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BOX 42-81 Business Papers, 1950-2015
Contracts, correspondence, financial and legal documents, promotional materials, and other items pertaining to the activities of Billy Strayhorn Songs, Inc. (B.S.S.I.) and its president, Gregory Morris. With the exception of royalty statements, the majority of these materials date from after Strayhorn's death.
Arranged alphabetically by organization or subject.
BOX-FOLDER 72/1 ASCAP agreements, 1967-2009
BOX-FOLDER 72/2-5 Billy Strayhorn Manuscript Editions orders, 1996-2000, 2011
BOX 42-44 Copyright, 1969-1976, 1989-2002
Renewals, licensing, catalogs, working files, and miscellany
BOX-FOLDER 73/1-2 Copyright and discography databases, 1990s-2000s and undated
BOX 68-71 Correspondence, 1965-2013
Chiefly correspondence between Gregory Morris (B.S.S.I. president) and attorneys, institutional representatives, and Walter van de Leur
BOX 45 Ellington, Duke, 1985-2012
Chiefly newsletters for the Duke Ellington Society (1985-2012) and materials related to the Duke Eillington International Conference (1993-1999)
BOX-FOLDER 74/4 Estate expenses, 1967-1968
BOX-FOLDER 74/5-6 Financial documents, 1996-2010
BOX-FOLDER 46/1-5 International Association of Jazz Education Conference, 1997-2008
BOX 75-80 Litigation, 1990-2000
Materials pertaining to three lawsuits involving B.S.S.I.
BOX-FOLDER 81/1 Manuscript inventories, 1993-1996 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 81/2 Master Apartments, 1967
BOX-FOLDER 46/6 Miscellany, 1968, 1998 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 73/3 to 74/3 Miscellany, 1969-1975, 1987-2015
BOX-FOLDER 46/7 National Jazz Hall of Fame and Museum, 1995-1997
BOX-FOLDER 46/7-11 Performances and projects, 1995-1998, 2004-2007
Royalties, 1950-2014
BOX 47-49 ASCAP, 1950-2013
BOX-FOLDER 50/1-5 BMG, 2011-2013
BOX-FOLDER 50/6-7 Campbell Connelly, 1992-1994
BOX 51-53 Campbell Connelly, 1995-2013
BOX-FOLDER 54/1-6 Cherry Lane, 2000-2008
BOX-FOLDER 54/7-8 Chrysalis One Music Publishing Group, 2010-2011
BOX 55-57 EMI, 1989-2013
BOX-FOLDER 58/1-2 Famous Music, 1994-2007
BOX-FOLDER 58/3 First State Media Group, 2008-2010
BOX-FOLDER 58/4 to 59/2 Miscellany, 1950-2011
BOX-FOLDER 59/3-6 Music Sales, 1994-2000
BOX 60-64 Music Sales, 2001-2012
BOX-FOLDER 65/1 Polygram, 1996-2000
BOX-FOLDER 65/2 Robbins Music, 1953-1982
BOX-FOLDER 65/3 S1 Songs America, 2009-2011
BOX-FOLDER 65/4-6 The Songwriters Guild, 1968-1993
BOX-FOLDER 65/7 to 66/2 Sony / ATV Music, 2008-2014
BOX-FOLDER 66/3 to 67/4 Tempo Music, 1953-1993
BOX-FOLDER 67/5 Univesal Recordings, 2001-2007
BOX-FOLDER 81/3-4 Tax documents, 1967-2012
BOX-FOLDER 81/5 Writings: Morris, Gregory, 1971-2010?
Mostly notes pertaining to B.S.S.I. activities
BOX 82 Scripts, 1939-1999
Chiefly full scripts, excerpts, or synopses for musicals composed by Ellington and/or Strayhorn.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
BOX-FOLDER 82/1 American Negro ballet, undated
By Archibald Fleming (MacLiesh)
Synopsis
BOX-FOLDER 82/2 Angel street, 1939
By Patrick Hamilton
BOX-FOLDER 82/3-5 Beggar's holiday, undated
By Duke Ellington
Scripts and lyric sheets
BOX-FOLDER 82/6 City woman, undated
Synopsis
BOX-FOLDER 82/7 Cock o' the world, undated
By Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
BOX-FOLDER 82/8 The crystal tree, undated
By Duke Ellington
BOX-FOLDER 82/9 A drum is a woman, 1957
By Duke Ellington
BOX-FOLDER 82/10 Frederick Douglass escape plan episode, undated
BOX-FOLDER 82/11 Jump for joy, 1941
By Duke Ellington
BOX-FOLDER 82/12 The man beneath, undated
By Herbert E. Martin and Stephen Bates
BOX-FOLDER 82/13 My people, undated
By Duke Ellington
BOX-FOLDER 82/14 Rose-colored glasses, 1954
By Billy Strayhorn and Luther Henderson
BOX-FOLDER 82/15 Swee' Pea: The story of Billy Strayhorn, 1999
BOX-FOLDER 82/16 Swee' Pea amd the beast, 1996
By Laurence Holder
BOX 30, 83 Photographs, 1930s-1996
Images of Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, notable jazz singers and musicians, and other people.
Arranged by subject.
BOX-FOLDER 30/20-22 Billy Strayhorn, alone, 1930s-1940s? and undated
BOX-FOLDER 30/20-22 Billy Strayhorn, alone, 1930s-1960s? and undated
BOX-FOLDER 83/1 B. Strayhorn, alone, 1930s-1940s?, 1957, 1960s?
BOX-FOLDER 83/2 B. Strayhorn, with Duke Ellington, 1930s-1940s, 1960s? and undated
BOX-FOLDER 83/3 B. Strayhorn, with others (notables), 1940s-1960s? and undated
Includes: Duke Ellington, Earl Hines, Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, Martin Luther King, Jr., Willie "The Lion" Smith, Billy Taylor, Mary Lou Williams
BOX-FOLDER 83/4 B. Strayhorn, with others, 1930s-1960s? and undated
BOX-FOLDER 83/5 Strayhorn family members?, undated
BOX-FOLDER 83/6 Duke Ellington, alone and with others, 1910s-1960s? and undated
BOX-FOLDER 83/7-8 Miscellaneous people, 1940s-1960s?, 1990-1996 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 30/23-24 Miscellaneous people, undated
BOX 30, 84-86 Biographical Materials and Miscellany, 1918-2012
Correspondence, programs and promotional materials, lyric sheets, business papers, personal documents, and other miscellaneous items concerning Strayhorn's life and career.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
BOX-FOLDER 84/1 Address book, undated
BOX-FOLDER 84/2 Business papers, 1942-1967
Chiefly contracts
BOX-FOLDER 84/3 Clippings, 1940s-1950s
Materials of interest to Strayhorn
BOX-FOLDER 84/4 Copasetics, Inc., 1949-1950, 1966-1967
BOX-FOLDER 84/5 Correspondence, 1918-1968
Includes: Aaron Bridgers.
BOX-FOLDER 84/6 Financial documents, 1942-1968
BOX-FOLDER 84/7-9 Lyric sheets, undated
Arranged alphabetically
BOX-FOLDER 84/10 Master Apartments, 1961-1966 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 85/1 Miscellany, 1942-1947, 1963-1967 and undated
Funeral and memorial items, family documents, drawings by children, and other materials
BOX-FOLDER 30/25-26 Miscellany, 1942 and undated
Track listing for Anatomy of a murder and one inscribed item
BOX-FOLDER 85/2 Personal documents, 1931-1934, 1958-1962
BOX-FOLDER 85/3-6 Press clippings and articles, 1943-1954, 1967-2012
BOX-FOLDER 85/7 to 86/1 Programs, 1965, 1984-2011 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 86/2 Turkey tour, 1963
BOX-FOLDER 86/3-8 Writings about Strayhorn, 1962, 1974, 1985-1999, 2011
BOX-FOLDER 86/9 Writings by Strayhorn, undated

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