Profiles of Alberta Women
Eleanor Collins – Supporting Information
Archival records
Black Settlers of Alberta & Saskatchewan Historical Society fonds. Provincial Archives of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Lindsay, Jack. Eleanor Collins and band, between 1940 and 1948. CVA 1184-1220. Jack Lindsay Ltd. Photographers fonds. City of Vancouver Archives, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/singer-and-band.
Awards and honours
1986 – Distinguished Centennial Pioneer Award, City of Vancouver
1992 – Inductee, BC Entertainment Hall of Fame
2006 – Sam Payne Lifetime Achievement Award, Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists
2014 – Lifetime Achievement Award, Black Canadian Awards
2014 – Order of Canada
2015 – Lifetime Achievement Award, Black Women in Jazz
2022 – Canada Post launches a commemorative stamp in Eleanor’s honour
N.d. – Award of Excellence, Black Cultural Research Society of Alberta
N.d. – Award of Excellence, BC Black Historical Society
External links and further reading
Amundson, Christian. “Vancouver’s ‘First Lady of Jazz’ Still Going Strong at 99.” CBC News, Nov. 24, 2018. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-s-first-lady-of-jazz-still-going-strong-at-99-1.4915185.
King, Betty Nygaard. “Eleanor Collins.” The Canadian Encyclopedia, May 30, 2017. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/eleanor-collins-emc.
Speaks, Almeta, prod. Hymn to Freedom: The History of Blacks in Canada. New York, NY: Filmakers Library, Inc., 1994. DVD.
Scanlan, Lawrence. They Desire a Better Country. Vancouver: Figure 1 Publishing, 2017.
Musical recordings
Collins, Eleanor, Dave Robbins Quintet, and Fraser MacPherson Quintet. Dave Robbins Quintet; Fraser MacPherson Quintet. CBC Radio Canada, ca. 1962, LP.
Collins, Eleanor, Monique Leyrac, Chris Gage Quartet, and Neil Chotem Quartet. Meet the girls!. CBC Radio Canada Service International, ca. 1964, LP.
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