Reginald Robert Thomasson papers, 1932-1996.

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Reginald Robert Thomasson papers, 1932-1996.

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Clippings, photographs, programs, and sheet music reflecting Reginald R. Thomasson's career as a musician and band director at the Colored Normal, Industrial, Agricultural, and Mechanical College of South Carolina (now South Carolina State University). Also contains scores autographed by William Grant Still, the first African-American to conduct a major symphony in 1936 with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.

.5 cubic ft.

South Carolina State University, Miller F. Whittak, Miller F. Whittaker Library

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South Carolina State University (Orangeburg, S.C.)

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Still, William Grant, 1895-1978

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Composer; d. 1978. From the description of William Grant Still papers, 1937-1969. (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 70972606 Epithet: composer and conductor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001186.0x000212 William Grant Still was a prominent African-American composer. Verna Arvey, Still's wife, was a journalist and musician who collaborated with her husband on many compositions. ...

Thomasson, Reginald Robert, c. 1914-1990.

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Native of Arkansas; received his BS (1936) and BA (1940) from the Colored Normal, Industrial, Agricultural, and Mechanical College of South Carolina (now South Carolina State University), Orangeburg, South Carolina; received his MA from California State University; served as the sole director of bands at the Colored Normal, Industrial, Agricultural, and Mechanical College of South Carolina, 1936-1960; wrote the words and music to "The Evening Song," adopted in 1939 as the official college song a...