Lawrence Brown papers, 1916-1972.

Hayes, Roland W., 1887-1977

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Roland Hayes (June 3, 1887 – January 1, 1977) was an American lyric tenor and composer. Critics lauded his abilities and linguistic skills demonstrated with songs in French, German and Italian. Earlier African-American concert artists were not recorded because in their day recording companies were only interested in a vaudeville type of singer. Hayes was one of the first to break this barrier and in 1939 he recorded with Columbia. Earlier both Marian Anderson and Paul Robeson had recorded from t...

Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976

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Born in Princeton, New Jersey, on April 9, 1898, Paul Robeson was a multitalented man whose artistic and political career spanned over four decades, from the 1920s to the 1960s. Known worldwide during the 1930s and 1940s, he fell from prominence in the 1960s because of the political controversy that surrounded him during the McCarthy era. Robeson was a talented dramatic actor whose performance of Othello in this country in 1943-44 once held the record for the ...

Rockmore, Robert

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Jackson, Zaidee

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Brown, Lawrence, 1893-1972

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Composer, pianist, arranger. Brown worked as Paul Robeson's accompanist for thirty-eight years. From the description of Lawrence Brown papers, 1916-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122639996 From the guide to the Lawrence Brown papers, 1916-1972, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.) ...

Sequeira, I. W.

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Jacksons, William.

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Robeson, Eslanda Goode, 1896-1965

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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. ...

Hamlyn, Jannett.

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Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967

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Poet, author, playwright, songwriter. From the guide to the Langston Hughes collection, [microform], 1926-1967, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.) From the description of Langston Hughes collection, 1926-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 144652168 Langson Hughes: African-American poet and writer, author of Weary Blue (1926), The Big Sea (1940), and other works. ...

Rockmore, Clara

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Clara Rockmore (1911-1998) was a Russian-born American thereminist. Originally trained as a violinist, Rockmore was forced to abandon the instrument after developing severe joint and muscular pain. During the mid-1920's, she immigrated to the United States and soonafter became a student and close friend of scientist and inventor Leon Thérémin. For nearly two decades, Rockmore played the theremin in a series of concert tours in New York and throughout the United States. She also performed frequ...

Payne, John E.

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American cattle rancher. From the description of Papers, 1893-1917. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 29547123 Veteran of the Civil War and agent of the Freedmen's Bureau. John Payne joined the Union army as a private in the 15th Regiment Iowa Infantry. Appointed second lieutenant to the 10th Regiment of Louisiana Volunteers of African Descent, he served as aide-de-camp to Brigadier General J.R. Hawkins of the 3rd Brigade, First Division, ...

Lawrence William, ...

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William Lawrence was a Philadelphia merchant and hatter. From the description of Daybook, 1769-1798. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 86165612 ...

Sequeira, Greta.

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Dingle, Ethel Gardner.

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Sawyer, Corinne Holt

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Aldridge, Amanda Ida.

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