Guide to the Chuck Stewart Jazz Photographs
NMAH.AC.1321 NMAH Staff
Archives Center, National Museum of American History P.O. Box 37012 Suite 1100, MRC 601 Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 [email protected] http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives Table of Contents
Collection Overview ...... 1 Administrative Information ...... 1 Arrangement...... 2 Biographical / Historical...... 1 General...... 2 Scope and Contents...... 2 Names and Subjects ...... 2 Container Listing ...... 3 Chuck Stewart Jazz Photographs NMAH.AC.1321
Collection Overview
Repository: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Title: Chuck Stewart Jazz Photographs
Identifier: NMAH.AC.1321
Date: 1964 - 1971
Extent: 0.15 Cubic feet
Creator: Stewart, Charles, 1927-
Language: English .
Digital Image(s): Chuck Stewart Jazz Photographs Content:
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information Donated to the Archives Center in 2014 by Chuck Stewart.
Processing Information Collection unprocessed.
Preferred Citation Chuck Stewart Photographs of John Coltrane, 1964-1971, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Restrictions Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use Permission and licensing requests must be secured from Kim Stewart. See repository for further details.
Biographical / Historical
Stewart is a jazz photographer, known for photographing portraits used for album and CD covers.
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Scope and Contents
The collection consists of twenty-five inkjet prints from original film negatives of John Coltrane and others. The majority of the photographs were taken by Stewart during the December 10, 1964 recording of Coltrane's biggest hit, "A Love Supreme". Some of the images include Coltrane's wife, Alice Coltrane, and others include musicians Pharoah Sanders, Rashied Ali, and Jimmy Garrison.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into one series.
General
John Coltrane was a jazz saxophonist and composer.
Names and Subject Terms
This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms:
Subjects: African American musicians Jazz musicians -- 1960-1970 -- United States Saxophone
Types of Materials: Digital images Inkjet prints Photographs -- Inkjet prints -- 1960-1970
Names: Ali, Rashied, 1933-2009 Coltrane, Alice, 1937- Coltrane, John, 1926-1967 Garrison, Jimmy Sanders, Pharoah
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Container Listing
Box 1, Folder 1 John Coltrane #3, 1964-12-10
Box 1, Folder 2 John Coltrane #6, 1964-12-10
Box 1, Folder 3 John Coltrane #7, 1966-04
Box 1, Folder 4 Alice Coltrane #8, 1970-11
Box 1, Folder 5 Alice Coltrane, John Coltrane, Rashid Ali, Jimmy Garrison #9A, 1966-04
Box 1, Folder 6 Alice Coltrane #9B, 1977-04
Box 1, Folder 7 Alice Coltrane #11, 1970-01
Box 1, Folder 8 John Coltrane #12, 1964-12-10
Box 1, Folder 9 John Coltrane #14, 1964-12-10
Box 1, Folder 10 John Coltrane , Alice Coltrane #15, 1966-04
Box 1, Folder 11 Alice Coltrane #18, 1966-04
Box 1, Folder 12 John Coltrane, Pharaoh Sanders #20, 1966-04
Box 1, Folder 13 John Coltrane #21, 1964-12-10
Box 1, Folder 14 John Coltrane #23, 1966-04
Box 1, Folder 15 John Coltrane , Archie Shepp, Elvin Jones #29, 1964-12-10
Box 1, Folder 16 John Coltrane , Archie Shepp #30, 1964-12-10
Box 1, Folder 17 John Coltrane #36, 1964-12-10
Box 1, Folder 18 John Coltrane #37, 1964-12-10
Box 1, Folder 19 John Coltrane #39, 1964-12-10
Box 1, Folder 20 John Coltrane #42, 1964-12-10
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Box 1, Folder 21 John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Archie Shepp, and Bob Thiele #47, 1964
Box 1, Folder 22 John Coltrane, Art Davis, Jimmy Merrit #49, 1964
Box 1, Folder 23 John Coltrane, Art Davis, Jimmy Garrison #53, 1964
Box 1, Folder 24 John Coltrane #65, 1964-12-10
Box 1, Folder 25 John Coltrane #68, 1964-12-10
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