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Charles Mingus Collection, 1939-1979

Title: Charles Mingus Collection 1939-1979

This is the collected archive of world renowned African American jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus. The Charles Mingus Collection includes music (manuscript and printed of Mingus and others), writings by and about Mingus by Mingus and others, business papers, printed matter (such as articles and clippings, books and pamphlets, organizations and affiliations, programs, and promotional material), iconography (photographs of Mingus, his family, and colleagues such as Eric Dolphy, Dannie Richmond, Max Roach, Oscar Pettiford, and Miles Davis, artwork, and three dimensional items), personal material, and sound recordings.

ArchivalResource: circa 15,000 items; 84 boxes; 13 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu004009 View

Leo Reisman collection of sound recordings [sound recording], 1932-1948

Title: Leo Reisman collection of sound recordings [sound recording] 1932-1948

The Leo Reisman collection contains primarily private acetate disc recordings of Reisman's radio performances of the 1930's, as well as Reisman's personal collection of commercial 78 rpm discs. Included among the noncommercial recordings are extensive holdings of his Philip Morris Show and Schaefer's nine o'clock revue appearances. Less complete holdings for Lucky Strike's your hit parade are also included. The commercial disc collection is comprised mostly of Reisman's commercially released recordings, as well as a small number of other artists' recordings. All commercial discs have been assimilated into the general holdings of the archive, and can be located in the NYPL catalog.

ArchivalResource:

http://archives.nypl.org/rha/20451 View

Duke Ellington recordings collection

Title: Duke Ellington recordings collection

Recordings of Duke Ellington, American pianist, band leader, andcomposer, collected by Joseph Jeffers Dodge, jazz aficionado, artist, museum director, andHarvard University Class of 1940.

ArchivalResource: Sound recordings (33 linear feet) and accompanying materials (1 box).

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/mus00006/catalog View

Milnes, Harriett. Duke Ellington oral history, 1939-1987 (inclusive).

Title: Duke Ellington oral history, 1939-1987 (inclusive).

The Duke Ellington Oral History is comprised of ninety-two interviews with and about Ellington, one of America's greatest composers. Included among the interviewees are musicians, family members, friends, and colleagues. A series on Billy Strayhorn, Ellington's longtime close collaborator, is also included.

ArchivalResource: 6 linear ft.

https://orbis.library.yale.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=5991235 View

Johnny Green additional papers, 1923-1989.

Title: Johnny Green additional papers, 1923-1989.

Scores and papers of Americanconductor, arranger, and composer Johnny Green.

ArchivalResource: 104 containers (111 linearft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou02074/catalog View

Silent film music collection, ca. 1884-1931

Title: Silent film music collection ca. 1884-1931

This collection contains music intended to accompany silent films.

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http://archives.nypl.org/mus/20164 View