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"Lord Hear My Cry to Thee," music and lyrics by R. Patterson, 1965

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 30
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains sheet music primarily written, transcribed, and/or arranged by influential African American composers and musicians, such as Duke Ellington, Hazel Scott, James Reese Europe, H.T. Burleigh, and more. Influential non-African American composers - such as Noble Cain, Ernest R. Ball, Irving Mills, and more - are included in this series as well.

Dates: 1965

"God's Trombones," music by Roy Ringwald, poems by James Weldon Johnson , 1955

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 31
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains sheet music primarily written, transcribed, and/or arranged by influential African American composers and musicians, such as Duke Ellington, Hazel Scott, James Reese Europe, H.T. Burleigh, and more. Influential non-African American composers - such as Noble Cain, Ernest R. Ball, Irving Mills, and more - are included in this series as well.

Dates: 1955

Paul Robeson ephemera, 1940-1949, 1955; undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 32
Scope and Contents This file includes a concert flyer as part of the Long Beach Civic Concert Series (c. 1940-1941); a "Paul Robeson as Othello, The Moor of Venice" theater program (c. 1943-1944); a "Paul Robeson Sings at Town Hall" concert program (undated); a booklet entitled, "The Negro and Justice: A Plea for Earl Browder" by Dr. Max Yergan and Paul Robeson (1941); a series of statements presented before the House Committee on Un-American Activities by Lester B. Granger (executive director of the National...
Dates: 1940-1949, 1955; undated

Rousseau Family of Musicians postcard, circa 1919

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 33
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains materials which feature prominent all-Black music groups, jubilee singers, and choirs, such as the Fisk Jubilee Singers, the Hall Johnson Choir, the Williams' Jubilee Singers, and more.

Dates: circa 1919

"Boogie-Woogie," piano transcriptions by Hazel Scott, 1943

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 34
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains sheet music primarily written, transcribed, and/or arranged by influential African American composers and musicians, such as Duke Ellington, Hazel Scott, James Reese Europe, H.T. Burleigh, and more. Influential non-African American composers - such as Noble Cain, Ernest R. Ball, Irving Mills, and more - are included in this series as well.

Dates: 1943

Sing Out!, Vol, 8, No. 1, edited by Irwin Silber, spring 1958

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 35
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains music books as well as hymnals and anthologies which compile spirituals, hymns, as well as other sacred music.

Dates: spring 1958

"He's Sweeter as the Days Roll By," music and lyrics by Genese Smith, arranged by Virginia Davis , 1953

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 36
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains sheet music primarily written, transcribed, and/or arranged by influential African American composers and musicians, such as Duke Ellington, Hazel Scott, James Reese Europe, H.T. Burleigh, and more. Influential non-African American composers - such as Noble Cain, Ernest R. Ball, Irving Mills, and more - are included in this series as well.

Dates: 1953

"The Story of the Life of George Washington Carver - Wayfaring Stranger, An Operetta in 3 Acts," by Patricia Jenson, 1966

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 37
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains sheet music primarily written, transcribed, and/or arranged by influential African American composers and musicians, such as Duke Ellington, Hazel Scott, James Reese Europe, H.T. Burleigh, and more. Influential non-African American composers - such as Noble Cain, Ernest R. Ball, Irving Mills, and more - are included in this series as well.

Dates: 1966

Williams' Jubilee Singers materials, circa 1910

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 38
Scope and Contents

This file includes an informational pamphlet and three song booklets.

Dates: circa 1910

11th Annual Original Dixieland Jubilee concert program, October 11, 1958

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 39
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains materials which feature prominent all-Black music groups, jubilee singers, and choirs, such as the Fisk Jubilee Singers, the Hall Johnson Choir, the Williams' Jubilee Singers, and more.

Dates: October 11, 1958