Billie Holiday collection, 1953-1981.

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Billie Holiday collection, 1953-1981.

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The collection contains materials relating to the personal life and career of Billie Holiday, her husband Louis McKay, and her estate from 1953-1981. The collection includes correspondence, legal documents, financial statements, and photographs. The first section of the collection contains documents directly related to Billie Holiday, including some of her correspondence, notes she wrote concerning performances, manuscript music scores, photographs, tax returns, and legal documents.Of particular interest is a prescription for an experimental drug to help with her heroin addiction. The second section of the collection contains materials created after Holiday's death concerning the management of her estate. The majority of the correspondence and documents relate to legal proceedings regarding royalty payments. One of the correspondents is African American civil and women's rights activist Florynce Kennedy. The final section of the collection contains the personal papers of Louis McKay, who primarily managed the Eleanora McKay (Billie Holiday) estate. His correspondence reflects his efforts to maintain copyright to her recordings and performances. This section also includes material related to Louis McKay's personal life and his business ventures.

1 linear ft. (2 boxes and 12 OP)

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959

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Billie Holiday (1915-1959), an African American blues and jazz singer, was born Eleanora Holiday in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 7, 1915. The daughter of Clarence Holiday and Sadie Fagan, Holiday began singing in the early 1930s and was discovered by John Hammond in 1933 at a Harlem jazz club. Her career included performances with Benny Goodman, Count Basie, and Artie Shaw. Holiday recorded on the Commodore, Columbia, and Decca record labels; her most famous recordings include "Strange Fr...

Mckay, Louise

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Kennedy, Florynce, 1916-2000

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Lawyer and feminist, Florynce Kennedy is a founding member of the National Organization for Women and the National Women's Political Caucus and the author of Abortion Rap. From the description of Papers. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007592 Florynce Rae ("Flo") Kennedy, an African American lawyer, feminist, activist, and civil rights advocate, was born on February 11, 1916, in Kansas City, Missouri, the second of five daughters of Wiley Kennedy an...