{"value"=>"<p>The Business Records offers a panoramic view of the development of Rollins's career, as well as the day-to-day minutia of a working, recording jazz musician; they comprise the largest portion of the collection. Rollins's wife, Lucille, managed his career from the early 1970s until her death in 2004, and she compiled and maintained many of these records. Sonny Rollins managed his own business and kept records before Lucille managed him, and after her death. The records include files on touring, recording, and other projects; calendars, datebooks, and address books; clippings; posters; and publicity files.</p> <p>Touring files constitute a major portion of the business records. Arranged chronologically, these consist of correspondence with concert presenters, Ted Kurland (Rollins's booking agent), and band members; contracts; travel arrangements; budgets; technical information; programs; clippings; and, occasionally, photographs.</p> <p>The Recording Projects files date from 1964 to 2011. They contain correspondence with record companies and production personnel, such as Orrin Keepnews of Milestone Records; recording and production notes; scores; cover art; and photographs.</p> <p>Further project files are divided into chronological and alphabetized sections. Researchers should examine both sections carefully as the contents overlap. They include files on projects or businesses such as Doxy Records (Rollins's company), Milestone Records, television appearances, and DVD releases; royalty statements from publishing and record companies; and letters from Rollins's lawyers, S.E. Katz and Peter Shukat. Further business-related letters can be found in Series IV: Letters, in the chronological file.</p> <p>A small set of calendars and datebooks offers sporadic documentation of Rollins's schedule for roughly one year in each decade between 1960 and 2012.</p> <p>Address books date from the 1970s through the 2000s. They supply a detailed look at Rollins's social and business network, and were probably maintained by both Sonny and Lucille Rollins.</p> <p>The Publicity Files hold sporadic coverage of Rollins's publicity efforts from the late 1950s to the mid-2000s, and detailed coverage between 2006 and 2013. During the latter years, his publicist was Terri Hinte, with whom he maintained frequent contact. Hinte managed Rollins's interview schedule, working with reporters and Rollins to insure that published quotes had Rollins's blessing. This extended to allowing edits of interview transcripts and articles derived from them, some of which were published under Rollins's name. These files include faxed correspondence with Hinte; interview transcripts; a few written notes and essays by Rollins; clippings; and publicity literature. Publicity literature can also be found in the files for Milestone Records, in the alphabetical portion of the project files (box 80, folders 4-5).</p> <p>Also present in the Publicity Files are clippings, posters, and concert programs. Clippings offer detailed coverage of Rollins's media presence from the mid-1950s to the 2010s. With the exception of two scrapbooks, all are loose.</p> <p>Posters date from the 1950s to 2010. They advertise appearances at jazz festivals, clubs, and theaters, as well as album, film, or video releases, such as the documentary, <span class=\"title\">Saxophone Colossus</span>.</p> <p>The Publicity Files also contain a large set of concert programs, handbills, and flyers documenting appearances around the world from 1957 to the 2010s. These include high-quality tour books produced for Rollins's Japanese visits.</p>"}