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{"value"=>"Stanley Crouch papers"}
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{"value"=>"Crouch, Stanley", "type"=>"persname"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Stanley Crouch was a music and cultural critic, syndicated columnist, novelist, and biographer, known for <span class=\"title\">Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker</span> (2013), his biography of Charlie Parker, and his various books of criticism. Crouch was born on December 14, 1945, in Los Angeles, California. He attended East Los Angeles and Southwest junior colleges, but never received any degrees. From 1965-1967, he worked as an actor and playwright under the direction of Jayne Cortez in Studio Watts and the Watts Repertory Theatre Company. Crouch witnessed the 1965 Watts race riots, initiating his participation in the civil rights movement. From 1968-1975, he taught at the Claremont Colleges, first as poet-in-residence at Pitzer, then as a full-time faculty member of the Black Studies Center, and finally as a joint member of the Black Studies Center and the English Department of Pomona College. Crouch wrote and directed ten plays while at Claremont.</p> <p>In 1975, Crouch moved to New York City and wrote for <span class=\"title\">The Village Voice</span> and the <span class=\"title\">SoHo Weekly News</span>. He was a staff writer for the <span class=\"title\">Voice</span> from 1979-1988. In addition, he was an aspiring jazz drummer and played with David Murray, who was also his roommate.</p> <p>While at the <span class=\"title\">Voice</span>, Crouch became known for his criticism of \"empty\" and \"phony\" music, such as, in his view, fusion and avant-garde movements in jazz. He became an advocate for the neotraditionalist movement, which he saw as revitalizing the core values of jazz. As per his obituary in <span class=\"title\">The New York Times</span>, Crouch was known partly for \"his skewering, and even physical smackdowns, of his former intellectual comrades\".</p> <p>In 1987, Crouch became the artistic consultant for the Jazz at Lincoln Center program, which he also helped create; Wynton Marsalis, a friend and protégée of Crouch's, joined Crouch in 1991, and later became the program's artistic director. After leaving the <span class=\"title\">Voice</span>, Crouch published <span class=\"title\">Notes of a Hanging Judge: Essays and Reviews</span>, 1979-1989, which was selected as the best book of essays published in 1990 by the Encyclopedia Britannica Yearbook. Crouch went on to win a Whiting Award in 1991, a MacArthur Foundation grant in 1993, and the Jean Stein Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, also in 1993.</p> <p>In the mid-1990s, Crouch became a regular columnist for the <span class=\"title\">New York Daily News</span>. He wrote another book of criticism, <span class=\"title\">The All-American Skin Game; or, The Decoy of Race</span> (1995) which was nominated for a criticism award by the National Book Critics Circle. Crouch wrote four more books of criticism from 1998-2006 (including <span class=\"title\">Considering Genius: Writings on Jazz</span>, 2006), and his first and only novel, <span class=\"title\">Don't the Moon Look Lonesome</span>, in 2000. In 2008, Crouch became the president of the board of directors of the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation. In 2013, he published his biography of Charlie Parker, <span class=\"title\">Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker</span>. After a long bout with an unspecified illness, Stanley Crouch died on September 16, 2020 .</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The Stanley Crouch papers mostly consist of materials related to his writing; these materials include various drafts, manuscripts, and final versions of his newspaper columns, articles, and books, both published and unpublished. There is also a vast amount of research material (including publications by other authors) and interview transcripts, mainly for his biography of Charlie Parker. There is a small amount of personal papers, which includes family correspondence and some biographical information. Additionally, the collection includes correspondence, both personal and professional, and other professional matter, such as address books, day planners, and material related to his participation on various boards and committees, including the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation (LAEF) and the PEN American Center (now, PEN America). Finally, the collection consists of printed matter, which includes publicity material for Crouch's publications and appearances, reviews of his work, and interviews.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Stanley Crouch papers are arranged in six series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/29962#c1652216'>Personal</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1945-2016</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series includes biographical information about Stanley Crouch, such as a copy of his birth certificate and church programs. It also includes information on his family, including his daughter, first and second wives, and his sister. Finally, it covers awards and fellowships, and any corresponding material, which he received over the years, including his \"genius\" grant from the MacArthur Foundation.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/29962#c1652244'>Correspondence</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1976-2015</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Arranged into three subseries, this series consists of personal and professional letters and emails with friends, colleagues, musicians, employers, publishers, agents, and readers. In the Personal subseries, noted individuals include writers such as Saul Bellow, James McPherson, Joyce Carol Oates, and Darcy O'Brien; musicans such as Quincy Jones, Wynton Marsalis, and Sonny Rollins; and editors including Tina Brown and Graydon Carter, among many others. The Professional subseries mostly contains correspondence with publications (such as <span class=\"title\">The New York Times</span> and <span class=\"title\">The New Yorker</span>) regarding writing assignments and organizations (such as Lincoln Center for Performing Arts and King Features Syndicate Division/Hearst Holdings, Inc.) for which Crouch spoke, lectured, or worked. Many of the individuals in the personal subseries overlap with those in the professional subseries, but they have been included in the former because either the correspondence is of a personal nature or the relationship started as a personal one and later developed into a professional one. Files marked with a letter (\"A\", \"B\", etc.) include one-time correspondence with an individual or organization, by last name or first name, if last name is unknown. All descriptive notes in parentheses are Crouch's own. The final subseries, Reader mail, mostly consists of correspondence from readers of his newspaper columns or magazine articles.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/29962#c1652505'>Writing</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1945-2015</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The largest series, Writing, consists of drafts, manuscripts, research material, interview transcripts, proofs, galleys, and final versions of Crouch's various writing. The first subseries, Published, is divided into further subgroups by the type of writing (articles, books, and other). The articles subgroup contains drafts, manuscripts, research material, and final versions of articles written for various publications, including his columns for <span class=\"title\">The Village Voice</span> and the <span class=\"title\">New York Daily News</span>. The books subgroup is organized chronologically by publication date, and also consists of drafts, manuscripts, and research material. The <span class=\"title\">Kansas City Lightning</span> material also contains correspondence, contract, and numerous interview transcripts with such prominent musicians as Art Farmer, Dizzy Gillespie, and Max Roach, among others. The last subgroup, Other, contains manuscripts and final versions of Jazz at Lincoln Center's \"Notes on the Program\"; liner notes; and a draft foreword for Tom Piazza's <span class=\"title\">Blues and Trouble: Twelve Stories</span>, among other writings. The second subseries, Unpublished, is similarly subdivided into subgroups as the Published subseries. The material included in this subgroup also consists of drafts and manuscripts, and includes a complete typescript of \"First Snow in Kokomo\", an unpublished novel. Additionally, there are multiple reporter's notebooks and journals with handwritten notes and drafts. The last subseries, Other people's work, consists of publications, such as articles, essays, books, and sheet music, by other authors, some of which was used by Crouch as research for his writing and many of which are inscribed.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/29962#c1653023'>Professional</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1974-2014</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series mostly contains administrative material relating to Crouch's professional life, such as day planners, address books, itineraries, and contact information from his Rolodex. In addition, there are papers concerning his Board and committee participation in organizations such as LAEF and Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University. Lastly, there are flyers and other publicity materials for events in which Crouch participated, such as lectures, conferences, and symposia.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/29962#c1653061'>Subject files</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1901-2014</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series mostly consists of printed matter (articles, essays, and books) on various individuals, organizations, and topics. Many of these materials were used by Crouch as research for his writing. Other materials in the Individual subseries were most likely collected by Crouch because of a personal connection or friendship; in one case, an individual is fictional. Some of the organizational files were retained because of Crouch's participation, while some of the topical files probably related to Crouch's interest. Dates refer to the dates of the contents of the folder.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/29962#c1653245'>Printed matter</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1979-2012</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The Printed matter series consists of articles, clippings, posters, flyers, and other publications that are either about Crouch or mention him. Also included are reviews of his writing, interviews, and publicity material for his publications.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Arranged into 6 series: I. Personal; II. Correspondence; III. Writing; IV. Professional; V. Subject files; and VI. Printed matter.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
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{"value"=>"<p>Purchase, Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, December 2019.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Transferred to the Digital Research Division: hard drives, laptop, and floppy disks.</p> <p>Transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division: photographs</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Lauren Stark, 2019-2020.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Documents with personal information have been redacted; other materials, such as recommendation letters, student papers, and one interview, are closed until 50 years after most recent date in each individual file. Electronic records are currently unavailable.</p>"}
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{"id"=>"aspace_98ec27ff1436182938c720d3f35e94e3", "value"=>"<p>Roberts, Sam. 2020. \"Stanley Crouch, Critic Who Saw American Democracy in Jazz, Dies at 74.\" <span class=\"title\">The New York Times</span>. Published September 16, 2020, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/16/obituaries/stanley-crouch-dead.html.</p>"}
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27.29 linear feet (70 boxes)
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- abstract
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{"value"=>" The Stanley Crouch papers mostly consist of materials related to his writing; these materials include various drafts, manuscripts, and final versions of his newspaper columns, articles, and books, both published and unpublished. There is also a vast amount of research material (including publications by other authors) and interview transcripts, mainly for his biography of Charlie Parker. There is a small amount of personal papers, which includes family correspondence and some biographical information. Additionally, the collection includes correspondence, both personal and professional, and other professional matter, such as address books, day planners, and material related to his participation on various boards and committees, including the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation (LAEF) and the PEN American Center (now, PEN America). Finally, the collection consists of printed matter, which includes publicity material for Crouch's publications and appearances, reviews of his work, and interviews.", "generated"=>true}