Papers, ca. 1927-ca. 1970.

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Papers, ca. 1927-ca. 1970.

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Personal papers, correspondence, music programs (1927-1970), diaries (1937-1974), writings, musical compositions and arrangements, photographs, printed matter, and a scrapbook relating chiefly to Nickerson's career as a performer and her interest in African American music and the Creole folk songs of Louisiana.

10 linear ft.

Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University

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SNAC Resource ID: 8046439

Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University

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Howard University

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Howard University is a private, federally chartered historically black research university in Washington, D.C. Tracing its history to 1867, from its outset Howard has been nonsectarian and open to people of all sexes and races. The institution was named for General Oliver Otis Howard, a Civil War hero who was both the founder of the university and, at the time, commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau. The U.S. Congress chartered Howard on March 2, 1867 and much of its early funding came from endow...

Nickerson, Camille

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African American musician, composer, and music faculty member, Howard University (1926-1962); b. 1888; d. 1982. From the description of Papers, ca. 1927-ca. 1970. (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 70939778 1888 March 30 Born in New Orleans, Louisiana to William Joseph and Julie Ellen Nickerson. n.d. Graduated High School...