Photographs, 1940s-1950s

File — Box: GTM Shared Box 45, Folder: 15

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

1940s-1950s

Conditions Governing Access

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