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Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974

Biography:

"U.S. pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. He formed his band in 1924 in Washington, D.C.; by 1927 it was performing regularly at the Cotton Club in Harlem. Until the end of his life his band would enjoy the highest professional and artistic reputation in jazz."--Encyclopedia Britannica

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Archival Collections and Reference Resources

• African American Odyssey (Library of Congress)
  • Duke Ellington at the Hurricane Club (Black-and-white photographs)
• Butler Center for Arkansas Studies Oral History Collections (Butler Center for Arkansas Studies)
  • Howard Woods interview audio clip 27 (Oral histories (document genres))
  • Jim Porter interview audio clip 13 (Oral histories (document genres))
  • Jim Porter interview audio clip 32 (Oral histories (document genres))
  • Lawrence Hamilton interview audio clip 19 (Oral histories (document genres))
• Freedom summer digital collection (Wisconsin Historical Society)
  • Montgomery--Freedom School Workshop correspondence 1964-1965 (Lucile Montgomery papers, 1963-1967; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 44, Reel 1, Segment 8a) (Memorandums)
  • Montgomery--Freedom School Workshop - Evaluation, 1965 (Lucile Montgomery papers, 1963-1967; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 44, Reel 1, Segment 8) (Reports)
  • Robinson--Freedom School materials (Jo Ann Ooiman Robinson papers, 1960-1966; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 191, Box 1, Folder 6) (Periodicals)
• March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project (Golda Meir Library (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries))
  • NAACP Youth Council demonstration of Milwaukee Eagles Club, James Groppi right, 1966 (Photographs)