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Earl Newman Collection of Monterey Jazz Festival Posters

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Donor:
Newman, Earl  Search this
Names:
Monterey Jazz Festival  Search this
Extent:
0.6 Cubic feet (12 oversize folders)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Posters
Screen prints
Date:
1963-2009, undated
Summary:
Collection contains sixty-two posters commemorating the Monterey Jazz Festival created and signed by Earl Newman.
Scope and Contents:
Collection consists of a set of sixty-two posters created by Earl Newman to publicize the Monterey Jazz Festival. The prints are numbered and signed by Mr. Newman and feature Ray Charles, BB King, Etta James, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and others. They are arranged in chronological order. Folders one through eleven contain the prints. Advertising and the cloth-covered portfolio to hold the poster collection are in folder twelve.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged into one series.
Related Materials:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History Duke Ellington Collection, NMAH.AC.0301 William H. Quealy Collection of Duke Ellington Recordings, NMAH.AC.0296 Duke Ellington Oral History Project, NMAH.AC.0368 Billy Strayhorn Ephemera Collection, NMAH.AC.0383 Collection of Duke Ellington Ephemera and Related Audio-visual Materials, NMAH.AC.0386 Robert Udkoff Collection of Duke Ellington Ephemera, NMAH.AC.0388 Frank Driggs Collection of Duke Ellington Photographic Reference Prints, NMAH.AC.0389 New York Chapter of the Duke Ellington Society Collection, NMAH.AC.O390 Felix Grant Collection, NMAH.AC.0410 Carter Harman Collection of Interviews with Duke Ellington, NMAH.AC.0422 Archives Center Collection of Music Transcriptions of Duke Ellington Compositions, Carter Harman NMAH.AC.0430 Jazz Oral History Collection about Duke Ellington, NMAH.AC.0431 Herman Leonard Photoprints, NMAH.AC.0445 Don Brown Collection of Duke Ellington Recordings, NMAH.AC.0472 Betty McGettigan Collection of Duke Ellington Memorabilia, NMAH.AC.0494 Dr. Theodore Shell Collection of Duke Ellington Ephemera, NMAH.AC.0502 Jay McCarter Phonograph Record Collection, NMAH.AC.0541 Tom Whaley Collection, NMAH.AC.0652 William Claxton Photographs, NMAH.AC.0695 Edward and Gaye Ellington Collection of Duke Ellington Materials, NMAH.AC.0704 Andrew Homzy Collection of Duke Ellington Stock Arrangements, NMAH.AC.0740 Benny Carter Collection, NMAH.AC.0757 John Gensel Collection of Duke Ellington Materials, NMAH.AC.0763 W. Royal Stokes Collection of Music Publicity Photoprints, Interviews and Posters, NMAH.AC.0766 Milt Gabler Papers, NMAH.AC.0849 Paquito D'Rivera Music Manuscripts and Photograph, NMAH.AC.0891 Charismic Productions Records of Dizzy Gillespie, NMAH.AC.0979 Floyd Levin Jazz Reference Collection, NMAH.AC.1222 Al Celley Collection of Duke Ellington Materials, NMAH.AC.1240 James Moody Papers, NMAH.AC.1405
Provenance:
The collection was donated to the Archives Center by Earl Newman, 1992 and 2010.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Jazz musicians -- United States  Search this
Art and music  Search this
Jazz  Search this
Music -- 20th century  Search this
Genre/Form:
Posters -- 1950-2000
Screen prints
Citation:
Earl Newman Collection of Monterey Jazz Festival Posters, 1963-2009, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.1207
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Earl Newman Collection of Monterey Jazz Festival Posters
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8dba909ce-d8c9-46da-a5ab-0acb5170074a
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1207