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Henry Grimes papers.

Title: Henry Grimes papers.
Author: Grimes, Henry
Publication: 1950-2018.
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Status	Container	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	oversize_folder 2	Archival Mix	Request in advance	JPB 19-08 oversize_folder 2	Performing Arts Research Collections - Music
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	oversize_folder 1	Archival Mix	Request in advance	JPB 19-08 oversize_folder 1	Performing Arts Research Collections - Music
Not available - In use until 2025-04-21 - Please for assistance.	box 12	Archival Mix	Supervised use	JPB 19-08 box 12	Offsite
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	box 11	Archival Mix	Supervised use	JPB 19-08 box 11	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 10	Archival Mix	Supervised use	JPB 19-08 box 10	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 9	Archival Mix	Supervised use	JPB 19-08 box 9	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 8	Archival Mix	Supervised use	JPB 19-08 box 8	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 7	Archival Mix	Supervised use	JPB 19-08 box 7	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 6	Archival Mix	Supervised use	JPB 19-08 box 6	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 5	Archival Mix	Supervised use	JPB 19-08 box 5	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 4	Archival Mix	Supervised use	JPB 19-08 box 4	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 3	Archival Mix	Supervised use	JPB 19-08 box 3	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 2	Archival Mix	Supervised use	JPB 19-08 box 2	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	box 1	Archival Mix	Supervised use	JPB 19-08 box 1	Offsite

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Description

4.14 linear feet (12 boxes, 2 oversize folders); 12.7 gigabytes (994 computer files); 335 audio recordings; 36 video recordings

Summary

Henry Grimes (1935-2020) was an American jazz double bassist who performed with some of the leading jazz performers of the 1950s and 1960s including Sonny Rollins, Gerry Mulligan, Thelonious Monk, Cecil Taylor, Albert Ayler, Joe Henderson, and many others. The Henry Grimes papers (1950-2018) document his life as a performer through sound and video recordings, notebooks, business files, correspondence, photographs, notated music, and artwork.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Interviews.
Live sound recordings.
Notebooks.
Photographs.
Scores.
Sound recordings
Video recordings.

Access (note)

Inquiries regarding audio materials in the collection may be directed to the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (rha@nypl.org). Audio materials will be subject to preservation evaluation and migration prior to access.

Source (note)

Donated by Henry Grimes in 2019. Additions were donated by Margaret Davis-Grimes in 2022 and Meaddows Ryan in 2023.

Call Number

JPB 19-08

OCLC

1240365845

Author

Grimes, Henry, creator.

Title

Henry Grimes papers.

Production

1950-2018.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

computer

Type of Carrier

sheet

other

Restricted Access

Inquiries regarding audio materials in the collection may be directed to the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (rha@nypl.org). Audio materials will be subject to preservation evaluation and migration prior to access.

Source

Donated by Henry Grimes in 2019. Additions were donated by Margaret Davis-Grimes in 2022 and Meaddows Ryan in 2023.

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Added Author

Ali, Rashied, 1933-2009.

Allen, Marshall, contributor.

Ayler, Albert, contributor.

Cherry, Don, contributor.

Rollins, Sonny, contributor.

Taylor, Cecil, 1929-2018, contributor.

Henry Grimes Trio, contributor.

Research Call Number

JPB 19-08

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