Jazz Heritage Foundation Award, presented to William Alonzo "Cat" Anderson: Museum Object and Cultural History
Jazz Heritage Foundation Award, presented to William Alonzo "Cat" Anderson: presentation date: 1979. Object Name: award. Physical Description: wood (overall material).
The object in the museum catalogue
This award was presented by the Jazz Heritage Foundation at the Universiry of California at Los Angeles to American jazz trumpeter William Alonzo “Cat” Anderson in 1979. It has a rectangular wooden base with a metal plate attached to the front with screws. The plate is engraved:
The Jazz Heritage Foundation and the University of California at Los Angeles Center for Afro-American Studies Department of Fine Arts Production Student Committee for the Arts present this award to WILLIAM “CAT” ANDERSON for his outstanding contribution to the music of ELLINGONIA and the world We all thank you. April 27, 1979
Materials, dates and provenance
- presentation date: 1979
- Object Name: award
- Physical Description: wood (overall material)
- Physical Description: metal (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 8 1/8 in x 6 1/16 in x 7/8 in; 20.6375 cm x 15.39875 cm x 2.2225 cm
- place made: United States: California, Los Angeles
- Subject: Awards and Prizes
- ID Number: 1998.3074.04
- nonaccession number: 1998.3074
- catalog number: 1998.3074.04
- Credit Line: Gift of Dorothy Anderson
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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