Audiocassettes

Object Details

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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

See more items in: Floyd Levin Jazz Reference Collection; Floyd Levin Jazz Reference Collection / Series 10: Audiovisual 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 subseries contains audiocassette recordings of music, oral history interviews, and informal interviews conducted and collected by Floyd Levin at various events such as birthday parties, funerals and performances. It is the largest subseries within the series. Featured artists include Louis Armstrong, "Barney" (Albany Leon) Bigard, "Wild" Bill Davison and his wife, Anne Stewart Davison, Jane Jarvis, "Rosy" (James) McHargue, Lyle "Spud" Murphy, and Spiegle Willcox, among others. Many of the interviews collected by Floyd Levin were first recorded from radio broadcasts such as the BBC. The large majority of the materials were first recorded from the early 1920s to the late 1990s and are arranged in rough alphabetical order by artist last name.

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

NMAH.AC.1222_ref2218

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NMAH.AC.1222

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