Photographs
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Boatwright, Ruth Ellington, 1914-2004
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content: Ruth Ellington Collection of Duke Ellington Materials
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1957-1990, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0415, Series 7
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Includes both black and white and color photographs and some slides of primarily Duke Ellington but also members of his family and band. Most of the photographs are of Duke Ellington's musical performances to include the sacred concerts, The First World Festival of Negro Arts held in Dakar, Senegal in 1966, a benefit concert and visit to St. Joseph's Hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1971 and various other concerts.  There are some rehearsals and autograph signings in the United and States and abroad. In addition, a small number of Ellington family photographs of Ruth, Mercer, their families, and friends can also be found among these materials.  Some of these same images exist in the Duke Ellington Collection and Edward and Gaye Collection of Duke Ellington Materials.