John Wesley Work III papers, 1915-1971 [microform].

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John Wesley Work III papers, 1915-1971 [microform].

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Materials include biographical data; family history; general and personal correspondence; speeches; compositions; sheet music; Work's published and unpublished writings; class assignments and notes; correspondence, contracts, itinerary, broadcast, scheduled programs, diary, news releases, news clippings, financial, notes and scrapbooks pertaining to the Fisk Jubilee Singers European trip (1956); materials about his father, John Wesley Work II (1873-1925); manuscript, Folk Songs of the American Negro and the book; music; arrangements; manuscript compositions; unpublished music; study of Brazilian music; study of Haitian music; Coahoma study, "In the Bottom"; his personal correspondence; and a collection of music by Black composers.

1 microfilm reel (9.5 linear ft.).

John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives

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Jubilee Singers (Fisk University)

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Fisk University

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Work, John Wesley, 1873-1925

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John Wesley Work (1873-1925), African American composer and university professor from Nashville, Tennessee. From the description of John Wesley Work papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863190 ...

Work, John W. (John Wesley), 1901-1967

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Chair, Fisk University Music Department; director of the Jubilee Singers, and author of American Negro Songs: a Comprehensive Collection of 230 Folk Songs, Religious and Secular; sometimes know as John Wesley Work II. From the description of John Wesley Work III papers, 1915-1971 [microform]. (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 70972612 ...