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Milt Gabler Papers

Creators:: Armstrong, Lucille
Bechet, Sidney, 1897-1959
Armstrong, Louis, 1900-1971
Condon, Eddie, 1905-1973
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Dates:: 1895-2001
Size:: 25 Cubic feet (75 boxes )
Collection ID:: NMAH.AC.0849
Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The collection documents Gabler's involvement in the recording industry and the evolution of Commodore Records. The documentation begins with the Commodore Radio Shop through its evolution to Commodore Music Shop. The collection also includes the beginnings of the Commodore record label and information detailing Gabler's 30 years as staff producer and later Vice-President in Charge of Artists and Repertoire at Decca Records (1941-1974). There is a small collection of black and white photographs chronicling the early years at the Commodore Music Shop, as well as jam sessions, often held at Jimmy Ryan's on 52nd Street. The collection also includes a vast array of audio recordings (mainly audiodiscs).

Maria von Matthiessen Photoprints

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Creators:: Acevedo, Edwin
Acevedo, Gilbert
Von Matthiessen, Maria
Dates:: circa 1990-1998
Size:: 2 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
paper,,Silver gelatin on,matted.
Collection ID:: NMAH.AC.0622
Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Photographic prints depicting Country and Western musicians. Many of the photographs are humorous, whimsical, or even surrealistic.

Tom Whaley Collection

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Creators:: Whaley, Thomas L.
Dates:: 1941-1979
Size:: 1.5 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
Collection ID:: NMAH.AC.0652
Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Papers documenting Whaley's association with Duke Ellington and his career as a copyist, pianist, composer and arranger. The collection includes letters, photographs, music manuscripts, business records, writings, and printed materials including magazine and newspapers articles, concert programs, and catalogs.

Navroze Contractor Photographs

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Creators:: Contractor, Navroze
Dates:: 1978-1995
Size:: 0.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
Collection ID:: NMAH.AC.0569
Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Black-and-white photographic prints depicting jazz musician Eddie Moore and musicians who played in tribute to Moore that include Billy Bang, Cecil Bridgewater, Calvin Hill, Keith Jarrett, Jimmy Knepper, Albert Mangelsdorf, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, Woody Shaw, and Michael White. Many of the photographs were taken at San Francisco's Keystone Korner, a popular jazz venue in the United States during the 1970s and early 1980s.

Joel Dorn Papers

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Creators:: Dorn, Joel, 1942-2007
Dates:: 1966-1987
Size:: 8 Cubic feet (17 boxes)
Collection ID:: NMAH.AC.0536
Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Recording session logs, correspondence, newsclippings, photographs, and accounting sheets and ledger documenting Dorn's career as a producer for Atlantic Records.

International Sweethearts of Rhythm Collection

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Creators:: Cron, Rosalind
International Sweethearts of Rhythm
Piney Woods School
Moon, Dixie Hardy
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Dates:: 1933-2010
bulk 1939-1946
Size:: 1 Cubic foot (4 boxes)
Collection ID:: NMAH.AC.1218
Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The International Sweethearts of Rhythm Collection focuses on the all-female, racially and ethnically diverse big band group that started in 1937 and disbanded in 1949. The collection contains news clippings, photographs, correspondence, ephemera from USO travels, and newsletters. Also included are books related to the group, as well as a tribute CD and a 33 rpm vinyl sound recording.