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Remarkable Jazzwomen at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival

Series: Exhibits

In honor of this year’s Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, Special Collections and Archives presents the Remarkable Jazzwomen at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival exhibit! Located on the 2nd floor of the library.

Remarkable Jazzwomen
Remarkable Jazzwomen
Wall of Remarkable Jazzwomen [1]
Wall of Remarkable Jazzwomen [1]
Wall of Remarkable Jazzwomen [4]
Wall of Remarkable Jazzwomen [4]

This display features materials from the Collection on Ella Fitzgerald, the Jane Jarvis papers, and Carmen McRae.

Carmen McRae Case
Carmen McRae Case
Ella Fitzgerald Case [1]
Ella Fitzgerald Case [1]
Jane Jarvis Case
Jane Jarvis Case

Portraits of past performers are also on display and include when the artists attended the jazz festival.

Wall of Remarkable Jazzwomen [3]
Wall of Remarkable Jazzwomen [3]
Wall of Remarkable Jazzwomen [2]
Wall of Remarkable Jazzwomen [2]

View this exhibit now through the end of May. And don’t forget to get your tickets for the Jazz Festival which takes place April 19th - 22nd.

Sources

Collection on Ella Fitzgerald, IJC MG 004, 1940-1988. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.

Jane Jarvis papers, IJC MG 21, 1920-2001. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.

Small Collections on Jazz, IJC MG 013, 1950-2005. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.

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