Contains photographic prints, negatives, slides, newspaper articles, marketing materials, correspondence and personal notes on such disparate topics related to jazz and jazz history as the Palomar Ballroom Fire, jazz museums across the country, the 1976 "A Night in New Orleans" concert series that Levin co-produced, and numerous articles written by jazz critic and book reviewer, Whitney Balliett. Other materials included in this subseries relate to other jazz clubs and venues, the history of jazz in particular cities, photographs by notable jazz photographers, and some limited information on the history of women in jazz. Some photographs and other materials unrelated to jazz, jazz artists or jazz history are also found in this subseries, including information on Pablo Picasso and Ernest Hemingway. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by title.
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Only reference copies of audiovisual materials may be used.
Collection Rights:
Reproduction restricted due to copyright or trademark. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Floyd Levin Jazz Reference Collection, 1880-2010, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sponsor:
Processing and encoding funded by a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.
