Person
O'Brien, Peter F. ((Peter Francis))
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Collection
Identifier: IJS-0060
Repository:
Institute of Jazz Studies
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Mary Lou Williams Collection
Scope and Contents:
The Mary Lou Williams papers comprise Williams’s extant personal materials and belongings. They contain her musical output as a composer, arranger, and recording artist, in written and recorded music, her numerous autobiographical writings and essays, and documentation of her personal appearances and her stature as an artist in business papers, ephemera, scrapbooks, and publications. There are also artifacts, works of art, and moving image recordings. The materials in the collection are from...
Collection
Identifier: IJS-0156
Repository:
Institute of Jazz Studies
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Peter F. O’Brien papers
Scope and Contents:
The Peter F. O’Brien papers contain materials from 1924-2015, with most of the material dating from the 1970s to 2015. The collection includes records of O’Brien’s work with Mary Lou Williams, first as a friend and supporter, then manager, and finally executive director of the Mary Lou Williams Foundation. It includes correspondence between the two starting from his first letter to her in 1964 to her death in 1981. There are business papers created during his work on her behalf prior to...