AAAL Certificate, presented to Benny Carter
date: label: presentation date
content: 1996
name: label: recipient
content: Carter, Benny
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This certificate was presented to Benny Carter by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, in 1996. It is a printed paper certificate in a gold-tone metal frame. The certificate is printed:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>THE AMERICAN ACADEMY<br>OF ARTS AND LETTERS<br>In recognition of creative achievement in the arts<br>Bennett L. Carter<br>was elected to<br>Academy Membership<br>New York – 1996<br>[signature of AAAL President] [signature of AAAL Secretary]</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Benny Carter, born in New York City in 1907, was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader who made a significant contribution to jazz throughout his seventy year career. He has received two Grammy Awards, and in 1986 was granted the NEA Jazz Masters award by The National Endowment for the Arts. Carter died in 2003 at the age of 95.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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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 Hilma Carter
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2007.0013.04
label: accession number
content: 2007.0013
label: catalog number
content: 2007.0013.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: certificate
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/4 in x 14 1/4 in x 7/8 in; 28.575 cm x 36.195 cm x 2.2225 cm