W. Royal Stokes Collection of Music Photoprints and Interviews
name: label: Interviewee
content: Sun Ra (1914-1993)
label: Interviewee
content: Gaskin, Leonard, 1920-
label: Interviewee
content: Taylor, Billy
label: Collector
content: Stokes, W. Royal, Dr., 1930-
label: Interviewee
content: Sullivan, Maxine, 1911-1987
label: Interviewee
content: Wells, Ronnie
label: Interviewee
content: Whiting, Margaret
label: Interviewee
content: Towers, Jack
label: Interviewee
content: Venuti, Joe, 1903-1978
label: Interviewee
content: Pullen, Don, 1941-
label: Interviewee
content: Roney, Wallace
label: Interviewee
content: Pizzarelli, Bucky, 1926-
label: Interviewee
content: Pizzarelli, John, 1960-
label: Interviewee
content: Shaw, Artie, 1910-2004
label: Interviewee
content: Shepp, Archie, 1937-
label: Interviewee
content: Sanders, Pharaoh
label: Interviewee
content: Grant, Felix, 1918-1993
label: Interviewee
content: Scott, Jimmy
label: Interviewee
content: McPhail, Jimmy
label: Interviewee
content: McPartland, Marian
label: Interviewee
content: McFerrin, Bobby
label: Interviewee
content: Krall, Diana
label: Interviewee
content: O'Connell, Helen
label: Interviewee
content: Mulligan, Gerry
label: Interviewee
content: Metheny, Pat
label: Interviewee
content: McShann, Jay
label: Interviewee
content: Horn, Shirley, 1934-
label: Interviewee
content: Hinton, Milt, 1910-2000
label: Interviewee
content: Hill, Andrew, 1937-
label: Interviewee
content: Hendricks, Jon, 1921-
label: Interviewee
content: Keane, Helen
label: Interviewee
content: Kaminsky, Max, 1908-
label: Interviewee
content: Jordan, Sheila, 1928-
label: Interviewee
content: Humes, Helen, 1913-1981
label: Interviewee
content: Hampton, Lionel
label: Interviewee
content: Harris, Eddie, 1934-
label: Interviewee
content: Heath, Jimmy, 1926-
label: Interviewee
content: Frishberg, Dave
label: Interviewee
content: Ennis, Ethel
label: Interviewee
content: Farmer, Art, 1928-
label: Interviewee
content: Flanagan, Tommy, 1930-
label: Interviewee
content: Hampton, Slide
label: Interviewee
content: D'Rivera, Paquito, 1948-
label: Interviewee
content: Daniels, Billy
label: Interviewee
content: Davison, Bill
label: Interviewee
content: Donegan, Dorothy, 1922-
label: Interviewee
content: Crouch, Stanley, 1945-2020
label: Interviewee
content: Conyers, John, 1929-
label: Interviewee
content: Cruz, Celia, 1924-2003
label: Interviewee
content: Byard, Jaki
label: Interviewee
content: Brown, Ruth
label: Interviewee
content: Carter, Betty, 1930-
label: Interviewee
content: Byron, Don
label: Interviewee
content: Betts, Keter, 1928-
label: Interviewee
content: Bellson, Louis
label: Interviewee
content: Bowie, Lester, 1941-
label: Interviewee
content: Blakey, Art, 1919-1990
label: Interviewee
content: Allen, Steve, 1921-2000
label: Interviewee
content: Adderly, Nat, 1931-2000
label: Interviewee
content: Bailey, Benny, 1925-
label: Names
content: Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971
label: Names
content: Davis, Miles
label: Names
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
label: Names
content: Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-
topic: label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Jazz musicians -- 1950-2000 -- United States
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Portraits -- Musicians
label: Topic
content: Popular music -- 20th century -- United States
label: Topic
content: Publicity
label: Topic
content: Rock music
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by W. Royal Stokes to the Archives Center in 2001.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Sun Ra (1914-1993)
label: Interviewee
content: Gaskin, Leonard, 1920-
label: Interviewee
content: Taylor, Billy
label: Collector
content: Stokes, W. Royal, Dr., 1930-
label: Interviewee
content: Sullivan, Maxine, 1911-1987
label: Interviewee
content: Wells, Ronnie
label: Interviewee
content: Whiting, Margaret
label: Interviewee
content: Towers, Jack
label: Interviewee
content: Venuti, Joe, 1903-1978
label: Interviewee
content: Pullen, Don, 1941-
label: Interviewee
content: Roney, Wallace
label: Interviewee
content: Pizzarelli, Bucky, 1926-
label: Interviewee
content: Pizzarelli, John, 1960-
label: Interviewee
content: Shaw, Artie, 1910-2004
label: Interviewee
content: Shepp, Archie, 1937-
label: Interviewee
content: Sanders, Pharaoh
label: Interviewee
content: Grant, Felix, 1918-1993
label: Interviewee
content: Scott, Jimmy
label: Interviewee
content: McPhail, Jimmy
label: Interviewee
content: McPartland, Marian
label: Interviewee
content: McFerrin, Bobby
label: Interviewee
content: Krall, Diana
label: Interviewee
content: O'Connell, Helen
label: Interviewee
content: Mulligan, Gerry
label: Interviewee
content: Metheny, Pat
label: Interviewee
content: McShann, Jay
label: Interviewee
content: Horn, Shirley, 1934-
label: Interviewee
content: Hinton, Milt, 1910-2000
label: Interviewee
content: Hill, Andrew, 1937-
label: Interviewee
content: Hendricks, Jon, 1921-
label: Interviewee
content: Keane, Helen
label: Interviewee
content: Kaminsky, Max, 1908-
label: Interviewee
content: Jordan, Sheila, 1928-
label: Interviewee
content: Humes, Helen, 1913-1981
label: Interviewee
content: Hampton, Lionel
label: Interviewee
content: Harris, Eddie, 1934-
label: Interviewee
content: Heath, Jimmy, 1926-
label: Interviewee
content: Frishberg, Dave
label: Interviewee
content: Ennis, Ethel
label: Interviewee
content: Farmer, Art, 1928-
label: Interviewee
content: Flanagan, Tommy, 1930-
label: Interviewee
content: Hampton, Slide
label: Interviewee
content: D'Rivera, Paquito, 1948-
label: Interviewee
content: Daniels, Billy
label: Interviewee
content: Davison, Bill
label: Interviewee
content: Donegan, Dorothy, 1922-
label: Interviewee
content: Crouch, Stanley, 1945-2020
label: Interviewee
content: Conyers, John, 1929-
label: Interviewee
content: Cruz, Celia, 1924-2003
label: Interviewee
content: Byard, Jaki
label: Interviewee
content: Brown, Ruth
label: Interviewee
content: Carter, Betty, 1930-
label: Interviewee
content: Byron, Don
label: Interviewee
content: Betts, Keter, 1928-
label: Interviewee
content: Bellson, Louis
label: Interviewee
content: Bowie, Lester, 1941-
label: Interviewee
content: Blakey, Art, 1919-1990
label: Interviewee
content: Allen, Steve, 1921-2000
label: Interviewee
content: Adderly, Nat, 1931-2000
label: Interviewee
content: Bailey, Benny, 1925-
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content: W. Royal Stokes Collection of Music Photoprints and Interviews
abstract: label: Summary
content: Publicity photographs of musicians and entertainers, mostly jazz musicians, such as Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and Dizzy Gillespie, but including many rock and even a few classical performers. The collection also contains tape recorded radio interviews conducted between 1970 and 2003. In addition there are posters relating to musical performances.
accruals: label: Accruals
content: Interview tapes, transcripts and additional photographs were donated by Mr. Stokes to the Archives Center in 2007 and 2008.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Born in Washington, DC, W. Royal Stokes served in the United States Army and then embarked on an academic career, teaching at the University of Pittsburgh, Tufts University, Brock University, and the University of Colorado. He left the academic profession in 1969 and became a writer, broadcaster, lecturer, journalist, critic, and authority on jazz music.  A follower of jazz since his teens in the 1940s, Stokes has written about music for publications such as /title>, and hosted the public radio shows "I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say . . ." and "Since Minton's".  Today he is the editor of the quarterly Jazz Notes, and is the author of The Jazz Scene: An Informal History From New Orleans to 1990 and Swing Era New York: The Jazz Photographs of Charles Peterson.. He is also the author of Living the Jazz Life: Conversations with Forty Musicians about Their Careers in Jazz (Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2000). Dr. Stokes lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 10 Cubic feet (39 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1940s-2005
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0766
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Audiotapes
label: Type
content: Black-and-white photographic prints
label: Type
content: Publicity photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is divided into nine series.

Series 1: Photographs of Musicians and Ensembles, circa 1970-2000; undated 

Subseries 1.1: Musicians and Ensembles, 1925-2000, undated 

Subseries 1.2: Recording Company Photographs, circa 1970-2000

Subseries 1.3: Unidentified Musicians, circa 1970-2000

Series 2: Photographs of Performances, 1987-2002; undated 

Subseries 2.1: Music Festivals, 1987-2002; undated 

Subseries 2.2: Concerts, Music Clubs, and Other Venues, 1920s-1990s; undated 

Series 3: Formal and Informal Groups, circa 1980s-2000; undated 

Series 4: Photographs of Musicians in Films, Radio, Television, and Theater, 1940s-2000; undated

 
Series 5: Photographs of Subjects and Products related to Musicians and Music, 1970-2000; undated 

Series 6: Photographs of Non-Musicians, circa 1980s-2000; undated 

Series 7: Interviews with Musicians, 1970-2003

Series 8: Audiovisual Materials, 1970-2003

Subseries 8.1: Audio Cassettes Tapes, 1977-2003

Subseries 8.2: Audio Reel to Reel Tapes, 1970s-1984, undated

Subseries 8.3: Miscellaneous Interviews and Broadcast Shows, 1976-2005

Series 9: Posters, 1976-1990; undated
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by David Haberstich, archivist, April 2002; Vanessa Broussard Simmons archivist, November 2011; Anne Jones, volunteer, July 2012; and Ramona Williamson, volunteer, July 2012.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Audiotapes
label: Genre/Form
content: Black-and-white photographic prints -- Silver gelatin -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Publicity photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Collection was formed by W. Royal Stokes in the course of his professional work as a music and arts critic. It is composed primarily of publicity portraits of musical performers, both single acts and groups.  The emphasis is on jazz musicians and singers, although many rock stars and groups, and other popular musical performers are included.  Even a few classical musicians are represented.  The pictures are primarily mass-produced black and white publicity photographs distributed to newspapers, writers, etc., by agents for entertainment personalities.  Some prints were made from the original negatives, while others clearly were made from copy negatives after typography was stripped together with a print and re-photographed.  However, there are some rarer original photographs included in the collection, such as personal color snapshots, higher quality prints by art photographers, etc. Nearly all the prints are unmounted, and are 8 x 10 inches or smaller in size. The bulk of the photographs date from circa 1970 to 2000, however, a number of the earlier photographs are included as well as slightly later examples.
relatedmaterial: label: Materials in the Archives Center, National Museum of Ameican History
content: Materials inthe Archives Center

Duke Ellington Collection, 1928-1988 (AC0301)

Herman Leonard Photoprints, 1948-1993

Frank Driggs Collection of Duke Ellington Photographic Reference Prints [copyprints], 1923-1972

Jazz Oral History Collection, 1988-1990

Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection, 1910s-1970s (mostly 1930s-1960s)

Jeffrey Kliman Photographs

Stephanie Myers Jazz Photographs, 1984-1987, 2005

Chico O'Farrill Papers

Paquito D'Rivera Papers, 1989-2000.

Louis Armstrong Music Manuscripts, undated

Tito Puente Papers, 1962-1965.

Audrey Wells "Women in Jazz Radio Series, 1981-1982

Mongo Santamaria Papers, 1965-2001

Ramsey Lewis Collection, 1950-2007

Earl Newman Collection of Monterey Jazz Festival Posters, 1963-2009

James Arkatov Collection of Jazz Photographs, 1995-2003

Francis Wolff Jazz Photoprints, 1953-1966

Floyd Levin Jazz Reference Collection, circa 1920s-2006

Jazz Oral History Program Collection, 1992-2009

Leslie Schinella Collection of Gene Krupa Materials