Arna Bontemps letters to William Grant Still and Verna Arvey, 1939-1947.

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Arna Bontemps letters to William Grant Still and Verna Arvey, 1939-1947.

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Letters from Arna Bontemps to the composer William Grant Still and his wife Verna Arvey concern a variety of topics, such as a proposed collaboration on an opera and a finalized collaboration setting Bontemps's poem "Idolatry" to music. One letter provides a biographical sketch of Bontemps and others concern gifts by William Grant Still to the library collections at Fisk University.

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Arvey, Verna, 1910-1987

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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. ...

Bontemps, Arna, 1902-1973

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African-American poet, critic, playwright, novelist, author of children’s books, librarian. From the guide to the Arna Bontemps Papers, 1927-1968, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) Teacher in New York, N.Y., and Huntsville, Ala.; head librarian, Fisk University; professor, University of Chicago; curator of James Weldon Johnson Collection and visiting professor of English, Yale University; writer in residence, Fisk University; and author. ...