needs EQ) #3 5 inch Reel-to-Reel Subseries— 60 Babe Scott orchestra (misc.), 1939 61 ‘39 Class Reunion tape, July 1964 62 Jeanette and Babe (edited version) sent to 30th anniversary of Class ‘39, Aug. 7, 1969 63 Big rehearsal orchestra at WDAY, 1953 64 Dick & Babe Scott, July 1972 65 Original songs, Frank Scott) 66 Frank Scott Orchestra Live, 5/17/1980 67 Frank Scott Orchestra, Ten-piece - 4/23/1985; Fourteen piece – 6/10/1985 (from cassette masters) 68 Frank Scott ‗Concerto Moderne‘ 11/5/1950, 1953 childrex 69 Concerto Moderne, by Frank Scott (off of 78; recorded Nov 1950) 70 Moses, Love Letters, misc. 71 Todd, Rory, Dad, Oct. 7, 1966 72 Peter Nero (TV show), 8/16/66 73 Elmer Kunger (not released) 74 Ken Duckett & Debra, 4/7/1980 (Because He Lives, and Just Give Your Life) (no box) 75 Unlabeled tape (no box) 10 inch Reel-to-Reel Subseries— 76 The Music of Frank Scott, vocals by Audrey Roseland. Master. Recorded 1-20-1990 after return from NDSU Homecoming, Oct. 1989. 77 NDSU Homecoming, Oct. 13, 1989. Frank Scott Orchestra, Fargo, N.D., Oct. 1989 (‗Bob Anderson Big Band‘ – written on side) 78 Bob Anderson Big Band (written on side) 79 Done in 1980s (1984-85) possibly when Don Roseland here, done at Rancho Mirage, Calif.) Audio Cassettes Subseries— 80 Frank Scott recording arrangements (1-2) 81 Frank Scott recording arrangements (3-4) 82 Frank Scott recording arrangements (5-6) 83 Frank Scott recording arrangements (7-8) 84 West is the Land excerpts (1951) 85 Frank Scott gives his testimonial Aug. 30, 1982 on Christian Broadcasting Network 86 WDAY Studio Orchestra ―Swing Shop‘ Gal friends, Vocal group 87 Jim Fick‘s Dixie, 1968 88 Frank Scott with Pete Fountain, Lawrence Welk Shows, 1956-1958 89 Frank Scott, Bob Pope, Minneapolis, KBEM, 2/26/96 (copy) 90 F-M Kicks Band, 4/2/1988 91 Broadcast copy, KBEM, Minneapolis, Orv Nellermoe, Bob Pope 92 Myron Floren Orchestra Tape, Let‘s Go Dance Again, Album Sides 1&2, 3&4 (* marks arrangements by Frank Scott) 93 Bismarck Concert, 12/2/1971 (mono) 94 Concert, Dress rehearsal, 10/19/1970 95 Concert, Wednesday, 10/21/1970 96 Babe Scott Bands, 1937-1940 97 Frank Scott Orchestra, 2/15/1976 (Fargo Orchestra) 98 Frank Scott‘s Big Band, 5/17/1980, Live, Stereo 99 Frank Scott ‗Composer‘s Songbook (complete concert) 100 Composer‘s Songbook #1 101 Composer‘s Songbook #2 102 Composer‘s Songbook #3 103 Fargo-Moorhead Symphony, Frank Scott piano, 11/13/1983 104 Fargo-Moorhead Symphony, Frank Scott piano, 10/2/1988 105 NDSU Alumni Party, Frank Scott piano, 5/19/1989 106 NDSU Alumni Party, Frank Scott piano, 5/19/1989 107 Fargo Orchestra, NDSU, 10/13/1989 #1 108 Fargo Orchestra, NDSU, 10/13/1989 #2 109 Frank Scott Arrangements 110 Frank Scott Orchestra, Vocals – Audrey Roseland, 5/15/1990 111 ‗4 Plus 1‘, 9/13/1985 (Master), Frank Scott, piano; Audrey Roseland, vocal 112 Frank Scott, piano, 4/20/1970, 4/26/1970 113 ‗Red Baron‘ 7/16/1990, Frank Scott; Stumpy Brown, Peanuts Hucko, T. Shepard 114 Frank Scott Orchestra, Sunrise Park with Phil Harris, M. Clark, Art Depew, 1987? 115 Audrey Roseland with the Frank Scott small band 116 Jazz at Living Desert, 3/22/1987; Side B, Frank Scott Orchestra with Dick Dale Mahon Clark & Audrey Roseland 117 Roaring 20s highlights, Thunderbird Country Club, 1/25/1986 118 Lake Arrowhead Jazz, 6/12/1988 119 7-Men, Thunderbird Country Club, 12/8/1990 (New Order) 120 Lawrence Welk Easter Show, April 13, 1963 121 Frank Scott Interview for Welk Archives, May 2, 1994 122 Frank Scott Speech for Bankers Luncheon, November 21, 1970 Gardner Hotel, Fargo, & Dec. 9, 1970 123-124 Frank Scott Memorial Service, St. John‘s Lutheran Church, November 28, 1995 (either two copies or two cassettes of taped service) 125 NDSU Festival Hall Last Dance (digitized April 2011 & available online) VHS Tapes: 126 Frank Scott on Lawrence Welk Show, early 1959