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| | Bunny Berigan Collection |
 | | Norm Krusinski described himself as “Bunny’s Number One Fan.” Upon his death in 2002, his vast Bunny Berigan Collection was donated to the Mills Music Library by his children, Todd Krusinski and Norma Dobrochowski. |
 | | Covering the period from about 1930 to 2000, the collection includes Berigan 78rpm and LP recordings, autographed photos, newspaper clippings, letters, jazz-related books, films, autographs, magazine articles, sheet music, and recordings of other jazz performers such as Bix Beiderbecke, Bobby Hackett and Jack Teagarden. |
 | | Bunny Berigan (1908-1942), the well known jazz trumpeter who came to prominence in the 1930s, was born in Wisconsin. |
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