Archival Collections at Harvard
- African American Historic Sound Recordings CollectionRecordings of spoken word and music: interviews, radio programs, jazz, blues, gospel, etc. The recordings in this collection must be digitized by the library's Audio Preservation Studio before use; please allow at least one week to prepare user copies. Contact Public Services for help using this collection
- Lou Church and Jack Fields contracts for Blue Note (Philadelphia) performances by jazz musicians, and other materials, 1949, 1955-1957This collection consists of contracts between various jazz artists and club owners or producers supplying the terms of agreement for the artists' performance engagements. Artists represented include Cannonball Adderley, Louis Armstong, The Australian Jazz Quintet, Count Basie, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, The Modern Jazz Quartet and several others.
- Duke Ellington Recordings CollectionRecordings of Duke Ellington, American pianist, band leader, and composer, collected by Joseph Jeffers Dodge, jazz aficionado, artist, museum director, and Harvard University Class of 1940.
- Tom Everett Collection of Jazz ScoresScores and memorabilia documenting 40 years of jazz at Harvard.
