Charity Bailey papers 1950-1978

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Charity Bailey papers 1950-1978

Charity Alberta Bailey (1904-1978) was a pioneer in the field of children's music. Bailey was recognized nationally as an authority on the use of folk music as a tool to teach music to children. Papers consist of biographical material, and working files for the development of a curriculum to teach educators and children. Scrapbooks on the "Sing a Song" television program, several notebooks of musical arrangements and adaptations by Bailey, a notebook entitled "Here's Charity - Songs to Sing and Do," news clippings, lesson plans, diplomas, and material about incorporating Haitian and classical music into her programs.

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Bailey, Charity

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Charity Alberta Bailey (1904-1978) was a pioneer in the field of children's music. Bailey was recognized nationally as an authority on the use of folk music as a tool to teach music to children. From the guide to the Charity Bailey papers, 1950-1978, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.) ...