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Music, 1930s-1960s
(continued) |
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BOX-FOLDER 32/1 to 34/18 |
Unidentified |
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Mostly holograph scores/sketches, fragments, and
parts |
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BOX-FOLDER 41/12 |
Unidentified |
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Holograph score/sketch |
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BOX 42-81 |
Business Papers, 1950-2015
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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. |
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Arranged alphabetically by organization or subject. |
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BOX-FOLDER 72/1 |
ASCAP agreements, 1967-2009
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BOX-FOLDER 72/2-5 |
Billy Strayhorn Manuscript Editions orders,
1996-2000, 2011
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BOX 42-44 |
Copyright, 1969-1976, 1989-2002
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Renewals, licensing, catalogs, working files, and
miscellany |
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BOX-FOLDER 73/1-2 |
Copyright and discography databases,
1990s-2000s and undated
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BOX 68-71 |
Correspondence, 1965-2013
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Chiefly correspondence between Gregory Morris
(B.S.S.I. president) and attorneys, institutional representatives, and Walter
van de Leur |
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BOX 45 |
Ellington, Duke, 1985-2012
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Chiefly newsletters for the Duke Ellington
Society (1985-2012) and materials related to the Duke Eillington International
Conference (1993-1999) |
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BOX-FOLDER 74/4 |
Estate expenses, 1967-1968
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BOX-FOLDER 74/5-6 |
Financial documents, 1996-2010
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BOX-FOLDER 46/1-5 |
International Association of Jazz Education
Conference, 1997-2008
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BOX 75-80 |
Litigation, 1990-2000
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Materials pertaining to three lawsuits involving
B.S.S.I. |
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BOX-FOLDER 81/1 |
Manuscript inventories, 1993-1996 and
undated
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BOX-FOLDER 81/2 |
Master Apartments, 1967
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BOX-FOLDER 46/6 |
Miscellany, 1968, 1998 and undated
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BOX-FOLDER 73/3 to 74/3 |
Miscellany, 1969-1975, 1987-2015
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BOX-FOLDER 46/7 |
National Jazz Hall of Fame and Museum,
1995-1997
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BOX-FOLDER 46/7-11 |
Performances and projects, 1995-1998,
2004-2007
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Royalties, 1950-2014
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BOX 47-49 |
ASCAP, 1950-2013
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BOX-FOLDER 50/1-5 |
BMG, 2011-2013
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BOX-FOLDER 50/6-7 |
Campbell Connelly, 1992-1994
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BOX 51-53 |
Campbell Connelly, 1995-2013
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BOX-FOLDER 54/1-6 |
Cherry Lane, 2000-2008
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BOX-FOLDER 54/7-8 |
Chrysalis One Music Publishing Group,
2010-2011
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BOX 55-57 |
EMI, 1989-2013
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BOX-FOLDER 58/1-2 |
Famous Music, 1994-2007
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BOX-FOLDER 58/3 |
First State Media Group,
2008-2010
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BOX-FOLDER 58/4 to 59/2 |
Miscellany, 1950-2011
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BOX-FOLDER 59/3-6 |
Music Sales, 1994-2000
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BOX 60-64 |
Music Sales, 2001-2012
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BOX-FOLDER 65/1 |
Polygram, 1996-2000
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BOX-FOLDER 65/2 |
Robbins Music, 1953-1982
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BOX-FOLDER 65/3 |
S1 Songs America, 2009-2011
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BOX-FOLDER 65/4-6 |
The Songwriters Guild, 1968-1993
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BOX-FOLDER 65/7 to 66/2 |
Sony / ATV Music, 2008-2014
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BOX-FOLDER 66/3 to 67/4 |
Tempo Music, 1953-1993
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BOX-FOLDER 67/5 |
Univesal Recordings, 2001-2007
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BOX-FOLDER 81/3-4 |
Tax documents, 1967-2012
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BOX-FOLDER 81/5 |
Writings: Morris, Gregory,
1971-2010?
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Mostly notes pertaining to B.S.S.I.
activities |
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BOX 82 |
Scripts, 1939-1999
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Chiefly full scripts, excerpts, or synopses for musicals composed by Ellington
and/or Strayhorn. |
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Arranged alphabetically by title. |
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BOX-FOLDER 82/1 |
American Negro ballet, undated
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By Archibald Fleming (MacLiesh) |
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Synopsis |
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BOX-FOLDER 82/2 |
Angel street, 1939
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By Patrick Hamilton |
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BOX-FOLDER 82/3-5 |
Beggar's holiday, undated
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By Duke Ellington |
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Scripts and lyric sheets |
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BOX-FOLDER 82/6 |
City woman, undated
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Synopsis |
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BOX-FOLDER 82/7 |
Cock o' the world, undated
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By Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn |
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BOX-FOLDER 82/8 |
The crystal tree, undated
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By Duke Ellington |
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BOX-FOLDER 82/9 |
A drum is a woman, 1957
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By Duke Ellington |
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BOX-FOLDER 82/10 |
Frederick Douglass escape plan episode,
undated
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BOX-FOLDER 82/11 |
Jump for joy, 1941
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By Duke Ellington |
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BOX-FOLDER 82/12 |
The man beneath, undated
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By Herbert E. Martin and Stephen Bates |
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BOX-FOLDER 82/13 |
My people, undated
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By Duke Ellington |
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BOX-FOLDER 82/14 |
Rose-colored glasses, 1954
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By Billy Strayhorn and Luther Henderson |
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BOX-FOLDER 82/15 |
Swee' Pea: The story of Billy Strayhorn,
1999
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BOX-FOLDER 82/16 |
Swee' Pea amd the beast, 1996
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By Laurence Holder |
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BOX 30, 41, 83 |
Photographs, 1930s-1996
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Images of Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, notable jazz singers and musicians, and other
people. |
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Arranged by subject. |
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BOX-FOLDER 30/20-22, 41/13 |
Billy Strayhorn, alone, 1930s-1940s? and
undated
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BOX-FOLDER 83/1, 41/14-15 |
B. Strayhorn, alone, 1930s-1940s?, 1957,
1960s?
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BOX-FOLDER 83/2 |
B. Strayhorn, with Duke Ellington,
1930s-1940s, 1960s? and undated
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BOX-FOLDER 83/3 |
B. Strayhorn, with others (notables),
1940s-1960s? and undated
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Includes: Duke Ellington, Earl Hines, Billie
Holiday, Lena Horne, Martin Luther King, Jr., Willie "The Lion" Smith, Billy
Taylor, Mary Lou Williams |
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BOX-FOLDER 83/4 |
B. Strayhorn, with others, 1930s-1960s?
and undated
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BOX-FOLDER 83/5 |
Strayhorn family members?, undated
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BOX-FOLDER 83/6 |
Duke Ellington, alone and with others,
1910s-1960s? and undated
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BOX-FOLDER 83/7-8 |
Miscellaneous people, 1940s-1960s?,
1990-1996 and undated
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BOX-FOLDER 30/23-24 |
Miscellaneous people, undated
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BOX 30, 41, 84-86 |
Biographical Materials and Miscellany,
1918-2012
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Correspondence, programs and promotional materials, lyric sheets, business papers,
personal documents, and other miscellaneous items concerning Strayhorn's life and
career. Also includes a small quantity of materials related to Fantastic rhythm. |
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Arranged alphabetically by subject. |
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BOX-FOLDER 84/1 |
Address book, undated
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BOX-FOLDER 84/2 |
Business papers, 1942-1967
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Chiefly contracts |
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BOX-FOLDER 84/3 |
Clippings, 1940s-1950s
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Materials of interest to Strayhorn |
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BOX-FOLDER 84/4 |
Copasetics, Inc., 1949-1950,
1966-1967
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BOX-FOLDER 84/5 |
Correspondence, 1918-1968
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Includes: Aaron Bridgers |
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BOX-FOLDER 41/16 |
Fantastic rhythm, 1935
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Poster; photographs; scrapbook pages |
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Note: Obtained from Oliver Fowler |
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BOX-FOLDER 84/6 |
Financial documents, 1942-1968
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BOX-FOLDER 84/7-9 |
Lyric sheets, undated
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Arranged alphabetically |
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BOX-FOLDER 84/10 |
Master Apartments, 1961-1966 and
undated
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BOX-FOLDER 85/1 |
Miscellany, 1942-1947, 1963-1967 and
undated
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Funeral and memorial items, family documents,
drawings by children, and other materials |
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BOX-FOLDER 30/25-26 |
Miscellany, 1942 and undated
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Track listing for Anatomy
of a murder and one inscribed item |
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BOX-FOLDER 85/2 |
Personal documents, 1931-1934,
1958-1962
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BOX-FOLDER 85/3-6 |
Press clippings and articles, 1943-1954,
1967-2012
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BOX-FOLDER 85/7 to 86/1 |
Programs, 1965, 1984-2011 and
undated
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BOX-FOLDER 86/2 |
Turkey tour, 1963
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BOX-FOLDER 86/3-8 |
Writings about Strayhorn, 1962, 1974,
1985-1999, 2011
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BOX-FOLDER 86/9 |
Writings by Strayhorn, undated
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