subj15. Holdings related to Music

Scope and Contents The papers document the personal and professional lives of the John Wesley Dobbs family of Atlanta, Georgia. The key topics are civil rights, education, integration, race relations, and African American suffrage. The main strengths are the civil rights activities of the family as well as J.W. Dobb's tenure as Grand Master of Prince Hall Masonic Grand Lodge of Georgia. The collection encompasses 5.8 linear feet of correspondence, photographs, programs, sound recordings, speeches, and news...

Acknowledgement This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services award MH-245560-OMS-20. Scope and Contents The Mildred Ellis papers consists of 8.59 linear feet of correspondence, photographs, ephemera, news clippings, music recital programs, and other memorabilia, providing an extensive view into the life and career of composer and musician, Dr. Mildred Ellis. Also included in this collection are records from the...

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The Willard B. Gatewood, Jr. collection includes a 26-page typescript essay by Gatewood, "Black Aristocracy in the Age of Washington." The collection also contains a transcription of an interview with Julia Moore Griffin by her granddaughter, Margot Daniell, and sheet music (circa 1942) for a Creole lullaby "Go To Sleep/ Fais Do Do" arranged by Camille Nickerson.

Content Description The Laurraine R. Goreau includes the libretto, music, piano score, correspondence, clipping, and two audition tapes (audiocassette) regarding her folk opera "The Ballad of Catfoot Grimes," based on the poem of the same title by Hodding Carter II. The Flood song is on the audition tapes, it was performed by the University of Georgia Chorus and conducted by Eva Jessye. Clipping is a photocopy and contains biographical data regarding Goreau, journalist and author of the biography of...

Content Description Two reel-to-reel audio tapes of interviews with Dr. Frederick Douglass Hall, Sr., conducted by Harry Eskew in July and August of 1976. Hall was then head of the Music Department at Dillard University. Hall, a Rosenwald Fellow, had an active career on faculty of Dillard University, Jackson State University, Alabama State University, and Southern University. Interviews discuss Hall's childhood, his experiences as a musician and as a faculty member at historically Black colleges and...

Scope and Contents This collection includes three letters by W. C. Handy, written between 1947 and 1949; all letters are signed by Handy and are written on Handy Brothers Music Co. letterhead. In one letter, addressed to Hart A. Wand, Handy describes his collaborations with William Grant Still, Fletcher Henderson, and other musicians; this letter ends with an anecdote describing the arrest of a church organist for intoxication after playing "St. Louis Blues" on the church bell tower. In another letter, Handy...

Content Description The Walter Harris, Jr. papers document his professional work as a Professor of Music at Arizona State University (ASU) from 1980 to 2000 and Loyola University New Orleans 2003 to 2018. The papers mainly encompass course outlines and syllabi with supporting research documentation for courses focused on African American Music in particular music culture, esthetics in traditional Africa, and Negro Spirituals. The bulk of the collection consists of sheet music focused on African American...

Scope and Contents The Henderson Family Papers (2.0 linear feet) contain documentation on the life and work of Fletcher Hamilton Henderson (1857-1943); his wife, Ozie Lee Chapman Henderson (1865-1937); their children, Fletcher Hamilton Henderson, Jr. (1897-1952); Irma Henderson Jacobs (1900-1976); and Horace Wade Henderson (b. 1903); and their only grandchild, Ozie Teresa Henderson Burroughs (b. 1928). The papers are principally non-correspondence, including contracts, a variety of diplomas and certificates,...

Content Description Moses Hogan was a native of New Orleans and a well-known classical pianist, composer, and internationally renowned arranger of American Spirituals. He was a member of the first class of the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. He studied with jazz pianist Ellis Marsalis and won a scholarship to Oberlin College and later studied at The Julliard School. In 1980, Hogan started the New World Ensemble choir, which he composed for. During the 1990s he formed the Moses Hogan Chorale and later the...

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The papers of Lucile Levy Hutton occupy 7.8 linear feet of shelf space and cover not only her career in public education; but also chronicle her vigorous participation in civic, religious, and cultural activities. Correspondence (1890-1988) has been kept with related material where it was generated and therefore may be found in six of the ten series. The papers are arranged chronologically within each category.