Archive Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2008.44.1 |
Title |
Ephemera |
Object Type |
Ephemera |
Collection |
Phoebe Jacobs Collection |
Description |
Box of ephemera found in the Phoebe Jacobs Collection. Contents include: Empty envelopes; raffle tickets for a Society of Singers evening honoring Peggy Lee; envelope filled with addresses and empty envelopes; ticket stubs for concerts by Dr. Billy Taylor and others; various addresses and phone numbers (including Sylvia Syms, Clara Gunderloch and a change-of-address card from Russell "Big Chief" Moore); card naming Louis a "permanent honorary member" of the Georgia Carr Fan Club; scrap of paper containing Louis's handwriting; receipt from Shaver's Photo Supply in Corona for an order placed by Louis on March 9, 1965; Devonshire Hotel receipt for Louis owing $103.90 from January 25 to January 31, 1954; receipt for Leathercraft Process for a green suede coat dropped off by Lucille Armstrong on September 25, 1957; opening notice for the "Cab Calloway Cotton Club Girls and Boys"; handwritten scrap, "Phoebe, I love ya. - Lucille," originally attached to a gift sent at Christmas; invitation to an "informal reception in the garden at the home of Mrs. Louis Armstrong"; postcards, travel brochures; luggage tags; many business cards (including Phoebe Jacobs, Alicia Paolozzi, Peter Gerler, Gunter Boas, Peg Leg Bates, the Gene Krupa-Cozy Cole Drum School, Isaac Sutton of "Ebony," Harold "Cuz" Falkener, Luis Russell and others); greeting cards; brochures; and much more. |
People |
Armstrong, Lucille Wilson Bates, Peg Leg Boas, Gunter Calloway, Cab Carr, Georgia Cole, Cozy Falkener, Harold Gerler, Peter Gunderloch, Clara A. Jacobs, Phoebe Krupa, Gene Lee, Peggy Moore, "Big Chief" Russell Paolozzi, Alicia Russell, Luis Sutton, Isaac Syms, Sylvia Taylor, Billy |
Year Range from |
1943 |
Year Range to |
2008 |
Accession number |
2008.44 |