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African American Musicians

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Afro-American musicians ; Musicians, African American ; Negro musicians ; Afro-American musicians ; Negro musicians

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

Debutante Concert, No.1, May 1965

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: 024.01.32
Scope and Contents

Depicts LaVera L. Greene wearing a ballgown as she stands in the center aisle of St. James AME Church. She is flanked by Miss Jessie Coleman and Mady M. Lugler on her right and Ms. Bernice Hardy on her left. LaVera is holding a bouquet of roses.

Dates: May 1965

Debutante Concert, No.2, May 1965

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: 024.01.33
Scope and Contents

Depicts LaVera Greene, wearing a floor length gown, standing by herslef in the choir section of St. James AME Church, singing to an unseen audience. A piano accompanies her singing.

Dates: May 1965

Elder musicians at Hallie Q., circa 1975

 File — Case 1, Carton: 5 and 6
Identifier: 019.01.05.25-27
Scope and Contents

Color. Depicts three musicians in Clubroom C playing the clarinet and the saxophone.

Dates: circa 1975

HQB Annual Gala, October 2010

 File — Box 8, Folder: 2
Identifier: 006.08.02.2
Scope and Contents

Color prints depicting the 2010 HQB Gala, held in the canteen and Clubroom C at HQB. Notable persons apearing in this photo packet are as follows: Jonathan D. Palmer and Betty V. Maxwell (wife of Judge Stephen L. Maxwell).

Dates: October 2010

Kids playing instruments, February 1962

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: 006.01.09.13
Scope and Contents

Black and white photograph of three children playing horn instruments. Inscription on the back reads as follows:

"Left to right: Timothy McKinney, 8 years old, 756 Fuller [Ave]. Erick Collins, 8 [years old], 918 Fuller [Ave]. Harrison Davis, 11 [years old], 722 Fuller [Ave]. Hallie Q. Brown House".

Dates: February 1962

List-in II: A Shade of Black, 1972

 Item — Box 11, Folder: 6
Identifier: 001.11.06.6
Scope and Contents

Blue flyer from HQB Cultural Arts department. Program includes the following performers:

Michael Bailey and Alan Cogshell; Robert McLain; Renee Sickman and Margaret Dolan; Michael Bailey and Roberta Davis; and Mount Olivet Choir.

Dates: 1972

Music group No. 2, June 1956

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: 012.01.05.9
Scope and Contents

Black and white photo of three boys playing instruments. A handwritten caption identifies the boys as Adolph, John, and Noel.

Dates: June 1956

Richard Smith Jr. playing a guitar

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 7
Identifier: 006.02.07.3
Scope and Contents

Black and white portrait of Richard "Dick" Smith Jr..

Dates: Majority of material found within 1940 - 2000; 1900 - 2022

Roberta Davis, circa 1960

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: 006.02.01.3
Scope and Contents

Black and white photo of Roberta Davis holding a Beyer Dynamics microphone.

Dates: circa 1960

Three choral singings, December 1955

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: 012.01.05.24
Scope and Contents

Black and white photo of three teenage girls standing in front of a Christmas tree, holding sheet-music booklets in their hands.

Dates: December 1955