Series fifteen of the Duke Ellington Collection consists of regular and oversize books that either were purchased by or given to Ellington and Evie Ellis, Ellington's long-time friend and companion. The series also includes books that were acquired by Ellis after Ellington's death. The books are arranged alphabetically by author or title when the author is unidentified. Publication information is given when available. All of Ellington's religious books can be found in series fourteen, Religious Material, (1928-1974).
Many books contain inscriptions to Ellington and Ellis from friends, fans and family members. Of particular interest are the following: Katsuji Abe's Jazz: Pictoral Essay, featuring pictures of jazz musicians; Tony Munzlinger's Jazz, a compilation of Munzlinger's sketches; and an autographed letter from Booker T. Washington to A.I. Lathers, dated 24 October 1904, that has been glued inside the cover of Washington's Up From Slavery.
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Books
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Duncan, David Douglas,Picasso's Picasso (New York: Harper & Brothers, n.d.); Ellington, Edward Kennedy [Duke], Music is My Mistress (Garden City, NY:Doubleday, 1973)
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Ellington, Mercer, Duke Ellington (Rischlikon-Zirich: Albert Miller Verlag, 1980). [2 copies of German translation of Duke Ellington in Person.]
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Griffith, Richard, Anatomy Of A Motion Picture (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1959)
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Hargreaves, Dorothy and Bob, Tropical Blossoms of the Caribbean (Portland, OR: Hargreaves Industrial, 1960);Harris, Elliot, The "Un-American" Weapon (New York: M.W. Lads, 1967); Heline, Corinne, Healing and Regeneration Through Music (Santa Barbara, CA: J.F. Rowney, 1972)Katsuji Abe, Jazz: Pictoral Essay (Tokyo: Sohgeisha, 1970)Leslau, Charlotte and Wolf, comps., African Proverbs (Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press, 1962); Lewis, Edward and Robert Myers, eds., To Be a Friend (Kansas City, MO: Halmark Editions, 1967); Lynn, Eve, Put a Daisy in Your Hat (Philadelphia: Dorrace, 1963); Maine, G.F., A Shakespeare Anthology (London: Collins, n.d.); Maugham, W. Somerset, The Razor's Edge (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1944)
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Munzlinger, Tony, Jazz (Cologne: Edition Galatis, 1965)
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North, Christina Bott, Is A Revolution Necessary? (New York: Christina North, 1973); Peale, Norman Vincent, The Power of the Positive Thinking (New York: Prentice-Hall, 1952); Psychoanalytic Review, Vol. 52, No. 3 (Fall 1965)
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Roma: Album artistico con 132 tavole (Milano: C. Capello, n.d.); Ryan, Tom, Otto Preminger Films Exodus: A Report (Random House, 1960); Skutch, Alexander F., The Life of the Hummingbird (New York: Crown, 1973)
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Smith, Leo, Notes (8 pieces), Source A New World Music: Creative Music (Leo Smith, 1973); Steinway, Theodore, People and Pianos (New York: Steinway & Sons, 1953); Stone, Ernest, Stop Your Crying, Start Trying (New York: Carlton Press, Inc., 1971)
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Tekle, Afewerk, Afewerk Tekle (Il Console Genereale d'Italia all'Asmara, 1973).
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Ulanov, Barry, Duke Ellington (New York: Creative Age Press, 1946). [3 copies]; Washington, Booker T., Up From Slavery (New York: Doubleday, 1903)
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Unidentified music book, Book III-Lower Advanced
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