Lane College Band Award, presented to William Alonzo "Cat" Anderson
date: label: presentation date
content: 1976
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This award was presented by Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee to American jazz trumpeter William Alonzo “Cat” Anderson in 1976. It is made of a base of shield-shaped wood with a metal plate attached to the front with screws. The plate is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>LANE COLLEGE BAND<br>DISTINGUISHED MUSICIAN’S<br>AWARD<br>PRESENTED TO<br>CAT ANDERSON<br>FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS MADE<br>TO JAZZ AND HUMANITY. ALSO, IN<br>APPRECIATION FOR CONDUCTING<br>LANE’S 2nd ANNUAL JAZZ FESTIVAL.</p>
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content: <p>H.D. DIXON, DITECTOR<br>FESTIVAL JAZZ BAND</p>
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content: <p>K.C. SAMPSON<br>DIRECTOR OF BANDS</p>
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content: <P>APRIL 10, 1976</p>
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content: <p>Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee, founded in 1882, is one of the historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the United States.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Awards and Prizes
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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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dorothy Anderson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1998.3074.03
label: nonaccession number
content: 1998.3074
label: catalog number
content: 1998.3074.03
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: 13/16 in x 8 1/2 in x 10 5/16 in; 2.06375 cm x 21.59 cm x 26.19375 cm