Scope and arrangement
Arrangement
Original order was maintained.
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- Creator
- Elliott, Nancy Miller
- Call number
- JPB 96-1
- Physical description
- 1 linear foot (175 photographic prints in 2 boxes)
- Language
- English
- Preferred Citation
- Nancy Miller Elliott Photographs of Jazz Musicians, JPB 96-1. Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
- Repository
- Music Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Nancy Miller Elliott is a leading photographer in New York City. She assisted Buck Clayton in the publication, Buck Clayton's Jazz World, published by Oxford University Press in 1987. Two of her photographs were included in the photographic project Homeless in America, a portfolio from which was published in Newsweek, March 21, 1988. Collection includes 175 black and white photographs of jazz musicians primarily in New York City settings taken by Nancy Miller Elliott between the years 1983-1995. A number of the photographs include tenor saxophonist Buck Clayton, as well as other former members of the Count Basie Band. Collection also includes two photos of dancers Norma Miller and Frankie Manning in front of Smalls Paradise in Harlem. Three of the photos depict Nancy Miller Elliott and were taken by other photographers.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Collection was received as a donation from Nancy Miller Elliott in June 1995.
Using the collection
Location
Music DivisionNew York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor