Music

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.

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...