Celebrating Willie Ruff as an Oral Historian

The exhibition is displayed in the Poorvu Corridor, outside of the Gilmore Music Library entrance, within Sterling Memorial Library.

Celebrating the life of Yale’s Willie Ruff in conjunction with Yale School of Music’s Willie Ruff Memorial Concert. The exhibit features oral histories recorded by Willie speaking with other legendary Black musicians and composers. These oral histories are part of the Gilmore Music Library’s Oral History of American Music project and is presented in partnership with the Yale School of Music’s March 29th Willie Ruff Memorial Concert.

Curators include: Suzanne Lovejoy, Music Librarian for Research and Access Services.