Bertha Des Verney papers, 1929-1977.

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Bertha Des Verney papers, 1929-1977.

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The Bertha Des Verney Papers include programs and flyers for musical events with which Des Verney was involved, such as productions sponsored by Mother A.M.E. Zion Church and its Dramatic Club, and concerts held in Harlem featuring African American singers and musicians that she promoted. Included among her papers are holograph music of her arrangements and compositions, annotated musical texts and incomplete scripts and programs from some of the plays and dramatic productions that she wrote and/or directed. For the Washington Music School there are reports, financial records and a history of the school, 1931. Material for the National Association of Negro Musicians includes programs for conventions. The collection also includes two scrapbooks, one of which contains news clippings and programs for musical concerts, primarily featuring of African-American artists, 1929-1957.

.6 lin. ft. (1 printbox, 1/2 archival box)

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 7789018

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Des Verney, Bertha

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Bertha Des Verney was an African American pianist, composer/arranger, singer, playwright, concert promoter, and music teacher, who devoted much of her time to church and community activities. Des Verney joined Harlem's Mother A.M.E. Zion Church in 1919 and for more than forty years served as the director of several of its choirs and was president of the church's Dramatic Club. Among other educational responsibilities, she was director of the Washington Music School in Albany, New York in the 193...

Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (New York, N.Y.)

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National Association of Negro Musicians (U.S.)

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Ministers of Music and Drama League (New York, N.Y.)

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Washington Music School (Albany, N.Y.)

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