Collection ID: 5420059 MS#0660
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Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Jacobs, Phoebe
Extent:
11 linear feet and 23 boxes; 1 flat box; 1 tube box
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Phoebe Jacobs papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Background

Scope and Content:

Correspondence, manuscripts, articles, documents, photographs, posters, clippings relating to the professional career of Phoebe Jacobs and notable jazz musicians, especially Louis Armstrong.

Biographical / Historical:

Public relations executive; Director public relation for The Rainbow Room, 1969-1973; Vice President of the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, 1970. Sy Kravitz has written 'The life and career of Phoebe Jacobs reads like a who's who of the country's greatest jazz musicians and singers with whom she has worked.' Executive vice president of the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, she has made invaluable contributions to Armstrong's living legacy, playing an important role in the establishment of the Armstrong Archives at Queens College in New York in 1993. In 1995, her long campaign for the release of a Louis Armstrong postal stamp came to fruition. She is a member of the Advisory Council for Lincoln Center's The Ellington Centennial and Research Associate in the jazz program at the Museum of American History.

Positions Held: v.p., Louis Armstrong Ednl. Found., 1970; commrs., Schomburg Ctr., N.Y., 1979; East Coast rep., Soc. of Singers, N.Y. and L.A., 1985; dir. pub. rels., The Rainbow Room, Rockefeller Center, N.Y., 1969-73; mng. dir., N.Y. Jazz Mus., N.Y., 1972-74; founder, exec. dir., Jazz Found. of Am., N.Y., 1978-82.

Career-Related: Planner special. events and gifts, Louis Armstrong Found., 1981; cons. Found. Grants and Scholarships, 1981; event planner East Elmhurst Libr., 1989; special. events Louis Armstrong Intermediary School., Elmhurst, 1988; Asst. producer. Lena Horne SOS Event/Soc. Singers, Ella Fitzgerald's 75th Birthday Celebration/Carnegie Hall, 1995; Concert/Lincoln Center., N.Y.C., Ella, 1997; assisted in creation of music therapy progam, Beth Israel Hosp., 1990; coordinator program with medical staff and found. support, Duke Ellington Exhibit at Smithsonian Inst.; asst. rschr., organizer Louis Armstrong Exhibit, Smithsonian Inst. and Queens Mus., 1993.The Armstrong Legacy: an interview with Armstrong Foundation Vice President Phoebe Jacobs who has been the keeper of the Armstrong flame for over 30 years. A close friend of the Armstrong family, Ms Jacobs will share insights into Armstrong's growing legacy since his passing, including the growth and development of the Armstrong Foundation.Sy Kravitz has written 'The life and career of Phoebe Jacobs reads like a who's who of the country's greatest jazz musicians and singers with whom she has worked.' Executive vice president of the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, she has made invaluable contributions to Armstrong's living legacy, playing an important role in the establishment of the Armstrong Archives at Queens College in New York in 1993. In 1995, her long campaign for the release of a Louis Armstrong postal stamp came to fruition. She is a member of the Advisory Council for Lincoln Center's The Ellington Centennial and Research Associate in the jazz program at the Museum of American History

Acquisition information:
Source of acquisition--Phoebe Jacobs. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--2002 and 2004.
Processing information:

Papers processed Jennifer Sears 2/2003. Processed and published in electronic form, February 2003; revised and published October 2005.

Arrangement:

Arranged in six series.

Accruals:

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

This collection is located on-site.

Tube Box 22: located off site.

This collection has no restrictions.

TERMS OF ACCESS:

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

PREFERRED CITATION:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Phoebe Jacobs papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th St.
New York, NY 10027, United States
Link to repository site
CONTACT:
(212) 854-5590
rbml@library.columbia.edu