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Finding aid prepared by MM, 2009
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The Jazz Institute of Chicago Edgar Crilly Collection was processed and preserved as part of the "Uncovering New Chicago Archives Project," funded with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Title: | Jazz Institute of Chicago. Crilly, Edgar. Collection |
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Dates: | 1954-1992 |
Size: | 1.75 linear feet (3 boxes) |
Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center |
Abstract: | Edgar Crilly, former board member of the Jazz Institute of Chicago. The Jazz Institute of Chicago Edgar Crilly Collection contains photographs, publications, newspaper articles, correspondence, drawings, and event ephemera. |
The collection is open for research.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Jazz Institute of Chicago. Crilly, Edgar. Collection, [Box#, Folder#], Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Edgar Crilly served as a board member of the Jazz Institute of Chicago.
The Jazz Institute of Chicago Edgar Crilly Collection contains photographs, publications, articles, correspondence, drawings, and event ephemera. The articles are mostly from The Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times and feature jazz musicians such as Sonny Rollins, Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, and Duke Ellington as well as local jazz and blues festivals such as the Chicago Jazz Festival. The correspondence contains a Jazz Institute of Chicago attendance list and other documents related to Crilly's role as board member of the JIC. Also included are personal postcards from friends. The event ephemera include programs, fliers, and concert announcements for the Jazz Institute of Chicago and Illinois Institute of Technology. Publications included are Downbeat, Jazz, Mosiac Records, "Creative World," Gene Lees Jazzletter,” “Browsers” and books on jazz and musicians. Some photographs of jazz musicians are autographed. There is also material on musician Red Saunders. The drawings are of a vocalist and bassist. Oversize materials are in Box 3.
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Chicago Jazz Archive
Jazz Institute of Chicago Administrative Records
Crilly, Edgar
Jazz Institute of Chicago
University of Chicago. Chicago Jazz Archive
Jazz
Jazz -- Illinois -- Chicago
Box 1
Folder 1
Articles, 1971-1992
Box 1
Folder 2
Articles, 1984-1992
Box 1
Folder 3
Articles, 1984-1992
Box 1
Folder 4
Articles, 1984-1992
Box 1
Folder 5
Articles, 1984-1992
Box 1
Folder 6
Chicago Blues Festival, 1988
Box 1
Folder 7
Chicago Jazz Festival, 1982-1989
Box 1
Folder 8
Club De Lisa, Restaurant Menu, 1954
Box 1
Folder 9
Correspondence, 1984-1990
Box 1
Folder 10
Down Beat, 1957
Box 1
Folder 11
Event Ephemera, 1984-1988
Box 1
Folder 12
Grants, 1990-1991
Box 1
Folder 13
Jazz, 1979
Box 1
Folder 14
Jazz Newsletters, 1991-1992
Box 1
Folder 15
Mosaic Records, undated
Box 1
Folder 16
Photograph, undated
Box 1
Folder 17
Photograph, "Basie" Apple, 1980
Box 1
Folder 18
Photograph, Bob Haggart Autographed, undated
Box 1
Folder 19
Photograph, Buddy Rich Autographed, undated
Box 1
Folder 20
Photograph, Gene Johnson Autographed, undated
Box 1
Folder 21
Photograph, Jack Teagarden and Louis Armstrong Autographed,
Box 1
Folder 22
Photograph, Jazz Institute of Chicago All-Stars, 1987
Box 1
Folder 23
Photographs, undated
Box 2
Folder 1
Publication, Black: A Tribute to Black Jazz Musicians, 1990
Box 2
Folder 2
Publication, Jazz on Television, 1985-1986
Box 2
Folder 3
Publication, Living Texas Blues, 1985
Box 2
Folder 4
Red Saunders, 1953-1978
Box 3
Folder 1
Article, Jazz Division of the American Recording Society, undated
Box 3
Folder 2
Drawing, 1989
Box 3
Folder 3
Drawing, 1990