Box and Folder Listing

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Box 1Box 2: VHS and Beta videocassetes; compact discsBox 3: Film reels

• Box 1 Request Reading Room Access

  Barcode: 706936

  • Folder 1: Ellington Discography Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    2 copies. No author indicated.

  • Folder 2: Ellington Discography Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Printed from dot matrix printer; pages still attached vertically.

  • Folder 3: Jerry Valburn: The Directory of Duke Ellington's Recordings, 1986-05 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Hicksville, NY: Marlor Productions.

  • Folder 4: Duke Ellington Music Society Bulletin, 1995-10 through 1999-05 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Overlaps with next issue: No. 1 for 1999 is designated as "March-May."

  • Folder 5: Duke Ellington Music Society Bulletin, 1999-04 through 2001-03 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    April 1999 = Issue 2 for 1999. Overlaps with previous issue (No. 1, March-May 1999).

  • Folder 6: Duke Ellington Music Society Bulletin, 2001-04 through 2005-07 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

  • Folder 7: "List of LPs to record" Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

  • Folder 8: The World at Large Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Synopsis of Paramount Pictorial No. 837 (released October 11, 1933), featuring Baron Lee and his Blue Rhythm Orchestra [Mills Blue Rhythm Band], Cab Calloway and his Orchestra, Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, and Irving Mills.

  • Folder 9: Collector's Record Club membership documents, various record club order forms, circa 1987 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

  • Folder 10: Joe Parker Ellington Auction catalog, 1989 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

  • Folder 11: Records by Mail catalogs, 1997, 1998 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

  • Folder 12: International Association of Jazz Record Collectors (IAJRC) directory, 1999 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

  • Item 13: Duke Ellington: The "78" Years, 1923-1947, compiled by Dennis Askey Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Four spiral-bound copies

  • Item 14: Binder of CDs to accompany Duke Ellington: The "78" Years Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

  • Item 15: Benny H. Aasland: The Wax Works of Duke Ellington, 1954 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Small book in poor condition

• Box 2: VHS and Beta videocassetes; compact discs Request Reading Room Access

  Barcode: 707295

  • Item 1: Murder at the Vanities, 1934 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    VHS copy.

  • Item 2: Belle of the Nineties, 1934 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    VHS copy.

  • Item 3: Hit Parade, 1937 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    VHS copy.

  • Item 4: At the Races, 1940 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    VHS copy.

  • Item 5: Check and Double Check, 1932 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Beta, commercial copy. New York: Crown Movie Classics. ISBN 0-517-86361-8.

  • Item 6: Cabin in the Sky Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Beta copy.

  • Item 7: Cabin in the Sky / Check and Double Check Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    VHS copy.

  • Item 8: Duke Ellington: Jam Session; Black and Tan Fantasy; Symphony in Black; RKO Jamboree 1943; Bundle of Blues Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    VHS copy.

  • Item 9: Duke Ellington: Black and Tan; Medley; It Don't Mean a Thing; Don't Get Around Much Anymore; Hot Chocolate; Jam Session Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    VHS copy.

  • Item 10: Duke Ellington: Bundle of Blues; Perfume Suite Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    VHS Copy.

  • Item 11: Duke Ellington at Ciro's; at the Philharmonic Auditorium; at the Radio Recorders Studio, 1947; 1945; 1958 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    All venues in Los Angeles. CD copy, possibly from the Duke Ellington Music Society.

  • Item 12: Duke Ellington Transcriptions, 1937 March 18; 1938 December 21; 1939 April 29 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    DE-1. Tracks 1-9 dated March 18, 1937; tracks 10-12 dated December 21, 1938; tracks 13-16 dated April 29, 1939.

• Box 3: Film reels Request Reading Room Access

  Descriptions for this box rely heavily on Laura Treat's notes from digitizing the reels in 2015 and 2016.
  Barcode: 714965

  • Item 1: Three segments of home movies of China, 1960-1961 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Digitized as 06-073-003-001. 1 film (07 min., 45 sec.) : si., col. ; 16 mm. Film stock was produced in 1960 and processed in May 1961.

  • Item 2: Five segments of home movies, 1959-1962 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Digitized as 06-073-003-002. 1 film (11 min., 32 sec.) : si., col. ; 16 mm. 5 segments of home movies.  The fifth segment has a large section of underexposed film and also has sustained some water damage which affects image quality. Early segments may have been shot in Afghanistan and show women working  on textiles and children seeing doctor.  Other segments show a jazz exhibit at a museum and African American Boy Scouts (Washington D.C.)

  • Item 3: Three segments of home movies and a commercial film, 1960-1961 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Digitized as 06-073-003-003. 1 film (15 min., 39 sec.) : si., col. ; 16 mm. 3 segments of home movies and one commercial film produced by Blackhawk Films. The majority of the film appears to have been shot in the middle east, likely Afghanistan given Askey's travels. Large portions of the film are underexposed with little or no apparent  image.

  • Item 4: Six segments of home movies, 1960-1961 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Digtized as 06-073-003-004. 1 film (12 min., 17 sec.) : si., col. ; 16 mm. 6 segments of home movies including footage of what may be Afghanistan and a political rally or protest.

  • Item 5: Home movies, 1960-1961 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Digitized as 06-073-003-005. 1 film (43 min., 31 sec.) : si., col. ; 16 mm. This item was affected by significant water damage, and consists of home movies.

  • Item 6: Four musical short films: I Can't Give You Anything But Love (featuring Hilda Rogers), Swamp Girl; Solitude; Angel Eyes, 1949, 1954, 1952, 1952 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Digitized as 06-073-003-006. 1 film (13 min., 35 sec.) : sd., b&w. ; 16 mm. This item was affected by water damage.

  • Item 7: First International Jazz Festival, Washington, D.C., 1962 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Digitized as 06-073-003-007. 1 film (29 min., 06 sec.) : si., col. ; 16 mm. The film can is labeled with a sticker reading "Century 21 Exposition Seattle World's Fair 1962," but the footage is largely or entirely from the First International Jazz Festival in Washington, D.C.

  • Item 8: Home movies of Afghanistan, 1960-1961 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Digitized as 06-073-003-008. 1 film (36 min., 21 sec.) : si., col. ; 16 mm.