Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981

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This collection contains thirteen photographic contact sheets of photos from performances, jazz vespers, and candid shots featuring musicians including Jimmy Rowles, Tony Bennett, Marian McPartland, Benny Carter, and Mary Lou Williams, among others.

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This collection documents Pochonet's life and career as a drummer and band leader. The collection includes five scrapbooks, ephemera, personal essays, articles, legal documents, discographical information, letters, newspaper clippings, and photographs.

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This collection contains correspondence from Mary Lou Williams to George and Honi Gordon. There are thirteen handwritten letters and brief notes, eleven addressed to Honi and two to George. Most of the envelopes are also included.

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...

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...

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This collection contains Mary Lou Williams memorabilia from the late 1970's including a programs, postcards, flyers, and a poster mainly from performances in New Jersey. There is also a letter and note addressed to Vince.