Scotty Piper photograph collection

Descriptive Summary

Title
Scotty Piper photograph collection
Dates
ca 1920-1969
Identifier
1981.0087
Creator
Creator
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 , Horne, Lena , Louis, Joe, Mrs. , Piper, Louis V.
Size
6 boxes of photographic prints.
Language
Material is in English unless otherwise noted.

Scope and Content

Photographs of African American entertainers collected by Chicago tailor Scotty Piper. One view shows singer Lena Horne with the wife of boxer Joe Louis; another shows Horne with Duke Ellington.

Conditions for Access

Advance appointment with special permission required to view original items in special storage.

Conditions Governing Use

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Preferred Citation

A common citation for archives is as follows: Item, Folder number and/or title, Box number, Collection title, ID number, Repository name, location.

Custodial History

Gift of Scotty Piper, 1975 (1981.0087).

Related Material

Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the Scotty Piper papers and Costume artifacts.

Container list available (1981-087).

Indexed Terms