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Blake, Eubie (James Herbert), 1883-1983
Dwyer, Lawrence
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1969 - 1969
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1400
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of one letter and six music manuscripts by James H. "Eubie" Blake.
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John Coltrane Music Manuscript
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Guernsey's New York, New York
Coltrane, John, 1926-1967
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1964
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1 Item (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0903
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The original manuscript for Coltrane's compositionA Love Supreme.
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Fitzgerald, Ella, 1917-1996
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circa 1935-1996
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50 Cubic feet (92 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0584
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Ella Fitzgerald, often called the "First Lady of Song," was one of the 20th century's most important musical performers. The collection reflects her career and personal life through photographs, audio recordings, and manuscript materials.
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Whaley, Thomas L.
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1941-1979
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1.5 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0652
- Repository:
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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.
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Stewart, Rex (William), Jr., 1907-1967 (cornetist)
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circa 1875-1890s, 1924-1988
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2.4 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0424
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Rex Stewart Papers consist of book manuscripts, scrapbooks, photographs, correspondence, genealogical records, newsclippings, periodicals, and ephemera materials that document the life and career of Rex Stewart, as well as the history of jazz from the perspective of one who witnessed first-hand the genre's "golden era". The collection is organ...
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Santamaria, Mongo, 1917-
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1950s-1996
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2 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0893
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection includes music manuscripts, articles and clippings, concert programs, passports, and photographs.
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National Museum of American History. Division of Musical History
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circa 1954-1994
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64.08 cu. ft. (49 record storage boxes) (26 tall document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 485
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of curatorial and staff correspondence and memoranda pertaining to the Tower Concert series, exhibitions at the Hall of Musical Instruments, staff research and publications, organ building, acquisition of musical instruments, and funding for seminars and musical performance recordings. Also included are inquiries ...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Music, Sports, and Entertainment
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1958-2005
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19 cu. ft. (19 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 07-142
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Cynthia Adams Hoover (CAH), Curator Emeritus at the National Museum of American History (NMAH), and document her curatorial activities, professional interests, and publications over the years as Assistant Curator of Musical Instruments, 1961-1963; Associate Curator, 1964-1974; and Curator, 1975-2004. ...
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Graciela, 1915-2010
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1934-2013
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10 Cubic feet (33 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1425
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the personal life and professional career of Graciela Perez-Gutierrez, a well known Afro-Cuban singer. Born in Havana, she performed for over thirty years, first with the all-female Orquesta Anacaona and El Trio Garcia and then with her brother Machito before a solo career.
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Carter, Benny, 1907-2003
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1928-2000
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67.5 Cubic feet (182 boxes, 3 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0757
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The majority of the material in the Benny Carter Collection is dated from the late 1920s through the later half of the 1990s. Donated to the Smithsonian Institution in December, 2000, the bulk of the collection is comprised of original music manuscripts (full scores and parts), band books, and published sheet music from Benny Carter's prolific care...