Scope and Contents The Thomas A. DeLong Collection consists of research material (clippings, notes, excerpts from books, lists, correspondence) collected from numerous sources and repositories concerning the life and career of bandleader Paul Whiteman. These files were used to research Thomas DeLong's book, Pops: Paul Whiteman, King of Jazz, published in 1983 by New Century Publishers. The collection also includes a scrapbook documenting DeLong's time as a student at Williams College...