Jazz

Scope and Contents: This collection includes interviews, correspondence, and recorded performances related to the life and career of clarinetist Perry Robinson. The collection materials formed the basis of research for Robinson's autobiography The Traveler, co-written by Florence Wetzel. The collection contains fifty-four cassette recordings of interviews conducted by Florence Wetzel between February 16, 1997 and December 27, 2001. The interview subjects include Perry Robinson,...

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...