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Charles Mingus Collection, 1939-1979 [collection]
- Title
- Charles Mingus Collection, 1939-1979 [collection]
- Date Created
- Span: 1939-1979
- Language
- English
- Form
- collection
- Physical Description
- 13 ft.
- 84 boxes
- Abstract
- The Charles Mingus Collection covers the music career of celebrated African American jazz musician/composer Mingus (1922-1979) from about 1939, the year he composed "What Love" and "Half Mast Inhibition", to his death on January 5, 1979. The series in the collection include music, writings (by and about Mingus), business papers, printed matter, iconography, personal documents, and sound recordings . Each series is rich with Mingus effects and memorabilia depicting his experiences in the world of jazz and some aspects of his private life.
- Contents Note
- The Charles Mingus Collection includes music (manuscript and printed of Mingus and others), writings by and about Mingus by Mingus and others, business papers, printed matter (such as articles and clippings, books and pamphlets, organizations and affiliations, programs, and promotional material), iconography (photographs of Mingus, his family, and colleagues such as Eric Dolphy, Dannie Richmond, Max Roach, Oscar Pettiford, and Miles Davis, artwork, and three dimensional items), personal material, and sound recordings.
- Note
- Sound recordings transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
- Preferred Citation
- Charles Mingus Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress
- Access Permissions
- Researchers wishing to work with special collections are advised to inquire in advance about availability of material since many special collections are stored off-site.
- Copyright
- Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.
- Subjects
- African Americans in the Performing Arts
- Jazz Band Music
- Arrangers
- Jazz
- Davis, Miles
- Mingus, Charles
- Dolphy, Eric
- Richmond, Dannie
- Roach, Max
- Pettiford, Oscar
- Call Number
- ML31.M56
- Repository
- Music Division, Library of Congress
- Finding Aid
- http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu004009
Last Updated: 08-28-2012