William Claxton Photographs
name: label: Creator
content: Claxton, William
label: Names
content: George Williams Brass Band.
label: Names
content: Stan Kenton Band.
label: Names
content: Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971
label: Names
content: Baker, Chet
label: Names
content: Baker, Halima
label: Names
content: Charles, Ray, 1930-2004
label: Names
content: Charles, Roosevelt
label: Names
content: Coleman, Ornette
label: Names
content: Coltrane, John, 1926-1967
label: Names
content: Davis, Miles
label: Names
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
label: Names
content: Evans, Bill, 1929-1980
label: Names
content: Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993
label: Names
content: Jones, Elvin
label: Names
content: Kenton, Stan
label: Names
content: Monk, Thelonious (19171010-19820217)
label: Names
content: Mulligan, Gerry
label: Names
content: Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955
label: Names
content: Rollins, Sonny
label: Names
content: Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998
label: Names
content: Washington, Dinah, 1924-1963
label: Names
content: Webster, Ben
label: Names
content: Williams, Cootie, 1911-1985
label: Names
content: Williams, Joe, 1918-
topic: label: Topic
content: Musicians -- 1950-1960 -- United States
label: Topic
content: Music -- West coast -- 1950-1960
label: Topic
content: Jazz
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The National Museum of American History purchased the collection on March 31, 1999.
creator: label: Creator
content: Claxton, William
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content: William Claxton Photographs
abstract: label: Summary
content: Photographic prints taken by photographer William Claxton (October 12, 1927-October 11, 2008) of jazz musicians.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Cubic foot (28 items)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1951-1970
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Photographic prints of Duke Ellington were previously exhibited in the National Museum of American History's 1999 centennial celebration of his birth.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0695
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Black-and-white photographic prints
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is divided into two series.

Series 1:  Duke Ellington, 1955-1960

Series 2:  Other Artists, 1951-1970
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Vanessa Broussard-Simmons, 2007.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Black-and-white photographic prints -- Silver gelatin -- 1950-2000
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Collection consists of twenty-eight photographic prints processed in 1999 by a professional laboratory for photographer William Claxton. The prints document jazz artists in recording sessions and performing throughout the United States. It is divided into two series: Series 1, Duke Ellington, 1955-1960, and Series 2, Other Artists, 1955-1970.
relatedmaterial: label: Materials in the Archives Center, National Museum of American History
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Duke Ellington Collection, NMAH.AC.0301

William H. Quealy Collection of Duke Ellington Recordings, NMAH.AC.0296

Duke Ellington Oral History Project, NMAH.AC.0368

Billy Strayhorn Ephemera Collection, NMAH.AC.0383

Collection of Duke Ellington Ephemera and Related Audio-visual Materials, NMAH.AC.0386

Robert Udkoff Collection of Duke Ellington Ephemera, NMAH.AC.0388

Frank Driggs Collection of Duke Ellington Photographic Reference Prints, NMAH.AC.0389

New York Chapter of the Duke Ellington Society Collection, NMAH.AC.O390

Felix Grant Collection, NMAH.AC.0410

Carter Harman Collection of Interviews with Duke Ellington, NMAH.AC.0422

Archives Center Collection of Music Transcriptions of Duke Ellington Compositions, Carter Harman NMAH.AC.0430

Jazz Oral History Collection about Duke Ellington, NMAH.AC.0431

Herman Leonard Photoprints, NMAH.AC.0445

Don Brown Collection of Duke Ellington Recordings, NMAH.AC.0472

Betty McGettigan Collection of Duke Ellington Memorabilia, NMAH.AC.0494

Dr. Theodore Shell Collection of Duke Ellington Ephemera, NMAH.AC.0502

Jay McCarter Phonograph Record Collection, NMAH.AC.0541

Tom Whaley Collection, NMAH.AC.0652

Edward and Gaye Ellington Collection of Duke Ellington Materials, NMAH.AC.0704

Andrew Homzy Collection of Duke Ellington Stock Arrangements, NMAH.AC.0740

John Gensel Collection of Duke Ellington Materials, NMAH.AC.0763

W. Royal Stokes Collection of Music Publicity Photoprints, Interviews and Posters, NMAH.AC.0766
Milt Gabler Papers, NMAH.AC.0849

Paquito D'Rivera Music Manuscripts and Photograph, NMAH.AC.0891

Charismic Productions Records of Dizzy Gillespie, NMAH.AC.0979

Floyd Levin Jazz Reference Collection, NMAH.AC.1222

Al Celley Collection of Duke Ellington Materials, NMAH.AC.1240

James Moody Papers, NMAH.AC.1405