The Abbey Lincoln Collection 1949-2008

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The Abbey Lincoln Collection 1949-2008

http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/ead/ijs/lincolnf.html

The Abbey Lincoln Collection contains a range of materials collected by Ms. Lincoln herself over the course of her life including scores, photographs, collected writings, business and personal files. All of these evidence her personal and professional endeavors as well as her continuous evolution as an artist.

83 boxes (50 linear feet);

eng,

Rutgers University Libraries. Institute of Jazz Studies

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SNAC Resource ID: 6630172

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Lincoln, Abbey

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Abbey Lincoln was born Anne Marie Wooldridge on August 6, 1930 in Chicago. The tenth of twelve children, she grew up on a farm outside of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Her professional career began immediately after high school. Traveling west to Los Angeles, she found work right away on the supper club circuit where she began her transformation into glamour girl and sexy chanteuse, which culminated in her role at Moulin Rouge. There, she was given the name Gaby Lee. Soon after, lyricist Bob...