Miles Davis Music Manuscript
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Miles Davis Properties.
Davis, Miles
Evans, Gil, 1912-1988
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1959.
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0920
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Manuscript for "Summertime", recorded by Davis and GIl Evans in 1959.
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Leonard, Herman, 1923-2010
Musical History, Division of (NMAH, SI)
- Dates:
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1948-1993
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5.6 Cubic feet (10 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0445
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of 110 black-and-white photographic prints depicting musicians performing at various American and European jazz clubs between 1948 and 1991. The collection contains mounted and unmounted 11" x 14" and 16" x 20" prints made by Leonard. Artists represented among these photographs are Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gi...
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Cuscuna, Michael
Wolff, Francis, 1907?-1971
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1953-1966
1953-1966
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0.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1238
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of photographic prints from negatives by the eminent jazz photographer Francis Wolff, depicting such greats as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, and other important artists.
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Claxton, William
- Dates:
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1955-1960.
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1 Cubic foot (28 items)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0695
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographs consist of 16 x 20 inch silver gelatin; selenium-toned archival photographic prints of jazz musicians performing and recording music throughout the United States.
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Basie, Count, 1904-
Smith, Ernie
Webster, Ben
Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971
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1894-1979
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30 Cubic feet (352 film reels , 16 mm)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0491
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
More than 300 reels of 16mm black and white and color film, silent and sound, fiction and documentary motion picture film documenting jazz and related musical performances, social and popular dance styles and performances, jazz musicians, performance locales, and documentation of African-American popular culture. A list of featured performers in the collection is shown below. The films are frequently compilations produced by Smith for lectures.
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Myers, Stephanie
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1984-1987
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0.6 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0887
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This is a collection of 20 eight by ten inch black and white photographs taken by Stephanie Myers at Le Grande Parade du Jazz, a jazz festival held in Nice, France.
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Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909
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1880-1908
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320 Items (on 3 partial microfilm reels)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.remifrep
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Correspondence, printed material, and writings.
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Davis, Watson, 1896-1967
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1921-1972
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3.01 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 13-197
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Watson Davis was Editor and later Director of Science Service. These papers consist of correspondence, transcripts of addresses by Davis, notes, miscellaneous press releases and publications, photographs, and other materials relating to Davis' personal life and career at Science Service.
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Sun Ra
Gaskin, Leonard, 1920-
Taylor, Billy
Stokes, W. Royal, Dr., 1930-
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1970-2003
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9.65 Cubic feet (12 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0766
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Publicity photographs of musicians and entertainers, mostly jazz musicians, such as Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and Dizzy Gillespie, but including many rock and even a few classical performers. The collection also contains tape recorded radio interviews conducted between 1970 and 2003. In addition there are posters relating to musical performances.
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Medical Sciences, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Parke, Davis Company
- Dates:
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1867-1971
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300 Cubic feet (389 boxes, 42 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0001
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Parke-Davis and Company, one of the most important and oldest pharmaceutical firms in America.