Jazz Organizations and Publications

Object Details

Collection Creator: Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971; Blake, Eubie (James Herbert), 1883-1983; Darensbourg, Joe, 1906-1985; Davison, Bill; Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974; Garland, Ed
Collection Collector: Levin, Floyd, 1922-2007
Collection Donor: Levin, Lucille
Collection Creator: Morton, Jelly Roll, 1890-1941; Wilson, Buster

Sponsor: Processing and encoding funded by a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.

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: Includes material on both national and international jazz organizations. While the majority of the newsletters, marketing materials, correspondence, photographs, handwritten notes, and other ephemera relate to organizations in California and New Orleans, Louisiana, others are headquartered in as far-reaching places as Denver, Boston, Florida, France, and South Africa. These materials are arranged in alphabetical order by the title of the organization. The materials in this series also include several publications related to jazz music and musicians and books, journal articles, and newspaper articles which are arranged in chronological order.

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