Artists Files

Object Details

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep87e8a8e20-1ec6-432e-bbba-b1b155f16ef7

Collection Creator

Garland, Ed

Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971

Morton, Jelly Roll, 1890-1941

Collection Collector

Levin, Floyd, 1922-2007

Collection Creator

Darensbourg, Joe, 1906-1985

Davison, Bill

Blake, Eubie (James Herbert), 1883-1983

Wilson, Buster

Collection Donor

Levin, Lucille

Collection Creator

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974

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Floyd Levin Jazz Reference Collection

Sponsor

Processing and encoding funded by a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.

Date

1880 - 2010

undated

Archival Repository

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier

NMAH.AC.1222, Series 5

Type

Archival materials

Collection Citation

Floyd Levin Jazz Reference Collection, 1880-2010, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Collection Rights

Reproduction restricted due to copyright or trademark. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Scope and Content Note

This series is the largest, and most significant, series within the collection. It is divided into three subseries: 5.1, General Materials, 1880-2010, undated; 5.2, Obituaries, 1941-2004; and 5.3, Interviews, 1969-2001, which make up the bulk of Floyd Levin's extensive collection related to individual jazz artists, though more materials related to any given artist may be found dispersed through the collection's other series. This series contains a large number of photographs, both taken by and acquired by Floyd Levin, newspaper articles, oral history transcripts, personal and professional correspondence, personal papers, and other ephemera related to jazz artists both obscure and internationally recognized. The collection documents other closely related musical genres including blues, and swing. Subseries 5.1, General Materials, 1880-2010, undated, is arranged alphabetically by the name of the artist as created and maintained by Levin. Subseries 5.2, Obituaries, 1941-2004, is arranged in the chronological order that Levin created and includes material written by him and other renowned jazz experts for mainstream and general publications. Subseries 5.3, Interviews, 1969-2001, is arranged in alphabetical order by the name of the artist.

Collection Restrictions

The collection is open for research. Only reference copies of audiovisual materials may be used.

Record ID

ebl-1562715276631-1562715281210-3