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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
Abstract:
The collection includes materials surrounding the life and career of arts manager and Jesuit priest, Peter F. O'Brien. It contains correspondence between O'Brien and Mary Lou Williams, business papers pertaining to O'Brien's management of Williams, his time at Duke University, and other general business papers; datebooks from throughout his time with Williams, as executive director of the Williams Foundation, and as a Jesuit; and materials related O'Brien's art appreciation, advocacy and...