Geneva H. Southall papers.

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Geneva H. Southall papers.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79463097

The collection contains the personal papers of Geneva H. Southall. The papers include collected materials relating to African American composers including biographical information and sheet music, research files on Blind Tom and the Fisk Jubilee Singers, files relating to the National Association of Negro Musicians, photographs, and audio-visual materials.

20 linear ft. : (20 boxes and 5 OP)

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 8233354

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Jubilee Singers (Fisk University)

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The Fisk Jubilee Singers originated with nine students, Isaac Dickerson, Maggie Porter, Minnie Tate, Jennie Jackson, Benjamin Holmes, Thomas Rutling, Eliza Walker, Green Evans, and Ella Sheppard, who set out on a concert tour of the North on 6 Oct. 1871 to save the financially ailing Fisk University; idea to form the group was conceived by George L. White, Fisk University's white treasurer; because the University disapproved of the idea, White had to borrow money for the tour; White gave the gro...

Southall, Geneva H.

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Geneva Handy Southall (1925-2004), African American musician, educator, activist, and author. She was the first woman to receive a PhD in piano performance and music literature at the University of Iowa and was a professor at South Carolina State University and the University of Minnesota. From the description of Geneva H. Southall papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79463097 ...

Blind Tom, 1849-1908

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National Association of Negro Musicians (U.S.)

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