The Ernie Anderson Collection

The Ernie Anderson Collection was acquired by the Louis Armstrong House Museum through a purchase from Anderson’s daughter, Allie Barnicoat, in 2012. Anderson is perhaps best known for producing seminal Armstrong concerts at Town Hall and Symphony Hall in 1947 but he spent much of the late 1940s and 1950s as Armstrong’s overseas publicity representative. This photo-heavy collection contains dozens of images of Armstrong and His All Stars in Europe and Africa, most of which were not previously held by the Museum.