- unitid
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{"value"=>"20386", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"JPB 97-2", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1930-2000", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1930/2000"}
{"value"=>"undated", "type"=>"inclusive"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Phoebe Jacobs papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"17.5 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}, {"name"=>"physfacet", "value"=>"29 boxes"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Music Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Phoebe Jacobs was a publicist for jazz artists and venues and a champion of the legacies of Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, ephemera, and research files related to her work."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Jacobs, Phoebe", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"cre"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Phoebe Jacobs (June 21, 1918 - April 9, 2012) was born in the Bronx, NY as an only child. Her father, Hyman Pincus, was a bootlegger and a gambler. Jacobs grew up in a musical family and was introduced to outstanding musicianship as well as the world of music business at an early age. An uncle her mother's side, Ralph Watkins, was the successful owner of several prominent music nightclubs, one of which included \"Kelly's Stables\" on 52nd St. in Manhattan. At the age of 17, Jacobs began working in hatcheck at Kelly's Stables, where she became acquainted with artists such as Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole, and Sy Oliver. Later on, Sy Oliver helped Jacobs obtain a position as a contractor and record executive for Decca Records. She continued to work with her uncle, Ralph Watkins, when he became the co-owner of the Basin St. East nightclub.</p> <p>Jacobs eventually became the director of public relations and the producer of special events at the Rainbow Room and Rainbow Grill at Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan. There, she was responsible for many performances by musicians such as Benny Goodman, Sarah Vaughn, Cy Coleman, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Lionel Hampton, Bobby Hackett, and others. Gradually, by word of mouth, Jacobs's reputation as trustworthy and dependable circulated to other notable jazz musicians, such as Louis Armstrong.</p> <p>Phoebe Jacobs came to develop an active career as a publicist and public relations consultant. She worked most closely with Louis and Lucille Armstrong, Della Reese, Sy Oliver, Ella Fitzgerald, Eubie Blake, Benny Goodman, Duke and Mercer Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, \"Jabbo\" Smith, and Peggy Lee.</p> <p>Beginning in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Jacobs became especially close with Louis and Lucille Armstrong. Following Louis Armstrong's wishes, in 1969, she began organizing the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, where she served as Executive Vice President. The Foundation helped to support music education and concerts for children, as well as the music therapy department at Beth Israel Medical Center, where Louis Armstrong and Jacobs were both patients. After Louis Armstrong's passing in 1971, she worked directly with Lucille Armstrong to preserve and promote his legacy.</p> <p>In 1974, Jacobs accompanied Lucille Armstrong on a tour which promoted Louis Armstrong's music in the former Soviet Union. She also helped to initiate the Young People's Concerts at Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Louis \"Satchmo\" Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp (in New Orleans), and the Louis Armstrong Legacy Program and Celebration (in Chicago). Through her advocacy, the Louis Armstrong House in Corona, Queens was declared a city landmark. In 1995, she helped create the Louis Armstrong postage stamp and also helped to establish the Louis Armstrong Archives at City University of New York (CUNY) Queens College. In addition, she helped to rename P.S. 143 in Louis Armstrong's honor and in 1982 created a Louis Armstrong medal. She also helped rename the Louis Armstrong Stadium located in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens. In addition to her endeavors concerning Louis Armstrong, Jacobs also worked with Mercer and Mercedes Ellington to promote the legacy of Duke Ellington. Related to this, she also helped establish The Duke Ellington Center and New York's original Jazz Museum.</p> <p>She co-founded The Jazz Foundation of America, was a trustee for the Society of Singers, co-produced the Benny Goodman Centennial (held in Chicago), and helped launch the Columbia University Center for Jazz Studies and the Louis Armstrong performing program. Jacobs died in Manhattan at the age of 93.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Phoebe Jacobs collection ranges from the 1930s through 2000, with the bulk of the materials dating from the 1960s through the 1990s. It consists of four series: Press materials and papers; Iconography; Oversized iconography; and Oversized miscellaneous visual material. The Press materials and papers series includes clippings, photographs, business papers, correspondence, and programs from Phoebe Jacobs' career as a publicist and jazz advocate. Much of the correspondence and business papers are about (as opposed to written by) the person named on the folder title. Exceptions to this include the folders of correspondence from Louis and Lucille Armstrong, and Ella Fitzgerald; these folders contain letters, greeting cards or postcards written by these artists to Jacobs and others. The Iconography and Oversized iconography series contain primarily photographs, most of which are publicity photos. The Oversized miscellaneous visual material contains non-photographic materials, such as posters and souvenir programs.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Phoebe Jacobs papers are arranged in four series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20386#c1218984'>Series 1: Press material and Papers</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series is organized alphabetically by person or organization. If there is more than one folder per entry they are organized with the following sub-groups: correspondence, business papers, programs, clippings. Within each sub-group items are generally arranged in chronological order.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20386#c1219296'>Series 2: Iconography</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20386#c1219722'>Series 3: Oversize Iconography</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20386#c1219744'>Series 4: Miscellaneous Visual Material</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Collection is arranged by format. It includes four series: Press materials and papers; Iconography; Oversized iconography; and Oversized miscellaneous visual material. Press materials and papers include ephemera and other documentation associated with Phoebe Jacobs' work as a publicist, booker, and jazz advocate. The Iconography series includes primarily photographs of artists with whom Jacobs worked; many of these photographs include Jacobs herself. The Oversized iconography series includes photographs larger than 8\" x 10\". The Oversized miscellaneous visual material includes photocopies and posters larger than 8\" x 10\". Original folder titles were maintained when available.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Karen M. Burke, 2001. Finding aid revised by Mary Freeman in 2015 and Jessica Wood in 2020.</p>"}
- date_start
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1930
- keydate
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1930
- date_end
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2000
- date_inclusive_start
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1930
- date_inclusive_end
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2000
- extent_statement
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17.5 linear feet : 29 boxes
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Phoebe Jacobs papers, JPB 97-2. Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}