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2001-23 Miami University Bix Documentary radio program . 10 cassette tapes with 19 programs; Oct 2008 copied in digital format-use copies cataloged; archive copies stored
Date Range: 1971 Location: Range 38 Section 04

2006-06 Photo of musicians at Bix Beiderbecke gravesite. 8" x 12" color photograph of 7 musicians playing at Oakdale Cemetery gravesite of Bix Beiderbecke; donor dated 1996; donor states trombonist on left played with Bix Beiderbecke; photo taken by George Schlenker.
Date Range: 1996 Location: Range 42 Section 01

2007-04 Bix Box-SC resources re: Bix Beiderbecke. Compilation of original items pertaining to Bix Beiderbecke, including photographs. 1 archival box.
Date Range: 2007 Location: Range 42 Section 01

2010-06 Bix Beiderbecke genealogy. 171 page genealogy including family group sheets, kinship reports, index; PDF file on CD-Rom  564 KB. 1 CD-Rom.
Date Range: 2008 Location: SC 929.2 BEI

2010-09 Pen and ink drawing of Bix Beiderbecke. 8 x 14" drawing; #8/25 by William S. Harron. 1 enclosure.
Date Range: n.d. Location: Range 37 Section 08

2018-29 Phil and Linda Evans/Scott Black Collection & Elizabeth Beiderbecke Hart Collection from Bix Museum. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence between Phil Evans and musicians, jazz aficionados, scholars, relatives and friends of the musicians he was researching, particularly Bix Beiderbecke. 126 boxes.
Date Range: 1900-2018 Location: Lower Level Lab Sections 01-06

2019-64 Music of Bix Beiderbecke. "The Bix Beiderbecke Story" Vol. 2 & 3 and 1972 Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival. 3 items : vinyl LP records
Date Range: 1956-1972 Location: Range 44 Section 09

2022-09 Kresse Play. three-act original play written by Elaine Campbell Kresse called "Gifted". The subject is Davenport, Iowa born jazz musician Leon "Bix" Beiderbecke (1903-1931)
Date Range: 1956-1987 Location: Range 33 Section 03

2023-03 Williamson Historical Documents Collection. Early jazz audio recordings on vinyl featuring Bix Beiderbecke.
Date Range: 1866-2000 Location: Range 33 Section 09

2023-19 J. Fackel Bixiana Collection. Photocopied articles from various publications and documentation pertaining to a book proposal for an item called "Bix or Bismark: The Beiderbecke "Legend" Revisited" by Joseph J. Giordano.
Date Range: 1990-1995 Location: Range 33 Section 09

IOWA BIB - IA History & Culture Online Bibliography