Gladys Palmer interview : oral history transcript / tape-recorded interview conducted in 1981 by Barbara B. Lashley : Berkeley, Calif., 1981.

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Gladys Palmer interview : oral history transcript / tape-recorded interview conducted in 1981 by Barbara B. Lashley : Berkeley, Calif., 1981.

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Regarding her childhood in Jamaica, adolescence in Atlanta, career and travels as a nightclub singer in the United States and abroad, and jazz musicians in the San Francisco Bay Area. Also includes her recollections of Billie Holiday and other Jazz musicians.

Transcript: [6], 95, [3] leaves ; 28 cm.Phonotapes: 4 sound cassettes : analog.

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