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Charles Mingus Collection [collection]

Title: Charles Mingus Collection [collection]
Dates Created: Span: 1939-1979; Bulk: 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 Mingus Collection represents the first multi-format jazz collection processed in the Music Division of the Library of Congress to include holograph music manuscripts and sound recordings. 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.
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 Information: http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html
Subjects: African Americans in the Performing Arts; Jazz Band Music; Arrangers; Jazz; Davis, Miles; Mingus, Charles; Dolphy, Eric; Richmond, Dannie; Roach, Max; Pettiford, Oscar
Repository: Music Division, Library of Congress
Finding Aid: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/music/eadxmlmusic/eadpdfmusic/mu004009_x.pdf

Last Updated: 06-04-2009