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Personal Papers

American History Museum

Object Details

Collection Creator

Ellington, Edward
Richardson, Deborra A.
Ellington, Gaye

Collection Citation

Edward and Gaye Ellington Collection of Duke Ellington Materials, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Scope and Contents

Materials consist primarily of biographical and personal information relating to Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington. These materials include a chronology of his first recordings, documents relating to his medical history and an autopsy, interviews, photographs, notes for Ellington's autobiography Music Is My Mistress and the eulogy that was delivered at his funeral among other materials. The materials are arranged in chronological order.
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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep87b522f81-42f8-444e-a30c-19944d9aefe4

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Edward and Gaye Ellington Collection of Duke Ellington Materials

Sponsor

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

Date

1899 - 1980

Archival Repository

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier

NMAH.AC.0704, Series 2

Type

Archival materials

Collection Rights

Collection items available for reproduction, but copyright held by the donors. 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 Restrictions

Collection is open for research.
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Record ID

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