Katherine Handy Lewis papers, 1925-1983.

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Katherine Handy Lewis papers, 1925-1983.

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The Katherine Handy Lewis Papers document some of Mrs. Lewis' personal and professional interests and include material relating to her father and to the Handy Brothers Music Company. Papers pertaining to Mrs. Lewis consist of biographical information, correspondence, printed material and financial records concerning her musical endeavors, but do not reflect her presidency of the Handy Brothers Music Company. Family papers include financial and legal records in addition to correspondence between W.C. Handy and Mrs. Lewis and others, 1939-1957. Of special interest are a memorandum of agreement between Handy and E.A. Niles to collaborate on a collection of blues (1925), a legal document referring to W.C. Handy's estate; and printed material especially regarding the W.C. Handy Home and Museum in Florence, Alabama. Additional papers relating to W.C. Handy are comprised of printed material on the W.C. Handy Centennial Celebration in Florence, Alabama (1973), correspondence about issuing a commemorative stamp, and undated writings of W.C. Handy. Records of the Handy Brothers Music Company consist of sheet music published by the company, some written by Mrs. Lewis; correspondence, 1958-1981; a catalog of music, 1949; legal and financial records; and a script for a television program, "Road to Freedom" by Douglas Hardee which focused on the struggle of African Americans in Alabama and features W.C. Handy, among others, 1978.

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 6744517

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Handy, W. C., 1873-1958

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W. C. Handy, also known as William Christopher Handy (born Florence, Alabama, November 16, 1873-died March 25, 1958, New York, New York), known as the "Father of the Blues," is credited with helping popularize blues music. In 1896, he joined W. A. Mahara's Minstrels, as its trumpeter-bandleader and began a theatrical production that featured African American music. In the early 1900s, he started writing his own music with the first published commercial blues song "Memphis Blues," which became a ...

Lewis, Katherine Handy, 1902-1982

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Interviewee married Homer Lewis. From the description of Reminiscences of Katherine Handy Lewis : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481395 Katherine Handy Lewis was an early blues singer who was the first to sing the songs written by her father, W.C. Handy. Born in Normal, Alabama in 1902, her family moved to Harlem, New York in 1919. Mrs. Lewis performed at an historic concert at Carnegie Hall in 1928, the...

Handy Bros. Music Co.

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