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Creator:

Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993  Search this

Fishman, Charles  Search this

Extent:

20 Cubic feet ( 31 boxes, 2 map folders)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Awards

Business records

Clippings

Manuscripts

Financial records

Photographs

Music

Posters

Audiovisual materials

Date:

1941-2006

bulk 1987-1993

Summary:

Collection documents the career of noted American jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie, through a donation from his former manager, Charles Fishman.

Scope and Contents:

The collection primarily documents Charles Fishman's tenure as Gillespie's manager, 1985-1993, and is composed of business records. There is also a significant amount of personal material and photographs from the 1940s-1980s, much of which was saved by Mr. Fishman when Dizzy Gillespie wanted to throw these materials away or take them home.

Arrangement:

The collection is divided into eleven series.

Series 1, Personal Materials, 1988-1993, undated

Series 2, Correspondence, 1987-2002

Series 3, Business Files, 1979-2001, undated

Series 4, Contracts, 1987-1993

Series 5, Performance Programs, 1984-1997

Series 6, Awards and Honors, 1989-1991

Series 7, Music Manuscripts, undated

Series 8, Photographs, 1941-1993, undated

Subseries 8.1, Dizzy Gillespie, 1941-1993, undated

Subseries 8.2, Albums, 1988-1993

Subseries 8.3, Other Artists, undated

Subseries 8.4, Negatives, undated

Series 9, Newspaper Clippings and Magazine Articles, 1958-2000, undated

Series 10, Artwork and Posters, 1982-2006, undated

Subseries 10.1, Artwork, 1990-2004, undated

Subseries 10.2, Posters, 1982-2006, undated

Series 11, Audio Visual Materials, 1950-1992, undated

Subseries 11.1, Sound Recordings, 1989-1992, undated

Subseries 11.2, Moving Images, 1946-1992, undated

Biographical / Historical:

Born in South Carolina in 1917, John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was a master jazz trumpeter, bandleader, singer, and composer. In the 1940s, he was one of the principal developers of both bebop and Afro-Cuban jazz. Through the multitudes of musicians with whom he played and who he encouraged; he was one of the most influential players in the history of jazz.

The youngest of nine children, Gillespie was exposed to music by his father, a part-time bandleader who kept all his band's instruments at home, where young Gillespie tried them out. At age twelve, he received a music scholarship to the Laurinburg Institute in North Carolina, where he played trumpet in the school band. In 1935, at age eighteen, he moved to Philadelphia and joined his first band, where his clownish onstage behavior and sense of humor earned him his nickname, "Dizzy." Thereafter, he was almost constantly joining and leaving, or forming and disbanding, bands of various size and style, as he set out to first hone his talent, then to develop his own creative innovations and to publish his recordings, and then to fulfill his lifelong desire to lead his own band. Along the way, he played with, collaborated with, encouraged, and influenced, all the major – and most of the minor – jazz musicians of his age, including Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Carter, Billy Eckstine, Cab Calloway, and John Coltrane.

In 1937, Gillespie moved to New York, where he joined Teddy Hill's band; with Hill he made his first overseas tour, to England and France. By 1939, he had joined Cab Calloway's band and had received his first exposure to Afro-Cuban music. In 1940, Gillespie met Charlie "Bird" Parker, Thelonious Monk, and Kenny Clarke and together they began developing a distinctive, more complex style of jazz that became known as bebop or bop. In the early 1940s, Gillespie made several recordings of this new sound. In 1945, he formed and led his own big band, which was quickly downsized into a quintet due to financial problems. He was able to reform the band the next year and keep it together for four years, but it was disbanded in 1950. During this time, he began to incorporate Latin and Cuban rhythms into his work. In 1953, a dancer accidentally fell on his trumpet and bent the bell. Gillespie decided he liked the altered tone and thereafter had his trumpets specially made that way.

In 1956, after leading several small groups, the United States State Department asked Gillespie to assemble a large band for an extensive cultural tour to Syria, Pakistan, Turkey, Greece, and Yugoslavia; a second tour, to South America, took place several months later. Although he kept the band together for two more years, the lack of government funding prevented him from keeping such a large group going and he returned to leading small ensembles. In 1964, displaying the humor for which he was well-known, Gillespie put himself forward as a candidate for President.

Gillespie continued to tour, perform, record, and to collaborate with a wide range of other musicians throughout the 1970s and 1980s. He continued to encourage new styles and new talents, such as Arturo Sandoval, whom he discovered during a 1977 visit to Cuba. In 1979, Gillespie published his autobiography, To Be or Not to Bop. In the late 1980s, he organized and led the United Nations Orchestra, a 15-piece ensemble that showcased the fusion of Latin and Caribbean influences with jazz. In these later years, although still performing, he began to slow down and enjoy the rewards of his extraordinary talent. He received several honorary degrees, was crowned a chief in Nigeria, was awarded the French Commandre d'Ordre des Artes et Lettres, won a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and received both the Kennedy Center Medal of Arts and the ASCAP Duke Ellington Award for Fifty Years of Achievement as a composer, performer, and bandleader. Dizzy Gillespie passed away on January 6, 1993.

Related Materials:

Materials held in the Archives Center

John and Devra Hall Levy Collection NMAH.AC1221

Paquito Rivera NMAH.AC0891

James Moody Papers NMAH.AC1405

Chico O'Farrill Papers NMAH.AC0892

Boyd Raeburn Papers NMAH.AC1431

William Claxton Photographs NMAH.AC0695

Ray Brown Papers NMAH.AC1362

Earl Newman Collection of Monterey Jazz Festival Posters NMAH.AC1207

Graciela Papers NMAH.AC1425

Leonard Gaskin Papers NMAH.AC0900

Ella Fitzgerald NMAH.AC0584

Herman Leonard Photoprints NMAH.AC0445

Stephanie Myers Jazz Photographs NMAH.AC0887

John Gensel Collection of Duke Ellington Materials NMAH.AC0763

Duke Ellington Collection NMAH.AC0301

Benny Carter Collection NMAH.AC0757

Chuck Mangione NMAH.AC1151

Bill Holman Collection NMAH.AC0733

Duncan Schiedt Photograph Collection NMAH.AC1323

Fletcher and Horace Henderson Music and Photographs NMAH.AC0797

Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection NMAH.AC0491

W. Royal Stokes Collection of Music Publicity Photoprints, Interviews, and Posters NMAH.AC0766

William Russo Music and Personal Papers NMAH.AC0845

Pat and Chuck Bress Jazz Portrait Photographs NMAH.AC1219

Milt Gabler Papers NMAH.AC0849

Floyd Levin Reference Collection NMAH.AC.1222

Materials held in the Division of Culture and the Arts

Includes Dizzy Gillespie's iconic "bent" trumpet (1986.0003.01); sound recordings, a button, and a sculpture.

Materials held in the Smithsonian Institution Archives

National Museum of American History. Office of Public Affairs Accession 95-150

Smithsonian Press/Smithsonian Productions Accession 04-091

Smithsonian Associates. Resident Associate Program Accession 03-086

Smithsonian Resident Associate Program Accession 98-031

Smithsonian Productions Accession 06-181

Smithsonian Resident Associate Program. Office of Public Affairs Record Unit 632

National Museum of American History. Department of Public Programs Accession 17-312

National Museum of American History. Office of Special Events Record Unit 595

Smithsonian Institution. Division of Performing Arts Accession T90055

America's Smithsonian. (Traveling exhibition) Accession 98-142

Smithsonian Institution. Division of Performing Arts Accession 84-012

Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications Record Unit 296

Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications Record Unit 590

Materials held in the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

Gertrude Abercrombie AAA.abergert

Materials at Other Organizations

Dizzy Gillespie Collection, circa 1987-2000, University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives

Provenance:

The collection was donated by Charles Fishman, Dizzy Gillespie's manager, in 2007.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. 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.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Jazz musicians -- United States  Search this

Trumpet players -- 20th century  Search this

Genre/Form:

Awards

Business records -- 20th century

Clippings -- 20th century

Manuscripts -- Music -- 20th century

Financial records -- 20th century

Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- 1940-2000

Music -- Manuscripts

Posters -- 20th century

Audiovisual materials

Citation:

Charismic Productions Records of Dizzy Gillespie, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0979

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Charismic Productions Records of Dizzy Gillespie

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep845912e18-7dc1-4340-81f5-68770d687b08

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0979

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press  Search this

Subject:

Oehser, Paul H (Paul Henry) 1904-1996  Search this

Lowe, Felix C  Search this

Goodwin, Daniel H  Search this

Richter, Anders  Search this

Rivinus, Edward F  Search this

True, Webster Prentiss 1892-  Search this

Hubel, Gordon  Search this

Cannell, Peter F  Search this

Fehr, Donald  Search this

Minkiewicz, Ginger  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Editorial Division  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Publications Division  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Editorial and Publications Division  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Press  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Office of Telecommunications  Search this

Smithsonian Press/Smithsonian Productions  Search this

Smithsonian Books (Publisher)  Search this

Type:

Mixed archival materials

Date:

1966

1966-

Topic:

University press publications  Search this

Museum publications  Search this

Local number:

SIA AH00384

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_236262

Creator:

Archives of American Art  Search this

Names:

Archives of American Art  Search this

Robert Pierce/Films, Inc.  Search this

Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications  Search this

Johnson, Paul  Search this

Pierce, Robert  Search this

Quinnette, Jean  Search this

Rickey, George  Search this

Extent:

5 Items (1 16mm film and 4 videos (ca. 25 min.): 1 U-Matic and 3 VHS, sd., col.)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Date:

1985

Scope and Contents:

Video documentary on the Archives of American Art, a bureau of the Smithsonian Institution holding original source material and microfilm relating to American artists and art history. The video describes the holdings of the archives, the collecting process and the value of the resources to researchers. Appearing in the video are director Richard Murray, regional collector Robert Brown, curator Garnett McCoy, and other staff, and sculptor George Rickey. The video was made possible by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson, Jr. Charitable Trust.

Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):

Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution, Office of Telecommunications, 1985.

Topic:

Art, American -- Study and teaching  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Identifier:

AAA.archiv98

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw94cf7b36a-1e22-4534-9032-9c0bdbe5f762

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-archiv98

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife (1982)  Search this

Producer:

Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications  Search this

Collection Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (videocassette (U-matic))

Type:

Archival materials

Local Numbers:

FP-1988-3/4UMA-0057

General:

DVD copy

Tape 4/4

Restrictions:

Restrictions on access. SI Permission.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1982 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

CFCH.SFF.1982, Item FP-1988-3/4UMA-0057

See more items in:

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1982 Festival of American Folklife

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1982 Festival of American Folklife / Series 5: Oklahoma / 5.4: Video

Archival Repository:

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk5fb839095-6fa7-49c8-8ce3-2d2be514a335

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-cfch-sff-1982-ref2942

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife (1982)  Search this

Artist:

Quimby, Douglas, 1936-2007  Search this

Quimby, Frankie  Search this

Producer:

Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications  Search this

Collection Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (videocassette (U-matic))

Type:

Archival materials

Local Numbers:

FP-1988-3/4UMA-0055

General:

DVD copy

Tape 2/4

Restrictions:

Restrictions on access. SI Permission.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1982 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

CFCH.SFF.1982, Item FP-1988-3/4UMA-0055

See more items in:

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1982 Festival of American Folklife

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1982 Festival of American Folklife / Series 5: Oklahoma / 5.4: Video

Archival Repository:

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk5b03a8ec0-c949-47e1-b42f-ccdb8697938f

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-cfch-sff-1982-ref2944

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife (1982)  Search this

Producer:

Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications  Search this

Collection Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (videocassette (U-matic))

Type:

Archival materials

Local Numbers:

FP-1988-3/4UMA-0056

General:

DVD copy

Tape 3/4

Restrictions:

Restrictions on access. SI Permission.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1982 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

CFCH.SFF.1982, Item FP-1988-3/4UMA-0056

See more items in:

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1982 Festival of American Folklife

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1982 Festival of American Folklife / Series 5: Oklahoma / 5.4: Video

Archival Repository:

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk5fbea4a61-1891-4da1-8806-e5f2da071520

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-cfch-sff-1982-ref2945

Creator:

Archives of American Art  Search this

Subject:

Rickey, George  Search this

Pierce, Robert  Search this

Quinnette, Jean  Search this

Johnson, Paul  Search this

Archives of American Art  Search this

Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications  Search this

Robert Pierce/Films, Inc.  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Citation:

From reliable sources : [videorecording] : the Archives of American Art / director, Robert Pierce, 1985. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art, American -- Study and teaching  Search this

Theme:

Art organizations  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)21756

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)214753

AAA_collcode_archiv98

Theme:

Art organizations

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_214753

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications  Search this

Williams, Scott  Search this

Extent:

1 Videocassette (10 minutes, color sound, 3/4 inch)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Videocassettes

Video recordings

Place:

Oceania

Micronesia

Caroline Islands

Date:

circa 1988

Scope and Contents:

Edited video created by the Smithsonian Institution Office of Telecommunications from film footage shot by Scott Williams in collaboration with the Smithsonian's National Human Studies Film Center for a National Museum of Natural History exhibit on Micronesia, ca. 1988. Video shows the relationship of Micronesians to the sea (boys playing with toy boats, practicing spearing fish, various forms of fishing, launching a new boat). Film was shot on the atoll of Yap in the Western Caroline Islands.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or Anthropology Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

Local Number:

HSFA 2004.19.1

Related Materials:

The Human Studies Film Archives holds the Scott Williams collection.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Boats and boating  Search this

Fishing  Search this

Outrigger canoes  Search this

Genre/Form:

Video recordings

Citation:

Precarious Balance, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:

Cataloging supported by Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee

Identifier:

HSFA.2004.19

Archival Repository:

Human Studies Film Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc917d30c5c-366e-4dd3-9c45-05af2929cb13

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-hsfa-2004-19

Author:

Cherkezian, Nazaret  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Office of Telecommunications  Search this

Physical description:

1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 28 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

1984

Topic:

Biography as a literary form  Search this

Education--Biographical methods  Search this

Call number:

CT21 .T45 1984

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_917145

Author:

Schneider, Laura T  Search this

Bailes, Daniel  Search this

Paulson, John  Search this

Roegner, J.H  Search this

Krieger, Zack  Search this

Hiller, John W  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Office of Telecommunications  Search this

Physical description:

1 videocassette (7 min., 21 sec.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in

Type:

Videorecordings

Place:

Washington (D.C.)

Enid A. Haupt Garden (Washington, D.C.)

Date:

1994

Topic:

Gardens  Search this

Call number:

video 000270

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_484780

Author:

Smithsonian Institution Office of Telecommunications  Search this

Physical description:

1 videocassette : sd., col. ; 1/2 in

Type:

Videorecordings

Place:

United States

Date:

1990

Topic:

Postal service--History  Search this

Call number:

video 181

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_447435

Author:

Moran, Thomas 1837-1926  Search this

Moran, Ruth B  Search this

Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Office of Telecommunications  Search this

Subject:

Moran, Thomas 1837-1926  Search this

Physical description:

1 microfilm reel : negative, ill. ; 16 mm

Type:

Microforms

Date:

1981

Call number:

mfm 1239n

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_407507

Author:

Smithsonian Institution Office of Telecommunications  Search this

Subject:

United States Postal Service History  Search this

Physical description:

1 videocassette : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in

Type:

Videorecordings

Date:

1986

1903

[1986?]

Topic:

Rural free delivery--History  Search this

Call number:

video 184

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_447562

Container:

Box 2 of 4

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 00-114, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications, Production Records

See more items in:

Production Records

Production Records / Box 2

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-fa00-114-refidd1e1055

Container:

Box 3 of 4

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 00-114, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications, Production Records

See more items in:

Production Records

Production Records / Box 3

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-fa00-114-refidd1e1107

Container:

Box 3 of 4

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 00-114, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications, Production Records

See more items in:

Production Records

Production Records / Box 3

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-fa00-114-refidd1e1275

Container:

Box 3 of 4

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 00-114, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications, Production Records

See more items in:

Production Records

Production Records / Box 3

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-fa00-114-refidd1e1420

Container:

Box 4 of 4

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 00-114, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications, Production Records

See more items in:

Production Records

Production Records / Box 4

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-fa00-114-refidd1e1796

Container:

Box 4 of 4

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 00-114, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications, Production Records

See more items in:

Production Records

Production Records / Box 4

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-fa00-114-refidd1e1841

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 00-114, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications, Production Records

See more items in:

Production Records

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-fa00-114-refidd1e326