EmmanuelTaylor Gordon papers, 1881-1980

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EmmanuelTaylor Gordon papers, 1881-1980

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Taylor Gordon was a Black singer and authorwho grew up in White Sulphur Springs, Montana. Collection (1882-1980) includesletters, writings, financial records, and clippings for Taylor; his sister RoseGordon, a White Sulphur Springs business woman and physical therapist; andother members of the Gordon family; the Florence Mining Company; and theDemocratic party in Montana. [Photographs, artifacts, and publications(including maps and music) tranferred to the Photograph Archives, Museum, andLibrary respectively.]

9 linear feet of shelf space

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Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives

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Gordon, Taylor, 1893-1971

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Singer and author born in White Sulphur Springs, Mont. Emmanuel Taylor Gordon was born in 1893, the youngest son of the only black family in White Sulphur Springs, Mont. For many years he traveled around the U.S. as chef and porter on the private railroad car of circus magnate John Ringling. In New York City Gordon became involved in the "Harlem Renaisaance." He joined with pianist Rosamund Johnson in 1925 in a musical vaudeville act performing Negro spirituals. Gordon a...