Awards and Recognition
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: 1936-1989
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0415, Series 5
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Documents the awards given to Duke Ellington, as well as tributes, commemorations, and honors granted after his death. Included among these materials are Washington, DC's Duke Ellington School of the Performing Arts, a memorial service program from Trinity Church in the City of New York, the White House Medal of Freedom, a commemorative stamp, a grammy, honorary degrees from Columbia and Brown Universities, and an honorary citizenship award from Niigata City in Japan.  The materials are arranged in chronological order.