Tad Hershorn Collection
name: label: Donor
content: Hershorn, Tad
label: Names
content: Granz, Norman
topic: label: Topic
content: Jazz -- 1950-2000
label: Topic
content: Jazz musicians -- 1950-2000 -- United States
label: Topic
content: Musicians -- 1950-2000
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Tad Hershorn, Rutgers Institute of Jazz Studies, Dana Library.
creator: label: Donor
content: Hershorn, Tad
setName: label: See more items in
content: Tad Hershorn Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Photographs, printed materials, newspaper clippings, and concert programs relating to jazz.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Tad Hershorn, archivist at Rutgers University's Institute of Jazz Studies, has written about and photographed jazz since the late 1960s. Among his publications are three books including Ella Fitzgerald Companion (2004), Verve: Norman Granz, The Conscience Of Jazz (2006), and Norman Granz: The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice (2011).
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1956-1991
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0680
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Black-and-white photographic prints
label: Type
content: Clippings
label: Type
content: Concert programs
label: Type
content: Programs
label: Type
content: Typescripts
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection arranged in one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Vanessa Broussard Simmons, archivist, 2024.  Finding aid encoded by Meredith Clowse, intern, 2024.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Black-and-white photographic prints -- Silver gelatin -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Clippings -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Concert programs
label: Genre/Form
content: Programs -- Concerts
label: Genre/Form
content: Typescripts
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Collection consists of material relating to jazz including photographs and printed material of jazz performers. There are some newspaper clippings relating to jazz promoter Norman Granz the creator and producer of the jazz concert series Jazz at the Philharmonic. A typescript history of jazz at the Philharmonic is also found among these materials. Materials are arranged in chronological order.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
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