More Details

Summary:

Scope and content: This extensive collection includes documents from Willis Conover's career at the Voice of America, as well as personal papers, sound recordings, video recordings, and realia.

Author/Creator:

Conover, Willis

Main Work:

Willis Conover collection [by Conover, W.]

Subjects:

Conover, Willis

General Notes:

Currently undergoing processing. Access to this collection is provided only by special arrangement. Please contact the Music Library for more information.
Willis Conover Jazz Preservation Foundation, Inc. Gift. 1997
Willis Conover (1920-1996) was a jazz producer and broadcaster on the Voice of America for over forty years. He produced jazz concerts at the White House, the Newport Jazz Festival, and for movies and television. Conover is credited with keeping interest in jazz alive in the countries of Eastern Europe through his nightly broadcasts during the Cold War when jazz was banned by most of the communist governments.

Physical Description:

200.00 Boxes

Call Numbers:

06/004

OCLC Numbers:

1269345690