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Inez Adams papers
Collection
Identifier: 003
Scope and Contents
The Inez Adams papers document Adams' career as a sociologist and anthropologist. The collection consists of correspondence, financial documents, field notes, and collected publications, and the collection spans the years 1914 to 1966. The papers have been arranged into seven series, which are arranged as follows: Biographical material, correspondence, faculty appointments, field notes, financial records, writings by Inez Adams, and writings collected by Inez Adams. Items of particular...
Dates:
Created: 1914-1966; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1968
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Harold R. Battiste papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 451
Scope and Contents
As a central figure among a small group of jazz musicians and jazz educators who shaped the second 50 years of New Orleans jazz, the papers of Harold R. Battiste document Battiste's career as an influential composer, producer, educator, and promoter of modern jazz music. Also documented are Battiste's various business ventures in the area of music, including his work with Sonny and Cher and the foundation and history of All For One (A.F.O.) Records and At Last Publishing Co., the first...
Dates:
Created: 1928-2010; Other: Date acquired: 08/12/1994
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Jason Berry papers
Collection
Identifier: 045
Scope and Contents
The personal papers of Jason Berry, author, civil rights activist, and press secretary to Charles Evers, consist of 7.89 linear feet of material related to civil rights, politics, and race relations in Mississippi and Louisiana. The papers also document Berry's journalism and interest in the history of jazz in New Orleans, as well as environmental issues in southeast Louisiana. The bulk of the materials consist of documentation related to Charles Evers' gubernatorial (1971) and senatorial...
Dates:
Created: 1971-1991; Other: Majority of material found in 1971-1988; Other: Date acquired: 12/01/1986
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Chicago Music Association collection
Collection
Identifier: 86
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...
Dates:
1936 - 1991, undated
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Rebecca Cureau papers
Collection
Identifier: 763
Content Description
The collections contains 1 linear foot of correspondence, newspaper clippings, musical programs, ephemera, newsletters,” manuscripts, and an unpublished portion of a Master’s thesis and a complete doctoral dissertation. All items detail Cureau’s professional involvement in teaching and researching music, her professional affiliations and relationships, performances, and her participation with institutions and conferences dedicated to Black musical genres, folk music and ethnomusicology. Of...
Dates:
Other: 1954-2000
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Mildred Katharine Ellis papers
Collection
Identifier: 706
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...
Dates:
1904-2004; Majority of material found within 1916-1980
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Walter Harris, Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: 832
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...
Dates:
circa 1920-2018
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Lucile L. Hutton papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 191
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
Created: 1850-1988; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1989
Found in:
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Louisiana Music collection
Collection
Identifier: 230
Content Description
The Louisiana Music Collection consists principally of photocopies of nineteenth century sheet music, both printed and in manuscript. The music is divided into two groups: 1) works and related materials by or about African American composers, principally Creoles of color who were free during the antebellum period; 2) work of and related materials about arrangers, both White and Black, and non-African American composers, especially white Creoles and persons of Italian or Mexican decent. Of...
Dates:
Other: 1854-1982
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Rex Madsen and Jimmie Daniels photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: 240
Scope and Contents
The Rex Madsen and Jimmie Daniels photograph collection documents the life of Jimmie Daniels and his career as a a nightclub host and entertainer during the Harlem Renaissance and into the 1950s and 1960s. The collection measures 1.75 linear feet and is comprised mainly of photographs from circa 1870s-1970s. Many of the photographs are from Daniels' years at the Bon Soir nightclub in Greenwich Village during the 1950s. Additional items include musical scores, invitations, postcards, and...
Dates:
Created: 1870s-1980; Other: Majority of material found in 1930s-1960s; Other: Date acquired: 02/01/1987
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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