Primary Sources: The 1920s: Armstrong, Louis

"The Archive of New Orleans Jazz (renamed the William Ransom Hogan Archive of New Orleans Jazz in 1974) at Tulane University was established in 1958 with Ford Foundation funding to initiate an oral history fieldwork project gathering the stories of the men and women who contributed to the development of jazz in New Orleans."

"The William P. Gottlieb Collection, comprising over sixteen hundred photographs of celebrated jazz artists, documents the jazz scene from 1938 to 1948, primarily in New York City and Washington, D.C. During the course of his career, Gottlieb took portraits of prominent jazz musicians and personalities, including Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Earl Hines, Thelonious Monk, Stan Kenton, Ray McKinley, Benny Goodman, Coleman Hawkins, Ella Fitzgerald, and Benny Carter."

Includes photos and audio/video recordings including an interview with his wife Lucille Armstrong.