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ARS.0106
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Title: Herbert Humphrey Collection
Dates: 1960-1962
Collection number: ARS.0106
Creator:
Humphrey, Herbert
Collection size:
3 boxes
: 43 7" open reel tapes
Repository:
Archive of Recorded Sound
Abstract: The Herbert Humphrey Collection consists of 43 open reel tapes, the majority of which bear copies of commercially-released
jazz and popular music. However, at least thirteen reels are of unusual broadcast material, including a series of San Francisco
performances by jazz musicians Earl Hines and Teddy Wilson, biographical programs on various musicians on radio station KFRC,
and an interview with Louis Armstrong.
Language of Material: English
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Herbert Humphrey Collection, ARS-0106. Courtesy of the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
This finding aid was produced with generous financial support from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
The Herbert Humphrey Collection consists of 43 open reel tapes, the majority of which bear copies of commercially-released
jazz and popular music. However, at least thirteen reels have been identified as unusual broadcast material, including a series
of San Francisco performances by jazz musicians Earl Hines and Teddy Wilson, biographical programs on various musicians on
radio station KFRC, and an undated interview with Louis Armstrong by journalist Phil Elwood. Elwood appears to have further
connections with this collection; several tapes suggest they were recorded by Humphrey, who was an Oakland resident, from
Elwood's radio program on KPFA (from various notes in the listing: "Phil forgot to announce piece" ; "Between 3rd and 4th
piece, nostalgia with Phil Elwood at Hambone Kelly's" on Lu Watters Tape 37). A full listing of contents is available in the
Archive.
Reels were arranged and numbered prior to accession. Box 1 contains #2-16 (Tape #1 is missing). Box 2 contains #17-32. Box
3 contains #33-37 as well as seven unnumbered tapes identified as "Live at the Fairmont" from Bill Bullard, which are all
in fact copies of commercial albums.