Collection Timeline

1940 to 1983

1940
Black and white photographed portait of Ella Fitzgerald.

1954
Program from the Norman Granz's Jazz at the Philharmonic 14th National Tour.

1955
Program from the Norman Granz's Jazz at the Philharmonic 16th National Tour.

1956
Record cover of "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book."

1963
Ella Fitzgerald's sheet music for Marty Paich's arrangement of Cole Porters song "Begin the Beguine."

1964
Record cover of "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book."

1967
Record cover of "Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas."
Record cover of "Ella Fitzgerald, The Rodgers and Hart Songbook"

1971
Black and white photograph of Ella Fitzgerald performing at the empire room of the Waldorf Astoria.

1975
Postcard containing a black and white photograph of Ella Fitzgerald wearing a headscarf
Black and White portrait of Ella Fitzgerald for the cover of "Ella Fitzgerald Live at the Montreaux Jazz Festival 1975" record from Pablo records.
Record cover of "Ella Fitzgerald at the Montreux Jazz Festival" from 1975.

1978
Record cover of Ella Fitzgerald's "Lady Time"

1980
Postscard containing black and white photographed portait of Ella Fitzgerald.
Black and white photographed portait of Ella Fitzgerald at the Taylor and Rose Award
Record cover of "Digital III at Montreux," by Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Joe Pass, and Niels-Henning Orsted Pendersen.

1981
Ella Fitzgerald's lyric sheet for Antonio Carlos Jobims song "Useless Landscape."
Ella Fitzgerald's lyric sheet for Antonio Carlos Jobims song "Song of the Jet."
Ella Fitzgerald's Cirtificate of Citizenship to the City of Columbia in South Carolina.
Invitation to a concert starring Ella Fitzgerald with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra in the form of a plaque from the Entertainment Channel
Invitation to a concert starring Ella Fitzgerald with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra in the form of a plaque from the Entertainment Channel

1983
Record cover of "Jazz at the Philharmonic: The Ella Fitzgerald Set" from the Verve Record Label.