Reminiscences of Esther Mae Scott : oral history, 1977.

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Reminiscences of Esther Mae Scott : oral history, 1977.

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Family history; recollections of her grandfather, Monroe Prentiss, and his work as a plantation blacksmith, tenant farming; youth in Mississippi, playing guitar for a traveling minstrel show; impressions of Bessie Smith; work as a house maid for 27 years; beginning career as a singer in her seventies; physical and economic difficulties of later life.

Transcript: 49 leaves.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Scott, Esther Mae, 1893-1979

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Domestic servant, singer. From the description of Reminiscences of Esther Mae Scott : oral history, 1977. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86100466 ...

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