The Beggar's Opera, 1938
Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 45, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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 International Fair); and publicity photographs and a hotel receipt from Frankfurt, Germany.
Dates
- Creation: 1938
Creator
- From the Collection: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (Person)
- From the Collection: Celley, Al (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Arabic
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu