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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
J. Rosamond Johnson collection
Collection
Identifier: 201
Content Description
This collection includes two photographs, a sheet of blank stationary, two press clippings, and a discography on the career of composer and singer J. Rosamond Johnson.
Dates:
Other: 1938
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Loretta C. Manggrum papers
Collection
Identifier: 242
Content Description
The papers document the career of composer, arranger, and pianist Loretta Manggrum and includes 0.2 linear feet of musical scores, news clippings and audiocassette recordings of Manggrum’s performances. Items of note within the collection are audiocassettes of a 1980 interview with Manggrum and a recording of the program “Can’t You See," a Cantata Composed by Loretta C. Manggrum, a Sermon in Song” (undated).
Dates:
Other: 1970-1987
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
George A. Rhodes papers
Collection
Identifier: 643
Content Description
George A. Rhodes was a pianist, music director, composer, and arranger. He studied piano at the Julliard School and went to work for Appollo Records in 1950-1952. He also worked for RCA Victor (1954-1955), King Records (1955-1956) and Ammco Records as a music arranger from 1958-1959. He was the first Black conductor for Golden Boy in 1965 and the first Black orchestra leader at the Coconut Grove in 1971. Between 1975-1976 he was the first and only Black music conductor at the Tropicana...
Dates:
1947-1997
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Hale Smith papers
Collection
Identifier: 667
Scope and Contents
The Hale Smith papers cover the length of Smith's musical career, documenting his education at the Cleveland Institute of Music; his early career in Cleveland, particularly with the Karamu Theatre; his move to New York where he worked the jazz circuit with Dizzy Gillepsie and Chico Hamilton before he settled into his career as a music editor, an educator, and a copyright specialist; and the relationships he developed over time up to shortly before his death. Hale Smith maintained a...
Dates:
Created: 1840-2012; Other: Majority of material found in 1950-2000; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1984
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Roger Hamilton Spotts collection
Collection
Identifier: 2514
Content Description
This collection consists mainly of photographs related to the life of musician and composer Roger Hamilton Spotts. Original photographs in the collection include images of Spotts; his wife, Betty (nee Mosley); and their daughter, Woni, during the late 1950s through the 1980s. Also present are two hand-colored portrait photographs of Spotts’ parents, Marian H. and Hardin A. Spotts. The majority of the collection is comprised of reprints of original photographs that were subsequently lost in a...
Dates:
Other: 1947-1994
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Howard Swanson papers
Collection
Identifier: 358
Content Description
The papers primarily document the life of Howard Swanson and his contribution to classical music history. The papers are of interest for studying African American composers and more specifically Black scholars of operatic and classical music. Formats in the collection include correspondence, financial records, memorabilia and programs of Swanson’s performances. The bulk of the collection consists of sheet music manuscripts, including several unpublished works. Additionally, the papers...
Dates:
1933-1980, undated
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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