Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award issued to Ella Jenkins
date: label: Date
content: 2004
name: label: Created by
content: The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, American, founded 1957
label: Subject of
content: Ella Jenkins, American, born 1924
notes: label: Caption
content: Ella Jenkins, nicknamed the "First Lady of Children's Music," was the first children's artist to receive the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Lifetime Achievement Award. Jenkins' work draws on the American folk traditions including African American call and response singing, game songs and ring chants.
label: Description
content: Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award issued to Ella Jenkins. The award is in two pieces, the top, (.1a) crystal and the base, (.1b). The crystal is a rectangular cube with an etched gramophone inside (Grammy). On the front bottom of the crystal, the awardee's name is inscribed, [ELLA JENKINS / 2004]. On the back top of the crystal, the awards name is inscribed, [GRAMMY / LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD].
label: Description
content: The base is black plastic with a mirror on the top. The award is attached to the base with adhesive in the four corners. On the bottom are four foam circles in each corner.
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Folk (Music)
label: Topic
content: Folklife
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Awards, Medals, and Insignia
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ella Jenkins
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.7.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: trophies (prizes)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: crystal (material by form) with plastic, reflective glass, foam and adhesive
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (.1a Crystal): 5 3/4 × 4 1/8 × 4 in. (14.6 × 10.5 × 10.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (.1b Base): 3/4 × 5 1/4 × 5 1/4 in. (1.9 × 13.3 × 13.3 cm)