Edward Lawless Traditional Jazz Photograph Collection
- Production
- [between 1971-1996].
- Physical description
- 68 linear ft. (68 boxes)
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Description
Creators/Contributors
- Contributor
- Lawless, Edward, 1917-1999, photographer.
- Lawless, Dorothy, donor, photographer.
Contents/Summary
- Summary
- Photographic prints and negatives documenting traditional jazz musicians and performances in the San Francisco Bay Area, circa 1971-1996. The collection includes 68 linear feet of loose leaf pictures from the Sacramento Jubilee Festival 1971-1995, the Pismo Beach Festival 1978-1989, the New Orleans Jazz Club of Northern California 1976-1996 and many others. The collection also includes approximatively 1100 audio cassettes of traditional jazz performances and various print newsletters including Jersey Jazz, Traditional Jazz Today, And All That Jazz, and The New Orleans Jazz Club of Northern California News. Also included are numerous homemade buttons, using copies of various images from the collection.
Bibliographic information
- Earliest date
- 1971
- Latest date
- 1996
- Access
- Open for research; material must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Contact the Archive for assistance.
- Source
- Gift; Dorothy Lawless; 2012.
- Note
- San Francisco Traditional Jazz Foundation Collection, ARS0030.