DescriptionThis file includes loose scrapbook pages collated with unrelated materials when the Institute of Jazz Studies acquired the Count Basie family papers and artifacts. Pages include clippings, greeting cards, photographs, ephemera, correspondence, and contracts. Of particular note are a comic book featuring Count Basie, contracts and telegrams for Catherine Basie when she performed as Princess Aloha, and set lists from 1946 broadcasts of the Count Basie Orchestra.
NoteThe Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, received a project support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State, to process the Count Basie family papers. Conservation and preservation of the Count Basie family papers and artifacts was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Park Service, National Endowment for the Arts, and National Endowment for the Humanities.
Note1933-1970, bulk 1940s
GenreScrapbooks, Albums (Books), Photographs, Business correspondence, Personal correspondence, Ephemera
Detail: The items in this record are part of the Count Basie family papers and artifacts (IJS-0002). A finding aid with information about the contents of the collection is available online.
CollectionCount Basie family scrapbooks and photograph albums
Organization NameRutgers University. Institute of Jazz Studies
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