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Journals, 1937-1992
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LIFE. Volume 65, Number 22. November 22, 1968. Chicago, IL : Time Inc., 1968.
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Paperback. |
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LIFE. Volume 65, Number 22. November 29, 1968. Chicago, IL : Time Inc., 1968.
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Paperback. |
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LIFE. Volume 65, Number 23. December 6, 1968. Chicago, IL: Time Inc., 1968.
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Paperback. |
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LIFE. Volume 67, Number 15. October 10, 1969. Chicago, IL: Time Inc., 1969.
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Paperback. |
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LIFE. Volume 73, Number 17. October 27, 1972. Chicago, IL: Time Inc., 1972.
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Paperback. |
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LOOK. Volume 25, Number 7. March 28, 1961. Des Moines, IA: Cowles Communications, Inc., 1961. Possibly saved by Ellison for section called Africa beginning on page 27. |
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Paperback. |
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LOOK. Volume 32, Number 23. November 12, 1968. Des Moines, IA: Cowles Communications, Inc., 1968. Possibly saved by Ellison for article called A National Disgrace: What Unions Do to Blacks on page 33 and article called The Story of James Earl Ray and the Plot to Assassinate Martin Luther King, Jr. on page 96. |
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Paperback. |
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LOOK. Volume 33, Number 6. March 18, 1969. Des Moines, IA: Cowles Co,,unications, Inc., 1969. Possibly saved by Ellison for article called Jazzman’s Last Ramble on page 100. |
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Paperback. |
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Massachusetts Review. Autumn 1967. Amherst, MS: The Massachusetts Review, Inc., 1967. Annotated on front cover. |
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Paperback. |
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Mark Twain Journal. Volume XV, Number 1, Winter 1970. Edited by Cyril Clemens. Kirkwood, MO :Kraus Reprint Corporation, 1970.
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Inscribed, “Knight of Mark Twain, Ralph Ellison, a master of his art!” by Cyril Clemens on cover. Paperback. |
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Modern Fiction Studies. A critical quarterly. Volume 4, Number 3. Autumn, 1958. Lafayette, IN: The Modern Fiction Club, Department of English, Purdue University, [1958].
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Signed by Ellison on front cover. Paperback. |
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Modern Fiction Studies. A critical quarterly. Volume XI, Number 4. Winter, 1965-1966. Lafayette, IN: The Modern Fiction Club, Department of English, Purdue University, [1965].
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Annotation on front cover. Paperback. |
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New American Review. Number 14. A Touchstone Book. New York: Simon and Schuster, Inc., 1972. 1st Printing. LCCN 67-27377. |
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Paperback. |
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New Horizons: World Guide. Pan American’s Travel Facts about 96 Countries. Edited by Gerald W. Whitted. New York: Pan American Airways, 1962. LCCN 54-5818. |
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Hardcover. |
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New Letters: A magazine of fine writing. Volume 48, Numbers 3 and 4. Spring/Summer, 1982. India: An anthology of contemporary writing. Edited by David Ray and Amritjit Singh. Kansas City, MO: University of Missouri-Kansas City, 1982.
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Inscribed, “For Ralph Waldo Ellison—you are teaching still and I hope I am learning some. Regards and best wishes, Amritjit Singh. April 11, 1984. New York” on title page. Paperback. |
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New South. Volume 21, Number 2. Spring, 1966. Atlanta, GA: Southern Regional Council, 1966.
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Laid-in photocopy of letter removed and housed separately; filed immediately adjacent to this volume. |
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New World Writing. 5th Mentor Selection. A New Adventure in Modern Reading. New York: New American Library and World Literature Inc., 1954.
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Paperback. |
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New York Times Magazine. May 1, 1966. New York: The New York Times, 1966.
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Paperback. |
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New York Times Magazine. May 15, 1983. New York: The New York Times, 1983.
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Paperback. |
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New York Times Magazine. January 17, 1982. New York: The New York Times, 1982.
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Paperback. |
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New York Times Magazine. Special Issue: America in Captivity: Points of Decision in the Hostage Crisis. New York: The New York Times, 1981.
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Paperback. |
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Noble Savage. 1. March, 1960. New York: Meridian Books, Inc., 1960.
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Some light annotation found inside. Signed by Ellison on front cover. Paperback |
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Obsidian: Black literature in review. Volume 1, Number 1. Fredonia, NY: Department of English, State University College, 1975.
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Noble Savage. 1. March, 1960. New York: Meridian Books, Inc., 1960.
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Some light annotation found inside. Signed by Ellison on front cover. Paperback |
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Okike: An African Journal of New Writing. Volume 1, Number 3. September, 1973. Edited by Chinua Achebe. Enugu, Nigeria: Nwamife Publishers, 1972.
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Inscrption on title page reads, “Dear Ralph Ellison, I am sending this to you with the compliments of the editor, Chinua Achebe. I still relish the memory of that pleasant evening in the Summer of 1973 in company of William Jay Smith, Richard Wilbur and others. Best Regards, Ossie Enekwe.” Paperback. |
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Paris Review. Number Eight. Paris, France: Paris Review, [1954].
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Signed by Ralph Ellison on front free endpaper. Paperback serial rebound by Ellison into hardcover. |
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Partisan Review: A literary monthly. Volume IV, Number 4. March, 1938. New York: Partisan Review, 1938.
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Paperback. |
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Partisan Review: A literary monthly. Volume XXII, Number 2. Spring, 1955. New York: Foundation for Cultural Projects, 1955. Paperback. |
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Some light annotation found inside. Signed by Ellison on front cover. Paperback |
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Partisan Review: A literary monthly. Volume XXV, Number 2. Spring, 1958. New York: Foundation for Cultural Projects, 1958.
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Annotated on front cover. Signed by Ralph Ellison on front cover. Paperback. |
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P.E.N. XXX. Kongress des Internationalen P.E.N. Frankfurt am Main, 1959. Schone Literature im Zeitalter der Wissenschaft (Imaginative literature in the age of science). July 19-25, 1959.
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Laid-in card removed and housed separately; filed immediately adjacent to this volume. Paperback. |
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PMLA: Publications of the Modern Language Association of America. Edited by John Hurt Fisher, Secretary of the Association. Volume LXXX, Number 1. March, 1965. Menasha, WI: Modern Language Association of America, 1965.
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Annotated on front cover. Laid-in letter removed and housed separately; filed immediately adjacent to this volume. Paperback. |
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Poetry: The Australian quarterly of verse. Number 16. 1945. Edited by Flexmore Hudson. Adelaide: Economy Press, 1945.
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Annotation on title page. Paperback. |
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Poetry: The Australian quarterly of verse. Number 18. 1946. Edited by Flexmore Hudson. Adelaide: Economy Press, 1946.
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Annotation on title page. Paperback. |
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Prarie Schooner. Volume XLV, Number 4. Winter 1971/72. Lincoln, NE : University of Nebraska, 1972. Annotated throughout. Paperback.1960.
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Some light annotation found inside. Signed by Ellison on front cover. Paperback |
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Proceedings of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Second Series, Number thirty-four. Publication number 355. New York: American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, 1983.
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Annotated on front cover. Paperback. |
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Pushcart Prize, VIII: Best of the small presses. 1983-84 Edition. Edited by Bill Henderson with Pushcart Prize editors. Introduction by Gail Godwin. Wainscott, NY: Pushcart Press, 1983. LCCN 76-58675. |
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Laid-in letter from editor removed and housed separately; filed immediately adjacent to this volume. Hardcover/dust jacket. |
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Salmagundi. A quarterly of the humanities and social sciences. Number 20. Summer-Fall, 1972. Psychological man: Approaches to an emergent social type. Saratoga Springs, NY: Skidmore College, 1972.
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Laid-in photocopy of note to Ellison from Robert Moore removed and housed separately; filed immediately adjacent to this volume. Paperback. |
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Struggle. Organ of the Vanguard. Number 1. May [1936]. New York: The Vanguard. |
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Paperback. |
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Studies in American Fiction. Volume 1, Number 1. Spring, 1973. Boston: Northeastern University, 1973.
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Laid-in photocopy of letter removed and housed separately; filed immediately adjacent to this volume. Paperback. |
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Tamarack Review. Summer Issue, 1964. Toronto: University of Toronto Press,1964.
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Laid-in letter removed and housed separately; filed immediately adjacent to this volume. Paperback. |
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TriQuarterly 6. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University, 1972.
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Laid-in letter from editor to Ellison removed and housed separately; filed immediately adjacent to this volume. Annotation on front cover. Paperback. |
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TriQuarterly 58. Fall 1983. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University, 1983.
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Laid-in letter from editor to Ellison removed and housed separately; filed immediately adjacent to this volume. Paperback. |
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TRUE: For Today’s Adventurous Man. Volume 52, Number 412.September 1971. Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1971.
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Paperback. |
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Tuskegee Messenger: A semi-monthly journal of Negro progress and interracial good will. Volume VII, Numbers 9-10. May 9-23, 1931. Fiftieth Anniversary. Alabama: Tuskegee Institute Press, 1931.
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Annotation on front cover states, “Loaned by the Messenger Office.” |
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Umbra. Volume 1, Number 1. Winter, 1963. New York: Society of Umbra, 1963.
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Laid-in photocopy of letter removed and housed separately; filed immediately adjacent to this volume. Paperback. |
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The Urbanite: Images of the American Negro. Volume 1, Number 2. April 1961. New York: The Urbanite Publishing Co., Inc., 1961. 1961. . Possibly saved by Ellison for article by Langston Hughes on page 10 called A Good Job Gone. |
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Paperback. |
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Venturer: A literary-art magazine. Volume XLV. Winter 1972. New York: The Hewitt School, 1972.
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Laid-in photocopy of letter and address removed and housed separately; filed immediately adjacent to this volume. Paperback. |
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Virginia Quarterly Review: A National Journal of Literature and Discussion. Volume 60, Number 2. Spring, 1984. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia, 1984.
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Inscription on front cover. Paperback. |
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Virginia Quarterly Review: A National Journal of Literature and Discussion. Volume 62, Number 3. Summer, 1986. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia, 1986.
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Inscription on front cover. Paperback. |
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Vogue. October 15, 1949. New York: Conde Nast Publications Inc., 1949.
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Annotation on front cover points the reader to page 86, where there is a picture taken by Francis Steegmuller, and was possibly developed by Ralph Ellison. Note on cover states, “p. 86 (Francis Steegmuller—photographer. Ralph’s Darkroom work.” |
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Yardbird Reader. Volume 4. 1st Edition. Berkeley, CA: Yardbird Publishing Cooperative, 1975. LCCN 73-75226. |
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Paperback. |
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Newspaper clippings predominantly from The New York Times. Dates ranging from . 1979-1983
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TriQuarterly 58. Fall 1983. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University, 1983.
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Laid-in letter from editor to Ellison removed and housed separately; filed immediately adjacent to this volume. Paperback. |
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DECK E |
Ephemera, 1968-2002
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Ephemeral items owned by Ralph Ellison including invitations to historic events as well as 16 awards. |
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Arranged alphabetically by primary correspondent's name |
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Blank card. Picture on front is of horses in the snow. There is a caption on the bottom left stating “February” and on the right is the artist’s name: Grant Wood.
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Card housed in archival folder and labeled. |
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Letter and two book reproductions. The first is Robert Bremner’s Harpsichord or Spinnet Miscellany and the second is A Little Keyboard Book compiled and edited by Mr. Darling. |
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Letter and books are housed in archival folder and labeled. |
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Funeral Booklet from Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.’s funeral service. Also includes photocopied letter from FDR Jr.’s wife Linda.
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Letter and booklet housed in archival folder and labeled. |
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Hires Extract Advertisement-Children’s Booklet. Lithograph printed by the U.S. Printing and Lithograph Company, no date given.
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Booklet housed in archival folder and labeled. |
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Invitation to the opening of the exhibit The Bowery: Portrait of a Changing Street at Goethe House in New York on Tuesday, October 19, 1982.
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Envelope, pamphlet and invitation all housed in archival folder and labeled. |
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Invitation for Ralph and Fanny Ellison to attend the premier of the movie Sophie’s Choice and the Supper Party. Invite was sent from Arts, Letters and Politics, Inc. in New York, NY.
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Envelope and invitation housed in archival envelope and labeled. |
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MIS przyjaciel najmlodszych (youngest friend). Polish children’s book. 1981. One large sheet printed on and folded into sections, but uncut. Contains poems and activities for young children.
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Housed in archival folder and labeled. |
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Newspaper clipping showing lynching. Annotation on the back of the article.
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Clipping housed in archival folder and labeled. |
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Awards
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The 52 Street Americana Festival presents the Duke Ellington Memorial Award to Ralph Ellison for his essay on Duke Ellington’s contribution to American culture on the occasion of Mr. Ellington’s 70th birthday. September 30, 1990.
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