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Annabelle Bernard papers
Collection
Identifier: 622
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 Annabelle Bernard’s papers reflect more than forty years of her extensive career as an internationally renowned opera singer. Her papers consist of news clippings; correspondence; programs in English, German and Italian; photographs; and critical reviews documenting Bernard’s career. Also included are two...
Dates:
Other: 1956-2001, undated
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Amistad Research Center
Carol Brice papers
Collection
Identifier: 056
Scope and Contents
The Carol Brice papers document the career and personal life of Carol Lovette Brice, an acclaimed African American concert singer, recording artist, and professor in the United States and abroad. The papers encompass 11.8 linear feetof correspondence (2.3 linear feet), programs and professional materials (2.3 linear feet), news clippings and publications (1.0 linear foot), personal and financial materials, miscellaneous collected items (0.8 linear feet), as well as photographs, scrapbooks,...
Dates:
Created: 1905-1986; Other: Date acquired: 12/01/1972
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Anne Wiggins Brown papers
Collection — Container: 14 items
Identifier: 057
Scope and Contents
The papers of Anne Wiggins Brown document her career as a singer, producer and stage director which spanned five decades. Brown was the original "Bess" in George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. The papers include personal and professional correspondence, photographs, financial records, musical scores, playbills, posters and other collected publications. A large majority of the collection is newspaper clippings. The correspondence dates from 1935 until 1998. The earliest correspondence...
Dates:
Created: 1935-2002; Other: Date acquired: 11/01/1991
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Thomas Carey papers
Collection
Identifier: 71
Scope and Contents
Papers of Thomas Devore Carey, baritone singer, professor of music, and husband of Carol Brice include correspondence, financial records, and administrative materials on their joint project, the Cimarron Circuit Opera Company.The papers consist of correspondence, photographs, news releases, newspaper and magazine clippings, programs, brochures, and announcements. The bulk of his correspondence (1959-1969) are letters written to Maestro and Madame (Wilfred and Rose Pelletier),...
Dates:
1947-1991
Found in:
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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
John Wesley Dobbs Family papers
Collection
Identifier: 122
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...
Dates:
Created: 1873-2001; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1974
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Larney Goodkind papers
Collection
Identifier: 726
Content Description
The papers primarily document Larney Goodkind’s client, William Warfield, and highlight Goodkind’s efforts to promote Warfield’s career as an international classical operatic performer. Some materials pertain to other clients as well, including African American soprano Leontyne Price. Formats in the collection include correspondence, concert programs and stage bills, concert reviews, photographs, contracts, biographical sketches, scrapbooks, certificates and awards, press releases, and sound...
Dates:
1948-1997, undated
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
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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
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Isabel Washington Powell papers
Collection
Identifier: 306
Scope and Contents
The papers of singer, actress, and teacher Isabel Washington Powell document her career in show business, her marriage to Adam Clayton Powell Jr, and her later teaching career in New York City public schools. The collection is .2 linear feet and dates from 1929-1981. It includes correspondence, news clippings, a scrapbook, photographs, and other miscellaneous items pertaining to Powell's life and work. The correspondence in the collection dates from 1966-1981; therefore, none of...
Dates:
Created: 1929-1981; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1983
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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