Hi Werdna,

Glad to see someone posting about Louis here!

I have a book coming out from Harry N. Abrams publisher about Louis and the
collages
next spring: "Satchmo: The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong." In addition to
the
collages there are hand written letters, autobiographical writings, photos, over
200 in all.
The book is in conjunction with the Louis Armstrong Archives and Foundation.

If you would like to read more you can see my entry on my blog:

stevenbrowerdesign.wordpress.com

There is a link from there to The Paris Review, which features the collages in
their current
issue and online.

If anyone here would like to ask me questions, I'd be happy to respond.

All my best,
Steven

--- In satchmoclub@yahoogroups.com, "Werdna Rebaw" <wabnoles@...> wrote:
>
> Hey there people,
>
> I am going to see if I can liven this place up a bit. A think a good
> topic of discussion would be good. I was reading the Society of
> American Archivists' journal and was amazed that the featured article
> of the journal was detailing the Louis Armstrong Archives, which is a
> part of the Louis Armstrong Museum in Queens, NY. Louie was an avid
> fan of recording everyday conversations, from impressive stories to
> mundane conversations, that occurred both in his house and while on
> the road after concerts. He also was a big fan of photo collages, and
> made individualized photo collage covers for each of these recordings.
> Read that article from start to finish and was captivated with their
> efforts to catalog this collection. That would be my dream job! The link to
the website
is here http://satchmo.net/thearchives/louis.shtml
>