Open for research: The George G. and Jacqueline V. Mallinson collection

Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC) is pleased to announce the processing and finding aid publication of the George G. and Jacqueline V. Mallinson collection (HJA-096).

This collection contains materials intended for an unfinished 1972 documentary film about New Orleans jazz elders. It includes reel-to-reel audio tapes and photographs of interviews with musicians Josiah "Cie" Frazier, Percy Humphrey, Willie Humphrey, Nathan "Jim" Robinson, and Ernest Roubleau.

The collection also includes research notes and a written proposal for Before They’re Gone, the film project led by Dr. George G. Mallinson, founder of the Department of Blindness and Low Vision at Western Michigan University; and assisted by Jacqueline V. Mallinson, a professor of science education at WMU; and past Hogan Archive curator Richard Allen.

Because the Mallinson collection consists of audiovisual materials that require reformatting prior to access, users interested in listening to the reel-to-reel audio tapes may request digitization via the TUSC AV Digitization Form. More information about AV digitization requests is available on the “Duplication, AV Digitization & Permissions” page of the TUSC website.

For more information, contact Melissa A. Weber, curator of the Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz at TUSC, via mweber3@tulane.edu or 504-247-1807. To learn more about Tulane University Special Collections, visit the TUSC website at library.tulane.edu/tusc, email specialcollections@tulane.edu, and follow them on Facebook and Instagram.

Published: July 18, 2024

Photo caption: A business card for musician Percy Humphrey (1905-1995), autographed on the back, the George G. and Jacqueline V. Mallinson collection, HJA-096, Tulane University Special Collections.