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African-American Sheet Music, 1850-1920: Selected from the Collections of Brown University   -- web presentation.

Music reflecting African-American culture and key social issues.

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Valburn/Ellington Collection   -- collection.

Printed music, clippings and publicity photographs related to one of America’s outstanding jazz composers and ...

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Katherine Dunham Collection   -- collection.

Audio-visual archive of Miss Dunham's fieldwork, choreography, and performance.

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Tad Hershorn Collection of Jazz Research Materials   -- collection.

Research materials documenting the career of jazz impresario Norman Granz.

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Home Sweet Home: Life in Nineteenth-century Ohio   -- web presentation.

Music reflecting 19th-century middle American

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The Zora Neale Hurston Plays at the Library of Congress   -- web presentation.

Rediscovered plays by the noted African American author and scholar.

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The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip   -- web presentation.

An ethnographic field collection which includes nearly 700 sound recordings documenting a three-month trip through the southern United States by John Avery Lomax and his wife ...

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National Negro Opera Company Collection, 1931-1989   -- collection.

Correspondence and business papers of an American opera company.

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"Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943   -- web presentation.

Sound recordings of blues and gospel songs with related documentation from the folk festival at Fort Valley State College (now Fort Valley State University), Fort Valley, ...

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Charles Mingus Collection, 1939-1979   -- collection.

The papers of an important American jazz bassist and composer.

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Jelly Roll Morton Collection, 1905-1941   -- collection.

Manuscript and published copyright deposits including transcriptions of recorded versions of the composer’s ...

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Billy Taylor Papers, 1942-2004   -- collection.

Music manuscripts and papers of the celebrated jazz musician, composer, educator and author.

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1. African-American Sheet Music, 1850-1920: Selected from the Collections of Brown University -- web presentation. Music reflecting African-American culture and key social issues.	2. Valburn/Ellington Collection -- collection. Printed music, clippings and publicity photographs related to one of America’s outstanding jazz composers and ...	3. Katherine Dunham Collection -- collection. Audio-visual archive of Miss Dunham's fieldwork, choreography, and performance.
4. Tad Hershorn Collection of Jazz Research Materials -- collection. Research materials documenting the career of jazz impresario Norman Granz.	5. Home Sweet Home: Life in Nineteenth-century Ohio -- web presentation. Music reflecting 19th-century middle American	6. The Zora Neale Hurston Plays at the Library of Congress -- web presentation. Rediscovered plays by the noted African American author and scholar.
7. The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip -- web presentation. An ethnographic field collection which includes nearly 700 sound recordings documenting a three-month trip through the southern United States by John Avery Lomax and his wife ...	8. National Negro Opera Company Collection, 1931-1989 -- collection. Correspondence and business papers of an American opera company.	9. "Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 -- web presentation. Sound recordings of blues and gospel songs with related documentation from the folk festival at Fort Valley State College (now Fort Valley State University), Fort Valley, ...
10. Charles Mingus Collection, 1939-1979 -- collection. The papers of an important American jazz bassist and composer.	11. Jelly Roll Morton Collection, 1905-1941 -- collection. Manuscript and published copyright deposits including transcriptions of recorded versions of the composer’s ...	12. Billy Taylor Papers, 1942-2004 -- collection. Music manuscripts and papers of the celebrated jazz musician, composer, educator and author.