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Chicago Jazz Archive (University of Chicago)

CTL-E-0628 · Archive · other · 1978

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

The Chicago Jazz Archive at the University of Chicago collects and preserves materials on Chicago jazz history, with a research guide pointing to related collections including the Walter Henri Dyett Papers. The archive's cross-reference to the Dyett Papers demonstrates the archival network linking university, public-library, and school-based Black music collections.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MUSIC-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MUSIC-001:music-001-node-083; source research type(s): archive. Description completed 2026-10-03 from the source research record (claims) during the KG completion pass.

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Record CTL-E-0628 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 1 source (1 primary) · CTL research: MUSIC-001.
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