Correspondence

Object Details

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8024ea66d-bc7f-437e-8428-080ce77bfa67

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

1948 - 2006

undated

Archival Repository

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier

NMAH.AC.1222, Series 2

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

Contains letters, greeting cards, postcards, and handwritten notes both to and from Floyd Levin, as well as communications between jazz artists that Levin collected. The majority of the materials consist of personal letters written to Levin by jazz artists and organizations regarding upcoming festivals and performances, research inquiries from other jazz historians and collectors, including Duncan P. Schiedt, as well as general personal correspondence between the Levins and jazz artists and friends. Also found among the materials are letters relating to personal matters. The materials are arranged in chronological order.

Collection Restrictions

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

Record ID

ebl-1562715276631-1562715279926-4