Subject Files
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Celley, Al
label: Collection Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
setName: label: See more items in
content: Al Celley Collection of Duke Ellington Materials
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1947 - 1989
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1240, Series 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The subject files consist of a variety of materials assembled by Celley as manager and used during the course of daily business.  The ephemera consists of menus, hotel stickers, pocket maps, and a passenger list for the R.M.S. Queen Elizabeth (1948). The itineraries provide details about the band's international and domestic travels, and the instrument lists provide the musician's name, instrument played, and serial number.