Count Basie
Hugh Morton portrait of bandleader William 'Count' Basie in a gymnasium, probably at UNC-Chapel Hill, from the late 1930s or the 1940s.
Included because: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Basie, Count, 1904-1984.
Person in the county’s record
Count Basie
1904–1984 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗
The index holds one work for Count Basie so far. Search further, by the Library of Congress heading: WorldCat · OCPL. If you know a source, tell us.
Indexed works
Works about or by Count Basie. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it. Background reading appears below.
Research sources
Sources and research tools for this person. Research guide: Trace a family through historical records.
Records of the time
- DigitalNC newspapers: 206 Orange County pages naming Count Basie Searchable pages from historic Orange County newspapers
Collections and databases
- NC LIVE: prepared search for Count Basie Library card Search NC LIVE for this subject and Orange County. You can change the search terms. Sign in through your North Carolina library to access the materials.
- Ancestry Library Edition In the libraryOrange County Public Library Census, birth, death and marriage records, and more, free on the public computers at OCPL libraries
Local help
- Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
- Local History Help Hours and request formOCPL Local History Liaison Meet with the Local History Liaison at the Main Library, usually Mondays from noon to 3 p.m., or send a question using the online request form
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