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The Jazz Institute of Chicago Edgar Crilly Collection was processed and preserved as part of the "Uncovering New Chicago Archives Project," funded with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
| Title: | Jazz Institute of Chicago. Crilly, Edgar. Collection |
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| Dates: | 1954-1992 |
| Size: | 1.75 linear feet (3 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | Edgar Crilly, former board member of the Jazz Institute of Chicago. The Jazz Institute of Chicago Edgar Crilly Collection contains photographs, publications, newspaper articles, correspondence, drawings, and event ephemera. |
The collection is open for research.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Jazz Institute of Chicago. Crilly, Edgar. Collection, [Box#, Folder#], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Edgar Crilly served as a board member of the Jazz Institute of Chicago.
The Jazz Institute of Chicago Edgar Crilly Collection contains photographs, publications, articles, correspondence, drawings, and event ephemera. The articles are mostly from The Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times and feature jazz musicians such as Sonny Rollins, Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, and Duke Ellington as well as local jazz and blues festivals such as the Chicago Jazz Festival. The correspondence contains a Jazz Institute of Chicago attendance list and other documents related to Crilly's role as board member of the JIC. Also included are personal postcards from friends. The event ephemera include programs, fliers, and concert announcements for the Jazz Institute of Chicago and Illinois Institute of Technology. Publications included are Downbeat, Jazz, Mosiac Records, "Creative World," Gene Lees Jazzletter,” “Browsers” and books on jazz and musicians. Some photographs of jazz musicians are autographed. There is also material on musician Red Saunders. The drawings are of a vocalist and bassist. Oversize materials are in Box 3.
Jazz Institute of Chicago Administrative Records
| Box 1 Folder 1 | Articles, 1971-1992 |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | Articles, 1984-1992 |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | Articles, 1984-1992 |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | Articles, 1984-1992 |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | Articles, 1984-1992 |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | Chicago Blues Festival, 1988 |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | Chicago Jazz Festival, 1982-1989 |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | Club De Lisa, Restaurant Menu, 1954 |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | Correspondence, 1984-1990 |
| Box 1 Folder 10 | Down Beat, 1957 |
| Box 1 Folder 11 | Event Ephemera, 1984-1988 |
| Box 1 Folder 12 | Grants, 1990-1991 |
| Box 1 Folder 13 | Jazz, 1979 |
| Box 1 Folder 14 | Jazz Newsletters, 1991-1992 |
| Box 1 Folder 15 | Mosaic Records, undated |
| Box 1 Folder 16 | Photograph, undated |
| Box 1 Folder 17 | Photograph, "Basie" Apple, 1980 |
| Box 1 Folder 18 | Photograph, Bob Haggart Autographed, undated |
| Box 1 Folder 19 | Photograph, Buddy Rich Autographed, undated |
| Box 1 Folder 20 | Photograph, Gene Johnson Autographed, undated |
| Box 1 Folder 21 | Photograph, Jack Teagarden and Louis Armstrong Autographed,
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| Box 1 Folder 22 | Photograph, Jazz Institute of Chicago All-Stars, 1987 |
| Box 1 Folder 23 | Photographs, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 1 | Publication, Black: A Tribute to Black Jazz Musicians, 1990 |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | Publication, Jazz on Television, 1985-1986 |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | Publication, Living Texas Blues, 1985 |
| Box 2 Folder 4 | Red Saunders, 1953-1978 |
| Box 3 Folder 1 | Article, Jazz Division of the American Recording Society, undated |
| Box 3 Folder 2 | Drawing, 1989 |
| Box 3 Folder 3 | Drawing, 1990 |