Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program Collection
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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Dept. of Public Programs
Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund
Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation
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1992-2014
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39 Cubic feet (56 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0808
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Audiotapes, CDs and digital files: an ongoing project to interview and preserve the memories of people important in the jazz world, including jazz musicians, singers, dancers, producers, arrangers, and others. A list of interviewees and interviewers follows. The following is a list of the individuals who conducted the interviews. 1. Brown, Anthon...
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Herman, Woody, 1913-1987
Siefert, Jack William, 1918-
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1913-1990
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16 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0659
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sound recordings, business records, photographs, correspondence, and concert posters documenting the career of Woodrow Charles "Woody" Herman.
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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
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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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Schiedt, Duncan P., 1921-2014
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1900-2012, undated
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65 Cubic feet (124 boxes)
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- NMAH.AC.1323
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Duncan Schiedt (1921-2014) was a jazz scholar, writer, photographer, film maker, researcher and pianist. He authored four books relating to jazz history. Many of his photographs and articles were featured in magazines, periodicals and documentaries. Schiedt also collected the work of other photographers on the subject of jazz. The collection primarily consists of photographs created by or collected by Mr. Schiedt.