Cecilia M. Brothers collection, ca. 1867-1990.

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Cecilia M. Brothers collection, ca. 1867-1990.

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Papers of J. Stanley Brothers, Jr. (1896-1976) pertaining to his interest in music and decorative American glass manufacturing. Includes original music scores and his published sheet music as well as record albums, assorted sheet music and lyrics 1900s - 1940s; correspondence with W.C. Handy 1954-1955. Unpublished notes, research articles, and slides for a proposed book on the history of American glass; articles by Brothers about American glass for Hobbies magazine. Brothers family papers and photographs. Papers about WKZO radio musical show directed by Brothers in late 1930s in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Papers about the founding of Kalamazoo Art Institute. Ingersoll Homes brochures include information about models built in Kalamazoo.

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Western Michigan University, Dwight B. Waldo Library

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Western Michigan University, Dwight B. Waldo Library

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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 ...

Brothers family.

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Brothers, Cecilia M.,

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Brothers, J. Stanley (John Stanley), 1896-1976

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Ingersoll Homes.

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Kalamazoo Institute of Arts

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