Collections

The Frank Kuchirchuk Jazz Photo collection comprises 8x10, 11x13 and photograph negatives of various sizes that document some of the legendary jazz musicians who performed at Lindsay's Sky Bar in Cleveland, Ohio in the early 1950's. This club, located at E. 105th St and Euclid Ave in what was then known as “Doan’s Corners” (now commonly referred to as University Circle), was one of the first nightclubs in Cleveland to prominently book national acts. With his Speed Graphic press camera and lighting rig, Kuchirchuk photographed legendary jazz musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie, Buddy Rich, Stan Getz, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Art Tatum and Flip Phillips.

The Jorge Luis Borges Collection comprises interviews, clippings, photographs, and audio and video recordings documenting Borges’ visit to Oberlin College in May 1983, as well as interviews with Borges and others about his milongas.