Scope and Content
This series contains black and white and color photographs, contact sheets, slides, and negatives documenting Duke Ellington's career as a musician and the evolution of the Duke Ellington Orchestra between 1924 and 1972. The photos depict the Orchestra and its various band members and singers in domestic concerts and international tour, Ellington with presidents and heads of state, Ellington's family, the Sacred Concerts, and publicity shots of Ellington.
Images of particular interest include Duke Ellington with Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Lyndon B. Johnson, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Margaret, and prominent musicians including Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, Leonard Bernstein, and Billy Strayhorn. The images also document places of interest where Ellington performed, such as Birdland, Westminster Cathedral, and the ancient theatre in Baghdad. Of particular interest are pictures of the original Cotton Club Orchestra and the Washingtonians, Duke Ellington's first band.
The original photographs are organized into twenty-two categories by the content of images. (For example, "Awards" is the category for all photographs that depict Ellington receiving awards from domestic and foreign dignitaries). All of the photographs have been supplied with captions that identify their primary subject content and whenever possible additional identification information may be included. Within each grouping photographs are arranged sequentially by a print number that was assigned to each image prior to the creation of a preservation photograph by the Smithsonian Institution's Office of Photographic Services (OPPS).
Most of the images included in series 7 have been copied OPPS and are available for viewing in the Archives Center Reading Room. Images were selected for photographic duplication based on content, research value, and image quality. Duplicates of photographs and images that were otherwise lacking extrinsic value were not copied. These are identified as "uncopied" in the box and folder listing. All photographs that have been copied have been assigned an OPPS negative number. This number is used to identify the appropriate negative(s) that must be used by the researcher when requesting copies of these images from OPPS. Photographs that have not been copied by OPPS and do not have an OPPS negative number assigned to them have been placed at the end of each subject grouping. Slides and unidentified negatives have been placed at the end of the series. There are twenty-two subject categories: Awards: 1966-1972; Band Members: 1933-1971; Candid Shots: 1937-1973; Duke Ellington at the Piano: undated; Duke Ellington Composing: undated; Duke Ellington Signing Autographs undated; Duke Ellington with Friends and Associates: 1939-1971; Duke Ellington with the Military: 1944-1945; Duke Ellington with Presidents and Heads of State: 1958-1969; Ellington Family: 1947; Friends and Associates: undated; In Concert: 1964-1972; International Tours: 1933-1971; Interviews: 1945-1950; Miscellaneous: undated; Orchestra: 1927-1972; Publicity: 1924-1970; Publicity Caricatures: undated; Publicity/ Fundraising: 1946; Sacred Concerts: 1968; TV Appearances: 1967-1968; Various Artists: undated.
Awards (1966-1972), copied
Box 1
1 #1-7
2 #8-15, *9
3 #16-28
4 #29-33
5 #34-37
6 #38-42
Awards, uncopied (1966-1972)
7 California College of Arts and Crafts, 1966
#43 Duke, smiling
#44 Duke and Dignitary
#45 Duke with unidentified female
#46 Duke with S. I. Hayakawa and unidentified female
#47 Duke with S. I. Hayakawa
#48 Duke, Smiling
#49 Academic procession
#50 Duke with S. I. Hayakawa
8 University of Wisconsin at Madison, April 25, 1968
#51-53 Duke in red jacket, with unidentified female
9 Miscellaneous
#54 Brown University, Honorary Doctorate, June 1969
#55 Ellington medallion, verso in French
#56 Swedish Academy, with unidentified male
10 Miscellaneous
#57 Duke receiving cake at S.U.I.
#58 Citation from Governor Buford Ellington to Duke, Nashville, TN, September 26-27, 1970
#59 Letter from Frank N. Elliott, President, Rider College, Trenton, N.J.
#60 "Hooding" ceremony at Rider College
#61 Talking with dignitaries, Rider College
#62 University of Wisconsin--thirty 35-mm contact prints
#63 Commencement, Berkley College of Music, May 19, 1973
Edward Ellington II and three dignitaries
11 Miscellaneous
#64 "Makin' Whoopie" on rooftop
#65 Duke and Evie Ellis with dignitaries
#66 Duke and Evie Ellis with dignitaries and jazz combo
Awards, (1966-1972) oversize
Box 9
1 Sacred Music Concert, Temple Emanuel, Beverly Hills, California, November
15, 1966
2 Honorary Doctor of Music, Berkley College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts, May
22, 1971
3 Honorary Doctor of Music, Columbia University, New York City, May 16,
1973
Band Members (1933-1971), copied
Box 1
12 #1-10
13 #11-20
14 #21-30
15 #31-40
16 #41-50
17 #51-60
18 #61-70
19 #71-80
20 #81-90
21 #91-100
22 #101-110
23 #111-120
24 #121-130
25 #131-140
26 #141-150
27 #151-160, *159
28 #161-170
29 #171-180
30 #181-190
31 #191-196
Band Members, uncopied
32 #197-198 Duke and unidentified female singer
#199-200 Bobbi Gordon and Cootie Williams
#201 Duke, Lena Horne, Billy Strayhorn, Patricia Willard at Fairmont Hotel San Francisco, 1960- contact prints of photos by Gordon Parks
#202 Buster Cooper
#203 Billy Strayhorn and unidentified people
#204 John Lamb
#205 Duke, Rufus Jones, Wild Bill Davis, Joe Benjamin
#206 Harold Ashby
#207 Duke and John Lamb
#208 Johnny Hodges
#209 Malcolm Taylor
#210 Band on stage, including Wendell Marshal, Duke, Carney
#211 Band on stage, including Wendell Marshall, Duke, Carney, unidentified male dancer
#212 Paul Gonsalves on stage, out-of-doors
#213 Gonsalves, with 2 unidentified males and 1 unidentified female
#214-217 Johnny Hodges
33 Miscellaneous
#218 Harold Ashby, Duke at Claremont Hotel, Berkeley, California, September, 1970
#219 Wild Bill Davis at Claremont Hotel, Berkeley, California, September, 1970
#220 Norris Turney on alto sax at Claremont Hotel
#221 Norris Turney on flute at Claremont Hotel
#222 Tom Whaley
#223 Cootie Williams
#224 Harold Ashby, Harry Carney, Russell Procope
#225 Duke, Booty Wood
#226 Russell Procope, Paul Gonsalves
#227 Jackson-Carney-Woodman, playing "Mood Indigo," Logan Utah, March, 1958 [Original photo by Ben Pubols]
#228 Nanton-Tizol-Bigard - newspaper cut
#229 Billy Strayhorn and five friends
34 #230 Eddie Preston, Money Johnson, Mercer Ellington#231 Ellington trombone and trumpet sections, including Mercer Ellington
#232 Brown, Carney, Procope
#233 Hodges, Procope, Hamilton, Carney, Duke- Paris 1950
#234 Cat Anderson
#235 Louie Bellson with Karin Jesseph and Jeanne Jesseph, Los Angeles, October 26, 1965
#236 Duke on bandstand
#237 Harry Carney holding clarinet and bass clarinet
35 #238 Unidentified drummer
#239 Unidentified male and female
#240 Unidentified person, early 1930s
#241 Bobbi Gordon and Cootie Williams
#242 Williams, Jenkins, Whetsol, 1933
#243 Bigard, Hardwick, Hodges, Carney - 1932 PR shot
#244 Wellman Braud, with Hardwick and Bigard, 1933
#245 Unidentified drummer
#246 Cootie Williams
#247-248 Paul Gonsalves
#249 Unidentified alto man - Paris, France
#250 Lawrence Brown - Paris, France
#251 Unidentified trumpet player - Paris, France
Band Members (1933-1971), oversize
Box 9
4 Ernie Shepherd, Sam Woodyard, Rolf Erickson (undated)
Candid Shots (1937-1973), copied
Box 2
1 #1-10
2 #11-20
3 #21-30
4 #31-40
5 #41-50
6 #51-60
7 #61-70
8 #71-80
9 #81-90
10 #91-100
11 #101-110
12 #111-122
Candid Shots (1937-1973), uncopied
13 Rainbow Room, 1966, 1973
#123 Duke at table with customers, 1966
#124 Lena Horne at keyboard, 1966
#125 Crowd scene, including Duke, 1966
*#126 Duke and Cab Calloway at microphone, 1966
#127 Duke at table with customers, 1966
#128 Duke and Molly Moon, 1966
#129 Duke at keyboard, 1966
#130 Urban League Anniversary, 1966
#131 Duke, Molly Moon, Mrs.Whitney Young, 1966
#132 Duke with unidentified male and female, 1966
#133-135 Duke at table with eleven customers, August, 1973
#136 Duke with two happy customers
#137 Duke and unidentified male at microphone
14 Candid Shots
#138-147 Circus World Museum, Outdoors, 1966
#148 Duke in recording studio, 1956
#149 Duke, Procope, Carney - Outdoor bandstand
#150 Duke dozing, USSR
#151 Duke conducting, London, England
#152 Duke in auto
#153 Happy Duke at Winter Carnival Ball, Whitehall, New York, February 20, 1971
#154-155 Duke at keyboard
#156 Duke, Atlantic City, New Jersey
#157 Duke's left hand
#158 Duke holding photo of himself, signed "To Doctor Ellington...We, too, love you ma-a-adly...D. Suglander, 6-15-67"
#159 Container for #158 - Message from Duke written on it
#160 Duke with ponytail
15 #161 Smiling Duke
#162 Pensive Duke at piano
#163 Smiling Duke, with flowers
#164 "Doctored" photo of Duke
#165 Duke in Milano
#166-168 Pensive Duke
#169 Finger snapping Duke, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
#170 Duke at piano with young bassist
#171 Duke on stage, holding Cootie's trumpet
16 #172-174 Duke
#175 Duke with coffee cup
#176 Pensive Duke
#177 Smiling Duke - London
#178 Laughing Duke
#179 No-tie Duke - Autographed
17 #180-184 Duke at keyboard
#185 Duke with young girl
#186 Duke with two males
#187 Duke at keyboard
#188 Duke with unidentified female
#189 Duke with unidentified male, Europe, October 12- December 15, 1971
#190 Duke with unidentified male, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, November 1973
#191 Duke at U.N. with U THant, Edvard Hambro, Ralph J. Bunche, December 10, 1970
Duke Ellington at the Piano, copied; undated
18 #1-12 (undated)
19 #13-30 (undated)
20 #31-41 (undated)
21 #42-51 (undated)
22 #52-57 (undated)
Duke Ellington at the Piano, uncopied
23 #48 Duke at the piano, with statues in wall recesses
24 #49 Duke at piano and microphone at University of Wisconsin, Eleven 35-mm contact prints
*#50 Duke at piano - verso re "Ellington Day," from Vi Loman, January 18, 1960
#51 Duke at the piano with bassist and unidentified female, 1959
#52 Duke at the piano
#53 Duke with big crowd, at the Paradise Showboat, May 12, 1935
#54 Duke at Edinboro State College, Pennsylvania, June 22, 1971
25 #55-64 Duke in red jacket at piano
Duke Ellington Composing, copied; undated
26 #1-5
Duke Ellington Signing Autographs, copied; undated
27 #1-*5[uncopied](undated)
Duke Ellington Signing Autographs, uncopied; undated
28 #6 Signing autographs in record store, 78 RPM albums on wall, late 1940's
#7-8 Signing autographs outdoors
Box 3
Duke Ellington with Friends and Associates (1939-1971)
1 #1-8
2 #9-21
3 #22
4 #23-27
5 #28
6 #29
7 #30-36
8 #37-44
9 #45-51
10 #52-53
11 #54-58
12 #59-60
13 #61
14 #62-66
15 #67-71
16 #72-87
17 #88-105
18 #106-107
19 #108-131
Duke Ellington with Friends and Associates (1939-1971), uncopied
20 #132-134 Duke with faulty members, September 21, 1969
Rosary College, Lake Forest, Illinois21 #135 Duke with unidentified female
#136 Duke with Marian McPartland and unidentified female
#137 Duke with Michael Landon and two unidentified males
#138 Duke, Strayhorn, Castro, unidentified female
22 #139 Duke with composer Ann Henry and Rev. Damian Jentges
Mt. Angel Abbey, Mt. Angel, Oregon, May 30, 1970#140 Duke clinking glasses with Margaret Russell, Paris, France
# 141 Duke with two unidentified males, 1944
#142 Duke with unidentified male, Manchester, England
23 #143-144 Duke with Bob Hale, two others, NBC-TV, Chicago, Illinois
#145 Envelope (no photo) from Jim Lowe, August 10, 1971
24 #146 Duke with Maurice A. Scarpaleggia and two other males Mount Royal, Quebec, Canada
#147 University of Wisconsin - twenty-one 35-mm contact prints
#148 Duke with Cary Grant
#149 Duke with Oscar Levant and two unidentified males
#150 Duke with fans at a restaurant table, Spokane, Washington
#151 Duke with Irving Mills, Henry Nemo
#152 Duke with unidentified male
25 #153-154 Duke with assorted friends, February, 1968
#155 Duke with young boy, with adult female, March 9, 1969
#156 Duke with unidentified couple; Paul Emerson and Aaron Stem, March, 1969
26 #157-158 Duke with one unidentified female and two unidentified males
Duke Ellington with Friends and Associates (1939-1971), oversize
Box 9
5 Ebony, Twentieth Anniversary Celebration Luncheon, Waldorf-Astoria;
Duke Ellington and Ed Sullivan, November 29, 1965
6-7 With unidentified friends, undated
Box 3
Duke Ellington with the Military (1944-1945), copied
27 #1-9
28 #10-18
Duke Ellington with the Military (1944-1945), uncopied
29 #19 Men in airplane
Duke Ellington with Presidents and Heads of State (1958-1969), copied
30 #1-9a
31 #10-11
32 #12
Duke Ellington with Presidents and Heads of State (1958-1969), uncopied
33 #(13-15)* With Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret
#16 Duke and Queen Elizabeth II shaking hands
#17-18 Princess Margaret and four unidentified males
34 Duke at the White House
#19-22 Duke's Birthday Party, April 29,
1969
Duke, Ruth Ellington, President and Mrs. Nixon
#23 Duke and President Nixon - Medal of Freedom
#24 President Nixon at the Piano, Duke looking on
35 #25-26 Duke with Governor of Rhode Island and wife, one unidentified male
36 #27-30 Duke with Princess Margaret and Ella Fitzgerald
Duke's band at
the White House, March 27, 1968
#31 Duke, Gonsalves, Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Cat Anderson, Rufus Jones
#32 Gonsalves solo
#33 Hodges solo
#34 Brown solo
Duke Ellington Family (1947), uncopied
37 #35 Duke and unidentified female; Unidentified male
#36 At the Hotel Mance, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1932: Ruth Ellington and unidentified person; Ruth and unidentified person on S.S. Olympic
#37 Wilhelmina Patterson and Evelyn V. Nichols; Family scene with five people
Friends and Associates, uncopied
38 #38 Thee unidentified males#39 Two males and two females in costume, unidentified
#40 One females, two males, Pasadena Jazz Club, November, 1971
Friends
with Inscriptions to Duke
#41 One male, three females, unidentified
#42 Three females, names verso
#43 Tallulah Bankhead, Canada Lee, Walter White, and unidentified persons
#44 Mob scene, early 1950s
#45 One male and one female dancer, backstage, others looking on
#46 Christine Snowden ("Gertie's daughter")
39 #47 "Sally and Johnny, " May 28, 1970
#48 Ann Henry rehearsing her Mass at Mt. Angel Abbey, St. Benedict, Oregon
#49 Two males, one female, unidentified
#50 Doc Perry
#51 Group photo by Marianne Gilmore, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, August 28, 1972
#52 "Eva," 1971
Friends and Associates, copied
40 #1-10
Friends and Associates, uncopied
41 With inscriptions to Duke
#11 "I Love You Madly - Love, Kim"
#12 Kira Wong, 1974
#13 Duke, taken by "The Rebel," Lexington, Ky, 1967
#14 Envelope for #13
#15 Duke, from "The Rebel," August, 1967
#16 Duke and three males, from "The Rebel," August, 1967
#17 Edgar Love, Retired Bishop, Atlanta, Georgia
#18 The late Bill Gary, choreographer, with unidentified female dancers
#19 Unidentified female, from The Rebel, August, 1967
#20 Jerome G. Carrington, Music Director, Regal Theater, Chicago
Box 4
1 Friends and Associates
#21 Aura Urziceanu [female], Roumania, February 27, 1970
#22 Unidentified female guitarist
#23 Vigar Noori, Pakistani Red Cross, October, 1963
2 #24 Basil Cameron, Percy Grainger and Duke, at New York University
3 #25 Duke and Bach, Malmo, Sweden
#26 Duke and fans, Harrah's, Lake Tahoe
#27 Duke and "Rocky"
#28 Duke and Ophelia Elizabeth Goodwin, Palo Alto, May, 1969
#29 Duke with Sandy Simon, photo by Buddy Rich
#30 Duke with Woody and Art Cannon, Massachusetts, 1940s
#31 Duke with Toby Young and Stanley Lawson, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1971
#32 Duke with George and Louis Paolino
#33 Hodges and Duke with Jeanne and Jess Jesseph, Ontario, California, July 10, 1964
4 #34 Duke and Dan Welch
Friends and Associates, uncopied; oversize
Box 9
8 Madeline and Hugues Panassie, Willie The Lion Smith, November 17, 1965
Box 4
In Concert (1964-1972), copied
5 #1-10g
6 #11-15
7 #16-19a
8 #20-22
9 #23-34
10 #35-45
In Concert (1964-1972), uncopied
11 Charleston, West Virginia, July 10, 1971
#46 Band, including Duke, Mercer, Carney, Turney
#47 Mean looking Duke
#48 Mob scene
#49 Duke
#50 Band, Carney Soloing
#51 Duke at keyboard
12 "My People")
#52 Entry to Arie Crown Theatre
#53-58 Different photos of band on stage
#59-60 Different photos of band and dancers on stage
#61 Unidentified male at microphone, female singers behind him
#62 Unidentified male in spotlight
#63 Mixed groups at microphone
#64-65 One female at microphone
#66-68 Different photos of two dancers
#69-75 Different photos of lots of dancers
#76 Photo acknowledgement sheet
13 Plaza Gardens, Disneyland
#77 Duke and Cootie on stage
#78 Trumpet and trombone players - Cat and Britt
#79 Duke at piano
#80 Trumpet and trombone players - Cat
#81 Carney solo, Duke at piano
#82 Duke at microphone
#83 Duke
#84 Trumpet and trombone players - Cat and Britt
#85 Cootie Solo
#86 Norris Turney
#87 Trumpet and trombone players - Cat and Britt
#88-89 Cootie
#90 Cootie and Duke
#91 Trombone section
#92 The band, trumpet player soloing
#93 Carney
#94 Duke at microphone
#95 Cootie
#96 Duke and band
14 Rainbow Grill, 1972
#97-99 Duke with Charles Gillette, August 7, 1972
15 Symphonic
#100 Memphis Symphony
#101 Cincinnati Symphony
#102 Baltimore Symphony
#103 California Youth Symphony in Australia, 1969
#104-106 Symphony of the New World
#107 Duke at Royal Albert Hall, February 19, 1967
#108 London Philharmonic, Royal Festival Hall
#109 "Michael," member, California Youth Symphony, March 9, 1969
#110 Sheet of eight contact prints
#111 Sheet of four contacts, including Gonsalves solo
#112 Sheet of four contacts, Duke and unidentified male
#113-115 Contact sheets
16 Duke with Sarah Vaughn
#116-119 Contact sheets
17 Duke with Sarah Vaughn, May 14, 1972
#120 Unidentified trumpet player; Unidentified drummer
#121 Unidentified drummer; Ashby-Carney-Procope; Carney
#122 Carney; Turney; Gonsalves
#123 Gonsalves; unidentified trumpet player; unidentified trombone player
#124 Procope
#125 Duke with cops with guns
#126 Duke with cops; Sarah
#127-128 Sarah
#129 Sara; 3 males; stage scene
#130 Stage scene; Tony Watkins; Carney, Procope, and cops
#131 Mercer; Duke; Stage scene; Duke
#132-133 Duke
18 In Concert
#134 Duke and Orchestra performing
#135 Jimmy Rushing; Duke and Orchestra performing
#136 Duke and Ray Charles; Duke and Orchestra performing; Duke
#137 Duke, Orchestra, and guests performing
#138 Female choir; Audience scenes
#139 Three young females; four ballerinas; chorus line, unidentified
#140 Three unidentified males at microphone; Duke at microphone; unidentified female tympanist
#141 Stage scenes; Jimmy Rushing
#142 Stage scenes
19 #143 Duke, Gonsalves, Ashby, Turney, Carney, on stage
#144 Audience in darkened theatre
#145 Duke, Orchestra on stage
#146 Contact sheet
20 #147 Duke and Orchestra performing
#148-149 Duke and Orchestra performing with unidentified females singer
#150 Duke and Orchestra performing with unidentified females singer and Tony Watkins
21 #151 Duke and Tony Watkins
#152 Duke and Orchestra at United Nations, Watkins at microphone
#153 Duke at microphone, Hodges in background
#154 Duke, Sophie Tucker, Ted Lewis, at Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
#155 Sophie Tucker sings, Duke claps, at Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
In Concert (1964-1972), uncopied; oversized
Box 9
9 "Bal Pare- Bambi" [inscribed]
Box 10
1 "Duke Ellington als Erinnerung an den Bal Pare 1967"
Box 4
International Tours (1933-1971), copied
22 #1-7
23 #8-8z
24 #8aa-8zz
25 #8aaa-8zzz
26 #8aaaa-mmmm
27 #9-15
28 #16-25
Box 5
1 #26-48
2 #49-61
3 #62-70c
4 #71-80
5 #81-85
6 #86-100
7 #101-113
8 #114-116
9 #116a-174
10 #175-182
11 #183-199
12 #200-202
13 #203-214
International Tours (1933-1971), uncopied
14 Argentina, 1968
#215 Duke and three females (names verso), Cordoba airport, September 6, 1968
#216-217 Duke and unidentified people, Sacrado Corazon Hospital, Cordoba, September 6, 1968
15 Baghdad
#218 Duke at piano, well-dressed onlookers
16 Bangkok
#219 Duke, three others (names verso)
#220 Duke, five others (names verso)
#221 Duke with U.S. Ambassador and Mrs. Unger, January 3, 1970
17 Beirut, Lebanon, 1963
#222 Band on stage, from rear of auditorium
#223 Band on stage, from rear of auditorium, Hodges in front
#224 Band on stage, from rear of auditorium
#225 Audience in boxes
#226-227 Dinner with dignitaries
#228 Duke and audience, from side
#229 Duke at piano
#230 Gonsalves solo, from sax section
#231 Band on stage, Hodges solo, from rear of auditorium
#232 Band on stage, trumpet soloist, from rear of auditorium
#233 Band members, others, at dinner table
#234 Duke at dinner with dignitaries
#235 Unidentified trumpet soloist, Duke conducts
18 Bergamo, July 1970
#236 Duke
#237 Duke, two unidentified males
#238 Duke, Procope, audience
#239 Unidentified flute, trombone players at microphone
#240-241 Mercer, two unidentified males
#242 Unidentified bass player
#243 Mercer, three unidentified males, one unidentified female
#244 Gonsalves, unidentified band member, unidentified females with microphone
Belgrade, July 1970
#245-246 Arrival at Belgrade Airport, Duke and others
#247-248 Ambassador's party, including Wild Bill Davis, Chuck Connors
#249 Duke and one unidentified female at Belgrade Airport
Dubrovnik, July 1970
#250 Duke and one unidentified female at Dubrovnik Airport, July 15, 1970
#251-252 Duke boarding airplane, Dubrovnik, July 15, 1970
19 India, 1963
#253 Mob scene, Colombo, Ceylon, October 22, 1963
#254 One male, one female, one band member; unidentified
#255 Carney, unidentified band member, four unidentified people
#256-257 Six unidentified people
#258 Carney, six unidentified people, sitting and chatting
#259 Gonsalves soloing, with Duke and Hodges
#260 Duke
#261 Duke and unidentified male
#262 Duke in audience, drummers performing
#263 Duke, two unidentified males
#264 Duke at piano
#265 Duke and Indian musician
#266 Duke with two males, one female; unidentified
#267 Carney with unidentified female
#268 One band member, two females; unidentified
#269-270 Three unidentified females
#271 One band member, one male, one female; unidentified
#272 Three unidentified males
#273 One male, one females; unidentified
#274 Hodges, two unidentified females
#275 Two males, one female; unidentified
#276 Ernie Shepard, one unidentified female
#277 Duke, Two unidentified females
#278-279 One band member, one female; unidentified
#280 Hodges, one unidentified female
#281-282 Carney, one unidentified female
#283 Three unidentified males
#284-285 Audience
#286 Ten unidentified people watching an unidentified drummer
#287 One band member, one female, one male; unidentified
#288 Duke at keyboard
#289-290 Two unidentified males
#291 Dignitaries, Colombo, Ceylon, October 24, 1963
#292 Two males, names indicated, Colombo
#293-294 Dignitaries, Colombo
20 Japan, 1964
#295 Duke, one unidentified male, one unidentified female
#296 Duke at press conference
#297 Duke, two unidentified males
#298 Duke
#299 Duke, Gonsalves
#300 Duke
#301 Carney, one unidentified female
21 Japan, 1966
#302 Reception following concert, July 8, 1964
22 Japan, 1967
#303-304 Duke, unidentified people, at airport
#305 Duke, smiling, at airport
23 Japan, undated
#306 Flute, trombone, bass players; unidentified
#307-310 In performance
#311-312 Duke, one unidentified male
#313 Duke; Duke, one unidentified female
#314 Unidentified musicians; Procope and crowd
#315 Three unidentified males; crowd
#316 Crowd; unidentified bartender
#317 Mercer, Carney, crowd
24 Jordan, undated
#318-319 Band and crowd, outdoors
#320 Duke, crowd, Roman Amphitheatre, Amman
#321 Band, crowd, Rolf Ericson soloing, from stage rear
#322 Dignitaries, crowd, standing
25 Lebanon, 1966
#323 Show girls at Casino du Liban, Duke in audience
26 Madrid, Spain, 1966
#324 Duke, two unidentified people, February 24, 1966
#325 Duke, unidentified people, exiting a building, February 24, 1966
27 Managua, December 9, 1971
#326 Band on stage, unidentified trumpet soloist
#327 Band standing, receiving applause
#328 Procope soloing
#329 Stage, part of orchestra section of theatre, from balcony
28 Middle East, 1966
#330 Audience in Damascus
#331 Group photo - unidentified people with Duke
29 Colombo, Ceylon, October, 1963
#332 Outdoor crowd scene
#333 Press conference
30 Philippines, 1972
#334 Reception - Duke and admirers, Manilla, January 20, 1972
31 USSR, undated
#335 Duke, clapping
#336 Duke, yelling
#337 Duke, thinking
32 West Indies, 1969
#338-340 Duke, one unidentified female
#341-342 Duke at piano
#343 Shirley Witherspoon, Tony Watkins, June 1969
#344 Duke, one unidentified male
#345-349 Duke, one unidentified female dancing
#350-353 Duke at podium, dignitaries behind
#354-356 Duke with one unidentified male and one unidentified female
#357-361 Duke, one unidentified female, at microphone
33 Miscellaneous
#362 Duke with British policeman, United Kingdom, 1950
#363 Duke and Al Celley, United Kingdom, 1950
#364 Duke with admirers, Lyon, France
#365 Duke frowning, Lyon, France
#366 Duke at microphone, Amsterdam, Holland
#367 Two unidentified people eating a meal aboard the Q.E. II
#368 Duke and unidentified male, Stockholm, Sweden
#369 Duke at piano, Paris, France
#370-371 Unidentified male at piano, Paris, France
#372 Duke and one unidentified female, Germany
#373 Mercer, unidentified female, Mercer, Germany
#374 Duke at piano, Paris, France
#375 Canterbury Cathedral interior
#376 Band on stage, Carney solo, Japan
#377 Band on stage, Carney-Procope-Hamilton, Japan
#378 Band on stage, Duke conducting
#379 Band on stage, entire band standing
#380 Band on stage, unidentified trumpet soloist
#381 Band on stage, Duke conducting
#382 Band on stage, Carney solo
#383 Band on stage, Duke conducting
#384 Band on stage, unidentified trumpet soloist
#385-386 Band on stage, Gonsalves solo
#387 Band on stage, wailing away, Japan
34 Miscellaneous
#388 Unidentified male wearing turban
#389 Duke, unidentified female, two unidentified males
#390 Duke, Dusseldorf
#391 Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Phillip, dignitaries
#392 Duke at piano, unidentified jazz men, Milano
#393 Duke with one unidentified male, one unidentified female, Milano
#394 Duke and one unidentified male, Brussels, 1966
#395-396 Duke and one unidentified male, Barcelona, Spain, November 14, 1971
#397 Group at unidentified airport
#398 A band plays, dancers dance
International Tours (1933-1971), uncopied; oversized
Box 10
2 Pakistan, USIS Photographs, October 27- November 5, 1963
3 Jamaica, June 11-18, 1969
4 Honorary Citizen Award, Concert, Reception, Niigata City, Japan, January 30,
1970
Box 6
Interviews (1945-1950), copied
1 #1-14 (#2 - Hurricane Club, 1942; #10 - Orchestra, 1934; #11 - Duke at piano, band members in tuxedos looking on , Cotton club, 1930; #14 - Ellington band in tuxedos without instruments, 1933)
2 #15-19 (#16 - Orchestra on bandstand, Cootie Williams soloing, 1971-72; #18 - Ray Nance, Duke, Rex Stewart, Joe Nanton, Harry Carney, Johnny Hodges, Sonny Greer)
3 Miscellaneous, #1-4
Interviews (1945-1950), uncopied
4 #5-6 Jimmy Woode, back to camera, New York, New York, 1956
5 #7 P.R. shot of Duke [William Morris Agency]
#8 Band rehearsal, including Strayhorn, Tom Whaley
#9 P.R. shot of Duke, composing at piano
#10 Night club photo of Strayhorn, Tom Whaley, and friends
#11 Strayhorn and Whaley
#12 W.C. Handy, May 28, 1956
#13 Tom Whaley, Django Reinhart, Duke, in mirror
#14 Lucian Watkins
#15 Whaley and one female
#16 P.R. photo of Louis Armstrong [Joe Glaser]
#17 Whaley and friends at Birdland
#18 Cover for Birdland photo
#19 Edna, Whaley, Mercer at Copacabana
#20 Cover for Copacabana photo
6 #21 Nervi, Italia [no people], 1971
#22 Bookcase in home
#23 Letter regarding Christmas card of fours boys (Photo #24)
#24 Photo Christmas card of four boys
7 #25 Photo of unidentified female
#26 Facade of Michigan Palace Theatre, "Now appearing through April 1 - DUKE ELLINGTON - Joe Williams"
#27 Man in front of MGM Lion's Den - Culver City, California
#28 Same man as Photo #27, by a river
#29 Greenville, South Carolina, 1969
8 #30 Roger Kott and George Charney, Chicago Daily News, holding painting of Duke
#31 Drawing of Jackie Robinson by Arthur Blackwell, New York, New York
9 #32 Nineteen contact prints of Lafayette Theatre - DRUM IS A WOMAN
#33 Two unidentified females, one unidentified male, holding LP of A Drum Is A Woman, Cincinnati, Ohio, Two unidentified males viewing LP
#34 Two unidentified males holding LP, Cleveland, Ohio, Two unidentified males with an LP, Cleveland, Ohio
#35 Two males holding LP
#36 Ohio State Journal TV column on A Drum Is A Woman, May 8, 1957
Interviews (1945-1950), uncopied
Box 10
5 Unidentified (undated)
Box 6
Orchestra (1927-1972), copied
11 #1-14
12 #15-31
13 #32-36h
14 #37-46
15 #47-55
Orchestra (1927-1972), uncopied
16 Recording Session
#56 Coat rack, 1956 recording session
#57 Unidentified man in corner, 1956 recording session
#58 One lone male in studio, 1956 recording session
#59 Gonsalves, Hamilton, Hodges, Procope, Carney, Herman McCoy, Duke, recording session, Los Angeles, November 26, 1965
#60 Eleven contact prints of Duke in control booth
17 #61 Gonsalves, Hamilton, Hodges, Procope
#62 Duke with one male at CBC microphone
#63-64 Duke at piano, People behind him, 1965
18 #65 Duke orchestra, crowd, from stage rear
#66 Duke at microphone, crowd
Publicity (1924-1970), copied
19 #1-6a
20 #7
21 #8-17
22 #18-20
23 #21-23
24 #24-43
25 #44-45
26 #46-62
27 #63-68
28 #69-76
29 #77-90
30 #91-102
31 #103-109
Publicity (1924-1970), uncopied
Box 7
1 #110 Duke and little boy, Japan
#111 Envelope, Japan
#112 Pan Am Photo of band at Kennedy Airport, September 10, 1971
#113 Pan Am Photo of band at Kennedy Airport, September 10, 1971
2 #114-117 P.R. photo of Duke; proofs and finished photos
#118-121 Duke at piano
#122-128 P.R. photo, 1957
3 #129-137 P.R. shot of Duke - difference photos in color and black & white
#138 A page of 100 perforated, nonadhesive photos of Duke
#139 Duke; Duke and bassist
#140-142 P.R. shot of Duke in tux, late 1950s-early 1960s [Joe Glaser]
#143 P.R. shot of Duke [William Morris/Victor Records]
#144 Candid shot of Duke - Pan Am
#145 Late band picture, with Mercer, Lawrence Brown, the "Fab Five" saxes, Duke
4 #146 Duke, Carney, Bigard, Toby, Rabbit [Mills Artist/Master Records], 1930s
#147 Poster advertisement for Duke on WFIL-AM
5 #148-149 Stanford University Archives of Recorded Sound, display, July 1971
6 #150-154 Duke at the piano
Publicity (1924-1970), uncopied, oversized
Box 10
6 Portraits of Ellington (undated)
7 Publicity Photographs of Ellington, Carney, Hodges
Box 7
Publicity Caricatures, copied, undated
7 Publicity Caricatures, #1-6
Publicity Caricature, uncopied
8 #7 Two drawings by Brigette Wurtz, Munich, undated
#8 One drawing by Brigette Wurtz, Munich, Germany, undated
Publicity/Fundraising (1946), copied
9 #1-3
Sacred Concerts (1968), copied
10 Sacred Concerts (1968), #1-26
Sacred Concerts (1968), uncopied
11 Mother Zion Church, April 30, 1972
#27 Duke at microphone
#28 Duke at microphone; Duke with unidentified female
#29-30 Duke
#31-32 Duke at microphone
#33-35 Unidentified female vocalist
#36 Unidentified female vocalist with Carney
#37-38 Cootie; Tony Watkins
#39-41 Tony Watkins
#42 Unidentified boy at microphone
#43 Unidentified alto sax man
12 Church interior, Plainfield, New Jersey
#44 Church interior
#45 Duke with three unidentified males, two unidentified females
#46 Tom Whaley with one unidentified male, five unidentified females
Sacred Concerts
#47 Duke with two unidentified males
#48 Duke with three unidentified males, on unidentified female
#49 Duke, Carney, with two unidentified males
#50-51 Singing group, consisting of one male, four females, names verso, New York, New York
#52-53 Church interior - Duke, orchestra, choir, congregation
#54 The orchestra, cathedral heights above
#55 The orchestra performing
#56 Interior of Sacred Heart Cathedral, Newark, New Jersey
#57-59 Jeffrey Holder
#60 Three unidentified female dancers
13 #61 Duke, unidentified band member and three unidentified males at United Presbyterian Church, Washington DC, March 1970
T.V. Appearances (1967-1968), copied
14 #1-8
T.V. Appearances (1967-1968), uncopied
15 #9 Duke with three males [manes on photo], WWL-TV
Various Artists, uncopied
16 #1 Lillian Evanti
#2 Unidentified female Spanish guitarist
#3 A stuffed dog, signed Al Latell, 1931
#4 Same stuffed dog, with Sylvan Dell (a female), 1931
#5 Unidentified alto sax man
#6-7 Ella Fitzgerald
#8 Unidentified male - verso "Dusty Fletcher"
#9-10 The Gaylords (three male singers ) [ Joe Glaser]
#11 The Ink Spots
#12 A man - verso reads "Freddie Jackson?"
#13-14 Sheet of 35-mm contact prints
#15 Stump and Stumpy [William Morrison Agency]
#16 "Three Hoffers" (?), autographed
#17 "Skippy Willliams" (male singer), big band
#18 US Navy Show Band in uniform
#19 Unidentified female
#20 Metronome All-Stars rehearsal; Neal Hefti, Sonny Berman, Pete Candoli, Harry Edison, Rex Stewart, trumpets; Bill Harris, J.C. Higginbotham, Tommy Dorsey, Will Bradley, trombones; Dave Tough, drums; January, 1946
#21-22 NAACP Benefit, Metropolitan Opera House; Mayor Vincent Impelliteri and two unidentified males
17 #23 Charles C. Thatcher, Virginia Tech Varsity Glee Club accompanist-arranger
#24 Bob Zickefoose, guitarist, VPI Glee Club
#25 The entire Varsity Glee Club, VPI
#26 Jeff Dalton, VPI Glee Club
#27 Stanley G. Kingma, Director VPI Glee Club
#28 Formal portrait of VPI Glee Club
#29-31 Patterson and Jackson [William Morris Agency]
#32 Dorothy Price, age 13, Ballad singer
#33 Caroline Corey, age 16, Blues and swing singer
#34 Wilma Carson, age5
#35 Lavern Bell, age 5, Singer
#36 Margret Hauze, age 14, Ballad singer
#37 Janet Oldham, age 13, verso "Detroit's own eleven year old Heart Breaker"
#38 Tevola Watson, age 13, Church soloist
#39 Wezlinn Tildon, "Actress-Director-Writer, Etc." Three P.R. photos on one 8 x 10; Resume verso
#40 Two unidentified males, one unidentified female, holding phonograph record
18 #41 Unidentified female
#42 The Manhattans - vocal group consisting of five males
#43 Nightclub photo in jacket, Blue Note, Chicago; One male and one female; unidentified
Original Negatives, uncopied, undated
19-22 Band Members (undated)
23-24 Candid Shots (undated)
25 Duke Ellington at the Mike (undated)
26-33 Duke Ellington with Presidents & Heads of State (undated)
34-40 Family (undated)
41-42 In Concert (undated)
43-55 International Tours (undated)
56-57 Miscellaneous (undated)
Box 8
1-8 Orchestra (undated)
9-20 Publicity (undated)
21-22 Sacred Concerts (undated)
Slides, uncopied, undated
23 Duke Ellington with Friends and Associates (undated)
24 In Concert (undated)
25 Interview (undated)
26-27 Miscellaneous (undated)
Box 11
Oversize Photographs
1 #1 Fred Guy, Duke, Strayhorn
#2 Duke, holding baton
#3 Mercer and Duke
#4 Scowling Duke, USSR, 1971
#5 Duke, Lady Bird Johnson, others
#6 Duke, unidentified female
#7-8 Duke in a forest of microphones
#9 Artistic photo - Latter-day Duke with bass and tenor men
#10 PR photo of Duke
2 #1 Duke and Alice Babs at Westminster Abbey
#2 Duke at piano, with an unidentified orchestra - color
#3-6 Duke, Lyndon B. Johnson, First Lady - Lady Bird, King and Queen of Thailand; four copies, one signed by both Johnsons
#7 Duke and Billy at Milton College, 1964
#8-9 Duke at piano, February, 1973
#10 Drummer and bassist, February, 1973
#11 Duke at microphone, February, 1973
#12 Nat, Sarah, Duke - color
3 #1 Duke and the two LBJs
#2 Lady Bird Johnson, Duke and Orchestra - Autographed by Lady Bird
#3 Photograph of color painting of Duke
#4 Smiling Duke
#5 Duke with unidentified male
#6-7 Smiling Duke
#8 Smiling Duke - a different shot
#9 Serious Duke
#10-13 Spangled Duke at microphone
#14 Duke at piano, choir in background
#15 Duke conducting from keyboard
#16-22 Smiling Duke - seven copies
#23 Two unidentified males and two unidentified females - color
4 #1 Duke and Don Byas, 1950 - crumbling black and white 2x2 print
#2 Duke at microphone, facing audience
#3 Two unidentified males (Tom Whaley?)
#4 Duke and one unidentified male
#5 Duke - William Morris Agency PR photo
#6 Classic photo of Duke at piano with band members looking on, 1928
#7 Duke signing autograph
#8 Duke at keyboard
5 White Cover Sheets
6 MY PEOPLE - Many ageing, deteriorating panoramic photographs
7 Contact Sheet
Box 12
1 Album with red cover: "From the Editors and Photographers of LIFE"
Fifty mounted prints from the USSR trip2 Five unmounted black and white photos from the USSR trip
Box 13
1 Public Relations Photographs
#1 Duke, LBJ, others
#2 Liberian Dinner at White House, 3/27/68; photo includes Duke, Rab, Carney, Brown, President and Mrs. Johnson, Vice-President and Mrs. Hubert Humphrey; signed by President Johnson
#3 Smiling Duke - PR photo
#4 Negative print of Duke
#5 Duke being hooded
2 Photographs of Duke Ellington
#1 Duke looking over his shoulder - color
#2 Duke in profile
#3 Duke smiling
#4-5 Duke at piano
#6 Duke in silhouette, grainy - European tour, 1971
#7 Eartha Kitt
#8 Duke with one unidentified male and two unidentified females
#9 Duke and Billy - two copies
#10 Oversize negative of smiling Duke
#11 Memorandum identifying a "complete" set of photos from Music Is My Mistress
Box 14
1 Album, black, Duke on cover: "Duke A Goutelas" - Souvenir album, with photographs, notices, reviews, 2/25/66
Box 15
1 Duke (at piano) and Ernie Shephard (on bass), 1963
2 #1 Photo-montage, B&W - Duke at piano and at microphone
#2 Eleven large black and white photos of Duke
3 Four color photographs of Duke and Orchestra, mounted on one page
4 #1 Duke and two male friends, Sutherland Hotel, Chicago
#2 Duke
#3 Duke at piano - Madison, Wisconsin, July 1972
#4 Duke at piano, "BB&B" lettered over photo
#5 Duke - Detroit, May 21, 1970
5 Tissue paper
6 #1 Flugelhorn player and Paul Gonsalves
Box 15
6 #2 Duke, bassist, Rufus Jones
#3 Duke amid microphone booms
7 #1 Duke with unidentified women (men in background), Ceylon, c.1963
Box 11
8 #1 Billy Strayhorn, undated
#2 Billy Strayhorn and unidentified woman, undated
#3 Billy Strayhorn and unidentified man, undated
9 #1 Duke smoking a cigaretter
#2 Duke with unidentified male, c. May 1957
#3 Young Duke
10 Birthday Greetings Poster (reference photos)
11 #2 Duke posing, c. 1974
#3 Duke posing
#4 Duke posing
Box 16
Printing plate
Box 17
Photograph of Duke Ellington
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