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).
Container list available (1981-087).