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Collection
Identifier: IJS-0002
Repository:
Institute of Jazz Studies
Scope and Contents:
The Count Basie family papers and artifacts comprise the extant papers and personal belongings of the Basie family, including Catherine, Diane, and Count Basie. The collection contains personal papers, music, photographic prints and negatives, business records, artwork, and audio and moving image recordings, as well as artifacts. The majority of items in the collection are from the 20th century, particularly the time period between the mid-1950s to the early 1980s.Most...
Collection
Identifier: IJS-0156
Repository:
Institute of Jazz Studies
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...