The Bing Crosby Collection, which was amassed by Crosby fan Frontis Wiggins, was recently acquired by the University Library System’s Center for American Music, housed at the Stephen Foster Memorial. The Crosby collection, which is largely material held outside of the singer’s family, includes more than 3,000 albums and CDs from recordings made from the 1920s to ‘70s, every Crosby film and television appearance, along with hundreds of books, periodicals, newspaper clippings and publications from global Bing Crosby fan clubs. The main Crosby collection is located at the singer’s alma mater, Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash. Crosby’s childhood home in Spokane, which also is owned by Gonzaga, serves as a museum to the star.
