Page Two of Finding Aid to the Frederick “Freddie” William Green Papers, 1937-1987
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Extent: 2.5 linear ft. (2 cartons) and 5 oversize folders
Container List
Box
1
Folder
1
Control File, 1991, 1999 (no longer housed with the collection; see archivist)
2
3
4
OS 3
OS 3
OS 3
1
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
OS 3
OS 3
1
21
22
Personal:
Articles re, 1971, 77, 85, 87, nd
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), 1955, n d
Business card, nd
Certificates of Merit:
Annual Playboy All-Star Jazz Poll, 1957, 58, 63
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), 1955
Canada Dry Golf Tournament, 1957
Copyright Register (postal receipts), 1979-81
Correspondence:
Fan mail, 1959-85, nd
Greeting cards, postcards, 1986, 87, nd
Letters from son, Al, 1981, ca 1987
Professional (music organizations, journalists), 1955-58, 1985-86
Demise:
Death certificate, 1987
Funeral service, 1987
Obituaries, 1987
Sympathy cards, 1987
Financial:
1940 Income Tax Return, Information regarding 1973 return, 1941, 73
Invitations, 1957, 73, 75
Jenkins Orphanage (Charleston, SC):
Donation (receipt), 1986
Unveiling of the portrait of the late Rev. Daniel Joseph Jenkins, 1985
Medical records, 1949, 57, 76, 86, nd
Miscellaneous:
Assorted documents (personal memorabilia, certificates, tickets, programs, etc.),
1956-86, nd
Porgy and Bess program (Charleston Symphony Association, inscribed by cousin,
Naomi), 1970
Musical compositions (by Green):
“Until I Met You,” 1956
“Stop Breaking My Heart,” 1957
Musician’s Union, Local 47, 1976, 1982
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, 29th Annual Grammy Awards
Nominee for work with other artists on Swing Reunion, 1986
Box
1
Folder
23
Religion, Morris Brown African Methodist Episcopal Church, Charleston, SC, Program,
1986
24-28
Royalty statements, 1954-77
Travel:
29
Customs form (United States), 1956
30-33
Passports, 1959, 68, 73, 78
34-50
Receipts, 1956, 58, 60, 62, 67, 73, 76, 82, 86, 87, nd
51
Souvenirs, nd
Count Basie Orchestra:
52
Access passes/badges, nd
53-57
Articles re (newspaper, magazine), 1960-87, nd
OS 1, 2
Articles re (oversize newspaper articles), 1956-57, 1976-84
1
58
Count Basie Society, Red Bank Special (official journal), Vol. 3, nos. 4-7. 1985-86
59
Fox Theatre (St. Louis, Missouri), sketch of the band, nd
60-65
Itineraries, 1956-80, nd
66
Memberships (F. Green), ca 1955-85
67
Play list (Freddie used this after Basie’s death while the band searched for a new leader),
ca 198X
68
Presidential Inaugurations, Identification tags, 1981, 1985
Programs:
69
Alesandra Night with Frank Sinatra and Count Basie. . ., London, 1970
70
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, 1975
2
95-96
Festival Mondial du Jazz (France), 1975, 1979 (legal size materials)
1
71
France, various programs, 1956, nd
OS 3
France, Jazz Pulsations ’75 (oversize poster), 1975
1
72
Germany, Kansas City Jazz, 1954
73
Harold Davison Presents (England), 1959, nd
74
International Jazz Hall of Fame, 1985 inductees, 1985
75
Irving Ganz’ World’s Greatest Jazz Show, 1973
76
Japan, various programs, 1985, nd
2
97-98
Japan, various programs, 1985, nd (legal size materials)
1
77-78
Jazz Jamboree, 1984, 1986
79
Metranome, 1954
80-81
Montreux Jazz (Montreux, Switzerland), 1975, 1977
82-83
Northsea Jazz Festival (The Hague, Holland), 1977, 1979
84
Playboy Jazz Festival (Los Angeles, California), 1979
85
Port Jazz ’85 (International Jazz Festival, Switzerland), 1985
86
Royal Festival Hall, Midnight with Sinatra (“in the presence of Princess Margaret)
(London, England), 1970
87
Royal Performance in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen (London, England),
1975
88
Soho Jazz Festival, 1986
89
Sweden (various programs), 1960
90
Sweden (?), Take the A-Train (New York), program signed by Roland Westerlund,
1986
91
Switzerland (various programs), 1985
92
A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,” Carnegie Hall, New York, 1961
93
Washington Jazz Jubilee (Washington, D.C.), 1960
OS 3
Promotional poster, nd
1
94
Score book (“Royal Flush,”  1942), nd
Box
2
Folder
na
Scrapbook, “In Memory of Count Basie,” compiled ca 1984
Photographs (219 images)
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15-16
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OS 4
OS 5
Freddie Green:
“Young Freddie,” photostats (including photographs of Lonie Simmons & His
Rhythm Chicks, Billie Holiday, Lester Young) (16 images), 1940s-1960s
“Older Freddie,” photostats (12 images), 1970’s-1980s
Freddie alone, not performing (8 images), 1977, 84, 85, nd
Freddie alone, not performing (12 images), ca 1940s-1980s, nd
Freddie alone, performing (15 images), ca 1950s-1980s, nd
Miscellaneous, Cruise on QE2 to West Indies (5 images), 1970
With friends, family, fans (34 images), 1960s-1980s, nd
Publicity photographs (17 images), 1976-80, nd
Count Basie Orchestra:
Count Basie and Freddie (2 images), nd
Count Basie, Freddie and others with fans (?) (1 image), 1966
Count Basie (4 images), ca 1970s
James Brown performing with the band (1 image), nd
Ella Fitzgerald performing with the band (3 images), 1979, 1980
Group photo of the band with Frank Sinatra (1 image), nd
Japan trips (33 images), 1980, 82, nd
Performing (8 images), 1978, 85, nd
Performing (4 images), 1959, nd
Performing (15 images), nd
Performing at the Northsea Jazz Festival (The Hague, Holland) (3 images), 1978
Willie Wilson (signed studio photo) (1 image), nd
Oversize Photographs
Freddie meeting President Ronald Reagan (signed by Reagan) (1 photograph), 1980s
Photographic copies of newspaper/magazine covers, articles featuring Count Basie
Orchestra (5 images), 1957, nd
Copies of informal photographs, including one with Ella Fitzgerald (13 images),
1940s-1980s
Copy of photo of Freddie and Frank West playing instruments (1 image), nd
Oversize black and white images of Freddie (3 images), nd
Oversize black and white image of the Count Basie Orchestra (1 image), nd