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Anthony Barboza papers

 Collection — mapcase folder: 1
Identifier: 6839

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

1,000 black-and-white and color photographs of prominent jazz musicians, African-American artists, dancers, writers, and the New York Scene, 1970s-1990s; 200 tech sheets from studio portrait shoots; 27 transcripts of interviews with jazz musicians (various drafts); 24 original recordings of interviews on audio tapes; 1 original tape of Henry Threadgill's Very Very Circus "Makin a Move"; 56 pieces of jazz and photograph ephemera, 1980s and 1990s including alternative museum announcements, jazz concerts, party invitations, promotional materials from artists, show announcements, postcards of artwork; 6 buttons; 2 posters from photo exhibitions, 1990s; "Black Borders" (book).

Additional 1,000 photographs, including images of jazz musicians, fashion photographs, celebrity photographs, and some pictures of urban life; collection of memorabilia from the 1993 Blue Note Jazz festival; notes and photographs from Barboza's "Portrait on the Roof" shoot; posters, programs, invitations, jazz magazines and journals; ephemera from Barboza's life and career including calendars, books, flyers, catalogs, invitations, and technical documents (tear sheets and tech sheets) from various shoots; reproductions, resumes, and announcements relating to the "Kamoinge" group of African American photographers; cassette tapes and video tapes.

Jazz musicians of the 80s: poster, with group photograph of 1980s jazz musicians, all identified, signed by the photographer. Photographer: Anthony Barboza; Designer: Clemente Ettrick.

Dates

  • 1970 - 1999

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Restrictions on Use:

All the photographs are individually numbered and should be kept in order in the boxes.

Extent

6 cubic feet. (6 cubic feet.)

Abstract

Photographs and ephemera relating to jazz musicians, African-American artists, dancers, writers, and the New York Scene, 1970s-1990s.

Physical Description

Photographs

General

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
Theo Wolf
Date completed:
May 2013
EAD encoding:
Theo Wolf, May 2012Evan Earle, May 2013
Date modified:
Jude Corina, December 2015

General

Photograph boxes by size:

  1. Small - 5" x 7" Box 8
  2. Medium - 8" x 10" Boxes: 4, 15, 22
  3. Large - 11" x 14" Boxes: 1-3, 9, 11, 12, 19-21, 26, 27
  4. Extra Large - 14" x 17", 16" x 20" Boxes: 5, 10, 13, 14, 17, 18, 23-25
  5. Oversize - 20" x 24" Boxes: 6, 7, 16
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by RMC Staff
Date
September 2012
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Revision Statements

  • 12/07/2018: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)