Letter: Lake George, New York, to [Haynes] Trebar, [1941?] August 15.

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Letter: Lake George, New York, to [Haynes] Trebar, [1941?] August 15.

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Jurix sketches the career of James A. Bland as student, House of Representatives page, songwriter, and travelling minstrel performer. He wrote over 500 songs and ballads and published 15 songs in German. Jurix notes she is trying to finish the story of Bland's life "with the assistance of W.C. Handy, the father of the blues."

2 p.2 leaves.

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Jurix, Irene Bland.

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Mrs. Jurix was the sister of James A. Bland (1854-1911), a native New Yorker and author of many songs including "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" in 1875, "In the Evening By the Moonlight," and "Oh, Dem Golden Slippers." From the description of Letter: Lake George, New York, to [Haynes] Trebar, [1941?] August 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86172346 ...

Bland, James A.

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Trebor, Haynes,

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