Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Al Celley Collection of Duke Ellington Manuscripts
Collection
Identifier: GTM-20111015
Scope and Contents
Photographs and ephemera collected by Ellington's road manager Al Celley, including an autograph narrative of the "Beige" movement from "Black, Brown, and Beige"; a typescript of the three movements of the same; Ellington's notes and correspondence from Doris Asbury regarding the same; typescript first draft of Ellington's "The Beggar's Opera"; concert and festival ephemera (badges, handbills, photographs, ticket) from Newport, Cardiff, and Monterey; concert poster in Arabic (10th Damascus...
Dates:
1938 - 1964
Duke Ellington Signed Program
Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 43, Folder: 15
Identifier: GTM-20170517
Scope and Contents
Program for a Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra concert in London, February 1964. Bears the signatures of Ellington and approximately 16 members of his orchestra, inscribed to Walter Heugham, president of the Duke Ellington Jazz Society in England.
Dates:
1964
Lewis C. Wendell, Jr. Collection on the United States Information Agency-Duke Ellington Good Will Tour
Collection
Identifier: GTM-20220228
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of materials related to Duke Ellington concerts held in Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, and other nations, that were sponsored by the U.S. State Department in 1963. The materials were collected by Lewis C. Wendell, Jr., who served as a Consul with the United States Information Agency in that region. The collection includes photographs, programs, press releases, and seven audio recordings of concerts held in Lahore, Pakistan (1/4 inch magnetic tapes).The...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1963; 1963, 1971, circa 2010s