Grammy Award, presented to Ella Fitzgerald
date: label: presentation date
content: 1958
name: label: recipient
content: Fitzgerald, Ella
label: presenter
content: National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This award was presented to Ella Fitzgerald by The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS), in 1958. It is a medium-brown stained wood base with a gold-tone gramophone on top and engraved metal plate. Jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald received this Grammy for either Best Vocal Performance, Female for the album, <i>Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Song Book,</i> or Best Jazz Performance, Individual for the album, <i>Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book.</i> The metal plate is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>NATIONAL ACADEMY OF RECORDING<br>ARTS & SCIENCES – 1958</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Awards and Prizes
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Jazz
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Fitzgerald 1989 Trust
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0342.041
label: accession number
content: 1996.0342
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0342.041
objectType: label: Object Name
content: award
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 5/16 in x 4 5/8 in x 5 in; 16.03375 cm x 11.7475 cm x 12.7 cm