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Jazz

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Bronzeville Artifacts Grand Theatre tickets, 1950s

 Collection
Identifier: 050.01.08
Description of the Collection

Three tickets to the Grand Theatre, 3110 S. State Street, Chicago with face value of 25 cents each. Artifact.

Dates: 1950s
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

Centennial collection, 1990-1991

 Collection
Identifier: 017.02.02
Description of the Collection The collection includes photocopies of "Centennial Preview" articles related to IIT's history, and a pamphlet with highlights of events held for the celebration. "Converging Visions: The Making of a University," a publication outlining the history of IIT. The collection also includes a 1991 Directory of Overseers, a 1990 program for Centennial Convocation and Inauguration, and a flyer for "The IIT 100" model vehicle race. It also includes an invitation and program for the Centennial Jazz...
Dates: 1990-1991
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

Charles A. Sengstock, Jr. papers, 1960-2000

 Collection
Identifier: 031.07.04
Description of the Collection Collection of articles authored by Charles A. Sengstock, Jr. for the Armour Research Foundation newsletter concerning jazz clubs, theaters, and historic buildings on the south side of Chicago in the 1940s and 1950s. Items included in the collection: ARF News (photocopy), Dec. 1959; article on Mecca Flats ARF News (photocopy), Jan., 1960; article on Arcade building (AKA Jesse Binga Bank building) ARF News (photocopy), March, 1960; article on the Vendome Theater ARF News, April-May, 1960;...
Dates: 1960-2000
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

Duke Ellington film, 1962

 Collection
Identifier: 039.01.33
Description of the Collection Three-minute silent film in color of Duke Ellington's 1962 appearance in the Hermann Union Building (Hermann Hall) at Illinois Institute of Technology. The band is shown on stage and Ellington sits at the piano. The film is taken from a distance and the video quality is poor. Film opens with a shot of the calligraphy scroll with history of The BOG on it and then people filing into the auditorium in the HUB for the Ellington concert. Original format is 16 mm film; surrogates available in...
Dates: 1962
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

Duke Ellington photographs, 1962

 Collection
Identifier: 039.01.32
Description of the Collection

This collection consists of 8x10" black and white photographs taken by Don Sparks of a Duke Ellington concert at Illinois Institute of Technology, most likely the one held in Hermann Hall in 1962.

Dates: 1962
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

Robert Negele collection, 1943-1945

 Collection
Identifier: 038.01.34
Description of the Collection

Miscellaneous printed materials relating to fraternities, jazz and golf collected by Robert Negele when he was a student at Illinois Institute of Technology in the mid-1940s. The collection also includes a commencement program and booklet about IIT's honor system.


  1. See photo in "Artifacts" drop file
Dates: 1945
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

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