Blanche Calloway scrapbook and other papers

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Blanche Calloway scrapbook and other papers

circa 1914-1950

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Scrapbook documents Blanche Calloway's career for the years 1934-1938 and contains programs, handbills, telegrams, letters, photographs, clippings, the transcript of an interview, ephemera, and a signed note from Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. Additional papers include three drawings of Calloway, photographs, and a typescript tribute signed Rhoda Dash. Photographs are of Blanche, her brother Cab Calloway, his wives and children, her brother Elmer Calloway, and others.

.25 linear feet (2 boxes)

eng, Latn

Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11665956

Houghton Library

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Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994

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Cabell Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was a Black American singer, songwriter, dancer, bandleader, conductor and actor. He was associated with the Cotton Club in Harlem, where he was a regular performer and became a popular vocalist of the swing era. His niche of mixing jazz and vaudeville won him acclaim during a career that spanned over 65 years. Calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the most popular dance bands in the United States from the ea...

Calloway, Blanche, 1902-1978

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Blanche Dorothea Jones Calloway (February 9, 1902 – December 16, 1978) was an American jazz singer, composer, and bandleader. She was the older sister of Cab Calloway and was a successful singer before her brother. With a music career that spanned over fifty years, Calloway was the first woman to lead an all-male orchestra and performed alongside musicians such as Cozy Cole, Chick Webb, and her brother. Her performing style was described as flamboyant and a major influence on her brother's perfo...