Tito Puente Papers
name: label: Creator
content: Puente, Tito
label: Donor
content: Puente, Margaret
topic: label: Topic
content: Mambos (Music)
label: Topic
content: Jazz musicians
label: Topic
content: Salsa (Music)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Tito Puente's widow, Margaret Puente, donated this collection in 2004.
creator: label: Creator
content: Puente, Tito
label: Donor
content: Puente, Margaret
setName: label: See more items in
content: Tito Puente Papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection consists of photographs and personal papers documenting the career of Latin Jazz musican Tito Puente.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Tito Puente (1923-2000) was a New York born jazz, mambo and salsa percussionist, nicknamed "King of the Timbales." During his career, Puente recorded 120 albums, composed more than 450 songs, and has been credited with some 2,000 arrangements.  His contributions to Latin jazz earned him the title "El Rey del Timbal" (The King of the Timbal) and "King of Latin Music" along with numerous honors, including five Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Arts, and the Library of Congress Living Legend award.  Puente was featured in the films The Mambo Kings in 1992 and Calle 54 in 2000.  He was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1990.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.33 Cubic feet (1 box )
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1962-2001, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0894
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Passports
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The materials are arranged in five folders.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Sarah Allan (volunteer), 2008; supervised by Vanessa Broussard Simmons.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Passports
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 1960-1970
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists primarily of photographs.  The locations and dates of most of the photographs are unknown and include Puente in concert and with Celia Cruz.  Some of the photographs are portraits of Puente as a young performer.  Personal papers consist of a cancelled United States passport and a radio license issued in Venezuela in 1965. There is a calendar published by Latin Percussion, Incorporated with photographs of several jazz musicians, including Puente in 1969 and 1970. The materials are arranged by type.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The materials in this collection complement the Goya Foods Incorporated Collection, Paquito D'Rivera Papers, Chico O'Farrill Papers, Mongo Santamaria Papers and Latino Music Collection.
separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: Several artifacts were donated to the Museum's Division of Culture and the Arts t including a sequined jacket worn by Puente when he won the Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Performance. See accession number 1996.0304.