(NEW) Bank Checks and Statements: Bank Records, 1955-1974 (NEW)
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
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content: Duke Ellington Collection
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content: Duke Ellington Collection / Series 3: Business Records
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1955 April 1955-1974 January
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0301, Subseries 3.4
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Consists of cancelled checks, bank statements, and check stubs from various New York and California banks that maintained accounts for the Ellington organization and family. The records document the personal and business banking practices of Duke Ellington, Ruth Ellington (also identified as Ruth James and Ruth Stamatiou), Duke Ellington Incorporated, Tempo Music Incorporated, Letur Incorporated, and the Mitchell Trio. Some of the types of information found in these banking records include weekly deposits and daily withdrawals to cover the operational expenses of Duke Ellington, Incorporated and Tempo Music Incorporated, Mercer Ellington's education tuition, medical bills of various band and family members, bills from florists, liquor stores, restaurants and clothing stores, and legal and accountant fees. The records are organized first alphabetically by account holders' names and then arranged chronologically by statement closing dates. Bank statements for each box of checks have been placed in folders at the back of each box. The miscellaneous check stubs have been placed at the end of the subseries. The records are arranged in chronological order.