William "Cat" Anderson Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Anderson, William "Cat", 1916-1981 (musician)
label: Names
content: Cat Anderson Quintet
label: Names
content: Duke Ellington Orchestra
label: Names
content: Lionel Hampton Orchestra
label: Names
content: Mingus Quintet
label: Names
content: Bechet, Sidney (musician)
label: Names
content: Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994
label: Names
content: Carter, Benny, 1907-2003
label: Names
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
label: Names
content: Fitzgerald, Ella, 1917-1996
label: Names
content: Hampton, Lionel
label: Names
content: Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978
label: Names
content: Humphrey, Muriel
label: Names
content: Johnson, Lucy Bird
label: Names
content: Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
label: Names
content: Tatum, Art, 1909-1956
label: Names
content: Webster, Ben
topic: label: Occupation
content: Composers -- 20th century
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content: Music -- 20th century
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content: Music -- Acoustics and physics
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content: Musicians -- 20th century
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content: Piano and synthesizer music
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content: Inventions -- 1980-2000
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content: Synthesizer music
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content: Electric engineering -- 1980-2000
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content: Band musicians
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content: African American musicians
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content: Jazz musicians -- United States
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content: Inventors -- 20th century
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated to the National Museum of American History in January 1998, by Dorothy Anderson, Cat Anderson's widow.  It was acquired through negotiations with her, her brother, Mr. John Coffey and her nephew, Andrew Brazington.  The materials were picked up from Mr. John Coffey of upper N.W. Washington, DC on January 21, 1998.
creator: label: Creator
content: Anderson, William "Cat", 1916-1981 (musician)
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content: William "Cat" Anderson Collection
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Cat Anderson (Sept 12, 1916 - April 29, 1981) was one of the premier trumpet players of the Duke Ellington Orchestra.  Known for his effortless high notes, he was a strong section leader and a great soloist whose style exhibited humor and precision.  He grew up in Jenkins= Orphanage in Charleston, SC, received basic music training there, and participated in many of their famous student ensembles.  He formed and played with the Cotton Pickers, a group of orphanage teens while still a young man.  Before joining Ellington in 1944, he played in several big bands, including Claude Hopkins and Lionel Hampton.  Anderson left the Ellington organization from 1947 through 1949 again to lead his own group.  From 1959 to1961 and after 1971 Anderson free lanced, working with the Ellington orchestra intermittently.   He died in 1981 after receiving honors from the US Air Force, the Prix du Disque de Jazz, and the City of Los Angeles.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5 Cubic feet (12 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1940-1981
label: Date
content: bulk 1963-1977
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0630
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Manuscripts
label: Type
content: Transcripts
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content: Oral histories (document genres)
label: Type
content: Oral history
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content: Phonograph records
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content: Photographs
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content: Recordings
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content: Interviews
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content: Clippings
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content: Audiotapes
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content: Awards
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content: Audiocassettes
label: Type
content: Articles
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is divided into four series.

Series 1: Music

Series 2: Original tapes and recordings

Series 3: Photographs

Series 4: Miscellaneous
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Ann Kuebler, 1998.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts -- Music -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Transcripts
label: Genre/Form
content: Oral histories (document genres)
label: Genre/Form
content: Oral history
label: Genre/Form
content: Phonograph records
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Clippings -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Audiotapes -- 1940-1980
label: Genre/Form
content: Awards
label: Genre/Form
content: Audiocassettes
label: Genre/Form
content: Audiotapes
label: Genre/Form
content: Articles -- 1940-1980
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Primarily audiotapes, sheet music, and photographic images. Also: correspondence, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, itineraries, awards, and ephemera.,Of particular interest are recordings or photographic images, including the personalities listed below, and President and Mrs. Tubman of Liberia; also, two interviews and three recordings of Cat Anderson as guest with various university and college jazz bands.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Archival Materials
content: Related artifacts include: awards, plaques, mutes, trumpet mouth pieces, and the Jon Williams/Cat Anderson simulator in the Division of Cultural and Community Life (now Division of Cultural and Community Life). See accession: 1998.3074.