COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
1,000 black-and-white and color photographs of prominent jazz musicians, African-American artists, dancers, writers, and the New York Scene, 1970s-1990s; 200 tech sheets from studio portrait shoots; 27 transcripts of interviews with jazz musicians (various drafts); 24 original recordings of interviews on audio tapes; 1 original tape of Henry Threadgill's Very Very Circus "Makin a Move"; 56 pieces of jazz and photograph ephemera, 1980s and 1990s including alternative museum announcements, jazz concerts, party invitations, promotional materials from artists, show announcements, postcards of artwork; 6 buttons; 2 posters from photo exhibitions, 1990s; "Black Borders" (book).
Additional 1,000 photographs, including images of jazz musicians, fashion photographs, celebrity photographs, and some pictures of urban life; collection of memorabilia from the 1993 Blue Note Jazz festival; notes and photographs from Barboza's "Portrait on the Roof" shoot; posters, programs, invitations, jazz magazines and journals; ephemera from Barboza's life and career including calendars, books, flyers, catalogs, invitations, and technical documents (tear sheets and tech sheets) from various shoots; reproductions, resumes, and announcements relating to the "Kamoinge" group of African American photographers; cassette tapes and video tapes.
Jazz musicians of the 80s: poster, with group photograph of 1980s jazz musicians, all identified, signed by the photographer. Photographer: Anthony Barboza; Designer: Clemente Ettrick.
Dates
- 1970 - 1999
Creator
- Barboza, Anthony, 1944- (Person)
- Ettrick, Clemente. (Person)
- Threadgill, Henry. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
6 cubic feet. (6 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Photographs and ephemera relating to jazz musicians, African-American artists, dancers, writers, and the New York Scene, 1970s-1990s.
SERIES LIST
Series I. Photographs Boxes 1-26 Jazz Musicians Other Music Related Actors, Artists and Celebrities Fashion People and Places Miscellaneous
Series II. Posters Mapcase
Series II. Documents Boxes 27, 32-33
Series II. Audio Recordings Boxes 28-31
Physical Description
Photographs
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- Theo Wolf
- Date completed:
- May 2013
- EAD encoding:
- Theo Wolf, May 2012Evan Earle, May 2013
- Date modified:
- Jude Corina, December 2015
General
Photograph boxes by size:
- Small - 5" x 7" Box 8
- Medium - 8" x 10" Boxes: 4, 15, 22
- Large - 11" x 14" Boxes: 1-3, 9, 11, 12, 19-21, 26, 27
- Extra Large - 14" x 17", 16" x 20" Boxes: 5, 10, 13, 14, 17, 18, 23-25
- Oversize - 20" x 24" Boxes: 6, 7, 16
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- Date
- September 2012
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu