Billy Strayhorn Ephemera Collection
name: label: Collector
content: Gregory, Thelma
label: Collector
content: Morris, Gregory
label: Names
content: Copasetic Club
label: Names
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
label: Names
content: Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967
topic: label: Topic
content: Jazz
label: Topic
content: Music -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Jazz musicians -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Gregory & Thelma Morris, May 17, 1991.
creator: label: Collector
content: Gregory, Thelma
label: Collector
content: Morris, Gregory
setName: label: See more items in
content: Billy Strayhorn Ephemera Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection consists of two newsclippings, and an advertising yearbook documenting Strayhorn's career as Duke Ellington's chief arranger, co-composer, lyricist, and emergency fill-in at the piano.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Billy Strayhorn, composer and pianist, was born in Dayton, Ohio on November 19, 1915.  He joined the Duke Ellington Orchestra in 1939 after a brief period working as the pianist for the Mercer Ellington Orchestra.  For nearly three decades Strayhorn served as associate arranger and second pianist for Duke Ellington.  Billy Strayhorn remained with the Ellington Orchestra until his death on May 31, 1967.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Items (3 folders)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965-1969
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0383
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Clippings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: This collection was processed by Archives Center staff.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 1960-1970
label: Genre/Form
content: Clippings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Billy Strayhorn Ephemera Collection consists of two newsclippings, and an advertising yearbook documenting Strayhorn's career as Duke Ellington's chief arranger, co-composer, lyricist, and emergency fill-in at the piano.  The newsclippings document the collaborative relationship that existed between Ellington and Strayhorn.  The advertising yearbook was published as a tribute to Strayhorn after his death.  It includes numerous commentaries to Billy Strayhorn by some of the period's leading jazz musicians.