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Donald Harrison Sr. Family papers
Collection
Identifier: 786
Content Description
The family papers of long-time Mardi Gras Indian, Big Chief Donald Harrison, Sr. mainly consists of ephemeral items, such as posters, announcements and flyers, invitations and programs, certificates, and promotional publications covering lectures and performances by Donald Harrison, Sr., and the Guardians of the Flame Mardi Gras Indians. Additionally, performances and promotional materials for his son, Saxophonist Donald Harrison, Jr., and his grandson, Trumpeter Christian Scott are...
Dates:
Other: 1977-2017
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Ellis Marsalis, Jr. papers
Collection — Container: OV Items 2 and 3
Identifier: 723
Scope and Contents
This collection from New Orleans pianist and composer Ellis Marsalis Jr. contains correspondence, certificates, contracts, sheet music, sound recordings, photographs, and ephemera that encompass Mr. Marsalis’s six-decade career as a musician and music instructor. Correspondence dating from 1959 to 2013, is related to Marsalis' teaching and lecturing, performance dates, and letters of recommendation on behalf of his students at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA). It...
Dates:
Created: 1946-2016; Other: Majority of material found in 1980-2010; Other: Date acquired: 09/28/2008
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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