Box 4

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Holiday, Billie (4 items): ALS 7/19/1947 from jail in Alderson WVA with prison corresp. instruction sheet; postcard, signed, ca. 1950 from London; Postcard, signed, ca. 1958 from Milano Italy; ALS note to Feather in hospital

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J (5 items): Jamal, Ahmad ALS 3/13/1973; James, Harry TLS 2/7/1974; Jones, Philly Joe ALS ca. 3/18/1974; Jones, Quincy--2 notes, n.d. and 2/13/1985

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Katz, Dick ALS ca. January 1985; Kennedy, Florynce TLS 8/23/ 1961 re: estate of Billie Holiday; King, B.B. two postcards, ca. 1971; Kirk, Edith TLS 1/30/1966; Kitt, Eartha postcard, n.d. and ALS n.d.; Klein, Oscar TLS, n.d.; Klein, Miriam TLS 8/18/1974; Koenigswarter, Nica Baroness (Weehawken, N.J.) TLS 9/10 and 9/24 1967; Kovacs, Edith Adams note, 4/8/1963; Kuehl, Linda re: jazz interview series 1/16/1978

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L (11 items): Laine, Frankie, ALS, 5/9/64; Lancaster, Mrs. Burt TLS 11/12/1967 re: charity; LATEEF, Yusef, ALS, 6/20/64; LEE, Peggy--TLS 10/26/1960, TLS 9/9/1963, TLS 3/5/1966; Leviev, Milcho--favorite records questionnaire, signed, n.d.; Lewis, John--favorite records questionnaire, signed, n.d.; Lion, Alfred and Ruth ALS 2/26/1985; LISTON, Melba ALS 5/20/1979; Lutcher, Nellie ALS 6/2/1980

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M (10 items): Makowicz, Adam--favorite records questionnaire ca. 1982? and TLS 11/18/1982; Mancini, Henry note, n.d.; Manne, Shelley to Hugh Hefner TLS 10/15/1967 (back of third page includes song composition with verses and fragment of music); Marable, Fate ALS 6/28/1945 (4 pp.); Marsalis, Ellis ALS, n.d.; Moore, Billy Jr. TLS 3/27/1973 and TLS 8/14/1983; Mulligan, Gerry ALS 7/30/1968 (5pp.); McRae, Carmen, postcard, n.d.

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McCann, LES: (OS) letter, Written on large postcard and paper

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Mercer, Johnny and Ginger (6 items): TLS 12/11/1964 LF to Johnny Mercer w/ Mercer reply on bottom; Johnny--TLS, n.d., TL, n.d. and ALS, n.d.; Ginger--TLS 1/22/1985 and ALS 2/16/1985

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N-O-P (12 items): Newman, Edwin (NBC) TLS 1/2/1975; New York Public Library TLS 3/23/1945 re: Schomburg Awards; OTIS, Johnny postcard ca. 1971; O'DAY, Anita ALS 11/17/ 1967 or 1969?; Page, Oran "Hot Lips," ALS 3/28/1945 (2pp.); Peters, Brock TLS 7/12/ 1974; Pfeiffer, Bernard ALS 7/22/1976; Pettiford, Oscar ALS, n.d. (2pp., ripped); Phillips, Esther--obituary/funeral program with notes, 1984; Purim, Flora, ALS, 4/10/75

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Parker, Chan (2 items): ALS 12/3/1976 re: moving back to the U.S. ( possibly New Hope, PA.) and ALS, ca. 1977? (New Hope, PA)

Scope and Contents: R (16 items): Readers Digest TL re: stories about "Negroes," 8/11/1944; Redman, Don TLS 3/23/1963; Rehak, Frank TLS 3/20/1978; Rodney, Red (Robert)--TLS 11/3/1973 re: Muse/Onyx record deal and health, TLS 11/27/1973 re: career and Las Vegas, and postcard (from Europe) 3/11/1975 re: Superbop; Rogers, Shorty ALS, n.d.; Rollins, Sonny ALS 4/24/1959 re: MGM contract w/ notes on back re: tour starting at Newport; Rowles, Dorothy ALS/card 8/26/1985; Rowles, Jimmy TLS w/drawing 10/15/83 and...