Photographic Materials

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: Consist of photographic materials including black and white and color prints and negatives taken by Floyd and Lucille Levin at social gatherings with musicians, festivals and concerts, and events held by jazz organizations that the Levins were active members. While many remain unidentified, those that are document jazz festivals primarily in Los Angeles and New Orleans, including the Southern California Hot Jazz Society and the New Orleans Jazz Festival, as well as the opening of exhibitions related to jazz musicians. Also included among the materials are photographs taken at birthday parties for Milt Hinton, Flip Phillips, Abe Lincoln, Rosy McHargue, Spud Murphy, and Ruby Braff. Materials are arranged in chronological order.

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