Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Boatwright, Ruth Ellington, 1914-2004
setName: label: See more items in
content: Ruth Ellington Collection of Duke Ellington Materials
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1942-1991, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0415, Series 6
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Contains materials relating to the personal and professional activities of the Ellington family. Included among the correspondents are Don George, the White House, the Negro Actors Guild, Leopold Stokowski, Martin Williams, and various booking agents. Topics of discussion include the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Duke Ellington restaurants, taxes, royalties, contracts, and production of the sacred music concerts. In addition, there are  sympathy cards sent to Ruth Ellington after the death of Duke Ellington. The materials are arranged in chronological order.