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Artists Files

American History Museum

Object Details

Collection Creator

Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971
Blake, Eubie (James Herbert), 1883-1983
Darensbourg, Joe, 1906-1985
Davison, Bill
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
Garland, Ed

Collection Collector

Levin, Floyd, 1922-2007

Collection Donor

Levin, Lucille

Collection Creator

Morton, Jelly Roll, 1890-1941
Wilson, Buster

Collection Citation

Floyd Levin Jazz Reference Collection, 1880-2010, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Scope and Content Note

Contains the largest and most significant amount of material in the collection. Materials include many photographs, both taken by and acquired by Floyd Levin, newspaper articles, oral history transcripts, personal and professional correspondence, personal papers, and ephemera related to jazz artists both obscure and internationally recognized. In addition, the materials document other closely related musical genres including blues and swing. Materials are divided into three subseries: 5.1, general materials, 1880-2010, undated; 5.2, obituaries, 1941-2004; and 5.3, interviews, 1969-2001.
sova.nmah.ac.1222_ref12

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep87e8a8e20-1ec6-432e-bbba-b1b155f16ef7

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Floyd Levin Jazz Reference Collection

Sponsor

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

Date

1880-2010
undated

Archival Repository

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier

NMAH.AC.1222, Series 5

Type

Archival materials

Collection Rights

Reproduction restricted due to copyright or trademark. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Restrictions

The collection is open for research. Only reference copies of audiovisual materials may be used.
NMAH.AC.1222_ref12
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NMAH.AC.1222
ACAH

Record ID

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