Series 11 includes pamphlets, newsletters, magazine articles, concert broadsides, record catalogs and price lists, press releases, and album covers advertising the performance activities and music endorsements of Duke Ellington and his Orchestra. In addition there are “press kits” developed by William Morris, Inc., Moss, Lawson, and Mendez, and the Associated Booking Corporation publicizing the Orchestra’s performance. These kits often include brief instructions and suggestions for advertising; photographs; punch lines; lists of famous songs and recordings; brief histories of the band, its musicians, and its peak performances; and short essays about Ellington and his contributions to music and society. The records document various publicity formats used by the Ellington organization to advertise domestic and foreign performances and recordings of the Duke Ellington Orchestra between 1935 and 1974.
Records of special interest include a press kit compiled by the U.S. Information Service for Ellington’s tour and publicity for his 1967 Carnegie Hall concert, his 1968 and 1974 Sacred Concert performances, his 1969 and 1970 symphonic concerts, and the 1968 White House honors performance for Richard Nixon. In addition, there is a 1988 broadside using Ellington’s portrait to advertise a company’s paper quality and a score of music written as a tribute to Ellington by a band in Sweden.
The records are arranged chronologically. The undated items are located at the end of the series. Oversized materials are physically located at the end of the series but are listed chronologically.
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William Morris Agency, Inc., Press Kits, c. 1938
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Recording Company Advertisements and Announcements, c. 1944-1966
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William Morris Agency, Inc., Press Kits, c. 1945
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Esquire's "All American Awards," 1945
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William Morris Agency, Inc., Press Kits, December 1945
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William Morris Agency, Inc., Press Kits, c. 1946
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Shrine Auditorium, February c. 1946
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Moss, Lawson, and Mendez, 1946-1947
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William Morris Agency, Inc., Press Kits, c. 1949
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Fabulous
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Coronet, 1951
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Associated Booking Corporation, c. 1953
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Associated Booking Corporation, c. 1953
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Down Beat, September 1953
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Metronome Modern Music and Its Makers, November 1954
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Let's Go: Amusement Guide,
June 1955
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List and Synopses of Review Articles, 1956
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The Billboard, August 1958
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Philips "News About Artists and Records," October 1958
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Duke Ellington Jazz Society, c. 1958
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"Duke Ellington Society Jazz Newsletter"--June-September 1959
& February-July 1960
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International Jazz Club Prix, 1960
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"Jazz Kalender 1961" [German]
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Dateline/Jazz, December 1963
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Shimbun, July 1964
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The Ellington Tempo, October 1963-October 1964
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The Billboard, c.1965
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"Dig Jazz Calender 1966" [Japanese]
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Goin' Places in
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"American Shakespeare Theatre" Concerts, July 1966
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Mayor of
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Talking About Jazz, October 1966
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Carnegie Hall Program, 1967
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Carnegie Hall Calendar, 1967
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"Expo 67"
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Your copy of Jazz, compliments of Mercer Ellington
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Sacred Concert, 1968
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Rainbow Grill, 1968
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"Festival Productions, Inc.: 1968 Activities," 1968
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Eastern Airlines Concert, September 1968
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White House Honors, November 1968
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"Jazz Kalender 1969"
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Symphonic Concerts, c. 1969
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Lions Club, c. 1969
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Black Scholarship Foundation Concert, March 1970
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70th Birthday Concert, 1970
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70th Birthday Concert, 1970
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70th Birthday Salute, April 1970
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Appearance with Al Hirt--Newspaper article and related correspondence,
April-May
1970
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Jazzmobile Concert, August-September 1970
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National Education Television Broadcast, September 1970
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Where, September 1970
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Unidentified Press Manual, c. 1971
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Theater on the Hill at Caldwell College, 1971-1972
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Island Concert Hall, Inc., 1971-1972
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Veteran's Memorial, Civic Center,
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Where, February 1972
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Where, March 1972
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Ellington Festival, University of Wisconsin-Madison, April 1972
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Southern
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The Polynesian Reporter, October 1972
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The
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CBS Television Network--"We Love You Madly," February 1973
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Duke Ellington Society "Piano Tribute," April 1973
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Boy Scouts of
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"Jazz From
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Dade County Auditorium Concert, March 1974
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Sacred Music Concert, c. 1974
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Hopper Paper Company, 1988
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Columbia Records, undated
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Costa Del Sol Jazz Fest, undated
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Flint Concert, undated
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Introduction to Jazz, undated
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Mercer Ellington, undated
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Mills Music, undated
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Milwaukee Art Center Concert, undated
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Miscellaneous, undated
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New Yorker, undated
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RCA Victor, undated
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Richard Nader Presents Big Band Festival, undated
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Sicilian International Music Festival, undated
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The Ellington Era 1927-1940, undated
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"A Tribute to the Duke"--Music score, undated
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Concert Price
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“Duke Ellington…Contemporary Symphonic Master,” undated
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"Jazz Kalender 1960" [German]
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"Jazz Kalender 1961" [German]
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"Dig Jazz Calender 1965" [Japanese]
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"Dig Jazz Calender 1966" [Japanese]
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"1967 Freedom Calender,"
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"Dig Jazz Calender 1972" [Japanese]
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"A Drum Is A Woman, Narrated By Mercer Ellington," undated
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“Jonas” [Film] Original Music by Duke Ellington, undated
(c.1957)
“Jonas,” Booklet [German], undated (c.1957)
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