Floyd Levin Jazz Reference Collection

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Floyd Levin Jazz Reference Collection

1880 - 2010

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Floyd Levin was a Los Angeles textile manufacturer who turned his passion for jazz into a second career as an influential jazz journalist and historian. The collection consists of research materials including biographical files. In addition, there are numerous photographs that were taken and collected by Levin.

42.5 Cubic feet (110 boxes, 12 oversize folders)

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 11663450

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center

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