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Scope and Contents
Restrictions
Administrative Information
Description of Series
I. Working Papers and Research
Files
II. Correspondence,
1980-1999
III. Personal
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Ross Russell:
A Preliminary Inventory of an Addition to His
Papers at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
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| Creator: | Russell, Ross,
1909-2000 |
| Title: | Ross Russell
Addition to His Papers
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| Dates: | 1970s-1999 |
| Abstract: | This addition includes working
papers, reserach files, personal and professional correspondence, resumes,
chronology, and other biographical material prepared by Russell. Also present
are papers relating to Russell's father and wife, property and financial
records, personal photographs, travel diaries, and World War II documents. Of
particular interest are more than eighty rolls of jazz negatives. |
| Extent: | 11 boxes (4.62
linear feet) |
| Repository: | Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center,
The University of Texas at Austin |
This addition to the papers of jazz historian Ross Russell
contains material remaining in his estate following his death in January 2000.
As with previously received Russell material, this collection was prepared for
shipment by La Jolla book dealer Laurence McGilvery whose descriptive notes are
found throughout. The bulk of the material consists of Russell's project files
covering a variety of subjects from notes and sketches for fiction to jazz
topics. Although much of the material is undated, it appears that these files
were in use during the last years of Russell's life. Russell's folder
descriptions are retained and the folders are arranged alphabetically.
The materials are organized in three series: Series I.
Working Papers and Research Files; Series II. Correspondence, 1980-1999; and
Series III. Personal.
Russell was working on a book
"The Bebop Era" at the time of
his death. Materials relating to this project are found in Series I. Also of
special interest are more than eighty rolls of jazz negatives taken primarily
between 1967-1971 in settings such as Disneyland, San Diego, and at the
Monterey and Newport Jazz Festivals. Contact prints, with a descriptive listing
derived from Russell's numbered negative sleeves, have been prepared by the HRC
to facilitate viewing and identification of these images. While the contact
prints are available for patron use, the corresponding negatives are
restricted. This series also includes information on Russell's biography of
Charlie Parker
Bird Lives!
The personal and professional correspondence in Series II
reflects Russell's wide interests and activities. Correspondents include writer
Prudence Crowther, biographer Albert Goldman, music librarian and blues
archivist Edward Komara, and Tony Williams of Spotlite Records.
Series III contains resume, chronology, and other
biographical material prepared by Russell for different purposes. Also present
are papers relating to Russell's father and wife, property and financial
records, personal photographs, travel diaries from 1982-1995, and World War II
documents.
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Open for research
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Purchase, 2002 (Reg. no. 14989)
Liz Murray, 2003
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I. Working Papers and Research
Files
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| Box | Folder |
| 1 | 1 | | "A. B.
Blues" (After Bird Blues), music manuscript by Joe Albany |
| 2 | | The Al Haig project |
| 3 | | "The Bebop
Era," notes on book idea,
1989 |
| 4 | | Benedetti, Dean; The Dean Benedetti
Story |
| 5 | | Big bands, lists |
| 6 | | "Bird,"
litigation |
| 7 | | "Bird,"
screenplay by RR,
1977 |
| | | "Bird
Lives!" |
| Box | Folder |
| 1 | 8 | | | Quartet Books |
| 9-10 | | | Reviews,
1973 |
| 11 | | Blue Note |
| 12 | | Books, Edward R. Hamilton
bookseller |
| 13 | | Cadillac Slim, idea for a
novel |
| 14 | | Characters |
| 15 | | "Collecting Hot:
70 Years of It," notes |
| 16 | | Collectors' items for
auction |
| 17 | | Colloquialisms; notes on Jim
Deal |
| Box | Folder |
| 2 | 1 | | Dial Classics, lists |
| 2 | | "Door to Door:
Collecting in the 1930s," RR's presentation at 1994 IAJRC
meeting |
| 3 | | European labels--Barclay |
| 4 | | Freda, notes for fiction |
| 5 | | Gray, Martin;
"Blues for
Bird," poem,
1997 |
| 6 | | Jazz articles, jazz
anthology--lists |
| 7 | | "Jazz by
Mail" |
| 8 | | Jazz miscellaneous |
| 9 | | "Jelly Roll" Morton, score |
| 10 | | Keynote--Lim, Hammond,
Keepnews |
| 11 | | L.A. atlas, street maps used for
Raymond Chandler biography |
| 12 | | Leadbelly |
| 13 | | Liners--Dial, Toshiba |
| 14 | | Louis Armstrong bus trip,
notes |
| Box | Folder |
| 3 | 1 | | Miscellaneous |
| 2 | | Names |
| 3 | | Notes re jazz musicians and record
industry |
| 3 | | Photography--RR's jazz negatives
sleeves |
| | | Photography--contact prints from jazz
negatives |
| Box | Folder |
| 4 | 1 | | | List; photocopies of negative
sleeves |
| 2 | | | #468-565 |
| 3 | | | #569-579 |
| 4 | | | #580-590 |
| 5 | | | #621-649 |
| 6 | | | #650-673 |
| 7 | | | #674-683 |
| 8 | | | #684-694 |
| 9 | | | #695-713 |
| 10 | | | Dial Press PR; Ross Russell;
Misc. Ellington; photos used in
"Jazz Style
in Kansas City"; Apollo Theatre in Harlem; and others |
| 11-21 | | | Negatives
(RESTRICTED) |
| Box | Folder |
| 5 | 1 | | Photography specifications, especially
Rodinol developer |
| 2 | | Picaros, notes for novel |
| 3 | | Pulps, typescript |
| | | Recording |
| Box | Folder |
| 5 | 4 | | | Joe Albany |
| 5 | | | Contracts, rights,
titles |
| 6-8 | | | Martial Solal |
| Box | Folder |
| 6 | 1 | | | Spectra |
| 2 | | | Spotlite masters |
| 3 | | Reviews |
| 4-5 | | Ross Russell Collection,
description |
| 6 | | Russell, Bill |
| 7 | | Russell, Sanders, poetry |
| 8 | | Saga--plot line |
| 9 | | Savoy |
| 10 | | Social novel |
| 11 | | Solo Art, Dan Qualey |
| 12 | | Tales of the Jazz Age |
| 13 | | Toshiba, Tony Williams |
| 14 | | Univ. of Texas at Austin, Symposium,
1992 |
| 15 | | Westwood, fiction |
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II. Correspondence,
1980-1999
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| Box | Folder |
| 7 | 1 | | Crowther, Prudence |
| 2 | | Daver, Manek |
| 3 | | Fraser, Susan |
| 4 | | Gardner, Mark |
| 5-7 | | Goldman, Albert |
| 8 | | Graz |
| 9-10 | | IAJRC,
1994-96 |
| 11 | | Klett, Shirley |
| 12-14 | | Komara, Edward |
| 15 | | Leake, George |
| Box | Folder |
| 8 | 1-3 | | Parque, Steve |
| 4 | | Poston, Ken |
| 5-6 | | Russell, Mary Webster, and RR's
letters from South Africa,
1980 |
| 7 | | Snyder, John L. |
| 8 | | Stearns, Jean |
| 9 | | Williams, Tony |
| 10 | | Vail, Ken |
| Box | Folder |
| 9 | 1-3 | | Miscellaneous,
1991-1999 |
| 4 | | Personal,
1985-1988 |
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III. Personal
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| Box | Folder |
| 9 | 5-6 | | Autobiography |
| 7 | | Biographical |
| 8 | | Biographical data and proposal--
"The Bebop
Era" |
| 9-10 | | Chronology |
| 11 | | Resume |
| Box | Folder |
| 10 | 1-2 | | Borrego Spring property |
| 3 | | Documents--Mary Webster Russell's
will, RR's passports, marriage certificate, etc. |
| 4 | | Neuhuber, Robert, RR's
physician |
| 5 | | Photograph album |
| 6-7 | | Photographs, personal |
| Box | Folder |
| 11 | 1-3 | | Russell, R.M. |
| | | Travel, Europe |
| Box | Folder |
| 11 | 4 | | | 1982 |
| 5 | | | 1983 |
| 6 | | | 1984 |
| 7 | | | 1986 |
| 8 | | | 1987 |
| 9 | | | 1989 |
| 10 | | | 1990 |
| 11 | | | 1992 |
| 12 | | | 1995 |
| 13 | | Royal Bank of Austria |
| 14 | | World War II documents and 1942
Life magazine
article by RR |
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