The Hogan Archive acquires a new archival collection documenting New Orleans jazz elders in 1972
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The Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz, a unit of Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC), has recently acquired an archival collection containing materials intended for an unfinished 1972 documentary about New Orleans jazz elders who were still active. The George G. and Jacqueline V. Mallinson collection is one linear foot, and 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.
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Photo caption: George Mallinson interviews musician Willie Humphrey (pictured seated at left) at Humphrey’s New Orleans home, on March 1, 1972, photographer: Jacqueline Mallinson, George G. and Jacqueline V. Mallinson collection, Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz, Tulane University Special Collections.
Hogan Archive acquires Thomas A. Sancton collection of New Orleans jazz oral histories
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The Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz, a unit of Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC), has recently acquired an archival collection of audio cassette and micro-cassette recordings, and some transcripts, of interviews with traditional New Orleans jazz music artists and participants in 1982, 1990, and 1991. The interviews were conducted in New Orleans for TIME magazine by Thomas A. Sancton, New Orleans-born journalist, educator, clarinetist, and former Paris bureau chief for TIME.
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Photo caption: Tom Sancton (pictured far right) plays clarinet with the Louis James Footwarmers, circa 1965 at Union Passenger Terminal in New Orleans, photographer: Jack Hurley; Hogan Archive Photography Collection PH002031, Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz, Tulane University Special Collections.
Tulane University Special Collections acquires Offbeat Inc. Materials
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Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC) is pleased to announce the acquisition of the business papers and correspondence of OffBeat magazine, OffBeat publications, OffBeat-sponsored events, and publisher Jan Ramsey. A monthly magazine that features news, reviews, interviews, and profiles about New Orleans and Louisiana music, musicians, culture, business, and events, Offbeat, Inc. was founded by Jan V. Ramsey in May 1988 to improve and expand local music culture and business.
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The collection is unprocessed and is not yet open to researchers. To learn more about this collection, contact Melissa A. Weber, Curator of the Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz, at mweber3@tulane.edu or 504-247-1807. For more information about Tulane University Special Collections, visit https://library.tulane.edu/tusc, contact specialcollections@tulane.edu, or call 504-865-5685.
The Laurraine Goreau Interviews & Recordings and The Lynn Abbott interviews are now digitized
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The personal stories of famous musicians, politicians, industry executives, and community leaders about renowned “Queen of Gospel” Mahalia Jackson are now available online thanks to funding provided by a 2019 Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR).
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For more information about these collections, contact Melissa A. Weber, Curator of the Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz, at mweber3@tulane.edu or 504-247-1807. To learn more about Tulane University Special Collections, visit the TUSC website at library.tulane.edu/tusc, contact them at specialcollections@tulane.edu, and follow them on Facebook and Instagram.
Vernon “Dr. Daddy-O” Winslow Broadcast Recordings are Newly Digitized for Online Access
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“Jivin’ with Jax” recordings featuring New Orleans’ first Black radio disc jockey have been preserved with funding by a grant from the GRAMMY Museum®
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Photo: Side A of a 10-inch acetate featuring Dr. Daddy-O interviewing professional baseball pitcher Don Newcombe at Pelican Stadium, circa 1950s, Vernon “Dr. Daddy-O” Winslow collection HJA-055, Box 80, Tulane University Special Collections, New Orleans, LA.