Inventory of the Rosetta Reitz Papers, 1929-2008
[top]Descriptive Summary
Repository
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke
University
Creator
Reitz, Rosetta, 1924-2008.
Title
Rosetta Reitz Papers, 1929-2008
Language of Material
Material in English
Extent
41 Linear Feet
30,750 Items
Abstract
30,750 Items
Rosetta Reitz (1924-2008) was a business owner, stock broker, university lecturer, and writer on issues including food, feminism, women's health, and female jazz and blues musicians. She was also the founder and owner of Rosetta Records, a company most prominent in the 1980s that was dedicated to re-releasing historic recordings by female jazz and blues musicians.
The Rosetta Reitz Papers address aspects of the entirety of Reitz's career, with the majority related to Rosetta Records and to Reitz's associated music research since the 1970s. The collection contains company documents, research notes, manuscripts, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photocopies, photographs, a variety of audio and moving image formats, as well as magazines and books.
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Administrative Information
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In addition, all original audio and moving image materials are CLOSED to patron listening and/or viewing. However, researchers can access the original artifacts for the purpose of reading liner notes and carrying out other text-based studies. CD or DVD use copies, which are OPEN to patron use, are available for some items and are noted below. Unless otherwise noted, use copies must be made for access to audio and moving image content.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Rosetta Reitz Papers, Rare Book,
Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The Rosetta Reitz Papers were received by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library as a gift in May 2009.
Processing Information
Processed by Clay Boyer, Timothy Obert, and Jeremy Smith, June 2009.
Encoded by Clay Boyer, Timothy Obert, and Jeremy Smith, June 2009.
Accession 2009-0003 is described in this finding aid.
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our local Style Guide.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Biographical Note
Rosetta Reitz (née Goldman) was born in Utica, New York on September 28, 1924, the youngest of six children. After graduating from the Utica Free Academy at the age of 16, Reitz studied at the University of Buffalo, Syracuse University, and the University of Wisconsin. In 1945, she moved to New York City, where, aside from a brief time living in New Jersey in the 1950s, she would spend the remainder of her life. Reitz married Robert Reitz in the mid-1940s, with whom she had three daughters prior to their divorce in 1963.
During the course of her career, Reitz was involved in a variety of entrepreneurial ventures. She owned several businesses, including the Four Seasons Book Shop (1946-1954), the Four Seasons Greeting Card Company (1954-1961), and Rosetta Records (1979-2008). She worked as a representative and a stock broker for several financial institutions (1967-1970), and she was a newspaper columnist at the Village Voice on issues of food (1958-1963), feminism (1971), and jazz (1973). Reitz lectured at numerous universities on topics including food history (1960-1961), menopause and women's health (1973-1977), and the history of female blues and jazz musicians (1977-2000s). Reitz was also the author of several published books and articles on mushrooms (and food more broadly), menopause (and women's health and feminism more broadly), the blues, and jazz. Among her many honors and awards are: a Wonder Woman Award (1982), a Grandmother Winifred Grant (1994), the International Association of Jazz Educators Outstanding Service Award (1998), and the Veteran Feminists of America Honor Roll (2002). Reitz passed away on November 1, 2008 from issues related to cardiopulmonary disease.
[top]Collection Overview
The Rosetta Reitz Papers span the dates 1929-2008, with the bulk of the material covering the period of the late 1970s through the 2000s. While the collection addresses aspects of the entirety of her career, the vast majority is related to Rosetta Records and Reitz's related music research. The collection is divided into eight series: Biographical Information, Rosetta Records Business Files, Presentations, Writings, Photographs, Posters, Audio and Moving Images, and Reference Materials.
The Biographical Information Series contains published and unpublished writings, correspondence, resume materials, and scrapbooks by and about Rosetta Reitz.
The Rosetta Records Business Files Series contains materials related to the founding of Rosetta Records in 1979 and its daily operations in the decades that followed, which primarily focus on the design and production of the company's catalog releases. Also of note are the files related to Reitz's involvement with Greta Schiller and Andrea Weiss in creating a documentary film on the International Sweethearts of Rhythm.
Print materials related to the many concerts, lectures, presentations, and courses that Reitz produced and/or taught on jazz, the blues, and other topics are found in the Presentations Series. Of note are the files related to Reitz's numerous presentations of
"Shouters and Wailers"
, which was an evolving film-based lecture that Reitz delivered throughout the U.S. as well as overseas, that focused on female jazz and blues musicians.
The Writings Series contains manuscript drafts, research notes, and other materials related to Reitz's written works on food, feminism and women's health, and female jazz and blues musicians, including writing related to her grassroots advocacy for the creation of a US postage stamp honoring Bessie Smith.
The Photographs Series primarily contains 8x10 publicity photographs of various jazz and blues musicians, along with other candid photographs from Reitz's life and career.
Oversize promotional materials, primarily related to Reitz's film-based
"Shouters and Wailers"
presentations, but also related to individual female jazz and blues musicians, are located in the Posters Series.
The Audio and Moving Image Series contains the majority of the commercial releases by Rosetta Records in cassette, LP, and/or CD formats, including recordings featuring Ida Cox, Dorothy Donegan, Lil Green, the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, Valaida Snow, Rosetta Tharpe, Dinah Washington, Ethel Waters, Mae West, Georgia White, and others. It also contains audio recordings of the
"Blues is a Woman"
concerts, hosted by Carmen McRae, that Reitz produced for the Kool Jazz Festival and the Newport Jazz Festival in the early 1980s. Also a part of the series are VHS and 16mm film of musical performances by female jazz and blues musicians that originally aired on television and that Reitz compiled as a part of her ongoing research. Original audio and moving image materials are closed to listening and viewing. However, researchers can access the original artifacts for the purpose of reading liner notes and carrying out other text-based studies. CD or DVD use copies, which are open to patron use, are available for some items and are noted below. Unless otherwise noted, use copies must be made for access to audio and moving image content.
The Reference Materials Series contains newspaper clippings, magazines, and books, primarily related to jazz and the blues, that Reitz drew upon in the course of her ongoing research and writing.
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Subject Headings
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
- 16 mm.
- Audiocassettes.
- Blues musicians.
- Clippings.
- CD-ROMs.
- Cox, Ida, 1889-1967.
- Donegan, Dorothy.
- Feminism.
- Food writing.
- Green, Lil, 1919-1954.
- International Sweethearts of Rhythm.
- Jazz.
- Jazz musicians.
- Kool Jazz Festival.
- Long-playing records.
- McRae, Carmen.
- Menopause.
- Mushrooms.
- Newport Jazz Festival.
- Photographs.
- Record labels.
- Reitz, Rosetta.
- Rosetta Records (Firm)
- Schiller, Greta.
- Scrapbooks.
- Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937.
- Snow, Valaida.
- Tharpe, Rosetta, d. 1973.
- Videocassettes.
- Washington, Dinah, 1924-1963.
- Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977.
- Weiss, Andrea.
- West, Mae.
- White, Georgia, 1903-1980.
- Women--Health and hygiene.
- Women blues musicians.
- Women jazz musicians.
- Women jazz musicians--United States.
Detailed Description of Collection
Biographical Information Series, 1958-2008
(3 boxes)
Contains biographical and autobiographical information by and about Rosetta Reitz, including her work both inside and outside the music business. Comprises published and unpublished writings, correspondence, resume materials, and scrapbooks.
Box 1
Autobiographical Writings and Biographical Files, 1967-2008
(3 folders)
Autobiographical sketches by Reitz as well as published articles and obituaries on Reitz. There are also files documenting some of Reitz's numerous music-related concerts, lectures, and presentations.
Personal Correspondence, 1958-2004
(13 folders)
Correspondence with various family members, as well as Sippie Wallace, Dick Weissman, Caroline Robinson, Duncan Scheidt, Connie Berry, Francis Smith, Maurica King, Dick Newmark, Ron Lofman, and others.
Awards, 1981-2004
(4 folders)
Correspondence, certificates, press releases, newspaper clippings, and other material related to various grants and awards Reitz received, including the Wonder Woman Award (1982), a Grandmother Winifred Grant (1994), the International Association of Jazz Educators Outstanding Service Award (1998), and the Veteran Feminists of America Honor Roll (2002).
Job Application Materials, 1963-1993
(6 folders)
Correspondence, clippings, articles, resumes, job applications, and other material related to Reitz's work as a stockbroker, bookstore owner, magazine columnist, and university professor, as well as her consulting work on issues of music, food, and women's health.
Box 2-3
Scrapbooks
Two scrapbooks compiled by Reitz that contain a variety of newspaper clippings relating to Reitz, Rosetta Records, and various female jazz and blues musicians.
Rosetta Records Business Files Series, 1978-2002
(4 boxes)
Rosetta Records was founded by Reitz in 1979, and the company released a total of eighteen recordings and one film, all related to female jazz and blues musicians. While the company was most active in the 1980s, Rosetta Records continued to release recordings into the 1990s. The majority of this series contains materials related to the founding of the company and the design and manufacturing of its catalog releases. An additional eight folders document Reitz's involvement in a documentary film project about the International Sweethearts of Rhythm.
Catalog Releases
Contains liner note text, artist research, elements of cover design, and related correspondence. Arranged by official Rosetta Records catalog numbers.
Box 4
1300: Mean Mothers
1301: Women's Railroad Blues
(2 folders)
1302: Red, White, and Blues
1303: Piano Singers' Blues
1304: Ida Cox - Wild Women Don't Have The Blues
1305: Valaida Snow - Hot Snow
1306: Big Mamas
1307: Georgia White - Sings and Plays
1308: Super Sisters
1309: Boogie Blues
1310: Lil Green - Chicago 1940-1947
1311: Sweet Petunias
1312: The International Sweethearts of Rhythm
1313: Dinah Washington - Wise Woman's Blues
1314: Ethel Waters - 1938-1939, The Complete Bluebird Sessions
1315: Mae West - Sixteen Sultry Songs
Box 5
1316: Jailhouse Blues
(3 folders)
1317: Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Sacred and Secular, Gospel-Blues-Jazz
1318: Dorothy Donegan - Dorothy Romps
(2 folders)
1320: Jazz Women On Video - 1932-1952
Miscellaneous Project Ideas
(3 folders)
Ideas for future catalog releases, including related correspondence, with plans for a release devoted to June Richmond and a compilation tentatively titled
"S+M Blues."
Manufacturing Files
(7 folders)
Records related to the physical production of the catalog releases, including notes on barcode design, invoices from the Hauppauge Record Manufacturing company, and ideas for CD and LP label design. Two folders contain photocopies of photographic images related to possible releases.
International Sweethearts of Rhythm Documentary, 1981-1990
These records pertain to Rosetta Reitz's involvement in a documenary film project about the International Sweethearts of Rhythm. Reitz met independent film producers Greta Schiller and Andrea Weiss in 1983, and the three, along with Reitz's daughter Rebecca, began to share creative responsibilities for the project. In 1986, with much of the work on the film completed, Reitz parted company with Schiller and Weiss over creative differences and disagreements over copyright license issues. Schiller and Weiss retained control of the project and began showing the finished film in late 1986. A large part of this series comprises legal correspondence and memoranda regarding the dispute between the parties, which lasted until 1990.
Box 6
Grant Applications
Invoices
Film Showings
Legal Files
(2 folders)
Project Files
Permissions
Correspondence
Record Reviews, 1980-1992
(3 folders)
Published reviews of various releases from the Rosetta Records catalog. Also contains homemade press clippings assembled by Reitz from published reviews.
Advertisements, 1985-1986 and undated
(2 folders)
Contains print advertisements and press releases, along with related materials, for Rosetta Records. Also contains order forms for postcards of female jazz and blues musicians, created by Rosetta Records.
Company Correspondence, 1979-2002
Contains a variety of correspondence between Reitz and fans, critics, scholars, and others related to Rosetta Records. One folder is devoted to correspondence and other materials related to the Smithsonian Institution recording project
"The Story of the Blues."
Legal and Financial Files, 1978-1999
Invoices, order forms, licensing agreements, and other documents related to Rosetta Records.
Box 7
Detroit Public Library Invoices
Music Exchange Invoices
Paradox Invoices
Pollyjazz Invoices
Catalog Order Forms
Copyright Licensing Agreements
Financial Information
Chelsea Mini Storage
Presentations Series, 1980-1996
(3 boxes)
Includes print materials related to concerts Reitz produced, along with lectures, presentations, and courses Reitz designed. For related photographs and audio recordings, see Photographs Series and Audio and Video Recordings Series.
Box 8
Blues Is a Woman, 1980-1990
A concert produced by Reitz emphasizing the history of female blues singers, hosted by Carmen McRae. Contains correspondence, programs, reviews, financial information, drafts of scripts, and related information for the performances at the Newport Jazz Festival at Avery Fisher Hall (1980), the Hollywood Bowl (1981), and Boston's Symphony Hall (1990).
Wild Women Don't Have the Blues, 1981
(8 folders)
A concert produced by Reitz featuring live performances by Nell Carter, Linda Hopkins, and Sippie Wallace along with choreography, film clips, and photographic slides. Series contains correspondence, programs, reviews, financial information, drafts of scripts, and related information for the performance at the Kool Jazz Festival at Avery Fisher Hall (1981).
Box 9
Women Blow Their Own Horns, 1981
A concert produced by Reitz and hosted by Melba Tolliver at the Kool Jazz Festival at Carnegie Hall (1981) featuring over twenty female jazz instrumentalists and ensembles. Folder contains correspondence, programs, reviews, drafts of scripts, and related information.
Shouters and Wailers, 1982-1996
An evolving presentation by Reitz based on numerous film clips of early female jazz and blues musicians. Series contains correspondence, programs, and related materials and is arranged alphabetically by location of presentation.
Film Inquiries
Boston, 1983
Brown University, 1982
Collective for Living Cinema, 1983
College of Wooster, 1984
Cornell University, 1985
Davis and Elkins College, 1995
Detroit, 1982
Germany - Festival der Frauen, 1988
(2 folders)
Harvard University
Indiana, 1984
Jersey City College, 1988
Landmark Theatre, 1987
Mt. Vernon Library, 1991
New Community Cinema, 1990
New Jersey
New School, The (courses and lectures), 1989-1991
New York, 1984
Princeton University,
Queens Museum of Art, 1996
Rome, NY, 1990
Rutgers University
Tacoma, 1992
Toronto, 1990
University of Connecticut, 1991
University of Wisconsin, 1987
Upstate Films, 1990
Vassar College, 1993
Westchester, 1991
Wisconsin, 1984
Missouri - Women's Jazz Festival, 1985
Woodstock, 1985
Box 10
Miscellaneous Presentations on Female Musicians, 1973-1994
(18 folders)
Correspondence, programs, promotional material, reviews, and related materials from a variety of presentations and lectures by Reitz.
Bessie Smith Traditional Jazz Festival, 1991-1992
Blues and Jazz Women, 1982
Blues Lecture - Scarsdale High School, 1980-1981
DeMaurier Downtown Jazz Festival - Toronto, Canada, 1990
Guest Appearances on Various Radio Shows, 1973-1977
History of African American Women in Music - Wellesley College
International Festival of Women's Film - Toronto, 1984
Jazz Divas on Film - Lincoln Center, 1992
Jazzwomen - Manhattan College
Mean Mothers
National Women's Hall of Fame - Bessie Smith Induction, 1984
Ross Associates Women of Achievement, 1983
Women are History, 1984
Women in Blues - Smithsonian, 1985
Women in Jazz, 1986-1994
(3 folders)
Includes presentations at Utica College (1994), Woodstock (1993), and Greenwich House (1986).
Women's Jazz Festival - Kansas City, 1985
Writings Series, 1959-2006
(6 boxes)
Throughout her career, Reitz wrote a number of fiction and non-fiction pieces, some of which were published and some of which remained in manuscript form. These included the book, Mushroom Cookery (1965) and a variety of articles on food that were primarily related to her work as a food critic in the 1960s; the book, Menopause: A Positive Approach (1977) and other writings on women's health and feminism primarily in the 1970s; and a number of ongoing projects related to music primarily in the 1980s and beyond. The majority of this series relates to Reitz's music writings, containing drafts, research notes, and related materials.
Women's Blues and Jazz: Their Magic 1920 to 1950s, manuscript, 1978-2006
Book manuscript by Reitz that underwent several title changes during the course of its writing. Those included: The Blues Women: 1920-1950 (1978-1981), Mean Mothers and Their Sisters Shout the Independent Blues (1981-1987), Bessie to Billie: The Poetry of Women's Blues 1920 to 1950s (1997-1998), and Everywoman's Blues: Singers and Their Songs 1920 to 1950s (2000-2001).
Box 11
Book Proposals, 1978-2006
(7 folders)
Proposals to various presses of Women's Blues and Jazz and earlier versions. Arranged chronologically and by relative book title.
Chapter Drafts
(6 folders)
Dedication and Bibliography
Introductory Chapter
It's Tight Like That
The Precursors
Traditional Lines
Women's Reign
Manuscripts on Individual Musicians
(30 folders)
Chapter-length writings, along with some associated research notes, that were either included or considered for inclusion in the book manuscript.
Alexander, Ora
Armstrong, Lil
Baker, LaVerne
Boswell, Connee
Brown, Ruth
Davis, Martha
Donegan, Dorothy
Dranes, Arizona
Edwards, Susie
Box 12
Fields, Dorothy
Fitzgerald, Ella
Hall, Juanita
Holiday, Billie
Humes, Helen
Hunter, Alberta
Lee, Julia
McDaniel, Hattie
McRae, Carmen
McKinney, Nina Mae
Minnie, Memphis
Smith, Bessie
Smith, Trixie
Spivey, Victoria
Vaughan, Sarah
Wallace, Sippie
(2 folders)
Waters, Ethel
White, Georgia
Wiley, Lee
Wilson, Edith
Images
(14 folders)
Non-photographic duplications of, and notes regarding, images considered for inclusion in the book manuscript. Arranged by relative chapter.
Other Unpublished Music Writings, 1977-1998 and undated
Project ideas and unpublished manuscripts for a variety of music-related projects.
Box 13
Blues is Like Chicken Soup
Classic Blues Queens
A Hot Romance: Lil and Louis
Correspondence, chapter drafts, research notes, and related material for a book manuscript on the life and career of Lil Hardin Armstrong.
International Sweethearts of Rhythm Feature Film, 1992-1994
(4 folders)
Correspondence, script drafts, research notes, and related material for a planned feature film written by Reitz, Bob Newman, and Beverly Sawyer along with an earlier script by Dianne Houston.
Project Ideas and Proposals
(21 folders)
Correspondence, research notes, and related files for a variety of proposed artistic projects.
Book of the Month Club Record Proposal
Charlotte's Kidnapping
Composite Woman, 1992
Heresies, 1980
"Hot Flashes"
Musical Revue
(2 folders)
Contains song lyrics by Reitz along with research notes for the proposed revue.
Box 14
"The Lady"
Film
Legacy, 1991
"Madame C.J. Walker"
Film
"Mean Mothers"
and
"Women's Blues"
at the Village Gate, 1980
"Mean Mothers"
Television Show, 1980
Notes for a Novel, 1977-1980
"Shouters and Wailers"
Film, 1983-1985
"Sisters of Liberty"
Musical, 1986
"Valaida"
Film
"Vogue"
Magazine Column Proposal, 1978
Wild Women Don't Have the Blues -
"Savvy"
Magazine Proposal, 1980-1981
A Woman's Jazz Band, 1992-1998
Women in American Popular Song, 1981
Women of Wall Street, 1988
Women's Minstrelsy, 1998
Related Research Notes
(3 folders)
Clippings, notes, and other material related to Reitz's various music writings.
Box 15
Related Research Notes, continued
(7 folders)
Published Music Writings, 1973-1992
"Riffs,"
a recurring column in The Village Voice (1973-1974).
Various Short Pieces (1980).
Brief published articles on topics including Sippie Wallace, Bessie Smith, and other female jazz and blues musicians.
"The Blues of Sippie Wallace and B.B. King,"
Montreux-Detroit Jazz Festival Program (August 28 - September 1, 1980), pp. 40-41, 43.
"Women Blow Their Own Horns,"
Kool Jazz Festival Program (June 26 - July 5, 1981).
"The Apollo,"
in Motown Returns to the Apollo, 50th Anniversary (New York: Jewell Jackson McCabe Associates, 1985), pp. 26-34, 94-99.
"Sweethearts on Parade,"
Helicon Nine: The Journal of Women's Arts and Letters (1986).
"Big Mamas,"
Hot Wire: The Journal of Women's Music and Culture 8/3 (September 1992), pp. 18-21.
"Bessie Smith: Empress of the Blues,"
in Notable Black American Women (Detroit: Gale Research, 1992).
Feminist Writings, 1971-2002
Menopause: A Positive Approach (Radnor, PA: Chilton Book Company, 1977), 1977-2002
(4 folders)
Correspondence, research files, order forms, advertisements, dust jackets, reviews, and related material.
Other Feminist Writings, 1971-1996
(6 folders)
Published and unpublished writings by Reitz, including her article,
"The Liberation of the Yiddisha Mama"
(1971) and her grassroots advocacy for a US postage stamp honoring Bessie Smith (1979-1996).
Food Writings, 1959-1971
Research notes, correspondence, article submissions, and other material related to Reitz's writings on food, recipes, and restaurants.
Box 16
Food writings
(7 folders)
Photographs Series
(3 boxes)
Individual photographs, primarily 8x10 publicity shots, of jazz and blues musicians. Also contains images related to Reitz's presentations or intended for use in Reitz's publications.
Individual Photos
8x10 publicity shots of individual musicians.
Box 17
Ammons, Gene
Anderson, Ivie
Anderson, Marian
Armstrong, Lil
Armstrong, Louis
Baker, Josephine
Barnes, Mae
Bartz, Gary
Bennett, Tony
Bryant, Willie
Booze, Wee Bae
Bradley, Ruth
Bricktop
Brooks, Hadda
Broonzy, Big Bill
Brown, Jewel
Brown, Lilian
Brown, Ruth
Buggs, Marie
Butterbeans and Susie
Carlisle, Una Mae
Carpenter, Thelma
Carter, Betty
Carter, Nell
Coltrane, John
Crooker, Dorothy
Donegan, Dorothy
Ellington, Duke
Fitzgerald, Ella
Franklin, Aretha
Frazee Sisters
Freeman, L Sharon
Gordon, Dexter
Green, Lil
Greenfield, Mimi
Hall, Adelaide
Hall, Audrey
Hawkins, Coleman
Heywood, Eddie
Hill, Bertha
Hines, Earl Fatha
Holiday, Billie
Hopkins, Linda
Horne, Lena
Humes, Helen
Humphrey, Bobbi
Hunter, Alberta
Hutton, Ina Ray
International Sweethearts of Rhythm
James, Etta
Johnson, Ella
Johnson, James P.
Johnson, Lonnie
Jones, Albinia
Laine, Cleo
Lee, Peggy
Lincoln, Abbey
Marcelle, Miss
Maria, Diamond Teeth
Martin, Sarah
McCoy, Viola
McDaniel, Hattie
McKinney, Nina Mae
McPartland, Marian
McRae, Carmen
Mercer, Mabel
Merritt, Theresa
Miles, Lizzie
Minnie, Memphis
Murphy, Rose
Nelson, Novella
Parker, Charlie
Parker, Gloria
Raelets, The
Rainey, Ma
Reitz, Rosetta
Revolutionary Ensemble
Rosie the Riveter
Scott, Hazel
Box 18
Shipp, Ginger Smock
Singer, Lillian
Slavin, Estelle
Smith, Bessie
Smith, Clara
Smith, Mamie
Smith, Viola
Snow, Valaida
Spivey, Victoria
Sticht, Betty
Sullivan, Maxine
Sylvester, Hannah
Taylor, Eva
Taylor, Koko
Thomas, Hociel
Thomas, Irma
Thornton, Big Mama
Tucker, Sophie
Tyner, McCoy
Vaughan, Sarah
Walker, Ada Overton
Walker, Madame C.J.
Wallace, Sippie
Walsh, Kay
Washington, Dinah
Waters, Ethel
Wells, Darlene
West, Mae
Williams, Mary Lou
Wilson, Edith
Wilson, Teddy
Young, Lester
Unidentified Subjects
Themed Photos
Photos for inclusion in book manuscript Women's Blues and Jazz: Their Magic 1920 to 1950s
Photos from Blues is a Woman, 1980-1981
Photos for Jailhouse Blues Album (#1316)
Photographic proofs by Duncan Schiedt
Negatives and Slides
Contains negatives and/or slides of some of the images from Box 17 and Box 18. A significant number relate to the various presentations of
"Blues Is a Woman."
Box 19
Negatives and Slides
Posters Series
(1 box)
Posters related to Reitz's presentations and research, including various promotional posters for
"Shouters and Wailers"
presentations along with those related to individual female jazz and blues musicians. (3 folders)
Box 20
Posters
Audio and Moving Image Series, 1929-2002
(15 boxes)
Contains the majority of the commercial audio recordings released by Rosetta Records in cassette, LP, and/or CD format. Also contains noncommercial recordings of the
"Blues is a Woman"
presentations and other events featuring Reitz. The moving image materials primarily comprise VHS and 16 mm film of musical performances that originally aired on television, compiled by Reitz as a part of her ongoing research into female jazz and blues musicians. Arranged by format.
RESTRICTIONS: All original audio and moving image materials are CLOSED to patron use. However, researchers can access the original artifacts for the purpose of reading liner notes and carrying out other text-based studies. CD or DVD use copies, which are OPEN to patron use, are available for some items and are noted below. Unless otherwise noted, use copies must be made for access to content.
Audio Cassettes, 1980-1994 and undated
Commercial Recordings
Arranged by official Rosetta Records catalog numbers. CD use copies are available in Box 58.
Box 21
RC 1300: Mean Mothers. Independent Women’s Blues, Volume 1. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1980).
RC 1303: Piano Singer’s Blues: 16 Historic Foremothers Accompany Themselves. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1982).
RC 1306: Big Mamas. Independent Women’s Blues, Volume 2. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1985).
RC 1308: Super Sisters. Independent Women’s Blues, Volume 3. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1985).
RC 1310: Lil Green. Foremothers, Volume 5. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1985).
RC 1311: Sweet Petunias. Independent Women’s Blues, Volume 4. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, no date).
RC 1312: International Sweethearts of Rhythm. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1985).
RC 1313: Dinah Washington: Wise Woman Blues. Foremothers, Volume 4. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1985).
RC 1314: Ethel Waters: 1938-1939. Foremothers, Volume 6. (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1986).
RC 1315: Mae West: Sixteen Sultry Songs. Foremothers, Volume 7. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, no date).
RC 1316: Jailhouse Blues. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1987).
RC 1317: Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Sacred and Secular. Foremothers, Volume 3. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, no date).
RC 1318: Dorothy Romps: A Piano Retrospective 1953-1979. Foremothers, Volume 9. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1991).
Noncommercial Recordings
Original titles have been retained. CD use copies are available in Box 58.
101: Blues is a Woman (parts 1-2). July 2, 1980.
102: Blues is a Woman (parts 3-4). July 2, 1980.
103: Hollywood Bowl Rehearsal with Linda Hopkins, Vi Redd, Sammy Price, Big Mama Thornton, and Carmen McRae. July 28, 1981.
104-105: Jazz Alive! Fall Premier, The Blues is a Woman - Hollywood Bowl. July 29, 1981.
(two cassettes)
106: Interview with Rosetta Reitz. March 10, 1985.
107: Interview with Rosetta Reitz. March 8, 1991.
108: Sweethearts Meeting.
Meeting among Rosetta Reitz, Rebecca Reitz, Greta Schiller, and Andrea Weiss regarding legal disputes over the production of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm documentary film.
109: Voice of America, Bessie Centennial. April 8, 1994.
Compact Disc, 1990
RRCD 1300: Mean Mothers. Independent Women’s Blues, Volume 1. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1990).
Open Reel Audio Tape
Brown Bee Boogie by Hazel Scott. Undated.
LPs, 1980-1988 and undated
Contains commercial releases by Rosetta Records. Arranged by official Rosetta Records catalog numbers. CD use copies are available in Box 58.
Box 22
RR 1300: Mean Mothers. Independent Women’s Blues, Volume 1. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1980).
RR 1301: Sorry But I Can’t Take You: Women’s Railroad Blues. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1980).
RR 1302: Red, White, and Blues: Women Sing of America. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, no date).
RR 1303: Piano Singer’s Blues: Women Accompany Themselves. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1982).
RR 1304: Ida Cox: Wild Women Don’t Have the Blues. Foremothers, Volume 1. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1981).
RR 1305: Hot Snow: Valaida Snow Queen of the Trumpet Sings and Swings. Foremothers, Volume 2. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1982).
RR 1306: Big Mamas. Independent Women’s Blues, Volume 2. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1982).
RR 1307: Georgia White Sings and Plays the Blues. Foremothers, Volume 3. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1982). [album cover only; no LP]
RR 1308: Super Sisters. Independent Women’s Blues, Volume 3. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1982).
RR 1309: Boogie Blues: Women Sing and Play Boogie Woogie. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1983). [album cover only; no LP]
Box 23
RR 1310: Lil Green: Chicago 1940-1947. Foremothers, Volume 5. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1985).
RR 1311: Sweet Petunias. Independent Women’s Blues, Volume 4. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, no date). [album cover only; no LP]
RR 1312: International Sweethearts of Rhythm. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1984). [album cover only; no LP]
RR 1313: Dinah Washington: Wise Woman Blues. Foremothers, Volume 4. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1984).
RR 1314: Ethel Waters: 1938-1939. Foremothers, Volume 6. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1986).
RR 1315: Mae West: Sixteen Sultry Songs. Foremothers, Volume 7. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1987).
RR 1316: Jailhouse Blues. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1987).
RR 1317: Sincerely, Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Sacred and Secular. Foremothers, Volume 8. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1988).
CD Use Copies of Audio
Contains CD Use Copies for audio materials in boxes 21-23. Identified by official Rosetta Records catalog numbers or by assigned number, for noncommercial material. Rosetta Records catalog numbers 1307 and 1309 are not a part of the collection and are not represented below.
Use Copies of Commercial Recordings
Identified by official Rosetta Records catalog numbers.
Box 58
CD 1300
Digital copy of Mean Mothers. Independent Women’s Blues, Volume 1. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1980).
CD
1301
Digital copy of Sorry But I Can’t Take You: Women’s Railroad Blues. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1980).
CD
1302
Digital copy of Red, White, and Blues: Women Sing of America. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, no date)
CD
1303
Digital copy of Piano Singer’s Blues: Women Accompany Themselves. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1982).
CD
1304
Digital copy of Ida Cox: Wild Women Don’t Have the Blues. Foremothers, Volume 1. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1981).
CD
1305
Digital copy of Hot Snow: Valaida Snow Queen of the Trumpet Sings and Swings. Foremothers, Volume 2. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1982).
CD
1306
Digital copy of Big Mamas. Independent Women’s Blues, Volume 2. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1982).
CD
1308
Digital copy of Super Sisters. Independent Women’s Blues, Volume 3. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1982).
CD
1310
Digital copy of Lil Green: Chicago 1940-1947. Foremothers, Volume 5. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1985).
CD
1311
Digital copy of Sweet Petunias. Independent Women’s Blues, Volume 4. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, no date).
CD
1312
Digital copy of International Sweethearts of Rhythm. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1984).
CD
1313
Digital copy of Dinah Washington: Wise Woman Blues. Foremothers, Volume 4. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1984).
CD
1314
Digital copy of Ethel Waters: 1938-1939. Foremothers, Volume 6. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1986).
CD
1315
Digital copy of Mae West: Sixteen Sultry Songs. Foremothers, Volume 7. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1987).
CD
1316
Digital copy of Jailhouse Blues. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1987).
CD
1317
Digital copy of Sincerely, Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Sacred and Secular. Foremothers, Volume 8. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1988).
CD
1318
Digital copy of Dorothy Romps: A Piano Retrospective 1953-1979. Foremothers, Volume 9. Women’s Heritage Series (Rosetta Records and Tapes, 1991).
Use Copies of Noncommercial Recordings
Original titles have been retained.
Box 58
CD 1
JAD-2009-0003-101A:
Blues is a Woman, Part 1, 43 mins, July 2, 1980
JAD-2009-0003-101B:
Blues is a Woman, Part 2, 15 mins, July 2, 1980
CD
2
JAD-2009-0003-102A:
Blues is a Woman, Part 3, 25 mins, July 2, 1980
JAD-2009-0003-102B:
Blues is a Woman, Part 4, 27 mins, July 2, 1980
CD
3
JAD-2009-0003-103A:
Hollywood Bowl Rehearsal, Part 1, July 28, 1981
JAD-2009-0003-103B:
Hollywood Bowl Rehearsal, Part 2, July 28, 1981
CD
4
JAD-2009-0003-104A:
Jazz Alive! - Blues is a Woman, Part 1, July 29, 1981.
CD
5
JAD-2009-0003-104B:
Jazz Alive! - Blues is a Woman, Part 2, July 29, 1981
CD
6
JAD-2009-0003-105A:
Jazz Alive! - Blues is a Woman, Part 3, July 29, 1981
JAD-2009-0003-105B:
Jazz Alive! - Blues is a Woman, Part 4, July 29, 1981
CD
7
JAD-2009-0003-106A:
Interview with Rosetta Reitz, Part 1, March 10, 1985
JAD-2009-0003-106B:
Interview with Rosetta Reitz, Part 2, March 10, 1985
CD
8
JAD-2009-0003-107A:
Interview with Rosetta Reitz, Part 1, March 8, 1991
JAD-2009-0003-107B:
Interview with Rosetta Reitz, Part 2, March 8, 1991
CD
9
JAD-2009-0003-108A:
Sweethearts Meeting, Part 1
JAD-2009-0003-108B:
Sweethearts Meeting, Part 2
JAD-2009-0003-109A:
Voice of America, Bessie Centennial, April 8, 1994
VHS, 1984-2002 and undated
Consists primarily of recordings of musical performances from various television shows, compiled by Reitz as a part of her ongoing research into female jazz musicians. Interspersed throughout are a few commercially released videos, including in Box 24 Jazz Women on Video, produced by Rosetta Records in 1990, and two videos on the Piney Woods School--the home institution for the International Sweethearts of Rhythm.
Original titles have been retained.
Box 24
Cotton Club Remembered: Oscar Peterson – Ella at Wolftrap
Saying it with Jazz: Carmen, Etta Songs, etc
Vaudeville
Kit McClure Band: Live in Japan 1992
Josephine Baker Documentary
Bessie Smith Doc, Women Film Pioneers, Carmen McRay
Stormy Weather
Mary Lou Williams: Music on My Mind and Aretha Franklin: Queen of Soul
Introduction to the Piney Woods Country Life School
Say Amen Somebody
That’s Dancing/Piney Woods Moms Mabley
Radical Harmonies: Woodstock Meets Women’s Liberation (prod. Woman Vision, 2002).
Jazz Women on Video, prod. Rosetta Records, 1990 (RRV 1320) [two copies, with a third, earlier production copy]
Box 25
Cairo with Ethel Waters, 1942
Rufus Jones, Louis and Maxine, Ethel with Ed Murrow, Cairo
Bessie Smith, Nina Mae McKinney, Billie Holiday
Women in Jazz Shows #37-39
Piano Blues, Scorcese
[unlabeled]
JVC Jazz Festival 1988
Brown Sugar, Parts 1 and 2
Rhapsody in Blue, Life of Gershwin, Jolson Singing Fool
International Sweethearts of Rhythm
Various Blues
Ella bio, 2 hours
Vaudeville
Cabin in the Sky
Last of the Blue Devils
Box 26
The Josephine Baker Story
Paulette Goddard, Fred Astaire film
Great Singing Tradition
The Divine One Dance
The Roaring 20s, part 1
The Roaring 20s, part 2
Day at the Races: Ivie Anderson
Sarah Bio, Billie Bio, Fats Bio
Betty Carter, 1986; Ella, Essence, 1986
Brown Sugar #4
The Sound of Jazz
Josephine Baker
Many Faces of Lady Day, Aretha
Dorothy
Sarah Memorial
Box 27
Etta James, Sippie Wallace, Ella, Linda Hopkins, Leatta Galloway, Vi Redd
Minnie the Moocher, Wynton Marsalis, Greta Schiller Stonewall Interview
Jazz on a Summer’s Day
Lena with Benny Carter, 1943
All Girl Bands, The Big Bands
Ragtime, Madame CJ Walker
Alberta Hunter
Ethel Waters, Sippie Wallace, Jazz Dance, After Hours, Boswell Sisters
Blues, Scorcese, Volume 1
Ella sings two songs on Ed Sullivan Show
Nell Carter, Danny Barker
Women Big Bands
Carmen McRae, Live in Tokyo, 1986
Box 28
The Big Bands, prod. Wally Heider, Swingtime Video, Inc, 1984
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Jazz Classics, 1986 (JCVC 101)
Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra, Jazz Classics, 1986 (JCVC 102)
Louis Jordan and Friends, Jazz Classics, 1986 (JCVC 105)
Nat King Cole Plus Mills Brothers and Delta Rhythm Boys, Jazz Classics, 1986 (JCVC 106)
Bessie Smith and Friends, Jazz Classics, 1986 (JCVC 108)
Harlem Harmonies, Jazz Classics, 1986 (JCVC 110)
Dizzy Gillespie, Jazz Classics, 1986 (JCVC 115)
Count Basie and Friends, Jazz Classics, 1986 (JCVC 109)
Umatic Tapes, 1980-1981 and undated
Dubs of three interviews/performances from television shows.
Box 29
Blues is a Woman NBC, 1980; and Wild Women Don’t Have the Blues WNBC-TV, 1981 (two copies)
Wild Women Don’t Have the Blues WNBC-TV, 1981
Blues is a Woman NBC, 1980
Sippie Wallace: interview and performance with her own band no date
Sippie Wallace Segment, not for air WTVS, no date
16mm Film, 1929-1977 and undated
F101: Mae Barnes and Three Whippets from Chicago and All that Jazz (3 minutes)
F102: Ethel Waters, Am I Blue?
F103: Sophisticated Gals; What Can the Matter Be – Nobody Makes a Pass at Me; I’m a Big Girl Now; Memphis Blues
F104: Nicholas Young Brothers and Eunice Wilson
F105: Bessie Smith, St. Louis Blues with violence and racism removed (9 minutes)
F106: Jammin the Blues, 2nd copy from negative; the good one; no static
F107: Jammin the Blues, scratchy sound (10 minutes)
F108: Nellie Lutcher, He’s a Real Gone Guy 1955 (3 minutes)
F109: Lil Armstrong with Mae Barnes, Lil’s Boogie from Chicago and All that Jazz
F110: International Sweethearts of Rhythm, That Man of Mine (3 minutes)
F111: Tchaikovskiana; Dave Schooler and His 21 Swinghearts [poor condition; needs further attention]
F112: Josephine Baker snippets (4 minutes)
F113: Billie Holiday, Do You Know What it Means To Miss New Orleans? 1947 (4 ½ minutes)
F114: Cuban Rhythms (Luba Melina in Cuban Pete; Jeri Sullivan in Rum and Coca Cola; The Lady in Red Go To See the Nutch Girl from Cuba)
F115: Ina Ray Hutton (12 minutes) (Bugle Call Rag; Stardust; Organ Grinders Swing; Rita Rio, Sticks and Stones)
F116: Martha Davis, Bippity, Bippitty Bop and Just Goodbye
F117: Sally Gooding Mills Blue Rhythm Band, unlabelled and Love is the Thing (12 minutes)
F118: Ida Cox, Kentucky Blues
F119: Am I Blue? poor copy
Box 31
F120: Bessie Smith, St. Louis Blues (16 minutes)
F121: Alberta Hunter (16 ½ minutes)
F122: Marian McPartland, Now’s the Time 1977 (10 minutes)
F123: Mills Blue Rhythm Band, Cops Dance; Mae Barnes Dr. Jazz; Stormy Weather from A Bundle of Blues
F124: Jazz Women on Film (Ivie Anderson, All God’s Children Got Rhythm; Dorothy Dandridge, Harlem Sandman; Helen Humes, I Cried for You; Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Lonesome Road; Maxine Sullivan, Some of These Days; Ethel Waters, Darkies Never Cry; International Sweethearts of Rhythm)
F125: Mamie Smith, Jailhouse Blues 1929; Fats Waller and Ada Brown, That Ain’t Right; Sarah Vaughan, These Things I Offer You; Dorothy Donegan, 1945
F126: Billie Holiday with Louis Armstrong, Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans and Blues are Brewin 1947
Box 32
F127: Rita Rio and Her Mistresses of Rhythm and Ada Leonard’s All-American Girl Orchestra
F128: Jazz Women on Film (Billie Holiday, Symphony in Black 1934; Adelaide Hall, Creole Love Call 1932; Valaida Snow, If You Only Knew 1946; Dolly Jones, Swing 1937; Valaida Snow, Patience and Fortitude; Nellie Lutcher, He’s a Real Gone Guy 1955)
F129: Velma Middleton; and Ina Ray Hutton and Her Melodears
F133: Nina Mae McKinney, Everything I’ve Got Belongs To You; Ethel Waters, Am I Blue and Underneath the Harlem Moon; Ida Cox, Woman’s No Fool; Billie Holiday, God Bless the Child and Now Baby or Never
Box 33
F130: Bessie Smith, St. Louis Blues
F131: Chicago and All That Jazz
Box 34
F132: Shouters and Wailers (Ethel Waters, Am I Blue and Birmingham Bertha 1929; Nina Mae McKinney, Sewannee Shuffle; Dinah Washington, What a Difference a Day Makes; Lena Horne, Boogie Woogie Dream 1941; Peggy Lee, Why Don’t You Do Right? 1943; Ella Fitzgerald, Satin Doll; Billie Holiday, Fine and Mellow 1957)
Reference Materials Series 1946-2005
(23 boxes)
Contains the resources that Reitz compiled and referenced as a part of her ongoing research and writing. While most of the material relates to her interests in female jazz and blues musicians, some encompasses her interests in feminism more broadly and a lesser portion relates to her interests in food.
Music Research Files
Reference materials--primarily newspaper clippings--compiled by Reitz and arranged alphabetically by musician's last name or subject heading.
Box 35
Akiyoshi, Toshiko
Alive!
Allen, Geri
Anderson, Ernestine
Anderson, Ivy
Anderson, Marian
Armatrading, Joan
Armstrong, Lil Hardin
Armstrong, Louis
Austin, Lovie
Badu, Erykah
Bailey, Mildred
Baker, Josephine
Baker, La Vern
Barker, Louise
"Blue Lou"
Barrett,
"Sweet"
Emma
Basie, Count
Bearden, Romare
Benjamin, Sathima Bea
"Black and Blue"
Broadway Review
"Black Broadway"
Musical
Blackman, Cindy
Blake, Eubie
Bloom, Jane Ira
"Blues In The Night"
Musical
Bofill, Angela
Boswell Sisters
Bougainvillea
Bown, Patti
Brooks, Hadda
Brown, Cleo
Brown, Ruth
Bryant, Beulah
Bryant, Clora
Buggs, Marie
Butterbeans and Susie (Susie Edwards)
Calloway, Blanche
Carlisle, Una Mae
Carmichael, Judy
Carpenter, Thelma
Carter, Betty
Carter, Nell
Cheatham, Jeannie
Clooney Rosemary
Coquettes, the
Cron, Roz
Davis, Martha
Dillard, Kathy
Dixie Belles, the
Dixon, Lucille
Donegan, Dorothy
Donnas, the
Dranes, Arizona
Dufty, Bill
Duncan, Amy
Etting, Ruth
Europe, James Reese
Fairfax, Joan (orchestra)
Fields, Dorothy
Box 36
Fitzgerald, Ella
Flanagan, Tommy
Franklin, Aretha
Franks, Rebecca
Gibson, Althea
Gilbert, Peggy (Dixie Bells)
Gossett, Hattie
Great Migration, The
Hall, Adelaide
Handy, W.C.
Harlem Renaissance
Henderson, Rosa
Holiday, Billie
Holley, Major
"Mule"
Holman, Libby
Hopkins, Linda
Horn, Shirley
Horne, Lena
Humes, Helen
Hunter, Alberta
Hutton, Ina Ray (and her Melodears)
International Sweethearts of Rhythm
Jacquet, Illinois
James, Etta
Johnson, J.C.
Johnson, Lil
Jones, Etta
Jones, Rickie Lee
Jordan, Sheila
Kane, Helen
Kirk, Dorthaan
Koenigswarter, Baroness Pannonica de
Lawrence, Carol
Lee, Julia
Lee, Peggy
Lewis, Helen
Lilith Fair
Lincoln, Abbey
Liston, Melba
Lundy, Carmen
Lutcher, Nellie
Mabley, Jackie
"Moms"
Maiden Voyage
Maria, Tania
Massé, Laurel
McKinney, Nina Mae
McPartland, Marian
Box 37
McRae, Carmen
McShann, Jay
Memphis Minnie (Lizzie Douglas)
Mercer, Mabel
Merrill, Helen
Midler, Bette
Monk, Thelonious
Muldaur, Maria
Murphy, Rose
Narita, Cobi (Universal Jazz Coalition)
O'Day, Anita
Odetta
Osborne, Mary
Parker, Gloria
Pfister Sisters
Phillips, Esther
Pierce, Billie
Piney Woods School
Queen Ida
Queen Latifa
"Ragtime"
Revival
Rainey, Ma
Reaves-Phillips, Sandra
Redd, Vi
Reese, Della
Remler, Emily
Rhythm Queens
Richmond, June
Ronstadt, Linda
Ross, Annie
Saffire
Schaap, Phil
Scott, Hazel
Scott, Shirley
Sherman, Daryl
Siegel, Janis
Simone, Nina
Small, Neva
Smith, Bessie
Smith, Carrie
Smith, Ernie
Smith, Mamie
Snow, Valaida
Spivey, Victoria
Stone, Evelyn
Stone, Jesse
Streeter, Sarah
Box 38
Streisand, Barbra
String Fever
Sudler, Monnette
Sullivan, Maxine
Sweet Honey in the Rock
Taliaferro, Bessie Benjamin
Tanguay, Eva
Taylor, Koko
Tharpe, Sister Rosetta
Theodore, Laura
Thomas, Irma
Thornton, Big Mama
Tipton, Billy
Tucker, Sophie
Vaughan, Sarah
Walker, C.J.
Wallace, Sippie
Washington, Dinah
Waters, Ethel
Webster, Katie
West, Mae
White, Georgia
Wiley, Lee
Williams, Mary Lou
Wilson, Cassandra
Wilson, Edith
Wilson, John S.
Wilson, Nancy
Women in Jazz (general)
Women's Jam Sessions
Women's Jazz Festival
Women's Philharmonic
Wynters, Gail
Yancey, Mama
Box 39
Reference Index Cards on Female Musicians
Handwritten index cards, generally containing an artist's name and one or two sentences of reference information on that artist.
Magazines and Journals
Primarily related to music but some related to food and feminist issues.
Box 40
Acoustic Guitar (January 1996) vol. 37
American Folk Music and Folklore Recordings: a selected list (1985)
American Folk Music and Folklore Recordings: a selected list (1987)
American Folk Music and Folklore Recordings: a selected list (1988)
American Folk Music and Folklore Recordings: a selected list (1989)
American Folk Music and Folklore Recordings: a selected list (1991)
American Heritage (November 1997) vol. 48 no. 7
American Legacy (Spring 2001) vol. 7 no. 1
And All That Jazz (December 1995)
And All That Jazz (May 1996)
And All That Jazz (June 1996)
ASCAP (Summer 1998)
ASCAP Playback (March/April 1996) vol. 3 no. 2
ASCAP Playback (October 1996) vol. 3 no. 4
ASCAP Playback (November/December 1995) vol. 2 no. 6
Augusta Heritage Center (1995)
BE (Black Elegance) (June/July 1992) vol. 57
Black American Literature Forum (Winter 1983) vol. 16 no. 4
Il Blues (March 1984) vol. 6
Blues Access (Fall 1990) vol. 1 no. 3
Blues Access (Holiday 1992) vol. 12
Blues Access (Winter 1995) vol. 20
Blues Access (Spring 1995) vol. 21
Blues Access (Summer 1995) vol. 22
Blues Access (Fall 1995) vol. 23
Blues Access (Winter 1996) vol. 24
Blues Access (Winter 1997) vol. 28
The Blues and Rhythm Jubilee (December 1983) vol. 12 no. 13
The Blues and Rhythm Jubilee (June 1984) vol. 14
Blues and Rhythm: the Gospel Truth (April 1985) vol. 8
Blues and Rhythm: the Gospel Truth (September 1985) vol. 12
Blues and Rhythm: the Gospel Truth (May 1986) vol. 19
Blues and Rhythm: the Gospel Truth (June 1986) vol. 20
Blues and Rhythm: the Gospel Truth (July 1996) vol. 21
Blues and Rhythm: the Gospel Truth (September 1986) vol. 23
Blues and Rhythm: the Gospel Truth (October 1986) vol. 23
Blues and Rhythm: the Gospel Truth (November 1986) vol. 24
Blues and Rhythm: the Gospel Truth (December 1986) vol. 25
Blues at the Foundation (Spring/Summer 1996)
Blues at the Foundation (Winter 1996)
Blues Forum (Quartal 1982) vol. 6 no. 2
Blues Letter (July/Aug. 1990) vol. 11
Blues Letter (September/October 1990) vol. 12
Blues Life (1981) vol. 14
Blues News (January 1996) vol. 9 no. 1
Blues News (March 1995) vol. 8 no. 2
Blues News (May 1995) vol. 8 no. 3
Blues News (July 1995) vol. 8 no. 4
Blues News (November 1994) vol. 7 no. 6
Blues News (November 1995) vol. 8 no. 6
Box 41
Blues To-Do's (November 1994) vol. 2 no. 11
Blues To-Do's (March 1995) vol. 3 no. 3
Blues To-Do's (April 1995) vol. 3 no. 4
Blues To-Do's (May 1995) vol. 3 no. 5
Blues To-Do's (June 1995) vol. 3 no. 6
Blues To-Do's (October 1995) vol. 3 no. 10
Blues To-Do's (November 1995) vol. 3 no. 11
Blues To-Do's (December 1995) vol. 3 no. 12
Blues To-Do's (February 1996) vol. 4 no. 2
Blues To-Do's (March 1996) vol. 4 no. 3
Blues To-Do's (April 1996) vol. 4 no. 4
Blues To-Do's (May 1996) vol. 4 no. 5
Blues To-Do's (July 1996) vol. 4 no. 7
Blues To-Do's (August 1996) vol. 4 no. 8
Blues To-Do's (September 1996) vol. 4 no. 9
Blues To-Do's (October 1996) vol. 4 no. 10
Blues To-Do's (November 1996) vol. 4 no. 11
Blues To-Do's (December 1996) vol. 4 no. 12
Blues To-Do's (January 1997) vol. 5 no. 1
Blues To-Do's (February 1997) vol. 5 no. 2
Blues To-Do's (March 1997) vol. 5 no. 3
Blues To-Do's (May 1997) vol. 5 no. 5
Blues To-Do's (January 1998) vol. 6 no. 1
Broomstick (May/June 1986) vol. 8 no. 3
Broomstick (May/July 1985) vol. 7 no. 3, 4
Cadence (May 1986) vol. 12 no. 5
Cadence (December 1990) vol. 16 no. 12
Centerpoint (Fall/Spring 1980) vol. 3 no. 3, 4
Coda (August 1973) vol. 11 no. 2
Coda (April 1980) vol. 174
Coda (June 1983) vol. 190
Coda (February/March 1987) vol. 212
Coda (April/May 1987) vol. 213
Coda (June/July 1987) vol. 214
Coda (August/September 1987) vol. 215
Coda (April/May 1988) vol. 219
Coda (October/November 1988) vol. 222
Coda (February 1979) vol. 164, 165
Conditions (1979) vol. 5
CRC Jazz Journal (September-December 1987) vol. 8 no. 4
Daedelus Music (Winter 2002)
Daedelus Music (Fall 2003)
Daedelus Music (Winter 2003)
Daedelus Music (Winter 2004)
Daybreak M.O. (Summer 1994)
Different Drummer (January 1974) vol. 1 no. 4
The Dippermouth News (Fall 1999) vol. 1 no. 1
Double Time Jazz (Spring 96)
Double Time Jazz (Summer 96)
Double Time Jazz (n/a)
Down Beat (November 1973) vol. 40 no. 19
Down Beat (December 1989) vol. 56 no. 12
Down Beat (February 1990) vol. 57 no. 2
Down Beat (June 1990) vol. 57 no. 6
Down Beat (July 1990) vol. 57 no. 7
Film Hits (February 1996)
Film Hits (April 1996)
Freedomways (Fall 1985)
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies (January 1993) vol. 8 no. 2
Fuse (Fall 1985) vol. 9 no. 3
The Green Mountain Jazz Messenger (April/May 1998) vol. 1 no. 5
Harlem Youth Report (June 1964) vol. 5
Box 42
Helicon Nine (1985) vol. 17, 18
Helicon Nine (1987) vol. 12, 13
Helicon Nine (1988) vol. 19
Helicon Nine (1989) vol. 20
Heresies (1980) vol. 10
Hot Club de France (June 1985) vol. 3 no. 328
Hot Wire (March 1985) vol. 1 no. 2
Hot Wire (September 1989) vol. 5 no. 3
Hot Wire (September 1990) vol. 6 no. 3
Hot Wire (January 1991) vol. 7 no. 1
Hot Wire (May 1991) vol. 7 no. 2
Hot Wire (January 1992) vol. 8 no. 1
Hot Wire (May 1992) vol. 8 no. 2
Hot Wire (September 1992) vol. 8 no. 3
Hot Wire (May 1993) vol. 9 no. 2
Hot Wire (May 1994) vol. 10 no. 2
Inside Arts (September 1991) vol. 3 no. 3
Jan Scobey's Hot Jazz (1995)
Jan Scobey's Hot Jazz (1996)
Jan Scobey's Hot Jazz (2000)
Jazz (July 1996) vol. 1 no. 10
Jazz (August 1996) vol. 1 no. 11
Jazz (September 1996) vol. 1 no. 12
Jazz (October 1996) vol. 2 no. 1
Jazz (March 1999) vol. 4 no. 4
Jazz Beat (August 1989) vol. 1 no. 1
Jazz Forum (May 1988) vol. 114
Jazz Journal (November 1975) vol. 28 no. 11
Jazz Journal (December 1955) vol. 8 no. 12
Jazz Magazine (Spring 1978) vol. 2 no. 3
Jazz Magazine (Fall 1979) vol. 3 no. 4
Jazz Magazine (Fr.) (January 1983) vol. 314
Jazz Magazine (Fr.) (March 1983) vol. 316
Jazz Magazine (Fr.) (November 1983) vol. 323
Box 43
Jazz News (May/June 1988) vol. 2 no. 2
Jazz News (September/October 1988) vol. 2 no. 4
Jazz Newsletter (December 1994) vol. 6
Jazz Notes (2001) vol. 12 no. 1
Jazz NU (March 1983) vol. 53
The Jazz Report (Fall 1991) vol. 5 no. 1
The Jazz Report (Spring 1991) vol. 5 no. 3
The Jazz Report (Summer 1991) vol. 5 no. 4
The Jazz Report (Fall 1992) vol. 6 no. 1
The Jazz Report (Fall 1993) vol. 7 no. 1
The Jazz Report (Winter 1993) vol. 7 no. 2
The Jazz Report (Spring 1993) vol. 7 no. 3
The Jazz Report (Summer 1993) vol. 7 no. 4
The Jazz Report (Fall 1994) vol. 8 no. 1
The Jazz Report (Summer 1994) vol. 8 no. 4
The Jazz Report (Fall 1995) vol. 9 no. 1
The Jazz Report (Winter 1995) vol. 9 no. 2
The Jazz Report (Spring 1995) vol. 9 no. 3
The Jazz Report (Summer 1995) vol. 9 no. 4
The Jazz Review (January 1959) vol. 2 no. 1
The Jazz Review (September 1991)
Jazz Times (February 1994) vol. 24 no. 1
Jazz Times (March 1990)
Jefferson (1987) vol. 76
Journal of Jazz Studies (Fall/Winter 1979) vol. 6 no. 1
Juke Blues (October 1985) vol. 2
Juke Blues (Spring 1986) vol. 4
Juke Blues (Autumn 1986) vol. 6
Juke Blues (Winter 1986) vol. 7
Juke Blues (Summer 1987) vol. 9
Juke Blues (Summer 1989) vol. 16
Living Blues (May/June 1977) vol. 32
Living Blues (Summer 1979) vol. 43
Living Blues (Winter 1982) vol. 55
Living Blues (Spring 1983) vol. 56
Living Blues (Autumn 1983) vol. 57
Living Blues (Winter 1983) vol. 58
Living Blues (Spring 1984) vol. 59
Living Blues (March-April 1985) vol. 64
Living Blues (October 1994) vol. 117
Living Blues (Summer/Fall 1984) vol. 60, 61
Masters of the Steel String Guitar (Spring 1990)
Menopause (June 1980) vol. 3
Metronome (August 1961) vol. 78 no. 8
The Mississippi Rag (May 1985)
The Mississippi Rag (December 1984)
The Mississippi Rag (December 1991)
The Piano Stylist (April/May 1992) vol. 7 no. 2
Music and Sound Output (December 1988) vol. 9 no. 1
Box 44
New Directions for Women (March/April 1993) vol. 22 no. 2
New Directions for Women (July/August) vol. 17 no. 4
The New Yorker (January 1995)
New Women's Times (May 1980) vol. 6 no. 10
Newport Jazz Festival (1955) cover separated
Newport Jazz Festival (1959)
Newport Jazz Festival (1980)
Newport Jazz Festival (1981)
NJSO Journal (1994) vol. 5 no. 1
NJSO Journal (Fall 1990) vol. 1 no. 4
Nonviolent Activist (July/August 2003) vol. 20 no. 4
Note 4 Note (Summer 1997) vol. 26
Now News (Spring/Summer 2002) vol. 29 no. 3
Outlook (spring 1988) vol. 1 no. 1
Past Times (Summer 1990) vol. 1 no. 1
Playback (January/February 2001) vol. 8 no. 1
The Piano Stylist (April/May 1992) vol. 7 no. 2
Popular (June 2001)
Popular (July 2001)
Popular (August 2001)
Popular (September 2001)
Radical Teacher (March 1977) vol. 4
Rap Sheet (September 1994) vol. 2 no. 9
Rap Sheet (December 1994) vol. 2 no. 12
Box 45
Record Research (November/December 1958) vol. 20
Record Research (October 1961) vol. 38
Record Research (October 1965) vol. 71
Record Research (November 1965) vol. 72
Record Research (January 1966) vol. 73
Record Research (March 1966) vol. 74
Record Research (June 1966) vol. 77
Record Research (August 1966) vol. 78
Record Research (October 1966) vol. 79
Record Research (November 1966) vol. 80
Record Research (January 1967) vol. 81
Record Research (March 1967) vol. 82
Record Research (April 1967) vol. 83
Record Research (June 1967) vol. 84
Record Research (August 1967) vol. 85
Record Research (December 1967) vol. 87
Record Research (January 1968) vol. 88
Record Research (March 1968) vol. 89
Record Research (May 1968) vol. 90
Record Research (July 1968) vol. 91
Record Research (September 1968) vol. 92
Record Research (November 1968) vol. 93
Record Research (December 1968) vol. 94
Record Research (April 1969) vol. 96, 97
Record Research (May 1969) vol. 98
Record Research (July 1969) vol. 99
Record Research (August 1969) vol. 100
Record Research (October 1969) vol. 101
Record Research (January 1970) vol. 103
Record Research (March 1970) vol. 104
Record Research (May 1970) vol. 105
Record Research (July 1970) vol. 106
Record Research (October 1970) vol. 107
Record Research (December 1970) vol. 108
Record Research (February 1971) vol. 109
Record Research (May 1971) vol. 110
Record Research (July 1971)
Record Research (November/December 1971) vol. 113, 114
Record Research (February 1972) vol. 115
Record Research (May 1972) vol. 116
Record Research (October 1972) vol. 118
Record Research (December/January 1973) vol. 119, 120
Record Research (March 1973) vol. 121
Record Research (June 1973) vol. 122
Record Research (August 1973) vol. 123
Record Research (November 1973) vol. 124
Record Research (February 1974) vol. 125, 126
Record Research (May 1974) vol. 127
Record Research (July 1974) vol. 128
Record Research (October/November 1974) vol. 129, 130
Record Research (January 1975) vol. 131
Record Research (April 1975) vol. 132
Record Research (June 1975) vol. 133
Record Research (August 1975) vol. 134
Record Research (February/March 1976) vol. 137, 138
Record Research (May/June 1976) vol. 139, 140
Record Research (July 1976) vol. 141
Record Research (September 1976) vol. 142
Record Research (December 1976) vol. 143
Record Research (March 1977) vol. 144, 145
Record Research (May/June 1977) vol. 146/147
Record Research (July 1977) vol. 148
Record Research (October 1977) vol. 149, 150
Record Research (January 1978) vol. 151, 152
Record Research (April 1978) vol. 153, 154
Record Research (July 1978) vol. 155, 156
Record Research (September 1978) vol. 157, 158
Record Research (December 1978) vol. 159, 160
Record Research (February/March 1979) vol. 161, 162
Record Research (August 1979) vol. 165, 166
Record Research (October 1979) vol. 167, 168
Record Research (January 1980) vol. 169, 170
Record Research (March 1980) vol. 171, 172
Record Research (June 1980) vol. 173, 174
Record Research (September 1980) vol. 175, 176
Record Research (November 1980) vol. 177, 178
Record Research (February 1981) vol. 179, 180
Record Research (April 1981) vol. 181, 182
Record Research (July 1981) vol. 183, 184
Record Research (October 1981) vol. 185, 186
Record Research (December 1981) vol. 187, 188
Record Research (July 1982) vol. 191, 192
Record Research (March/April 1983) vol. 197, 198
Record Research (September 1983) vol. 201, 202
Record Research (February 1985) vol. 211, 212
Rhythm and News (n/a) vol. 941
Rhythm and News (n/a) vol. 947
Roundup (n/a) vol. 12
Self-Help: A Health Resource Guide (1979) vol. 7
Southland Blues (October 1994) vol. 5 no. 10
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Storyville (November 1965) vol. 1
Storyville (December 1965) vol. 2
Storyville (February 1966) vol. 3
Storyville (April 1966) vol. 4
Storyville (June 1966) vol. 5
Storyville (August 1966) vol. 6
Storyville (October 1966) vol. 7
Storyville (December 1966) vol. 8
Storyville (February 1967) vol. 9
Storyville (April 1967) vol. 10
Storyville (June 1967) vol. 11
Storyville (August 1967) vol. 12
Storyville (October 1967) vol. 13
Storyville (December 1967) vol. 14
Storyville (February 1968) vol. 15
Storyville (April 1968) vol. 16
Storyville (June 1968) vol. 17
Storyville (October 1968) vol. 19
Storyville (December 1968) vol. 20
Storyville (February 1969) vol. 21
Storyville (April 1969) vol. 22
Storyville (June 1969) vol. 23
Storyville (August 1969) vol. 24
Storyville (October 1969) vol. 25
Storyville (December 1969) vol. 26
Storyville (February 1970) vol. 27
Storyville (April 1970) vol. 28
Storyville (June 1970) vol. 29
Storyville (August 1970) vol. 30
Storyville (October 1970) vol. 31
Storyville (December 1970) vol. 32
Storyville (April 1971) vol. 34
Storyville (June 1971) vol. 35
Storyville (August 1971) vol. 36
Storyville (October 1971) vol. 37
Storyville (December 1971) vol. 38
Storyville (February 1972) vol. 39
Storyville (April 1972) vol. 40
Storyville (June 1972) vol. 41
Storyville (August 1972) vol. 42
Storyville (October 1972) vol. 43
Storyville (December 1972) vol. 44
Storyville (February 1973) vol. 45
Storyville (April 1973) vol. 46
Storyville (June 1973) vol. 47
Storyville (August 1973) vol. 48
Storyville (October 1973) vol. 49
Storyville (December 1973) vol. 50
Storyville (February 1974) vol. 51
Storyville (April 1974) vol. 52
Storyville (June 1974) vol. 53
Storyville (August 1974) vol. 54
Storyville (October 1974) vol. 55
Storyville (December 1975) vol. 56
Storyville (February 1975) vol. 57
Storyville (April 1975) vol. 58
Storyville (June 1975) vol. 59
Storyville (August 1975) vol. 60
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Storyville (October 1975) vol. 61
Storyville (December 1975) vol. 62
Storyville (February 1976) vol. 63
Storyville (April 1976) vol. 64
Storyville (June 1976) vol. 65
Storyville (August 1976) vol. 66
Storyville (October 1976) vol. 67
Storyville (December 1976) vol. 68
Storyville (February 1977) vol. 69
Storyville (April 1977) vol. 70
Storyville (June 1977) vol. 71
Storyville (August 1977) vol. 72
Storyville (April 1978) vol. 76
Strictly Nothing but the Blues (January 1991) vol. 19
Tell a Woman (1972) vol. 6
Tell It Like It Is (Summer 1996) vol. 1 no. 12
Tell It Like It Is (Summer 1997) vol. 1 no. 13
True Blues (July 1996) vol. 1 no. 1
Unlimited Blues (January/February 1977) vol. 123
Voices of Women (1985)
Westcoast Blues Review (June/July 1995) vol. 11
Westcoast Blues Review (August/September 1995) vol. 12
The Wire (December 1984) vol. 10
The Wire (April 1985) vol. 14
The Wire (May 1985) vol. 15
The Wire (June 1985) vol. 16
The Wire (July 1985) vol. 17
Women in (E)Motion (September 1988) vol. 14
Women: A Journal of Liberation (Spring 1970) vol. 1 no. 3
Books
Primarily related to music but some related to food and feminist issues. Includes the following books authored by Reitz: Mushroom Cookery (1965), Where to go in Greenwich Village (1971), and Menopause: a positive approach (1977) with Dutch and German translations.
Box 48
Adegbalola, Gaye; Rabson, Ann. Saffire- the uppity blues women: songbook volume 2. Oberlin, Oh. : E and R Music Engravers, 1995.
Alberston, Chris. Bessie. New York : Stein and Day, 1972.
(notes in margins) (extensive cover damage)
Alberston, Chris. Louis Armstrong. Alexandria, Vir. : Time-Life Records, 1978.
Allen, Frederick Lewis. Only yesterday: an informal history of the 1920's. New York : Harper and Row, 1964.
(notes in margins)
Allen, Walter C.; Rust, Brain A .L. King Joe Oliver. Belleville, N.J. : Walter C. Allen, 1955.
Applebaum, Stanely; Camner, James. (ed.) Stars of the American musical theater in historic photographs: 361 protraits from the 1860's to 1950. New York : Dover, 1981.
Archer, Robyn; Simmonds, Diana. A star is torn. London : Virago, 1986.
Baker, Houston A. Black literature in America. New York : McGraw-Hill, 1971.
Balliett, Whitney. American singers. New York : Oxford, 1979.
Balliett, Whitney. New York notes: a journal of jazz, 1972-1975. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1976.
Bechet, Sidney. Treat it gentle: an autobiography. New York : Da Capo, 1978.
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Bell, Roseann P.; Parker, Bettye J.; Guy-Sheftall, Beverly. Sturdy black bridges: visions of black women in literature. Garden City, N.Y. ; Anchor Books, 1979.
Berendt, Joachim. The new jazz book: a history and guide. New York : Hill and Wang, 1962.
Bernhardt, Clyde E. B.; Harris, Sheldon. I remember: eighty years of black entertainment, big bands, and the blues. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986.
Berry, Faith. Langston Hughes: before and beyond Harlem. Westport, Conn. : Lawrence Hill, 1983.
(inscription back endpaper)
Blesh, Rudi. Shining trumpets: a history of jazz. New York : Da Capo, 1946.
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Blesh, Rudi; Janis, Harriet. They all played ragtime. New York : Oak, 1971.
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Boeckman, Charles. Cool, hot and blue: a history of jazz for young people. New York : Washington Square Press, 1970.
(notes in margins)
Bogle, Donald. Toms, Coons, mulattoes, mammies, and bucks: an interpretive history of blacks in American films. New York : Bantam, 1974.
(notes in margins)
Bogle, Donald. Brown sugar: eighty years of America’s black female superstars. New York : Harmony Books, 1980.
(notes in margins) (pp. 83, 84, 89, 90, 195, 196 defaced)
Bowers, Dwight Blocker. American musical theater: shows, songs, and stars. Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Collection of Recordings, 1989.
Bradford, Perry. Born with the blues: Perry Bradford’s own story. New York : Oak, 1965.
(notes in margins) (frontispiece, pp. 43, 44, 103, 104, 113, 114 defaced)
Breman, Paul. Blues: en andere wereldlijke volksmuziek van denoorddamerikaanse neger. Servire, 1961.
Box 49
Bricktop; Haskins, James. Bricktop. New York : Atheneum, 1983.
Buckley, Gail Lumet. The Hornes: an American family. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1986.
(inscription front endpaper)
Buerkle, Jack V.; Barker, Danny. Bourbon Street Black: the New Orleans black jazzman. New York : Oxford, 1973.
Case, Brian; Britt, Stan. The illustrated encyclopedia of jazz. New York : Harmony Books, 1978.
Cerulli, Dom; Korall, Burt; Nasatir, Mort. The jazz word. New York : Ballantine Books, 1960.
Charters, Samuel B.; Kunstadt, Leonard. Jazz: a history of the New York scene. New York : Da Capo, 1981.
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Charters, Samuel. The poetry of blues. New York : Avon Books, 1963.
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Charters, Samuel. The poetry of the blues. New York : Oak, 1963.
(notes in margins)
Charters, Samuel. Walking a blues road: a selection of blues writing 1956-2004. New York ; London : Marion Boyars, 2004.
(with note and signature by author)
Chilton, John. Billie's blues: Billie Holliday's story 1933-1959. New York : Stein and Day, 1975.
(notes in margins) (extensive binding damage) (looose pages)
Chilton, John. Who's who of jazz: Storyville to Swing Street. Philadelphia ; New York ; London : Chilton Books, 1970.
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Chilton, John. Jazz. Teach yourself series. Sevenoaks, Eng. : Hodder and Stoughton, 1979.
Chilton, John. Sidney Bechet: the wizard of jazz. New York : Oxford University Press, 1987.
Clarke, Donald. Wishing of the moon: the life and times of Billie Holiday. New York : Viking, 1994.
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Colin, Sid. Ella: the life and times of Ella Fitzgerald. London : Elm Tree Books, 1986.
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Collier, James Lincoln. Louis Armstrong: an American genius. New York : Oxford University Press, 1983.
(notes in margins) (with note and signature by author)
Collier, James Lincoln. The great jazz artists. New York : Four Winds Press, 1977.
Cook, Bruce. Listen to the blues. New York : Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1973.
Box 50
Cooper, Ralph; Dougherty, Steve. Amateur night at the Apollo: Ralph Cooper presents five decades of entertainment. New York : HarperCollins, 1990.
Costlow, Judy; Lopez, Maria Cristina; Taub, Mara. Menopause: a self-care manual. Santa Fe, N.M. : Santa Fe Health Education Project, 1989.
Count Basie; Murray, Albert (ed.). Good morning blues: the autobiography of Count Basie. New York : Primus, 1985.
(notes in margins)
Cripps, Thomas. Slow fade to black: the negro in American film, 1900-1942. London ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford Uiversity Press, 1977.
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Dahl, Linda. Stormy weather: the music and lives of a century of jazzwomen. New York : Pantheon, 1984.
Dance, Stanley. The world of Earl Hines. New York : Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1977.
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Dance, Stanley. The world of Count Basie. New York : Da Capo, 1980.
Davis, Angela Y. Blues legacies and black feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday. New York : Pantheon, 1998.
(notes in margins)
Day, Beth. The little professor of Piney Woods: the story of professor Laurence Jones. New York : Julian Messner, 1955.
Dexter, Dave. The jazz story from the '90's to the '60's. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, 1964.
Driggs, Frank; Lewine, Harris. Black beauty, white heat: a pictorial history of classic jazz 1920-1950. New York : William Morrow, 1982.
(inscription front endpaper)
Eells, George; Musgrove, Stanley. Mae West. London : Robson Books, 1984.
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Ellison, Ralph. Shadow and act. New York : Vintage, 1972.
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Feather, Leonard. The book of jazz: from then till now. New York : Dell, 1976.
(binding damage)
Feather, Leonard. The book of jazz: from then till now. New York : Bonanza Books, 1962.
(duplicate)
Ferris, William. Blues from the Delta. New York : Doubleday, 1978.
Fox, Charles. The jazz scene. London ; New York : Hamlyn, 1972.
Fox, Ted. Showtime at the Apollo. New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1983.
(notes in margins)
Box 51
Francis, Andre. Jazz. New York ; London : Grove Press, 1960.
Friedwald, Will. Jazz Singing: America's great voices from Bessie Smith to bebop and beyond. New York : Collier Books, 1990.
(with note and signature by author)
Gammond, Peter. Scott Joplin and the ragtime era. New York : St. Martin's Press, 1975.
Garland, Phyl. The sound of Soul. New York : Pocket Books, 1971.
Garon, Paul and Beth. Woman with guitar: Memphis Minnie’s blues. New York : Da Capo, 1992.
Garon, Paul. Blues and the Poetic Spirit. London ; Eddison Press, 1975.
Giddins, Gary. Riding on a blue note: jazz and American pop. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1981.
Gleason, Ralph J. Celebrating the Duke: and Louis, Bessie, Billie, Bird, Carmen, Miles, Dizzy, and other heroes. Boston ; Toronto : Little, Brown, 1975.
Goddard, Chris. Jazz away from home. New York : Paddington, 1979.
Godrich, John; Dixon, Robert M.W. (comp.) Blues and Gospel Records 1902-1942. London : Storyville, 1969.
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Gottlieb, William P. The golden age of jazz. New York : Da Capo, 1979.
(signed by author)
Gourse, Leslie. Louis' Children: American jazz singers. New York : Quill, 1984.
Hadlock, Richard. Jazz masters of the twenties. New York : Collier Books, 1965.
(notes in margins)
Hammond, John. John Hammond on record: an autobiography with Irvin Townsend. New York : Summit Books, 1977
(notes in margins)
Handy, D. Antoinette. Black women in American bands and orchestras. Metuchen, N.J. ; London : Scarecrow Press, 1981.
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Haney, Lynn. Naked at the feast: a biography of Josephine Baker. New York : Dodd, mead and Company, 1981.
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Harris, Rex. Jazz. Melbourne ; London ; Baltimore : Penguin, 1953.
(notes in margins)
Box 52
Harris, Sheldon. Blues who’s who: a biographical dictionary of blues singers. New Rochelle, N.Y. : Arlington House, 1979.
(handwritten list of artist names, front endpaper) (extensive spine damage)
Harrison, Max. Charlie Parker. Perpetua “kings of jazz” series. New York : A. S. Barnes, 1960.
Haskins, Jim. Queen of the blues: a biography of Dinah Washington. New York : William Morrow and Company, 1987.
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Haskins, Jim. The cotton club. New York : Random House, 1977.
(notes in margins) (pp. 149, 150 defaced)
Hasse, John Edward. Beyond category: the life and genius of Duke Ellington. New York : Simon and Schuster, 1993.
Hentoff, Nat. Jazz is. New York : Avon Books, 1978.
Hester, Mary Lee. Going to Kansas City. Sherman, Tex. : Early Bird, 1980.
Himes, Chester. A rage in Harlem. New York : Avon Books, 1965.
Hodeir, Andre. Jazz: its evolution and essence. New York : Grove Press, 1956.
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Holiday, Billie; Dufty, William. Lady sings the blues. New York : Lancer, 1956.
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Howard, John Tasker; Lyons, James. MusModernic: a popular guide to greater musical enjoyment. New York : The New American Library, 1957.
(notes in margins) (binding damage)
Huggins, Nathaniel Irvin. Harlem Renaissance. London ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1971.
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Hughes, Langston. Not without laughter. New York : Collier Books, 1969.
Hughes, Langston; Meltzer, Milton. Black magic: a pictorial history of black entertainers in America. New York : Bonanza, 1967.
(pp. 83, 84, 181, 182 defaced)
Ingham, Chris. Billie Holiday. Divas series. London : Unanimous, 2000.
(notes in margins)
James, Etta; Ritz, David. Rage to survive: the Etta James story. New York : Villard, 1995.
Box 53
Jepsen. Jorgen Grunnet. (ed.) Jazz Records: 1942-1965. vol. 1. Holte, Denmark : Karl Emil Knudsen, 1966.
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Jepsen. Jorgen Grunnet. (ed.) Jazz Records: 1942-1965. vol. 2. Holte, Denmark : Karl Emil Knudsen, 1966.
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Jepsen. Jorgen Grunnet. (ed.) Jazz Records: 1942-1967. vol. 4a. Holte, Denmark : Karl Emil Knudsen, 1968.
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Jepsen. Jorgen Grunnet. (ed.) Jazz Records: 1942-1968. vol. 4c. Copenhagen, Denmark : Karl Emil Knudsen, 1970.
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Jepsen. Jorgen Grunnet. (ed.) Jazz Records: 1942-1969. vol. 4d. Copenhagen, Denmark : Karl Emil Knudsen, 1970.
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Jepsen. Jorgen Grunnet. (ed.) Jazz Records: 1942-1967. vol. 4b. Copenhagen, Denmark : Karl Emil Knudsen, 1969.
(notes in margins) (extensive binding damage)
Jepsen. Jorgen Grunnet. (ed.) Jazz Records: 1942-1962. vol. 5. Holte, Denmark : Karl Emil Knudsen, 1963.
(notes in margins) (extensive binding damage)
Jepsen. Jorgen Grunnet. (ed.) Jazz Records: 1942-1962. vol. 8. Holte, Denmark : Karl Emil Knudsen, 1965.
(notes in margins) (extensive binding damage)
Jepsen. Jorgen Grunnet. (ed.) Jazz Records: 1942-1962. vol. 7. Holte, Denmark : Karl Emil Knudsen, 1964.
(notes in margins) (extensive binding damage) (looose pages)
Jepsen. Jorgen Grunnet. (ed.) Jazz Records: 1942-1965. vol. 3. Holte, Denmark : Karl Emil Knudsen, 1967.
Jepsen. Jorgen Grunnet. (ed.) Jazz Records: 1942-1962. vol. 6. Holte, Denmark : Karl Emil Knudsen, 1963.
Johnson, James Weldon. Black Manhattan. New York : Atheneum, 1977.
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Johnson, James Weldon. God's trombones: seven negroes in verse. Middlesex, Eng. : Penguin, 1976.
Jones, Hettie. Big star fallin' mama: five women in black music. New York : Viking Press, 1974.
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Jones, LeRoi. Blues people: negro music in white America. New York : William Morrow, 1963.
(notes in margins)
Jones, Max; Chilton, John. Louis: the Louis Armstrong story 1900-1971. Boston ; Toronto : Little, Brown, 1971.
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Kay, George W. Those fabuolous Gennetts!: the life story of a remarkable record label. New Orleans : New Orleans Jazz Museum, 1953.
Keepnews, Orin; Grauer, Bill. (comp.) A pictorial history of jazz: people and places form New Orleans to modern jazz. New York : Crown, 1966.
Keil, Charles. Urban blues. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 1966.
(notes in margins, front endpaper)
Kimball, Robert; Bolcom, William. Reminiscing with Sissle and Blake. New York : Viking, 1973.
(pp. 155, 156 defaced)
Kinkle, Roger. The complete encyclopedia of popular and jazz music 1900-1950. vol. 1 New Rochelle, N.Y. : Arlington House, 1974.
(notes in margins) (extensive cover damage)
Box 54
Kislan, Richard. The Musical: a look at the American musical theater. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, 1980.
Lerner, Gerda. (ed.) Black women in white America: a documentary history. New York : Vintage, 1972.
Levine, Lawrence. Black culture and black consciousness: Afro-American folk thought from slavery to freedom. Oxford ; London ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1977.
(notes in margins) (extensive binding damage) (looose pages)
Lieb, Sandra. Mother of the blues: a study of Ma Rainey. The University of Massechussetts Press, 1981.
(with note and signature by author) (notes in margins) (extensive cover damage)
Lomax, Alan. Mister Jelly Roll: the fortunes of Jelly Roll Morton, New Orleans Creole and “inventor of jazz.” New York : Grove, 1950.
Machlin, Milt. Libby. New York : Tower Books, 1980.
Maddocks, Melvin. Giants of jazz: Billie Holiday. Alexandria, Vir. : Time-Life Records, 1979.
McCarthy, Albert. Big band jazz. New York : Berkley, 1974.
Meeker, David. Jazz in the movies: a guide to jazz musicians 1917-1977. New Rochelle, N.Y. : Arlington House, 1977.
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Meier, August; Rudwick, Elliott. From plantation to ghetto. American century series. New York : Hill and Wang, 1966.
Mellers, Wilfrid. Music in a new found land: themes and developments in the history of American music. New York : Hillstone, 1964.
Mezzrow, Milton "Mezz"; Wolfe, Bernard. Really the blues. New York : Dell, 1946.
(extensive binding damage) (loose pages)
Mills, Earl. Dorothy Daindridge: a portrait in black. Los Angeles : Holloway House, 1970.
Moore, Carman. Somebody's angel child : the story of Bessie Smith. New York : Dell, 1969.
(notes in margins)
Morgenstern, Dan. An Outline History of Jazz: The Jazz Story. New York : N.Y. Jazz Museum, 1973.
Morris, James R.; Taylor, J. R.; Bowers, Dwight Blocker (comp.). Six decades of songwriters and singers. American popular song series. Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Collection of Recordings, 1984.
Myrus, Donald. Ballads, blues, and the big beat. New York : Macmillan, 1966.
New York Recording Laboratories (comp). The paramount book of blues. Port Washington, Wis. : New York Recording Laboratories.
Nicholson, Stuart. Billie Holliday. Boston : Northeastern University Press, 1995.
Oakely, Giles. The devil's music: a history of the blues. New York ; London : Harvest/ HBJ Book, 1976.
(notes in margins) (page of plates defaced) (loose pages)
Box 55
Oliver, Paul. The Blackwell guide to recorded blues. Oxford ; Cambridge, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 1991.
(notes in margins)
Oliver, Paul. Kings of jazz: Bessie Smith. New York : A.S. Barnes, 1959.
(notes in margins)
Oliver, Paul. The story of the blues. Radnor, Pa. : Chilton Book Co., 1969.
(pp. 61-66, 109,110 defaced)
Oliver, Paul. The meaning of the blues. New York : Collier Books, 1960.
Ostransky, Leroy. Jazz city: the impact of our cities on the development of jazz. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, 1978.
Panassié, Hugues; Gautier, Madeleine. Guide to jazz. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1956.
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Pannassie, Hugues. Louis Armstrong. New York : Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1971.
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Parks, Gordon. A choice of weapons. New York : Berkely Publishing Corporation, 1966.
Pavletich, Aida. Rock-a-bye, baby. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday and Company, 1980.
Pearson, Barry Lee. Sounds good to me: the bluesman's story. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1984.
Placksin, Sally. American women in jazz, 1900 to the present: their words, lives, and music. [S. l.] : Wideview, 1982.
(notes in margins) (extensive binding damage; loose pages)
Pleasants, Henry. The great American popular singers. New York : Simon and Schuster, 1974.
(notes in margins) (notes in front endpaper) (page of plates defaced)
Poling, James. Esquire's world of jazz. New York : Esquire, 1962.
Rampersad, Arnold. The life of Langston Hughes, Volume II: 1941-1967: I dream a world. New York : Oxford, 1988.
Ramsey, Frederic; Smith, Charles Edward. (eds.) Jazzmen. London ; New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1967.
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Reisner, Robert George. (comp.) The literature of jazz: a preliminary bibliography. New York : The New York Public Library, 1954.
Reitz, Rosetta. Menopause: a positive approach. Radnor, Penn. : Chilton Book Co., 1977.
Reitz, Rosetta. Menopause: a positive approach. New York : Penguin, 1979.
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Rich, Alan. The Simon and Schuster listener's guide to jazz. New York : Simon and Schuster, 1980.
Roberts, John Storm. Black music for two worlds. New York : William Morrow and Company, 1974.
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Rose, Al. Eubie Blake. New York : Schirmer, 1979.
Rudwick, Bracey Meier. Black matriarchy: myth or reality? Belmont : Wadsworth, 1971.
Russell, Ross. Jazz style in Kansas City and the Southwest. Berkeley, Calif. : University of California, 1971.
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Sackheim, Eric. (comp.) The blues line: a collection of blues lyrics. New York : Schirmer Books, 1969.
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Sampson, Henry T. Blacks in blackface: a source book on early black musical shows. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow, 1980.
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Sanchez, Sister Sonia. A blues book for blue black magical women. Detroit : Broadside Press, 1974.
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Santelli, Robert. The big book of blues: a biographical encyclopedia. London : Penguin, 1993.
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Schiedt, Duncan. The jazz state of Indiana. Pittsboro, Ind. : Duncan P. Schiedt, 1977.
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Schiffman, Jack. Uptown: the story of Harlem’s Apollo Theatre. New York : Cowles, 1971.
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Schiffman, Jack. Harlem Heyday: a pictorial history of modern black show business and Apollo Theatre. Buffalo, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 1984.
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Shaw, Arnold. Honkers and shouters: the golden years of rhythm and blues. New York : Collier, 1978.
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Sidran, Ben. Black talk. New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971.
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Smith, Bessie; Albertson, Chris (comp.). Bessie Smith: empress of the blues. New York : Schirmer, 1975.
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Smith, Willie the Lion; Hoefer, George. Music on my mind: the memoirs of an American pianist. New York : Da Capo, 1964.
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Stearns, Marshall W. The story of jazz. London ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1956.
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Stoddard, Tom. Pops Foster: the autobiography of a New Orleans jazzman. Berkely ; Los Angeles ; London : University of California Press, 1971.
The story of the saxophone: its history and its uses. Elkhart, Ind : Buescher Band Instrument Co, 1923.
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Taylor, Billy. Jazz piano: a jazz history. Dubuque, Iow. : Wm. C. Brown Company, 1982, 1983.
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Trolle, Frank H. James P. Johnson: father of the stride piano, part two. (discography) Alphen aan de Rijn, the Netherlands : Micrography, 1981.
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Wald, Elijah. Escaping the delta: Robert Johnson and the invention of the blues. New York : Amistad, 2004.
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Waters, Ethel. To me it’s wonderful. New York : Harper and Row, 1972.
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Waters, Ethel.; Samuels, Charles. His eye is on the sparrow. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday and Company, 1951.
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Weissman, Dick. Blues: the basics. New York ; London : Routledge, 2005.
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White, John. Billie Holiday: her life and times. New York : Universe, 1987.
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Wilder, Alec; Maher, James T. (ed.). American popular song: the great innovators, 1900-1950. London ; New York : Oxford, 1972.
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Williams, Martin. Kings of Jazz: King Oliver. New York : A.S. Barnes, 1960.
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Williams, Martin. Where's the melody?: a listener's introduction to jazz. Minerva Press, 1963.
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