subj15. Holdings related to Music

Content Description This collection reflects the contributions of members of the Chicago Chapter of the Friends of the Amistad Research Center documenting African American historical, political, and cultural organizations in Chicago and throughout the United States. The collection consists of collected materials including collected speeches, programs, clippings, sheet music, photographs, and other miscellaneous formats. The organization is also documented through materials from the chapter's founding in 1979....

Content Description This collection is comprised of 7.84 linear feet of printed items of the Chicago Music Association, the first incorporated branch of the National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc. and of collected printed items highlighting the musical activities of the members of the Association, the recipients of its yearly cash awards, and other professional African American musicians, singers and organizations. Formats in the collection include programs, playbills, flyers and newsletters. The bulk of...

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The Cincinnati Chapter of the Friends of the Amistad Research Center collection encompasses collected materials regarding the history of African Americans in Cincinnati. The collection contains correspondence, financial records, invitations, meeting minutes, newsletters, photographs, programs, and other ephemera. primarily regarding activities in the Cincinnati area.

Of interest is information on gospel music, including collected materials on the Cincinnati Gospel Choral Union

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One television script by Ellis Cooper entitled "Tine Lee." The biographical television drama script about Leontyne Price begins with her infancy and highlights events in her career, including concerts in her hometown of Laurel, Mississippi. Events in her life span the years from 1927 to 1969.

Content Description Sammy Davis Jr. was born on December 8, 1925, in New York City and began his career in entertainment at the age of three in 1928 in vaudeville with the Will Mastin Trio. He was part of the Rat Pack in Hollywood along with actors and singers Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. Davis was a renown singer and dancer who made numerous television appearances and movies such as 1959s “Porgy & Bess” and “Ocean’s Eleven” in 1960. This collection consists of photocopies of new clippings covering Sammy...

Scope and Contents The addendum to the papers of Albert Walter Dent (1904-1984) and Ernestine Jessie Covington Dent (1904-2001) provides a rich source of documentation of a prominent African American family, and covers topics such as education, healthcare, musical traditions and culture in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Houston, Texas. The papers consist of 38 linear feet of personal and collected papers of both individuals and other Covington-Dent family members. The addition to the papers is comprised of...

Scope and Contents This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services award MH-245560-OMS-20. Content Description The Dent Family papers addendum include the personal, professional, and collected papers of Albert Walter Dent (1904-1984) and Ernestine Jessie Covington Dent (1904-2001). The papers break down into six series: the papers of Albert Walter Dent, the papers of Ernestine Jessie Covington Dent, images, ephemera,...

Scope and Contents The papers of Tom Dent provide a rich documentary source in the areas of African American literature and theater, the Civil Rights Movement, and the society and culture of New Orleans. The collection encompasses 149 linear feet of correspondence, literary manuscripts, oral history interviews, photographs, financial records, and memorabilia generated by one of New Orleans' most treasured poets, playwrights, and oral historians. Dent was a prolific writer of letters, poetry, and...

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The papers of New Orleans musician and composer Roger Dickerson are comprised of correspondence, news clipipngs, and programs.

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Dilworth-Leslie’s papers consist of four scrapbooks of news clippings and programs documenting his professional career (1949-2000), correspondence, programs, and publications from various music recitals, competitions, and festivals.