Archives Collection
DOUG
SEROFF FILM COLLECTION 95-055
Physical Description:
5 reels of black and white 16mm film
Dates:
1950-1962
RESTRICTIONS:
All materials in this collection are
subject to standard national and international copyright laws. No reproduction
permitted without permission of creator.
Provenance:
This collection was donated to the Center May 28, 1996 by
Doug Seroff of Greenbrier, Tennessee.
Agency History/biographical sketch:
Doug Seroff is
an independent scholar and dealer living in Greenbrier,
Scope and content:
This collection
contains five audio - visual film reels collected by Doug Seroff in the course
of his popular music research. Four of the reels are short productions of
performers, such as Lionel Hampton, Toni Arden, Jan Arden, Mel Boare, the Four
King Sisters, Pat Morrison, and the Starliters. The Newport Jazz Festival film
is a thirty minute live production of the 1962 festival. Performers include Pee
Wee Russell, Ruby Braff, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Johnny Hodges, Oscar
Peterson Trio, and the Clara Ward Singers. For more details, including song
titles, please see viewer log sheets.
Location:
The film reels
are located in metal cabinets in the collections storage area with identifying
labels on the cabinet door adjacent to the Korine-Dunlap Collection.
Folder/box list:
Box # Folder # Description
Box 1 16mm film,
Lionel Hampton – “Love You Like Mad,” Snyder Telescriptions,
1951.
16mm
Film/TV, Nine Telescriptions of Toni
Arden, Jan Arden, Studio Films, Inc., c. 1952.
16mm
Film/TV, Toni and Jan Arden, Studio Films, Inc., 1951-1952.
16mm
Film/TV, Hollywood Spot-lighted Revue, Snyder Telescriptions,
c.
1950.
16mm
Film/TV, Live Jazz Concert -
LPC
March 2008