Biographical and Professional Materials
name: label: Collection Performer
content: Adderley, Cannonball
label: Collection Performer
content: Adderly, Nat, 1931-2000
label: Collection Performer
content: Horn, Shirley, 1934-
label: Collection Donor
content: Levy, Devra Hall
label: Collection Creator
content: Levy, John, 1912-2012
label: Collection Vocalist
content: Lincoln, Abbey, 1930 -
label: Collection Performer
content: Mbulu, Letta
label: Collection Performer
content: Montgomery, Wes, 1925-1968
label: Collection Singer
content: Wilson, Nancy, 1937-
setName: label: See more items in
content: John and Devra Hall Levy Collection
label: See more items in
content: John and Devra Hall Levy Collection / Series 1: Personal Papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1916-2010, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1221, Subseries 1.1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Materials consists of John Levy's personal papers relating to his early life, his time as a musician, and various events in his management career. The materials are dated 1916-2010, with the bulk of the materials falling between the 1940s and early 2000s. The folders are arranged chronologically with undated material at the end. Early materials include childhood photographs and Levy's grammar school certificate. Photographs, scrapbook pages, programs, and one VHS tape document Levy's career as a musician in Chicago in the 1940s, particularly his role as a bassist in the Stuff Smith Trio. Newspaper clippings and magazine articles cover Levy's musicianship and his later management career. Other papers include correspondence, typed and handwritten notes, and undated photographs. Materials from Levy's later career and life in the 1990s-2000s consist of event programs, awards and certificates, and VHS tapes.