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Charles Mingus Collection

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The Charles Mingus Collection covers the music career of celebrated African American jazz musician/composer Mingus (1922-1979) from about 1939, the year he composed "What Love" and "Half Mast Inhibition,” to his death on January 5, 1979. The Mingus Collection represents the first multi-format jazz collection processed in the Music Division of the Library of Congress to include holograph music manuscripts and sound recordings. The series in the collection include music, writings (by and about Mingus), business papers, printed matter, iconography, personal documents, and sound recordings. Each series is rich with Mingus effects and memorabilia depicting his experiences in the world of jazz and some aspects of his private life.

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General

Span Dates: 1939-1979
Bulk Dates: 1939-1979
Major Language(s): English
Repository: Music Division, Library of Congress

Physical Collection

Number of Items: 15,000
Number of Containers: 84
Linear Feet: 13
Contents: The Charles Mingus Collection includes music (manuscript and printed of Mingus and others), writings by and about Mingus by Mingus and others, business papers, printed matter (such as articles and clippings, books and pamphlets, organizations and affiliations, programs, and promotional material), iconography (photographs of Mingus, his family, and colleagues such as Eric Dolphy, Dannie Richmond, Max Roach, Oscar Pettiford, and Miles Davis, artwork, and three dimensional items), personal material, and sound recordings.
Processing History: Processed, 1998
Provenance: Purchase, Susan Ungaro Mingus, 1992-1995

Access/Copyright

Access Permissions: Permitted, subject to PARR policies and procedures
Copyright Info: http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html
Preferred Citation: Charles Mingus Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress