Lawrence Brown papers 1916-1972

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Lawrence Brown papers 1916-1972

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Composer, pianist, arranger. Brown worked as Paul Robeson's accompanist for thirty-eight years. The Lawrence Brown papers encompass correspondence reflecting Brown's wide-ranging travels, and his friendships (mostly letters written by his friends and business associates); personal papers; travel file consisting mostly of itineraries for tours; financial records comprised largely of royalty and earnings statements; programs for Brown and other artists; scrapbooks of news clippings and telegrams covering the Brown and Paul Robeson concert years (1928-1968); news clippings of concert reviews; and original scores and sheet music written by Brown and other composers. Papers relate to Brown's life and times, including World War I, Harlem Renaissance, World War II, spirituals, and his collaborator, Paul Robeson. Correspondents include Amanda Aldridge, Ethel Gardner Dingle, Jannett Hamlyn, Roland Hayes, Langston Hughes, Zaidee Jackson, William Lawrence, John Payne, Paul and Eslanda Robeson, Clara Rockmore, Robert Rockmore, Mrs. Corinne Sawyer (Brown's landlady), and Greta and I. W. Sequeira.

4.5 lin. ft.; l0 microfilm reels

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section

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Hayes, Roland W., 1887-1977

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Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967

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Sequeira, I. W

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Rockmore, Robert

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Dingle, Ethel Gardner

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Epithet: of Sloane MS 4056 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001300.0x0003ce Epithet: of Add MS 34456 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001300.0x0003cb Epithet: publisher; Accountant-general, Bank of England 1780 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001300.0x0...

Jackson, Zaidee

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Sawyer, Corinne

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Hamlyn, Jannett

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1896 Dec.15 Born to John Goode and Eslanda Cardozo Goode in Washington, D.C., the third of three children; brothers John and Frank. Maternal grandfather was Francis Lewis Cardozo, who served as South Carolina's Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury during Reconstruction Days. 1912 Graduated from Urbana High School, Urbana, Illinois. ...

Jacksons, William

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Aldridge, Amanda Ida

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Brown, Lawrence, 1893-1972

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Lawrence, William, Sir, 1783-1867

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