Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival Office records and Collection on Jazz, 1940-2023

This series contains photographs, slides, and negatives, primarily of students and performers at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival. These include sound checks, clinics, rehearsals and performances. Other photographs include music students and the Jazz Festival Office staff. Included are also some promotional and other photographs of artists, not at the festival, primarily Lionel Hampton, Buddy Rich, Billy Contreras and Gene Krupa.

University of Idaho Jazz Festival posters and some festival posters not associated with U of I. Include posters from 1979 to 2017. Materials are stored in oversized folders.

University of Idaho Jazz Festival Programs. Includes programs under the names, Idaho Jazz Festival, Inland Empire Jazz Festival, Lionel Hampton/Chevron Jazz Festival, and Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival. Materials also include programs from other events and festivals both in the United States and abroad. Foreign programs include events in Austria, France, Germany, Russia, and Sweden

Newspaper clippings from local, regional, and national publications. Press releases were removed from the newspaper clippings and a new folder was created. Magazines are organized in alphabetical by publication title and in chronological order within folders.