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Creator:

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974  Search this

Names:

Duke Ellington Orchestra  Search this

Washingtonians, The.  Search this

Ellington, Mercer Kennedy, 1919-1996 (musician)  Search this

Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967  Search this

Collector:

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Musical History  Search this

Extent:

400 Cubic feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Phonograph records

Papers

Photographic prints

Posters

Sound recordings

Scrapbooks

Music

Clippings

Awards

Audiotapes

Place:

New York (N.Y.) -- 20th century

Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- 20th century

Washington (D.C.) -- 20th century

Date:

1903 - 1989

Summary:

The collection documents Duke Ellington's career primarily through orchestrations (scores and parts), music manuscripts, lead sheets, transcriptions, and sheet music. It also includes concert posters, concert programs, television, radio, motion picture and musical theater scripts, business records, correspondence, awards, as well as audiotapes, audiodiscs, photographs, tour itineraries, newspaper clippings, magazines, caricatures, paintings, and scrapbooks.

Scope and Contents:

Dating approximately from the time Duke Ellington permanently moved to New York City in 1923 to the time the material was transferred to the Smithsonian Institution in 1988, the bulk of the material in the Duke Ellington Collection is dated from 1934-1974 and comprises sound recordings, original music manuscripts and published sheet music, hand-written notes, correspondence, business records, photographs, scrapbooks, news clippings, concert programs, posters, pamphlets, books and other ephemera. These materials document Ellington's contributions as composer, musician, orchestra leader, and an ambassador of American music and culture abroad. In addition, the materials paint a picture of the life of a big band maintained for fifty years and open a unique window through which to view an evolving American society.

The approximate four hundred cubic feet of archival materials have been processed and organized into sixteen series arranged by type of material. Several of the series have been divided into subseries allowing additional organization to describe the content of the material. For example, Series 6, Sound Recordings, is divided into four subseries: Radio and Television Interviews, Concert Performances, Studio Dates and Non-Ellington Recordings. Each series has its own scope and content note describing the material and arrangement (for example; Series 10, Magazines and Newspaper Articles, is organized into two groups, foreign and domestic, and arranged chronologically within each group). A container list provides folder titles and box numbers.

The bulk of the material is located in Series 1, Music Manuscripts, and consists of compositions and arrangements by Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn and other composers. Series 6, Sound Recordings also provides a record of the performance of many of these compositions. The materials in Series 2, Performances and Programs, Series 3, Business Records, Series 8, Scrapbooks, Series 9, Newspaper Clippings, Series 11, Publicity and Series 12, Posters provide documentation of specific performances by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra. Ellington was a spontaneous and prolific composer as evidenced by music, lyrical thoughts, and themes for extended works and plays captured on letterhead stationery in Series 3, Business Records, in the margin notes of individual books and pamphlets in Series 14, Religious Materials and Series 15, Books, and in the hand-written notes in Series 5, Personal Correspondence and Notes.

During its fifty-year lifespan, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra were billed under various names including The Washingtonians, The Harlem Footwarmers and The Jungle Band. The soloists were informally called "the band", and Series 3 includes salary statements, IOU's, receipts and ephemera relating to individual band members. Series 1, Music Manuscripts contains the soloists' parts and includes "band books" of several soloists (for example; Harry Carney and Johnny Hodges) and numerous music manuscripts of Billy Strayhorn. The changing role of Strayhorn from arranger hired in 1938 to Ellington's main collaborator and composer of many well-known titles for Duke Ellington and His Orchestra including "Take The A' Train" and "Satin Doll" can be traced in these music manuscripts. Series 7, Photographs and Series 2, Performances and Programs contain many images of the band members and Strayhorn. This Collection also documents the business history of Duke Ellington and His Orchestra. Series 3, Business Records contains correspondence on letterhead stationery and Series 11, Publicity contains promotional material from the various booking agencies, professional companies, and public relations firms that managed the Orchestra.

The materials in the Duke Ellington Collection provide insight into public and institutional attitudes towards African Americans in mid-twentieth-century America. The business records in Series 3 beginning in 1938 and published sheet music in Series 1 depict Duke Ellington's progression from an African-American musician who needed "legitimization" by a white publisher, Irving Mills, to a businessmen who established his own companies including Tempo Music and Duke Ellington, Incorporated to control his copyright and financial affairs. Programs from the segregated Cotton Club in Series 2, Performances And Programs and contracts with no-segregation clauses in Series 3: Business Records further illustrate racial policies and practices in this time period. The public shift in perception of Duke Ellington from a leader of an exotic "Jungle Band" in the 1930s to a recipient of the Congressional Medal Of Freedom in 1970 is evidenced in Series 2, Performances And Programs, Series 12, Posters, Series 7, Photographs and Series 13, Awards. Reviews and articles reflecting Ellington's evolving status are also documented in Series 8, Newspaper Clippings, Series 9, Scrapbooks, Series 10, Newspaper and Magazine Articles.

The materials in the Duke Ellington Collection reflect rapid technological changes in American society from 1923-1982. Sound recordings in Series 6 range from 78 phonograph records of three minutes duration manufactured for play on Victrolas in monaural sound to long-playing (LP) phonograph records produced for stereo record players. Television scripts in Series 4, programs in Series 2 and music manuscripts (for example, Drum Is A Woman) in Series 1 demonstrate how the development of television as a means of mass communication spread the Orchestra's sound to a wider audience. The availability of commercial air travel enabled the Ellington Orchestra to extend their international performances from Europe to other continents including tours to Asia, Africa, South America and Australia and archival material from these tours is included in every series.

Series 4, Scripts and Transcripts and Series 6, Audio Recordings contain scripts and radio performances promoting the sale of United States War bonds during World War II, and Series 7, Photographs includes many images of Duke Ellington and His Orchestra's performances for military personnel revealing the impact of historic events on Duke Ellington and His Orchestra. Series 2: Programs and Performances, Series 9, Newspaper clippings and Series 8, Scrapbooks document the 1963 Far East tour aborted as a result of President John F. Kennedy's assassination.

The Duke Ellington Collection contains works by numerous twentieth-century music, literature, and art luminaries. Series 1, Music Manuscripts contains original music manuscripts of William Grant Still, Eubie Blake, Mary Lou Williams, and others. Series 4, Scripts and Transcripts contains a play by Langston Hughes, and Series 12, Posters contains many original artworks.

Arrangement:

Series 1: Music Manuscripts, circa 1930-1981, undated

Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1973, undated

Series 3: Business Records, 1938-1988

Series 4: Scripts and Transcripts, 1937-1970

Series 5: Personal Correspondence and Notes, 1941-1974, undated

Series 6: Sound Recordings, 1927-1974

Series 7: Photographs, 1924-1972, undated

Series 8: Scrapbooks, 1931-1973

Series 9: Newspaper Clippings, 1939-1973, undated

Series 10: Magazine Articles and Newspaper Clippings, 1940-1974

Series 11: Publicity, 1935-1988

Series 12: Posters and Oversize Graphics, 1933-1989, undated

Series 13: Awards, 1939-1982

Series 14: Religious Material, 1928-1974

Series 15: Books, 1903-1980

Series 16: Miscellaneous, 1940-1974

Biographical / Historical:

A native of Washington, DC, Edward Kennedy Ellington was born on April 29, 1899. Edward was raised in a middle-class home in the Northwest section of Washington described by his sister Ruth--younger by sixteen years--as a "house full of love." Ellington himself wrote that his father J.E. (James Edward) raised his family "as though he were a millionaire" but Edward was especially devoted to his mother, Daisy Kennedy Ellington. In 1969, thirty-four years after his mother's death, Ellington accepted the Presidential Medal of Freedom with these words, "There is nowhere else I would rather be tonight but in my mother's arms." Both his parents played the piano and Ellington began piano lessons at the age of seven, but like many boys he was easily distracted by baseball.

In his early teens, Ellington sneaked into Washington clubs and performance halls where he was exposed to ragtime musicians, including James P. Johnson, and where he met people from all walks of life. He returned in earnest to his piano studies, and at age fourteen wrote his first composition, "Soda Fountain Rag" also known as "Poodle Dog Rag." Ellington was earning income from playing music at seventeen years of age, and around this time he earned the sobriquet "Duke" for his sartorial splendor and regal air. On July 2, 1918, he married a high school sweetheart, Edna Thompson; their only child, Mercer Kennedy Ellington, was born on March 11, 1919. Duke Ellington spent the first twenty-four years of his life in Washington's culturally thriving Negro community. In this vibrant atmosphere he was inspired to be a composer and learned to take pride in his African-American heritage.

Ellington moved to New York City in 1923 to join and eventually lead a small group of transplanted Washington musicians called "The Washingtonians," which included future Ellington band members, Sonny Greer, Otto Hardwicke and "Bubber" Miley. Between 1923 and 1927, the group played at the Club Kentucky on Broadway and the ensemble increased from a quintet to a ten-piece orchestra. With stride pianist Willie "The Lion" Smith as his unofficial guide, Ellington soon became part of New York's music scene; Smith proved to be a long-lasting influence on Duke's composing and arranging direction. At the Club Kentucky, Ellington came under the tutelage of another legendary stride pianist, "Fats" Waller. Waller, a protege of Johnson and Smith, played solos during the band's breaks and also tutored Ellington who began to show progress in his compositions. In November 1924, Duke made his publishing and recording debut with "Choo Choo (I Got To Hurry Home)" released on the Blu-Disc label. In 1925, he contributed two songs to Chocolate Kiddies, an all-black revue which introduced European audiences to black American styles and performers. By this time Ellington's family, Edna and Mercer, had joined him in New York City. The couple separated in the late 1920's, but they never divorced or reconciled.

Ellington's achievements as a composer and bandleader began to attract national attention while he worked at the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York City, from 1927 to 1932. The orchestra developed a distinctive sound that displayed the non-traditional voicings of Ellington's arrangements and featured the unique talents of the individual soloists. Ellington integrated his soloists' exotic-sounding trombone growls and wah-wahs, their high-squealed trumpets, their sultry saxophone blues licks and Harlem's street rhythms into his arrangements. In the promotional material of the Cotton Club, the band was often billed as "Duke Ellington and His Jungle Band." With the success of compositions like "Mood Indigo," and an increasing number of recordings and national radio broadcasts from the Cotton Club, the band's reputation soared.

The ten years from 1932 to 1942 are considered by some major critics to represent the "golden age" for the Ellington Orchestra, but it represents just one of their creative peaks. These years did bring an influx of extraordinary new talent to the band including Jimmy Blanton on double bass, Ben Webster on tenor saxophone, and Ray Nance on trumpet, violin and vocals. During this ten year span Ellington composed several of his best known short works, including "Concerto For Cootie," "Ko-Ko," "Cotton Tail," "In A Sentimental Mood," and Jump For Joy, his first full-length musical stage revue.

Most notably, 1938 marked the arrival of Billy Strayhorn. While a teenager in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Strayhorn had already written "Lush Life," "Something To Live For" and a musical, Fantastic Rhythm. Ellington was initially impressed with Strayhorn's lyrics but realized long before Billy's composition "Take the A' Train" became the band's theme song in 1942 that Strayhorn's talents were not limited to penning clever lyrics. By 1942, "Swee' Pea" had become arranger, composer, second pianist, collaborator, and as Duke described him, "my right arm, my left arm, all the eyes in the back of my head, my brain waves in his head, and his in mine." Many Ellington/Strayhorn songs have entered the jazz canon, and their extended works are still being discovered and studied today. Strayhorn remained with the Ellington Organization until his death on May 30, 1967.

Ellington had often hinted of a work in progress depicting the struggle of blacks in America. The original script, Boola, debuted in Carnegie Hall in November of 1943, retitled Black, Brown and Beige. The performance met with mixed reviews, and although Ellington often returned to Carnegie Hall the piece was never recorded in a studio, and after 1944 was never performed in entirety again by the Ellington Orchestra. Nonetheless, it is now considered a milestone in jazz composition.

After World War II the mood and musical tastes of the country shifted and hard times befell big bands, but Ellington kept his band together. The band was not always financially self-sufficient and during the lean times Ellington used his songwriting royalties to meet the soloists' salaries. One could assign to Ellington the altruistic motive of loyalty to his sidemen, but another motivation may have been his compositional style which was rooted in hearing his music in the formative stage come alive in rehearsal. "The band was his instrument," Billy Strayhorn said, and no Ellington composition was complete until he heard the orchestra play it. Then he could fine tune his compositions, omit and augment passages, or weave a soloist's contribution into the structure of the tune.

In 1956, the American public rediscovered Duke and the band at the Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island. The searing performances of tenor saxophonist Paul Gonsalves on "Diminuendo and Crescendo In Blue," his premiere soloist, alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges on "Jeep's Blues", and the crowd's ecstatic reaction have become jazz legend. Later that year Duke landed on the cover of Time magazine. Although Ellington had previously written music for film and television (including the short film, Black and Tan Fantasy in 1929) it wasn't until 1959 that Otto Preminger asked him to score music for his mainstream film, Anatomy of a Murder, starring Jimmy Stewart. Paris Blues in 1961, featuring box-office stars Paul Newman and Sidney Poitier in roles as American jazz musicians in Paris, followed.

Ellington's first performance overseas was in England in 1933, but the 1960s brought extensive overseas tours including diplomatic tours sponsored by the State Department. Ellington and Strayhorn composed exquisite extended works reflecting the sights and sounds of their travels, including the Far East Suite, 1966. They wrote homages to their classical influences; in 1963, they adapted Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite and celebrated Shakespeare's works with the suite Such Sweet Thunder in 1957. With Ella Fitzgerald, they continued the Norman Granz Songbook Series. Ellington also began to flex his considerable pianist skills and recorded albums with John Coltrane (1963), Coleman Hawkins (1963), Frank Sinatra, and Money Jungle (1963) with Charles Mingus and Max Roach. The First Sacred Concert debuted in San Francisco's Grace Cathedral in 1965. In his final years, Ellington's thoughts turned to spiritual themes and he added a Second (1968) and Third (1973) Concert of Sacred Music to his compositions.

In his lifetime, Duke received numerous awards and honors including the highest honor bestowed on an American civilian, the Congressional Medal Of Freedom. In 1965, Ellington was recommended for a Pulitzer Prize to honor his forty years of contribution to music but the recommendation was rejected by the board. Most likely he was disappointed, but his response at the age of sixty-six was, "Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be famous too young."

Ellington never rested on his laurels or stopped composing. Whenever he was asked to name his favorite compositions his characteristic reply was "the next five coming up," but to please his loyal fans Ellington always featured some of his standards in every performance. Even on his deathbed, he was composing the opera buffo called Queenie Pie.

Duke Ellington died on May 24, 1974 at seventy-five years of age. His funeral was held in New York's Cathedral of St. John The Divine; he was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery. His long-time companion Beatrice "Evie" Ellis was buried beside him after her death in 1976. He was survived by his only child, Mercer Kennedy Ellington, who not only took up the baton to lead the Duke Ellington Orchestra but assumed the task of caring for his father's papers and his legacy to the nation. Mercer Ellington died in Copenhagan, Denmark on February 8, 1996, at the age of seventy-six. Ruth Ellington Boatwright died in New York on March 6, 2004, at the age of eighty-eight. Both Mercer and Ruth were responsible for shepherding the documents and artifacts that celebrate Duke Ellington's genius and creative life to their current home in the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.

Related Materials:

Materials in the Archives Center

William H. Quealy Collection of Duke Ellington Recordings (AC0296)

Rutgers University Collection of Radio Interviews about Duke Ellington (AC0328)

Duke Ellington Oral History Project (AC0368)

Duke Ellington Collection of Ephemera and realated Audiovisual Materials (AC0386)

Annual International Conference of the Duke Ellington Study Group Proceedings (AC0385)

Robert Udkoff Collection of Duke Ellington Ephemera (AC0388)

Frank Driggs Collection of Duke Ellington Photographic Prints (AC0389)

New York Chapter of the Duke Ellington Society Collection (AC390)

Earl Okin Collection of Duke Ellington Ephemera (AC0391)

William Russo Transcription and Arrangement of Duke Ellington's First Concert of Sacred Music (AC0406)

Ruth Ellington Collection of Duke Ellington Materials (AC0415)

Music manuscripts in the Ruth Ellington Collection complement the music manuscripts found in the Duke Ellington Collection.

Carter Harman Collection of Interviews with Duke Ellington (AC0422)

Betty McGettigan Collection of Duke Ellington Memorabilia (AC0494)

Dr. Theodore Shell Collection of Duke Ellington Ephemera (AC0502)

Edward and Gaye Ellington Collection of Duke Ellington Materials (AC0704)

Andrew Homzy Collection of Duke Ellington Stock Music Arrangements (AC0740)

John Gensel Collection of Duke Ellington Materials (AC0763)

Al Celley Collection of Duke Ellington Materials (AC1240)

Materials at Other Organizations

Institute of Jazz Studies

Separated Materials:

Artifacts related to this collection are in the Division of Culture and the Arts (now Division of Cultural and Community Life) and include trophies, plaques, and medals. See accessions: 1989.0369; 1991.0808; 1993.0032; and 1999.0148.

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Provenance:

The collection was purchased through an appropriation of Congress in 1988.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but the original and master audiovisual materials are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

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.

Copyright restrictions. Consult the Archives Center at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Paul Ellington, executor, is represented by:

Richard J.J. Scarola, Scarola Ellis LLP, 888 Seventh Avenue, 45th Floor, New York, New York 10106. Telephone (212) 757-0007 x 235; Fax (212) 757-0469; email: rjjs@selaw.com; www.selaw.com; www.ourlawfirm.com.

Occupation:

Composers -- 20th century  Search this

Topic:

Big bands  Search this

Pianists  Search this

Bandsmen -- 20th century  Search this

Jazz -- 20th century -- United States  Search this

Musicians -- 20th century  Search this

Music -- Performance  Search this

African American entertainers -- 20th century  Search this

African Americans -- History  Search this

Popular music -- 20th century -- United States  Search this

Music -- 20th century -- United States  Search this

African American musicians  Search this

Genre/Form:

Phonograph records

Papers

Photographic prints

Posters

Sound recordings

Scrapbooks -- 20th century

Music -- Manuscripts

Clippings

Awards

Audiotapes

Citation:

Duke Ellington Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Sponsor:

Processing and encoding partially funded by a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0301

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Duke Ellington Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep850a376a1-6b6d-48bc-9076-cffef76fea2c

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0301

Creator:

Leonard, Herman, 1923-2010  Search this

Former owner:

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Musical History  Search this

Names:

Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971  Search this

Baker, Chet  Search this

Bennett, Tony, 1926-  Search this

Blakey, Art, 1919-1990  Search this

Brown, Clifford  Search this

Camero, Candido, 1921-  Search this

Cole, Nat King, 1917-1965  Search this

Cole, Nat King, 1917-1965  Search this

Davis, Miles  Search this

Davis, Miles  Search this

Eckstine, Billy  Search this

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974  Search this

Fitzgerald, Ella, 1917-1996  Search this

Garner, Erroll  Search this

Getz, Stan, 1927-1991  Search this

Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-  Search this

Gordon, Dexter, 1923-1990  Search this

Haig, Al, 1924-1982  Search this

Heath, Percy, 1923-2005  Search this

Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959  Search this

Horne, Lena  Search this

Marsalis, Wynton, 1961-  Search this

Monk, Thelonious  Search this

Mulligan, Gerry  Search this

Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955  Search this

Pettiford, Oscar, 1922-1960  Search this

Roach, Max, 1924-2007  Search this

Russell, Curly  Search this

Sims, Zoot  Search this

Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998  Search this

Stitt, Sonny  Search this

Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967  Search this

Terry, Clark  Search this

Washington, Dinah, 1924-1963  Search this

Webster, Ben  Search this

Young, Lester, 1909-1959  Search this

Extent:

5.6 Cubic feet (10 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Date:

1948-1993

Summary:

Jazz club photographs by noted Jazz photographer Herman Leonard.

Scope and Contents:

This collection consists of 110 black-and-white photographic prints depicting musicians performing at various American and European jazz clubs between 1948 and 1991. The collection contains mounted and unmounted 11" x 14" and 16" x 20" prints made by Leonard. Artists represented among these photographs are Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, Lester Young, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and Thelonious Monk. The photographs are organized into three series: Series 1: 11"x 14" prints, Series 2: 16" x 20" prints, and Series 3: Addenda. The series are arranged alphabetically by performer's last name. Unmatted 16" x 20" prints can be found in box 2 but are listed alphabetically by performer.

Biographical / Historical:

Herman Leonard (1923‑2010) was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania and served as a military photographer in Burma during World War II. He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in photography from Ohio University and began working with Yousuf Karsh, a Canadian portraitist. Settling in New York in 1949, Leonard began photographing jazz musicians at various jazz clubs on Broadway and Fifty‑Second Streets, and in Harlem for such publications as Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Life, Look, Playboy, and Time. He later to Paris to begin a fashion and advertising business. He also continued photographing jazz musicians. In 1988 Leonard presented his first exhibition, "Images of Jazz," in London. This show established his reputation as a leading photographer of jazz and sparked further shows and publications.

Provenance:

The Herman Leonard Photographs were donated to the National Museum of American History by Mr. Leonard on December 17, 1991 and in 2006.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

The Archives Center does not own the rights to the Leonard photographs. All requests for permission to use these photographs for non‑museum purposes must be addressed to: Herman Leonard Photography, LLC, 530 South Lake Avenue #503, Pasadena, CA 91101 (818) 509-8987.

Topic:

Jazz musicians -- United States  Search this

Jazz  Search this

Music -- 20th century  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 19th-20th century

Citation:

Herman Leonard Photographic Collection, 1948-1993, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0445

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Herman Leonard Photographic Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8e44f9017-2701-439c-ac51-9916f1092b09

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0445

Creator:

Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967  Search this

Russo, William, 1928-2003  Search this

Photographer:

Claxton, William  Search this

Leonard, Herman, 1923-2010  Search this

Composer:

Kenton, Stan  Search this

Musician:

Mulligan, Gerry  Search this

Names:

Chicago Jazz Ensemble  Search this

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974  Search this

Extent:

87 Cubic feet (188 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Motion pictures (visual works)

Music

Audiotapes

Business records

Photographs

Correspondence

Librettos

Awards

Posters

Programs

Scrapbooks

Scores

Lecture notes

Date:

1920-2002

Summary:

Papers and audiovisual materials documenting Russo's career in music.

Scope and Contents:

The collection includes Russo's original and published music scores, parts and arrangements; audiovisual materials including recordings of broadcasts of Russo's radio show, performances of Russo's compositions, including performances by Duke Ellington, and film and video recordings of Russo's productions in theater and opera; and personal papers such as correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, publicity files, contracts, etc. Among the most significant items in the collection are experimental jazz arrangements for Stan Kenton in the late 1940s-early 1950s, undated arrangements for Gerry Mulligan, Russo's original arrangement of Duke Ellington's Sacred Concert, scores to his first and second symphonies, and scores and libretti to several early rock operas. The photographs include images of persons such as Ellington, Kenton, and Billy Strayhorn, and photographs by jazz photographers Herman Leonard and William Claxton. 2007 addendum includes correspondence, mostly between Russo and his family; eighteen diaries for 1946-1967 (not all years are present) with sparse entries, some in Italian; and additional music manuscripts, parts, scores and libretti.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into nine series.

Series 1: William Russo's Music

Series 2: Teaching Notes

Series 3: Correspondence

Series 4: Publicity, Programs, and Reviews

Series 5: Posters and Artwork

Series 6: Photographs

Series 7: Books and Lecture Notebooks

Series 8: Memorabilia

Series 9: Audiovisual Materials

Biographical / Historical:

William Russo, renowned American jazz composer, arranger, and founder of the Chicago Jazz Ensemble, had a music career that spanned five decades and included performance, conducting and composition. During his career he worked with such diverse talents as Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Leonard Bernstein, Cannonball Adderly, Yehuidi Menuhin, Dizzy Gillespie, Seiji Ozawa, and Billie Holiday. Although critics acknowledged Russo mainly for his pioneering contributions to the big-band jazz canon, his talents extended to a far wider range of musical styles, creating groundbreaking jazz scores, rock operas, classical works, film scores, and educational textbooks on jazz orchestration and arrangement. In all, he composed over 200 pieces for jazz orchestra with more than 25 recordings of his work. In 1990, Russo received a Lifetime Achievement award from NARAS, the organization that presents the Grammy Awards.

As a young trombonist, Russo studied with Lennie Tristano, the pianist and theorist who became a leader in the progressive jazz movement. During the late 1940s, Russo led the revolutionary Experiment in Jazz band. At age 21, he became one of the chief composers/arrangers for the Stan Kenton Orchestra, one of the most innovative and influential jazz orchestras of the postwar era. In his four years with Kenton, Russo penned such classic Kenton works as "23° North – 82° West," and "Frank Speaking."

Russo made several major jazz recordings under his own name before his classical "Symphony No. 2 in C (TITANS)" received a Koussevitsky award in 1959; it was performed by the New York Philharmonic that same year under Leonard Bernstein, who had commissioned the work. This award marked Russo's "official" entry into the world of classical music. Russo continued to write major symphonic works throughout his career, including his 1992 grand opera, "Dubrovsky."

After his tenure with Kenton, in the early 1950s, Russo led his own successful bands, The Russo Orchestra in New York, and the London Jazz Orchestra, before returning to Chicago to form the Chicago Jazz Ensemble in 1065. With the Ensemble, he presented Duke Ellington's "First Concert of Sacred Music" in 1967. This was one of the rare times when Ellington allowed one of his compositions to be arranged and performed by a jazz orchestra other than his own, and was a reflection of Ellington's respect for Russo. Shortly after this performance, Russo composed a rock cantata, "The Civil War," that led him into the field of rock opera. After concentrating on classical music again in the 1970s, in the late 1980s, Russo began to re-explore the history of jazz through his revived Chicago Jazz Ensemble. In 1995, the Chicago Jazz Ensemble made history with the first-ever complete live performance of Gil Evans' and Miles Davis' "Sketches of Spain" in its original form. Recent Russo works that premiered in Chicago included "Chicago Suite No. 1," and "Chicago Suite No. 2," a recording that was published posthumously in the spring of 2003.

Related Materials:

Materials in the Archives Center

William Russo Transcription and Arrangement of Duke Ellington's First Concert of Sacred Music, 1967-1968 (AC0406)

Provenance:

Bequeathed to the Smithsonian by William Russo. Papers collected after Russo's death in 2003. The 2007 addendum sent by Russo's sister and daughter were also part of the bequest.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but an oil painting is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

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.

Occupation:

Composers -- 20th century  Search this

Topic:

Opera  Search this

Jazz musicians -- United States  Search this

Jazz  Search this

Music -- 20th century  Search this

Genre/Form:

Motion pictures (visual works)

Music -- Manuscripts

Audiotapes

Business records -- 20th century

Photographs -- 20th century

Correspondence -- 20th century

Librettos

Awards

Posters -- 20th century

Programs

Scrapbooks

Scores

Lecture notes

Citation:

William Russo Music and Personal Papers, 1920s-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0845

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William Russo Music and Personal Papers

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep888a8d92a-3927-49c1-ace4-466bb766a9d6

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0845

Collection Creator:

Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967  Search this

Russo, William, 1928-2003  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Claxton, William  Search this

Leonard, Herman, 1923-2010  Search this

Collection Composer:

Kenton, Stan  Search this

Collection Musician:

Mulligan, Gerry  Search this

Container:

Box 73, Folder 2

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but an oil painting is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

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.

Collection Citation:

William Russo Music and Personal Papers, 1920s-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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William Russo Music and Personal Papers

William Russo Music and Personal Papers / Series 1: Wiliam Russo's Music / 1.2: Non-Jazz Music

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8057ad841-a690-44ca-8e1b-3a7cc87bd244

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0845-ref1000

Collection Creator:

Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967  Search this

Russo, William, 1928-2003  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Claxton, William  Search this

Leonard, Herman, 1923-2010  Search this

Collection Composer:

Kenton, Stan  Search this

Collection Musician:

Mulligan, Gerry  Search this

Container:

Box 63, Folder 1

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but an oil painting is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

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.

Collection Citation:

William Russo Music and Personal Papers, 1920s-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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William Russo Music and Personal Papers

William Russo Music and Personal Papers / Series 1: Wiliam Russo's Music / 1.2: Non-Jazz Music

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8cd787605-ee2e-40fb-9029-0ba25624dc28

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0845-ref1001

Collection Creator:

Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967  Search this

Russo, William, 1928-2003  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Claxton, William  Search this

Leonard, Herman, 1923-2010  Search this

Collection Composer:

Kenton, Stan  Search this

Collection Musician:

Mulligan, Gerry  Search this

Container:

Box 55, Folder 2

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but an oil painting is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

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.

Collection Citation:

William Russo Music and Personal Papers, 1920s-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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William Russo Music and Personal Papers

William Russo Music and Personal Papers / Series 1: Wiliam Russo's Music / 1.2: Non-Jazz Music

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep87f9ad888-5f61-4430-9a3e-3444b03eda46

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0845-ref1002

Collection Creator:

Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967  Search this

Russo, William, 1928-2003  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Claxton, William  Search this

Leonard, Herman, 1923-2010  Search this

Collection Composer:

Kenton, Stan  Search this

Collection Musician:

Mulligan, Gerry  Search this

Container:

Box 63, Folder 4

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but an oil painting is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

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.

Collection Citation:

William Russo Music and Personal Papers, 1920s-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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William Russo Music and Personal Papers

William Russo Music and Personal Papers / Series 1: Wiliam Russo's Music / 1.2: Non-Jazz Music

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8255873f1-0aee-4ad2-bec8-03dd64d601ec

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0845-ref1003

Collection Creator:

Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967  Search this

Russo, William, 1928-2003  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Claxton, William  Search this

Leonard, Herman, 1923-2010  Search this

Collection Composer:

Kenton, Stan  Search this

Collection Musician:

Mulligan, Gerry  Search this

Container:

Box 73, Folder 3

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but an oil painting is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

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.

Collection Citation:

William Russo Music and Personal Papers, 1920s-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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William Russo Music and Personal Papers

William Russo Music and Personal Papers / Series 1: Wiliam Russo's Music / 1.2: Non-Jazz Music

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8f2726ba1-0240-411f-a0ae-e383c6f5f842

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0845-ref1004

Collection Creator:

Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967  Search this

Russo, William, 1928-2003  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Claxton, William  Search this

Leonard, Herman, 1923-2010  Search this

Collection Composer:

Kenton, Stan  Search this

Collection Musician:

Mulligan, Gerry  Search this

Container:

Box 74, Folder 1

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but an oil painting is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

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.

Collection Citation:

William Russo Music and Personal Papers, 1920s-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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William Russo Music and Personal Papers

William Russo Music and Personal Papers / Series 1: Wiliam Russo's Music / 1.2: Non-Jazz Music

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8e0176826-b6b1-414e-85cf-19502537e58e

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0845-ref1005

Collection Creator:

Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967  Search this

Russo, William, 1928-2003  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Claxton, William  Search this

Leonard, Herman, 1923-2010  Search this

Collection Composer:

Kenton, Stan  Search this

Collection Musician:

Mulligan, Gerry  Search this

Container:

Box 55, Folder 3

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but an oil painting is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

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.

Collection Citation:

William Russo Music and Personal Papers, 1920s-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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William Russo Music and Personal Papers

William Russo Music and Personal Papers / Series 1: Wiliam Russo's Music / 1.2: Non-Jazz Music

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8e7ee9f8d-5ce7-432b-b0d2-8115e995b73d

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0845-ref1006

Collection Creator:

Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967  Search this

Russo, William, 1928-2003  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Claxton, William  Search this

Leonard, Herman, 1923-2010  Search this

Collection Composer:

Kenton, Stan  Search this

Collection Musician:

Mulligan, Gerry  Search this

Container:

Box 74, Folder 2

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but an oil painting is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

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.

Collection Citation:

William Russo Music and Personal Papers, 1920s-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

See more items in:

William Russo Music and Personal Papers

William Russo Music and Personal Papers / Series 1: Wiliam Russo's Music / 1.2: Non-Jazz Music

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep83d9711f0-3df7-4daa-b3cc-7697cdc0912d

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0845-ref1007

Collection Creator:

Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967  Search this

Russo, William, 1928-2003  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Claxton, William  Search this

Leonard, Herman, 1923-2010  Search this

Collection Composer:

Kenton, Stan  Search this

Collection Musician:

Mulligan, Gerry  Search this

Container:

Box 55, Folder 4

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but an oil painting is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

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.

Collection Citation:

William Russo Music and Personal Papers, 1920s-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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William Russo Music and Personal Papers

William Russo Music and Personal Papers / Series 1: Wiliam Russo's Music / 1.2: Non-Jazz Music

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8da9443d6-50cd-46ee-b6cc-8f7a8d1562c6

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0845-ref1008

Collection Creator:

Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967  Search this

Russo, William, 1928-2003  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Claxton, William  Search this

Leonard, Herman, 1923-2010  Search this

Collection Composer:

Kenton, Stan  Search this

Collection Musician:

Mulligan, Gerry  Search this

Container:

Box 31, Folder 1-4

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but an oil painting is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

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.

Collection Citation:

William Russo Music and Personal Papers, 1920s-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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William Russo Music and Personal Papers

William Russo Music and Personal Papers / Series 1: Wiliam Russo's Music / 1.2: Non-Jazz Music

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8eae9899c-67a3-48f1-b25f-6ce1672fac29

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0845-ref1009

Collection Creator:

Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967  Search this

Russo, William, 1928-2003  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Claxton, William  Search this

Leonard, Herman, 1923-2010  Search this

Collection Composer:

Kenton, Stan  Search this

Collection Musician:

Mulligan, Gerry  Search this

Container:

Box 56, Folder 1

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but an oil painting is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

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.

Collection Citation:

William Russo Music and Personal Papers, 1920s-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

See more items in:

William Russo Music and Personal Papers

William Russo Music and Personal Papers / Series 1: Wiliam Russo's Music / 1.2: Non-Jazz Music

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8af6c7d7c-f371-450b-b323-3139c9460e3c

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0845-ref1010

Collection Creator:

Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967  Search this

Russo, William, 1928-2003  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Claxton, William  Search this

Leonard, Herman, 1923-2010  Search this

Collection Composer:

Kenton, Stan  Search this

Collection Musician:

Mulligan, Gerry  Search this

Container:

Box 56, Folder 2

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but an oil painting is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

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.

Collection Citation:

William Russo Music and Personal Papers, 1920s-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

See more items in:

William Russo Music and Personal Papers

William Russo Music and Personal Papers / Series 1: Wiliam Russo's Music / 1.2: Non-Jazz Music

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8ebf9cbd0-7ec7-4f4c-90a5-23bfc79105f1

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0845-ref1011

Collection Creator:

Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967  Search this

Russo, William, 1928-2003  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Claxton, William  Search this

Leonard, Herman, 1923-2010  Search this

Collection Composer:

Kenton, Stan  Search this

Collection Musician:

Mulligan, Gerry  Search this

Container:

Box 74, Folder 3

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but an oil painting is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

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.

Collection Citation:

William Russo Music and Personal Papers, 1920s-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

See more items in:

William Russo Music and Personal Papers

William Russo Music and Personal Papers / Series 1: Wiliam Russo's Music / 1.2: Non-Jazz Music

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8f4ed0515-c2a3-48c0-b03c-cb93db589e0f

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0845-ref1012

Collection Creator:

Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967  Search this

Russo, William, 1928-2003  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Claxton, William  Search this

Leonard, Herman, 1923-2010  Search this

Collection Composer:

Kenton, Stan  Search this

Collection Musician:

Mulligan, Gerry  Search this

Container:

Box 56, Folder 3

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but an oil painting is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

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.

Collection Citation:

William Russo Music and Personal Papers, 1920s-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

See more items in:

William Russo Music and Personal Papers

William Russo Music and Personal Papers / Series 1: Wiliam Russo's Music / 1.2: Non-Jazz Music

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8a38187c9-4835-4242-a525-6871d10ad5a6

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0845-ref1013

Collection Creator:

Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967  Search this

Russo, William, 1928-2003  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Claxton, William  Search this

Leonard, Herman, 1923-2010  Search this

Collection Composer:

Kenton, Stan  Search this

Collection Musician:

Mulligan, Gerry  Search this

Container:

Box 63, Folder 5

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but an oil painting is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

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.

Collection Citation:

William Russo Music and Personal Papers, 1920s-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

See more items in:

William Russo Music and Personal Papers

William Russo Music and Personal Papers / Series 1: Wiliam Russo's Music / 1.2: Non-Jazz Music

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8c7add21b-fa27-4259-8484-2a1220cb6921

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0845-ref1014

Collection Creator:

Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967  Search this

Russo, William, 1928-2003  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Claxton, William  Search this

Leonard, Herman, 1923-2010  Search this

Collection Composer:

Kenton, Stan  Search this

Collection Musician:

Mulligan, Gerry  Search this

Container:

Box 74, Folder 4

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but an oil painting is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

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.

Collection Citation:

William Russo Music and Personal Papers, 1920s-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

See more items in:

William Russo Music and Personal Papers

William Russo Music and Personal Papers / Series 1: Wiliam Russo's Music / 1.2: Non-Jazz Music

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep822155457-83fd-48b9-9386-b7eddaca9c8c

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0845-ref1015

Collection Creator:

Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967  Search this

Russo, William, 1928-2003  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Claxton, William  Search this

Leonard, Herman, 1923-2010  Search this

Collection Composer:

Kenton, Stan  Search this

Collection Musician:

Mulligan, Gerry  Search this

Container:

Box 56, Folder 4

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but an oil painting is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

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.

Collection Citation:

William Russo Music and Personal Papers, 1920s-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

See more items in:

William Russo Music and Personal Papers

William Russo Music and Personal Papers / Series 1: Wiliam Russo's Music / 1.2: Non-Jazz Music

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8c129f5ce-d977-4fa2-8544-7de5779fd8ad

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0845-ref1016