Lloyd H. Smith collection

Lloyd H. Smith of New Orleans, Louisiana, was a collector of jazz music and books on the topic. The collection contains approximately 580 phonograph jazz recordings by performers such as Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Erskine Hawkins, Billie Holiday, Cab Calloway, Bessie Smith, the Ink Spots, Charlie Parker, Artie Shaw, Fats Waller, Sidney Bechet, Duke Ellington, Pete Fountain, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, Fletcher Henderson, and others. He also donated 44 books on the topic of jazz music.

This collection also contains programs of jazz concerts sponsored by the New Orleans Jazz Club (1972-1974); a 1972 program for the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival; magazines on jazz music (1971-1976); advertisements for jazz concerts and events sponsored by Preservation Hall (1962-1963); and clippings on jazz musicians (1960s-1990s).