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"A Glimmer of their own beauty": Black sounds of the twenties

Title:
Black sounds of the twenties
Author:
National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)  Search this
Physical description:
[32] p. : ill. ; 31 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Date:
1971
Topic:
African American musicians  Search this
Jazz  Search this
Call number:
ML141.W3 N3X
ML141.W3N3X
ML3561.J3N27
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_37078

"What'd I say?" : the Atlantic story : 50 years of music / Ahmet Ertegun with Greil Marcus ... [et al. ; compiled and edited by C. Perry Richardson]

Author:
Ertegun, Ahmet M  Search this
Richardson, Perry  Search this
Subject:
Ertegun, Ahmet M  Search this
Atlantic Recording Corporation  Search this
Physical description:
565 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 37 cm
Type:
Biography
Pictorial works
Place:
United States
Date:
2001
Topic:
Sound recording industry  Search this
Popular music--History and criticism  Search this
Singers  Search this
Rock musicians  Search this
Jazz musicians  Search this
African American musicians  Search this
Call number:
ML427.A85 W43 2001
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_630814

370th Infantry Band [ca. 1930 : cellulose acetate photonegative, banquet camera format]

Photographer:
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Names:
United States.. Army.Infantry Regiment, 370th  Search this
Subseries Creator:
Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994  Search this
Custom Craft  Search this
Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964  Search this
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet., [10" x 20"].)
Container:
Box 2, Folder 7
Culture:
African Americans -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Banquet camera photographs
Panoramas
Place:
Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans -- 1930-1950
Washington (D.C.) -- 1930-1950 -- Photographs
Date:
1930
[ca. 1930]
Scope and Contents:
Scan Number: AC061.004.0001247.tif
Posed group of men in military greatcoats and tin helmets holding musical instruments. Group is standing in front of a wooden building. Other soldiers are standing behind and looking out of windows in the building. Negative has been cut at edge in form of image. Caption in ink on negative. No edge imprint.
Subseries Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.

Series 8: Business Records, Subseries 8.1: Studio Session Registers are restricted. Digital copies available for research. See repository for details.

Gloves must be worn when handling unprotected photographs and negatives. Special arrangements required to view negatives due to cold storage. Using negatives requires a three hour waiting period. Contact the Archives Center at 202-633-3270.
Subseries Rights:
When the Museum purchased the collection from the Estate of Robert S. Scurlock, it obtained all rights, including copyright. The earliest photographs in the collection are in the public domain because their term of copyright has expired. The Archives Center will control copyright and the use of the collection for reproduction purposes, which will be handled in accordance with its standard reproduction policy guidelines. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
African American military personnel  Search this
African American musicians  Search this
Portraits, Group -- African Americans -- 1930-1940  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- 1930-1940 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film
Banquet camera photographs -- 1930-1940
Panoramas
Subseries Citation:
Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Institution
See more items in:
Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.12: Banquet Negatives
Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.12: Banquet Negatives / 4.12: Banquet Negatives
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8f6e816ce-acfd-40d3-8b0f-d05215fa8d9f
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0618-s04-12-ref58

History of Jazz with Willis Conover

Created by:
Unidentified  Search this
Subject of:
Willis Clark Conover Jr., American, 1920 - 1996  Search this
Eureka Brass Band, American, founded ca. 1920  Search this
Buddy Bolden, American, 1877 - 1931  Search this
Owned by:
Ernie Smith, American, ca. 1925 - 2004  Search this
Medium:
acetate film
Dimensions:
Duration (digital file): 00:14:39
Physical extent (film): 500 ft
Type:
sound films
black-and-white films (visual works)
16mm (photographic film size)
Place depicted:
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Date:
mid 20th century
Topic:
African American  Search this
Film  Search this
Jazz (Music)  Search this
Musicians  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Anonymous Gift in memory of Ernest (Ernie) R. Smith, Jazz Historian
Object number:
2015.275.10.1a
See more items in:
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Media Arts-Film and Video
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57a007d44-a173-4b54-bd46-34fed497c4e2
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2015.275.10.1a

The Way of Life of the Northern Negro: Untitled

Title:
Photograph of two musicians, 1:40 A.M.
Photograph by:
Wayne F. Miller, American, 1918 - 2013  Search this
Subject of:
Unidentified Man or Men  Search this
Medium:
photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
Dimensions:
H x W (Image and Sheet): 13 1/4 x 10 3/8 in. (33.7 x 26.4 cm)
Type:
gelatin silver prints
portraits
Place depicted:
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1946-1948
Topic:
African American  Search this
Jazz (Music)  Search this
Musicians  Search this
Photography  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
2009.24.14
Restrictions & Rights:
© Magnum Photos
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
See more items in:
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Portfolio/Series:
The Way of Life of the Northern Negro
Classification:
Media Arts-Photography
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c29e85d7-8f6e-4454-8531-86f9e1831bad
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2009.24.14
Online Media:

A program critique card for Oscar Peterson, 1962 and 1963. [black type on originally white card]

Collector:
Schiffman, Frank, ?-1972  Search this
Collection Collector:
Schiffman, Frank, ?-1972  Search this
Collection Donor:
Schiffman, Jack  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (5" x 8".)
Culture:
African Americans  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Scope and Contents:
Critiques are dated 8/24/62 and 9/6/63.
Arrangement:
Box No.6.
Local Numbers:
AC0540-0000091.tif (AC Scan No.)
Exhibitions Note:
Included in Archives Center Jazz Appreciation Month display, April 1-May 31, 2010, "Jazz at the Philharmonic--Bringing Jazz to the World," curated by Wendy Shay.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. The scrapbooks in Series 5 are in extremely fragile condition. They cannot be made available for use until they are preserved.
Collection 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  Search this
African American musicians  Search this
Collection Citation:
Frank Schiffman Apollo Theatre Collection, 1935-1973, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
See more items in:
Frank Schiffman Apollo Theater Collection
Frank Schiffman Apollo Theater Collection / Series 2: Business and Financial Records / Booking cards (Mc-Z)
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0540-ref609

A pure kind of cool

Author:
Barrett, Lindsay 1941-  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Lateef, Yusef  Search this
Type:
Articles
Date:
1996
Topic:
African American musicians  Search this
Call number:
DT491 .W516
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_514356

African-American good news (gospel) music / by Sherry Sherrod DuPree and Herbert C. DuPree

Author:
DuPree, Sherry Sherrod 1946-  Search this
DuPree, Herbert C (Herbert Clarence)  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 156 p. : ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Biography
Date:
1993
C1993
Topic:
Gospel music--Bio-bibliography  Search this
Gospel music--Discography  Search this
African American musicians  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_508138

Albert A. Smith's plantation melodies : the American South as musical heartland

Author:
Weintraub, Laural  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Smith, Albert A (Albert Alexander) 1896-1940  Search this
Type:
Articles
Date:
2003
Topic:
African American musicians in art  Search this
Call number:
NX164.N4 B5X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_756241

American regions and African American music

Creator:
Smithsonian Insider  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
Blog posts
Published Date:
Wed, 19 Jul 2017 15:00:02 +0000
Topic:
Science  Search this
See more posts:
Smithsonian Insider
Data Source:
Smithsonian Insider
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:posts_20f754748b18db37be064ab7985464f8

An autobiography of Black jazz / Dempsey J. Travis ; introduction by Studs Terkel

Author:
Travis, Dempsey 1920-  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 543 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Illinois
Chicago
Date:
1983
C1983
Topic:
Jazz--History and criticism  Search this
African Americans--Music--History and criticism  Search this
Jazz musicians  Search this
African American musicians  Search this
Call number:
ML3508.T7 1983X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_268261

Andrew White Oboyist [sic] at H[oward] U[niversity] with Mr. Fax, March 1963 [cellulose acetate photonegative]

Photographer:
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Creator:
Eastman Kodak Company (film manufacturer)  Search this
Names:
Howard University. School of Music  Search this
Fax, Mark Oakland, 1911-1974  Search this
White, Andrew, 1942-  Search this
Subseries Creator:
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994  Search this
Custom Craft  Search this
Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964  Search this
Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet., [4" x 5"].)
Container:
Box 109
Culture:
African Americans -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans
Washington (D.C.) -- 1960-1970 -- Photographs
Date:
March 1963
Scope and Contents:
Mark Fax seated at a piano with a pencil in his hand touching a book of handwritten music. Andrew White stands beside him holding his oboe. No ink on negative. Ink on envelope: caption and "12 glossy". "KODAK - SAFETY -- FILM" edge imprint. Retouching on hands and faces with New Coccine.
Subseries Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.

Gloves must be worn when handling unprotected photographs and negatives. Special arrangements required to view negatives due to cold storage. Using negatives requires a three hour waiting period. Contact the Archives Center at 202-633-3270.
Subseries Rights:
When the Museum purchased the collection from the Estate of Robert S. Scurlock, it obtained all rights, including copyright. The earliest photographs in the collection are in the public domain because their term of copyright has expired. The Archives Center will control copyright and the use of the collection for reproduction purposes, which will be handled in accordance with its standard reproduction policy guidelines. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
African American music teachers  Search this
African American musicians  Search this
Piano  Search this
Oboe  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- 1960-1970 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film
Subseries Citation:
Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Institution
See more items in:
Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.1: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin Negatives
Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.1: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin Negatives / 4.1: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin negatives
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8c551d0f4-f8fb-44d4-b1a2-cbdc813c3e74
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0618-s04-01-ref3441
Online Media:

Ann Hobson Pilot [videorecording] : a musical journey / Museum of Afro-American History

Author:
Still, William Grant 1895-1978 Ennanga  Search this
Dangel, Susan  Search this
LeCain, Larry  Search this
Bartlett, Richard  Search this
Pilot, Ann Hobson 1943-  Search this
Museum of Afro-American History (Boston, Mass.)  Search this
Subject:
Pilot, Ann Hobson 1943-  Search this
Physical description:
1 videocassette (26 min., 52 sec.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
Type:
Videorecordings
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
1998
C1998
Topic:
Harp with orchestra  Search this
Music--African influences  Search this
African American musicians  Search this
Call number:
video 000475
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_710976

Announcement for Deep Deuce Jazz Festival, undated, ca. 1980's. Black ink on red paper

Creator:
Williams, Claude, 1908-2004  Search this
Collection Creator:
Williams, Claude, 1908-2004  Search this
Fouse-Williams, Blanche Y.  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Ink on paper., SIZE)
Culture:
African Americans  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Scope and Contents:
Event took place ca. 1980's.
Local Numbers:
AC0909-0000022.tif (AC Scan No.)
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research use.

Physical Access: Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with gloves. Researchers must use reference copies of audio-visual materials. When no reference copy exists, the Archives Center staff will produce reference copies on an "as needed" basis, as resources allow.

Technical Access: Do not use original materials when available on reference audio tapes.
Collection 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:
African American musicians  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- 20th century -- Photoprints
Collection Citation:
Claude Williams Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
See more items in:
Claude Williams Papers
Claude Williams Papers / Series 4: Events / 2001 October-2002 August
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8b2daf80f-586b-4919-a097-2ac4da72f02c
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0909-ref666

Apollo : the theater where dreams come true / by Clayton Riley

Author:
Riley, Clayton  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Apollo Theater (New York, N.Y. : 125th Street)  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
New York (State)
New York
Date:
1976
Topic:
African American musicians  Search this
Call number:
AP2 .T674
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1018482

Arrival in Tokyo, Japan for Jazz at the Philharmonic tour, 1953. In the rear seat of the car, Benny Carter and Charlie Shavers. In the front middle seat, Ray Brown. [Black-and-white photoprint.]

Collector:
Carter, Benny, 1907-2003  Search this
Names:
Brown, Ray, (jazz musician) (Raymond Mathews)  Search this
Carter, Benny, 1907-2003  Search this
Shavers, Charlie  Search this
Collection Creator:
Carter, Benny, 1907-2003  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (unmounted, Silver gelatin on paper., 7" x 8-3/4")
Container:
Box 122
Culture:
African Americans  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
Japan
Scope and Contents:
High view into convertible car, showing occupants and surrounding crowd.
Local Numbers:
AC0757-0000006.tif (AC Scan No.)
Exhibitions Note:
Included in Archives Center Jazz Appreciation Month display, April 1-May 31, 2010, "Jazz at the Philharmonic--Bringing Jazz to the World," curated by Wendy Shay.
Restrictions:
Unrestricted research access on site by appointment. Gloves required with unprotected photographs.
Collection Rights:
Reproduction restricted due to copyright.
Topic:
Automobiles, Convertible  Search this
Automobiles -- 1950-1960  Search this
Crowds -- Japan  Search this
Jazz musicians  Search this
African American musicians  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- 1950-1960 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin
Collection Citation:
Benny Carter Collection, 1928-2000, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
See more items in:
Benny Carter Collection
Benny Carter Collection / Series 3: Photographs / Photobook 1950-1970 (pgs. 32-47)
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8c11053a2-891d-4559-bd22-786ebc124301
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0757-ref5167

Art of jazz : form/performance/notes / curators, David Bindman, Suzanne Preston Blier, Vera Ingrid Grant ; organized by Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African & African American Art, Harvard Art Museums

Title:
Form/performance/notes
Curator:
Bindman, David 1940-  Search this
Blier, Suzanne Preston  Search this
Grant, Vera Ingrid  Search this
Host institution:
Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African & African American Art  Search this
Harvard Art Museums  Search this
Physical description:
175 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
History
Place:
United States
Date:
2017
20th century
Topic:
Jazz  Search this
Jazz in art  Search this
Jazz musicians in art  Search this
African American musicians in art  Search this
African American jazz musicians  Search this
Art and music--History  Search this
Art, Modern--Themes, motives  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1084091

As serious as your life : the story of the new jazz / by Valerie Wilmer ; photographs by the author

Author:
Wilmer, Valerie  Search this
Physical description:
296 p., [16] p. of plates : ports. ; 20 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1987
Topic:
Jazz--History and criticism  Search this
Jazz musicians  Search this
African American musicians  Search this
Call number:
ML3508 .W74 1987
ML3508.W74 1987
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_363431

Avon Stewart, H.U. Music Student, with Dean Lawson and Mrs. Grant, April 1963 [cellulose acetate photonegative]

Photographer:
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Creator:
Eastman Kodak Company (film manufacturer)  Search this
Names:
Grant, Mrs.  Search this
Lawson, Warner, 1903-1971  Search this
Stewart, Avon  Search this
Subseries Creator:
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994  Search this
Custom Craft  Search this
Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964  Search this
Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet., 4" x 5".)
Container:
Box 109
Culture:
African Americans -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Retouching
New coccine (or crocein scarlet) dye
Place:
Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans
Washington (D.C.) -- 1960-1970 -- Photographs
Date:
April 1963
Scope and Contents:
Woman seated at a piano. Two men stand beside the piano. No ink on negative. Ink on envelope: caption and "8 - 8x10 Glossy". "KODAK - SAFETY -- FILM" edge imprint. Retouching on face with New Coccine. No Scurlock number.
Subseries Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.

Gloves must be worn when handling unprotected photographs and negatives. Special arrangements required to view negatives due to cold storage. Using negatives requires a three hour waiting period. Contact the Archives Center at 202-633-3270.
Subseries Rights:
When the Museum purchased the collection from the Estate of Robert S. Scurlock, it obtained all rights, including copyright. The earliest photographs in the collection are in the public domain because their term of copyright has expired. The Archives Center will control copyright and the use of the collection for reproduction purposes, which will be handled in accordance with its standard reproduction policy guidelines. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
African American college students -- 1960-1970.  Search this
African American college teachers  Search this
African American musicians  Search this
African American music teachers  Search this
Piano  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- 1960-1970 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film
Retouching -- Dye
New Coccine (or Crocein Scarlet) dye
Subseries Citation:
Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Institution
See more items in:
Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.1: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin Negatives
Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.1: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin Negatives / 4.1: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin negatives
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8e21ce692-21ad-48c8-a0d4-6f53231a43da
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0618-s04-01-ref3473
Online Media:

Backbeat : Earl Palmer's story / Tony Scherman

Author:
Scherman, Tony  Search this
Subject:
Palmer, Earl  Search this
Physical description:
xviii, 196 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
1999
C1999
Topic:
Rock musicians  Search this
African American musicians  Search this
Call number:
CT275.P169 S34 1999
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_561121

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