Betty McGettigan Collection of Duke Ellington Memorabilia
name: label: Composer
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
label: Photographer
content: Yim, Ken
label: Photographer
content: Rider, Doug
label: Photographer
content: English, Fred
label: Collector
content: McGettigan, Betty
label: Names
content: Bimbo's Club
label: Names
content: California Youth Symphony Orchestra
label: Names
content: Foothill College
label: Names
content: Collier, Ron
place: label: Place
content: Los Altos (California)
label: Place
content: Toronto (California)
label: Place
content: San Francisco (Calif.)
title: label: Topic
content: Palo Alto Times
label: Topic
content: Sepia (Magazine)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection purchased from Betty McGettigan, July 26, 1993.
creator: label: Composer
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
label: Photographer
content: Yim, Ken
label: Photographer
content: Rider, Doug
label: Photographer
content: English, Fred
label: Collector
content: McGettigan, Betty
setName: label: See more items in
content: Betty McGettigan Collection of Duke Ellington Memorabilia
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Betty McGettigan met Duke Ellington while coordinating a benefit concert for the California Youth Symphony, circa 1969. Shortly thereafter, she began working with him as a writer/secretary, especially on the opera Queenie Pie.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1969-1986
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0494
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is divided into four series.

Series 1: Queenie Pie

Series 2: Correspondence

Series 3: Photographs

Series 4: Music is My Mistress
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Deborra Richardson, archivist, 1994.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The bulk of this collection consists of materials pertaining to Queenie Pie, a comic opera in seven scenes. Also included are publicity, correspondence for the opera, Ellington's autobiography Music is My Mistress, and a script for the Ellington work, My People.