Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
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- Duke Ellington Collection
- Sponsor
- Processing and encoding partially funded by a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.
- Date
- 1933-1973
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Identifier
- NMAH.AC.0301, Series 2
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Duke Ellington Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Collection Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions. Copyright restrictions. Consult the Archives Center at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270. Paul Ellington, executor, is represented by: Richard J.J. Scarola, Scarola Ellis LLP, 888 Seventh Avenue, 45th Floor, New York, New York 10106. Telephone (212) 757-0007 x 235; Fax (212) 757-0469; email: rjjs@selaw.com; www.selaw.com; www.ourlawfirm.com.
- Scope and Contents note
- Includes souvenir and concert programs, domestic and international tour itineraries, press releases, correspondence, news articles, and citations. The records document domestic and international tours to Canada, the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Europe made by the Duke Ellington Orchestra, 1933-1973. In addition, they document three diplomatic tours to the Near and Middle East (1963), Soviet Union (1971), and Central and South America (1971) sponsored by the United States State Department. Of particular interest are the materials documenting Ellington's Concerts of Sacred Music performed between 1965 and 1973. These include correspondence, announcements, and publicity relating to the planning and execution of these concerts, dating from January 1963. The records are organized into three subseries: Subseries 2.1, International Tours (including Ellington's diplomatic tours for the State Department), Subseries 2.2, Domestic Tours, and Subseries 2.3, The Sacred Concerts. The material within each group is arranged chronologically by performance dates. Span dates are identified within parentheses only when the dates for a group of materials falls outside of the performance dates. Undated items have been placed at the end of each grouping. Oversized materials have been placed at the end of the series but are incorporated chronologically in this listing.
- Collection Restrictions
- Collection is open for research but the original and master audiovisual materials are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510514217-1503510515592-6
