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African American musicians

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

Iris Ewing Babcock collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2008
Content Description

Includes collected clippings and ephemera, which includes articles on African American musicians, school desegregation, and other topics. Of note is a broadside authored by Gerald L. K. Smith of the Share-Our-Wealth Society in tribute to the ideals of Huey Long after his assassination with the heading "The Spirit and Purpose of Huey Long Shall Never Die."

Dates: Other: 1934-1958
Found in: Amistad Research Center / Iris Ewing Babcock collection

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 / Harold R. Battiste papers

Harold R. Battiste photograph

 Collection — small collections
Identifier: 2499
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one 14 x 14 in. black and white photograph of New Orleans musician Harold R. Battiste in front of a piano by New Orleans fine art photographer Eric Paul Julien. The photograph is signed, numbered, and dated by the photographer. The photograph was taken in 2008.

Dates: Created: 2008; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2008
Found in: Amistad Research Center / Harold R. Battiste photograph

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
Found in: Amistad Research Center / Annabelle Bernard papers

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 / Jason Berry papers

Osceola Blanchet papers

 Collection
Identifier: 496
Content Description

Osceola Blanchet was a pianist, school teacher, and a member of the Osceola Five, a singing group formed in New Orleans in 1925. The original male quintet included Blanchet, Andrew J. Young, Laddie Melton, and Lord Beaconsfield Landry, and performed classical and spiritual music. The collection includes concert programs for the Osceola Five and other local concerts, correspondence, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, rosters of subsequent members of the quintet, and sheet music.

Dates: Other: 1926-1975
Found in: Amistad Research Center / Osceola Blanchet papers

Edward V. Bonnemere collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2017
Content Description

Includes correspondence, clippings, biographical data, photographs, and ephemera related to the career of Eddie V. Bonnemere - a proponent of jazz music in liturgical settings. Also includes an audiocassette of Bonnemere's album Isn't it Odd?

Dates: Other: 1966-1985
Found in: Amistad Research Center / Edward V. Bonnemere collection

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: Amistad Research Center / Thomas Carey papers

Dent Family papers addendum

 Collection
Identifier: 116-01
Scope and Contents The addendum to the papers of Albert Walter Dent (1904-1984) and Ernestine Jessie Covington Dent (1904-2001) provides a rich source of documentation of a prominent African American family, and covers topics such as education, healthcare, musical traditions and culture in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Houston, Texas. The papers consist of 38 linear feet of personal and collected papers of both individuals and other Covington-Dent family members. The addition to the papers is comprised of...
Dates: 1890-2001, undated
Found in: Amistad Research Center / Dent Family papers addendum

Dent Family papers addendum

 Collection
Identifier: 116-2
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 The Dent Family papers addendum include the personal, professional, and collected papers of Albert Walter Dent (1904-1984) and Ernestine Jessie Covington Dent (1904-2001). The papers break down into six series: the papers of Albert Walter Dent, the papers of Ernestine Jessie Covington Dent, images, ephemera,...
Dates: Other: 1948-2010
Found in: Amistad Research Center / Dent Family papers addendum

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