Don Brown Collection of Duke Ellington Recordings
name: label: Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
label: Creator
content: Brown, Don, 1923-1985
topic: label: Topic
content: Radio broadcasts
label: Topic
content: Jazz
label: Topic
content: Television broadcasting of music
label: Topic
content: Concerts
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was purchased from Brown's widow Darlene Brown in 1992.
creator: label: Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
label: Creator
content: Brown, Don, 1923-1985
setName: label: See more items in
content: Don Brown Collection of Duke Ellington Recordings
abstract: label: Summary
content: An extensive collection of commercial recordings by Duke Ellington and his orchestra.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Disc jockey, musician, owner of a record store, published a newsletter called Record Finder 1956-1977.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 39 Boxes
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1925-1973
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0472
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Audiotapes
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Audiocassettes
label: Type
content: Test pressings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: 1 series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Rueben Jackson, 2003
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Audiotapes -- Open reel
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings -- Phonograph records -- Discs
label: Genre/Form
content: Audiocassettes
label: Genre/Form
content: Test pressings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Nine hundred twenty-eight recordings by Duke Ellington's orchestra, of which seven hundred ninety-six were commercially issued, and one hundred thirty-two unissued, which are studio test pressings, concert recordings and recordings done from radio and television broadcasts.