Archive Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2008.28.102 |
Title |
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture |
Object Type |
Papers, Personal |
Collection |
Phoebe Jacobs Collection |
Description |
This folder contains a large packet of material about “Riverwalk, Live From the This folder contains correspondence and other papers about the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and specifically their Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project. Contents include: A “five-year” plan for the program from James Briggs Murray, sent to Howard Dodson in 1992; letter from Howard Dodson to Phoebe Jacobs in 1987 about her agreeing to serve on the Schomburg Commission for the Preservation of Black Culture; activities report from the Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project 1991-1992; letter from Dodson to Donald Marquis about an exhibit in New Orleans; calendar of exhibitions and events for 1988; 2000 letter from Phoebe Jacobs to Grace Blake of the Apollo Foundation about a joint effort with the Schomburg Center titled “Harlem: The Source”; biographical sketch and news clippings about Howard Dodson; agreement from Carnegie Hall allowing the Schomburg Center to videotape a performance; progress report for the Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project in January 1994; letter from Dodson to David Gold thanking him for $60,000; press release for the Schomburg Center presenting a Lincoln Center “Reel to Real” celebration of Armstrong’s 100th birthday; three-page listing of gifts the Schomburg Center received from Phoebe Jacobs; original proposal for the Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project in 1990; and more. Added on 3/5/2012: information on "Louis' Lady: A Tribute to Lucille Wilson Armstrong," sponsored by the Schomburg Center and presented on October 22, 2006 at the Langston Hugues Auditorium. Added 7/19/2012: :Letter from Ambassador to Madagascar Shirley E. Barnes to Phoebe Jacobs after meeting her at the Schomburg; program for a "A Film and Live Tribute to Louis Armstrong" at the Schomburg in 2001 featuring Clark Terry, Jon Hendricks and David Ostwald; press releases for that 2001 event; brochures; letters from Phoebe Jacobs to various people after Howard Dodson's luncheon. |
People |
Blake, Grace Dodson, Howard Jacobs, Phoebe Marquis, Donald Murray, James Briggs |
Search Terms |
Carnegie Hall Jazz at Lincoln Center Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation New Orleans |
Year Range from |
1987 |
Year Range to |
2006 |
Accession number |
2008.28 |