African American musicians
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
Roger Dickerson papers
Collection
Identifier: 118
Content Description
The papers of New Orleans musician and composer Roger Dickerson are comprised of correspondence, news clipipngs, and programs.
Dates:
Other: 1965-1982
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Roger Dickerson papers
Samuel Dilworth-Leslie papers
Collection
Identifier: 616
Content Description
Dilworth-Leslie’s papers consist of four scrapbooks of news clippings and programs documenting his professional career (1949-2000), correspondence, programs, and publications from various music recitals, competitions, and festivals.
Dates:
Other: 1949-2000
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Samuel Dilworth-Leslie papers
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
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
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Larney Goodkind papers
W. C. Handy letters and sheet music
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2072
Scope and Contents
This collection includes three letters by W. C. Handy, written between 1947 and 1949; all letters are signed by Handy and are written on Handy Brothers Music Co. letterhead. In one letter, addressed to Hart A. Wand, Handy describes his collaborations with William Grant Still, Fletcher Henderson, and other musicians; this letter ends with an anecdote describing the arrest of a church organist for intoxication after playing "St. Louis Blues" on the church bell tower. In another letter, Handy...
Dates:
Created: 1942-1949; Other: Date acquired: 11/29/1971
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
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Walter Harris, Jr. papers
Donald Harrison Sr. Family papers
Collection
Identifier: 786
Content Description
The family papers of long-time Mardi Gras Indian, Big Chief Donald Harrison, Sr. mainly consists of ephemeral items, such as posters, announcements and flyers, invitations and programs, certificates, and promotional publications covering lectures and performances by Donald Harrison, Sr., and the Guardians of the Flame Mardi Gras Indians. Additionally, performances and promotional materials for his son, Saxophonist Donald Harrison, Jr., and his grandson, Trumpeter Christian Scott are...
Dates:
Other: 1977-2017
Henderson Family papers
Collection
Identifier: 177
Scope and Contents
The Henderson Family Papers (2.0 linear feet) contain documentation on the life and work of Fletcher Hamilton Henderson (1857-1943); his wife, Ozie Lee Chapman Henderson (1865-1937); their children, Fletcher Hamilton Henderson, Jr. (1897-1952); Irma Henderson Jacobs (1900-1976); and Horace Wade Henderson (b. 1903); and their only grandchild, Ozie Teresa Henderson Burroughs (b. 1928). The papers are principally non-correspondence, including contracts, a variety of diplomas and certificates,...
Dates:
Created: 1877-1988; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1984
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Henderson Family papers
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
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
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Loretta C. Manggrum papers