Archive Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2006.45.5 |
Title |
[Gray scrapbook] |
Object Type |
Scrapbook |
Collection |
Phoebe Jacobs Collection |
Description |
Gray scrapbook containing correspondence, news clippings, press releases and other items assembled by Phoebe Jacobs from her collection and the collection of Louis and Lucille Armstrong. Contents include: Press release for Newport Jazz Festival concert where the Singer Bowl was renamed Louis Armstrong Stadium; press release about Bing Crosby attending the Rainbow Room's New Orleans Jazz and Food Festival, mentioning Lucille and Jack Bradley also in attendance; letter from Lucille Armstrong about the Manhood Foundation; copy of the invitation to the New Orleans Jazz and Food Festival at the Rainbow Room; note from Phoebe Jacobs to George Wein about the Louis Armstrong Memorial Concert; letters from Lucille to Donald R. Manes, President of the Borough of Queens, and Al Knopf, Vice President of Local 802, about the dedication and renaming of the Singer Bowl to Louis Armstrong Memorial Stadium; addresses of various celebrities and musicians, inviting them to Lucille's night at the Rainbow Room; notes from Phoebe Jacobs about her preparation for the Singer Bowl event; schedule, menu and promotional aids for the New Orleans Jazz and Food Festival; Jacobs's notes from a meeting at George Wein's house about the Singer Bowl concert; minutes of a meeting at Manufacturers Hanover Bank on April 18, 1973; and more. |
People |
Armstrong, Lucille Wilson Bradley, Jack Crosby, Bing Jacobs, Phoebe Knopf, Al Manes, Donald R. Wein, George |
Search Terms |
Corona Louis Armstrong Memorial Stadium Newport Jazz Festival Queens Rainbow Room Singer Bowl |
Year Range from |
1973 |
Year Range to |
1973 |
Accession number |
2006.45 |