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Arts and entertainment
Series 5
Arts and entertainment, 1821-2006
Scope and Content Note
The arts and entertainment series includes programs, brochures, and advertisements relating to performers, performances, and events dating from 1821-1995. There is a small collection of caricature and children's literature (1897-1950). There is also a small amount of material relating to entertainers, fairs, festivals, film, and theatre. The graphic arts represented include engravings and promotions for exhibitions. Programs and advertisements relating to musicians and performances comprise the largest group of materials. Also included is a modest collection of poems and a program for a sports event.
Arrangement Note
Arranged by subject.
| Caricature and Children's Literature | ||
| Box | Folder | Content |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | Content |
| OP120 | Bull Durham tobacco, poster advertisement with caricature, [circa 1900?] | |
| 29 | 1 | Caricature postcard, Curt Teich and Co., [1950?] |
| 29 | 2 | Cream of Wheat, advertisement with caricature, 1918 |
| OP | 126 | Currier and Ives, Darktown Fire Brigade series, 1884 |
| 29 | 3 | Gold Dust, advertisement with caricature, [1920s?] |
| 29 | 4 | The Jolly Chinee, stories by E. Veale, illustrations by Palmer Cox, Hubbard Publishing Company, 1896, supplement to Philadelphia Inquirer, January 3, 1897 |
| 33 | 7 | "Ouwa Own Wattamellun Jake," advertisement, circa 1950s |
| 33 | 8 | Uncle Remus Brand Syrup, advertisement, 1924 |
| Entertainers | ||
| 37 | 15 | Coltrane, John, Pacifica Radio Paper, September 1987 |
| 37 | 14 | Dawson, Mary Cardwell, concert flier, April 30, 1948 |
| 37 | 44 | District Curators, "In the Tradition," mailed advertisement, 1992 |
| 34 | 18 | Dunham, Katherine, various printed items, 2004-2006 |
| 29 | 5 | Gregory, Dick, Dick Gregory for President, play money, November 5, 1968 |
| 37 | 16 | Jackson, Mahalia, "Born to Sing," Newsweek, February 22, 1954 |
| 29 | 6 | James Crescent Players, advertisement card for "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" |
| 37 | 26 | Robeson, Paul, United Freedom Fund concert, program, May 8, 1952 |
| 29 | 7 | Sanders, Fetaque, Magician, various advertising pieces |
| OP27 | Sanders, Fetaque, Magician, various advertising pieces (10 items) | |
| Fairs, Festivals, Expositions | ||
| 37 | 30 | American Exhibiting Artists, advertisements, circa 1964 |
| OP125 | - | American Exhibiting Artists, Fall Exhibition of Oil Paintings, Free Library of Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), flier, November 27-December 19, 1964 |
| 37 | 27 | Art exhibit, Seton Hall University, program, March 22-26, 1971 |
| 37 | 34 | Art From Africa, Phelps-Stokes Fund, advertisement, New York, New York, December 28, 1961-January 19, 1962 |
| 29 | 8 | Bronze Jubilee at the Fox Theatre (Atlanta, Georgia), awards program, April 17, 1983 |
| 37 | 31 | Charlotte White Franklin, exhibit invitation, 1968-1971 |
| 37 | 42 | Economics of Racism U.S.A.; Roots of Black Inequality, Bill Crawford, flier, no date |
| 37 | 45 | Festival of Books, Free Library of Philadelphia, program, September 13, 1954 |
| 37 | 35 | Henry Ossawa Tanner, Philadelphia Museum of Art, flier, January 20-April 14, 1991 |
| 37 | 36 | Hidden Heritage: Afro-American Art, 1800-1950, invitation, August 21-October 18, 1985 |
| 29 | 9 | Indiana Black Expo '74, 2nd Annual Evansville Black Expo Luncheon, program, June 22, 1974 [signed by Julian Bond] |
| 37 | 41 | John Edgar Wideman, Philadelphia Fire, program, November 21, 1991 |
| 29 | 10 | John Henry Memorial Authentic Blues and Gospel Festival (Charleston, West Virginia), commemorative book, August 31-Septmeber 2, 1973 |
| 37 | 47 | John W. Mosley, reception, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, invitation, December 10, 1992 |
| 37 | 43 | Lee Cultural Center, featuring Kristin Hunter, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, flier, no date |
| 37 | 32 | Lincoln University, campus and community artists, flier, October 1-31, 1968 |
| 37 | 46 | A Literary Evening, Lee Cultural Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, program, June 6, 1964 |
| 29 | 11 | Makeda Myoriba Dance Troupe and the Afro-American Folkloric Troup, flyer advertising performance (Atlanta, Georgia), [1960s] |
| 29 | 12 | Mid-State Colored Fair (Murfreesboro, Tennessee), program, August 25-27, 1949 |
| 37 | 37 | Our Negro Music: A Remedy for Hate, Washington, D.C., flier, August 28, 1963 |
| 37 | 29 | Philadelphia Black Artists, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, advertisement April 26, 1968 [includes list of art work exhibited] |
| 37 | 33 | Roy Lewis, reception, postcard advertisement, April 12, 1985 |
| 37 | 39 | Sam J. Ntiro, New York, New York, May 18-June 1, 1960 |
| 37 | 38 | Skunder Boghossian, New York, New York, exhibit advertisement, November 17-December 17, 1965 [includes list of art work exhibited with artist's descriptions] |
| 29 | 13 | Southern Association of Drama and Speech Arts, 12th Annual Conference and Drama Festival (Tallahassee, Florida), program, April 14-17, 1948 |
| 37 | 28 | Temple University, Seven Black Artists presentation, program, November 6-30, 1970 |
| 29 | 14 | Vance County Colored Fair (Henderson, North Carolina), program, October 12-17, 1953 |
| 37 | 51 | World Emancipation Exhibition, invitation, no date |
| Film/Theatre | ||
| 37 | 17 | "Ballad for Bimshire," flier advertisement, October 18, 1963 |
| 29 | 15 | Bill Robinson Show, souvenir program with program for performance (Portland, Oregon), October 22, 1946 |
| 29 | 16 | Black Arts Alliance, "The First Militant Preacher" by Ben Caldwell, program, [1957] |
| 36 | 46 | "Black Heritage Series," Warren Schloat Productions advertisement, no date |
| 29 | 17 | Buddy Players, flyer for "Uncle Tom's Cabin," undated |
| 29 | 18 | "Chicago Stagebill," Studebaker Theatre, "Native Son," starring Canada Lee, undated |
| 29 | 19 | "The Cube (Chicago), Four Negro Plays: "Dreamy Kid," "Plumes," "The Man Who Died at Twelve O'Clock," "The No 'Count Boy," program, January 1929 |
| 29 | 20 | Des Moines Race Players, "Fifty Years of Freedom or From Cabin to Congress," St. Paul AME Church, flier, September 4, 1934 |
| 36 | 44 | "Ethnic Notions," California Newsreel advertisement, no date |
| 36 | 36 | The Freedom Theatre (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), flier for Ceremonies in Dark Old Men by Lonnie Elder, III |
| 32 | 4 | "The Friendly Triangle," presented by the Phyllis Wheatley Branch, YWCA, (St. Louis, Missouri), October 18-19, 1923 |
| 47 | 49 | Joe Turner's Come and Gone Theater Party, fliers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 9, 1992 |
| 29 | 21 | Just You and Me Two Way Talk Show (Baltimore, Maryland), An Afternoon with Dr. Gossie Harold Hudson and Paul Laurence Dunbar, 7th Anniversary souvenir program, July 27, 1991 |
| OP13 | Lucia, the Cuban Epic of Love & Revolution, presented by Tricontinental Films and the Center for Cuban Studies, undated | |
| 29 | 22 | Majestic Theatre, "Harlem" by William Jourdan Rapp and Wallace Thurman, staged by Chester Erskin, undated |
| 33 | 9 | Marionette Guild (San Francisco, California), The Mikado and Uncle Tom's Cabin, advertisement, undated |
| 37 | 48 | The Missing Chapter in U.S. Film History, flier, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, no date |
| 34 | 12 | "Mrs. Patterson," starring Eartha Kitt, souvenir booklet, circa 1954 |
| 36 | 37 | "The New Lafayette Theatre Wants You," sticker |
| 36 | 45 | "Nitty Gritty Street Theatre," Black Arts Spectrum Theatre, program, no date |
| OP14 | On Black Film: a Film and Lecture series presented by the Annenberg Center for Communication Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania at Talladega College, April 15-27, 19[??] | |
| 31 | 28 | The People's Theatre Repertory, "The Wheels of Darkness," and "The Inner Shadow," by Lofton Mitchell, People's Theatre Workshop (New York City, New York), September 20, 1946 |
| 36 | 43 | Phoenix Films, mail order list, no date |
| 29 | 23 | Pierre Berton Show, "Malcolm X," transcript, January 19, 1965 |
| 34 | 8 | "Playbill," Hanna Theatre (New York), "Mardi Gras," Ensemble Artistique et Culturel de la Republique de Guinee, vol. 4, no. 10, October 1967 |
| 29 | 24 | "Playbill," Imperial Theatre (New York), "Jamaica," starring Lena Horne, vol. 3, no. 4, January 26, 1959 |
| 29 | 25 | "Playbill," The National Theatre (New York), "Mrs. Patterson," starring Eartha Kitt, December 27, 1954 |
| 34 | 9 | "Playbill," Mark Hellinger Theatre (New York), "The League of New York Theatres and Producers presents the American Theatre Wing's 35th Annual Antoinette Perry Awards," June 7, 1981 |
| 34 | 10 | "Playbill," Palace Theatre (New York), "Twenty-five Years of Tony Awards," vol. 8, no. 3, March 1971 |
| 29 | 26 | "Playbill," St. James Theatre (New York), "Hello, Dolly!" starring Pearl Bailey and Cab Calloway, vol. 5, no. 2, February 1968 |
| 32 | 12 | "Playbill," Walter Kerr Theatre (New York), "Seven Guitars," starring Keith David, vol. 96, no.3, March 1996 |
| 34 | 11 | "The Playgoer," Schubert Theatre (New Haven, Connecticut), "Mardi Gras," Ballets Africains Ensemble Artistique de la Republique de Guinee, November 6-11, 1967 |
| 36 | 38 | Pomo Afro Homos present Fierce Love: Stories from Black Gay Life, flier, undated |
| 36 | 42 | "St. Louis Woman," based on the novel God Sends Sunday by Arna Bontemps, music by Harold Allen, lyrics by Johnny Mercer, starring Pearl Bailey, flier circa 1946 |
| 29 | 27 | "Stepping Stones," presented by Fred Stone and Dorothy Stone, benefit performance in aid of The Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute (Hampton, Virginia), December 20, 1923 |
| 29 | 28 | Vanderbilt Theater, The Playbill, "Mulatto" by Langston Hughes and Martin Jones (signed by Rose McClendon) |
| Graphic art | ||
| OP97 | 100 Flowers Gallery (New York), poster with photo by Robert Finnell featuring toddler wearing "Keep the Faith Baby" button, undated | |
| 29 | 29 | Ackermann, R.A. (London), five color plates from unknown book, "A Negress spinning cotton," "A Weaver," "A Goldsmith," "A Negro Girl studying the Game of Ourri," and "Beating cotton," 1821-1822 |
| 29 | 30 | American Exhibiting Artists, Lee Cultural Center (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), exposition flyer, February 5-27, 1995 |
| OP117 | "And not this man?" illustration, Harper's Weekly, August 5, 1865 | |
| 29 | 31 | "Attack on Fort Wagner," Johnson, Fry & Co. Publishers, New York |
| OP61 | Ball's Great Daguerrean Gallery of the West, page 206 from Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, includes description of James P. Ball's studios and gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio and hand colored engraving of the gallery, April 1, 1854 | |
| OP83 | Basquiat, Jean-Michel, exhibit poster, Musée Galerie (Paris, France), 1993-1994 | |
| 29 | 32 | "Battle of Bunker Hill," Johnson, Fry & Co. Publishers, New York |
| OP15 | Billops, Camille, promotion for ceramic sculpture exhibition, December 11-22, 1973 | |
| 37 | 5 | Black Art, Incorporated, greeting card art, no date |
| OP115 | Brooke, R.N., "Straightening the Crooked Tree," illustration, Harper's Weekly, May 3, 1873 | |
| 29 | 33 | Brown, W. Wells, "W. Wells Brown," R. Woodman (engraver) |
| 29 | 34 | Burge, Bob, "The Man with the Golden Arm," Artists' Marketing advertisement, no year |
| OP62 | Clarke, LeRoy, Fragments of a Spiritual, three drawings by LeRoy Clarke, 1970 | |
| OP74 | Clarke, LeRoy, untitled print, 1972 | |
| OP98 | Cobb, Ron, poster with cartoon, "Remember… Uncle Tom Says- "Only You Can Prevent Ghetto Fires," Sawyer Press (Los Angeles, California), 1967 | |
| 29 | 35 | Craft, Ellen, "Ellen Craft, The fugitive slave," engraving from Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom, by William Craft (1860) |
| 29 | 36 | "Death of Ellsworth," Johnson, Fry & Co. Publishers, New York |
| 29 | 37 | "DeSoto's Discovery of the Mississippi," Johnson, Fry & Co. Publishers, New York |
| 31 | 20 | Dielman, F., "Celebration of the Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia by the Colored People, in Washington, April 19, 1966," printed sketch, undated |
| 37 | 3 | "Douglass and Lincoln Confer," unknown artist, greeting card, no date |
| OP116 | "A Hard Problem--After T. Brooks," print, undated | |
| 37 | 4 | Harrington, Ollie, "Dark Laughter" comic panels, circa 1935-1941 |
| OP76 | Hill, Carl G., black and white lithograph, design for book cover, "Black Book: Poems by a Negro," circa 1930s [book never published?] | |
| OP119 | "I'm Free," tinted lithograph, Boston, Lith & Pub by J.H. Bufford, July 28, 1862 | |
| OP102 | "The Image of the Black in Western Art," exhibit poster, Rice University | |
| 34 | 12 | "King's Day, Havana," illustration, portion of page 37 of Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, 1854 |
| OP118 | "A Lady Going to Visit," color plate from Travels in Brazil by Henry Koster, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown (London), 1816 | |
| 33 | 48 | Mills, Lev, program for "In Retrospect," exhibition at Studio Museum in Harlem (New York), 1975. Inscribed to Joan Lewis. |
| 29 | 38 | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Hidden Heritage Afro-American Art, 1800-1950, exhibit brochure, 1987 |
| OP84 | Poster, Toussaint L'Ouverture, hand-tinted lithograph by Francois Seraphim Delpech, 1838 | |
| OP99 | Poster, with picture of Martin Luther King Jr and quote, undated | |
| OP100 | Phillips, Bradley, poster for exhibit at Boston Athenaeum Gallery, featuring a painting of Leontyne Price as Aida, 1979 | |
| 29 | 39 | Puryear, Martin, "Focus: Martin Puryear," Hirshorn Museum, Smithsonian Institution, exhibit brochure, 1992 |
| OP101 | Saunders, poster for exhibit at Galerie Resche (Paris, France), 1991 | |
| OP69 | "Slavery Is Dead[?]," broadside, Harpers Weekly, January 12, 1967 | |
| 29 | 40 | St. Luke's Center (Washington, D.C.), An exhibit of New Paintings by Evelyn Ware, exhibit program, October 24, 1976 |
| 37 | 52 | Stanita Designs, Greeting Card Magazine, article, February, 1969 |
| OP96 | Sorbonne (Paris, France), poster for conference, "A Visual Arts Encounter: African Americans and Europe," February 2-4, 1994 | |
| Lyrics | ||
| 33 | 10 | "On De Oder Side of Jordan," broadside, published by Thomas M. Scroggy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1850s |
| 33 | 11 | "Bob-Tailed Nag," broadside, published by Thomas M. Scroggy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1850s |
| 33 | 12 | "Free and Easy, No. 2," published by H. De Marsan, New York, New York |
| 33 | 13 | "I'm off for Charleston," broadside, published by A.W. Auner, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 37 | 2 | "Lift Every Voice and Sing (Negro National Hymn)," no date |
| 33 | 14 | "Look! Nelly Bly," broadside |
| 33 | 15 | "Nelly Was a Lady," broadside, published by Thomas M. Scroggy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1850s |
| 33 | 16 | "Our Country's Flag," broadside, published by H. De Marsan, New York, New York |
| Music | ||
| OP75 | ||
| 37 | 8 | |
| 29 | 41 | American Jubilee Singers (Successors to the Original Fisk Co.), 2 postcards, undated |
| 29 | 42 | Anderson, Marion, Academy of Music (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), concert flyer, April 21, no year |
| 29 | 43 | Anderson, Marion, Contralto Concert program (Kansas City, Missouri), February 16, 1937 |
| 37 | 11 | The Anderson Memorial Symphony Orchestra, concert program, November 26, 1939 |
| 29 | 44 | Anglin, John, tenor, concert to benefit Opera Fund (Washington, D.C.), November 19, 1948 |
| 29 | 45 | Bells of Zion (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), advertising card, undated [includes image of Marie Howard Burns, booking agent] |
| 33 | 17 | Black Music Association, Third Annual Tribute to Outstanding Black Performers, "The Godfather�A Tribute to James Brown," Washington, D.C. Convention Center, September 23, 1984 |
| 29 | 46 | Blind Tom, promotional flyer for concert at Smith's Opera House, [1920s] |
| 29 | 47 | Blue Jay Singers of Birmingham, Alabama, brochure and advertising card, undated |
| 29 | 48 | Blue Jay Singers of Birmingham, Alabama, Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church (Downsville, Tennessee), April 25, 1939 |
| 29 | 49 | The Boggans, broadside advertising concert, undated |
| 29 | 50 | Boston Jubilee Singers, flyer, undated |
| 29 | 51 | Brown, Anita Patti, palm card, undated |
| 29 | 52 | Buckeye Harmonizers (Columbus, Ohio), promotion card |
| 29 | 53 | Byrdettes Gospel Singers (Detroit, Michigan), promotion card |
| 29 | 54 | Calvarett Gospel Singers [female quintet], advertising card, undated |
| 29 | 55 | C.B.S. Trumpeteers, advertisement, undated |
| 29 | 56 | Celebrity Club (New York City), Victoria Spivey presents Buddy Tates Band and a cavalcade of Blues Kings and Queens, broadside, January 27, 1964 |
| 29 | 57 | Chambers on the Air, Broadcasting Gospel Sandwiches, Radio Station KWBE (Ft. Worth, Texas), undated |
| 33 | 18 | Citizens' Committee of Allied Organizations Academy of Music, 26th Annual Emancipation Celebration, program, January 1, 1927 |
| 29 | 58 | Cleveland Colored Quintet, advertising card for Seattle area appearances, undated |
| 29 | 59 | ColoJuba Quartet, "Jubilee Singers from the South," Observatory Auditorium (Los Angeles, California), undated |
| 29 | 60 | Colored Republican Club (Greenwich, Connecticut), Mid-Summer Dance, advertising cards, August 3, 1939 [with various signatures] |
| OP28 | Crisp, Willie and his Orchestra, broadside for performance at Ridgeview High School (city unknown), March 21, no year | |
| 29 | 61 | Crisp, Willie and his Great New Orchestra, broadside for concert (Charlotte, North Carolina), March 18, [1941?] |
| 29 | 62 | Davis Sisters of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, advertising card, undated |
| 30 | 1 | de Paur's Infantry Chorus, program; souvenir program, undated |
| 30 | 2 | Dixie Choral Singers, advertising card, undated |
| OP16 | Dixie Hummingbirds, poster for performance, Ebenezer Baptist Church (Newburgh, New York), June 21, 1969 | |
| 30 | 3 | Dixie Melody Masters, promotional flyer, undated |
| 30 | 4 | Dixon, Dean, conductor, Negro Symphonic Music, program notes, May 21, 1950 |
| 30 | 5 | Eason Gospel Singers of Philadelphia, advertising card, undated |
| OP110 | Eckstine, Billy, and his orchestra, poster for performance at Cole McElroy's Spanish Ballroom (Portland, Oregon), circa 1940s | |
| 30 | 6 | Ellington, Duke, Black, Brown and Beige, advertising card, undated |
| 30 | 7 | Ellington, Duke, Metropolitan Opera House (New York, New York), concert program, January 21, 1951 |
| OP111 | Fields, Ernie, and his orchestra, poster for performance at McElroy's Ballroom (Portland, Oregon), August 5, 1940 | |
| 30 | 8 | Fisk Jubilee Singers, broadside advertising concert in Middletown, Connecticut, November 21, 1872 |
| 30 | 9 | Fisk Jubilee Singers, brochure [in French] advertising sale of recording by Pathé, undated [includes William L. Dawson pieces] |
| 30 | 10 | Fisk Jubilee Singers, "Loudin's original Fisk Jubilee Singers after a Six Years Tour Around the World," broadside advertising availability for concerts, F.J. Loudin (Ravenna, Ohio), circa 1893 [also includes ad for the Loudin key locker and window locker which Loudin invented] |
| 30 | 11 | Fisk Jubilee Singers, postcards, undated |
| 30 | 12 | Fisk Jubilee Trio, postcard, undated |
| OP70 | - | Five Kentucky Singers, poster for performance, Folkets Park, undated |
| OP71 | - | Five Kentucky Singers, poster for performance, "Day, Dawn, and Dusk," Folkets Park, undated |
| 30 | 13 | Golden Echoes Female Quartette of Evansville, Indiana, members of McFarland Baptist Church, advertising card, undated |
| 30 | 14 | Golden Gate Female Singers of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [includes text to "Sing Praises Unto the Lord"], undated |
| OP77 | Gospel Concert, presented by Greater Harvest Church of Deliverance, poster, August 27, circa 1960s [featuring Gospel Redeemers, Lords of Harmony, The Mayfield Sisters, The Connally Specials, and the Lawrence Gospel Singers] | |
| 30 | 15 | Greenwood Four, advertisement card, undated |
| 30 | 16 | Hall Johnson Negro Choir, flyer, 1933 |
| 33 | 19 | Hampton Institute, Service of Christmas Music, program, December 15, 1935 |
| 30 | 17 | Hampton Institute Quartette, postcard, undated |
| 33 | 20 | Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Spring Concert, program, June 1, 1926 |
| OP17 | Hancock, Herbie, Taj Mahal, Malo, and Maya Angelou in Concert for Angela, Berkeley Community Theatre, February 28, 19[?] | |
| 37 | 13 | Handy, W.C., "Saint Louis Blues," arranged by Pietro Deiro, sheet music, circa 1940 |
| 30 | 18 | Harmonizing Four of Richmond, Virginia, advertising card, undated |
| 31 | 17 | Hayes, Roland, program, Charlotte, North Carolina, November 23, 1925[?] |
| 30 | 19 | Heavenly Four Gospel Singers, price list, undated |
| 30 | 20 | Jackson, Mary Gaddie, National Gospel Singer, Cincinnati, Ohio, advertising card, undated |
| 37 | 9 | Jazz Club of America, The RCA Victor Encyclopedia of Recorded Jazz, mail-order advertisement, no date |
| OP85 | Jazz Messengers, farewell concert poster, Paris Jazz Concerts, Nouvel Olympia Panoramique concert hall, undated | |
| OP29 | Johnson, George Leon, An Evening of Negro Music, Chorus of 100 Voices featuring Spirituals and Southern Melodies, directed by Johnson, no place, undated | |
| 30 | 21 | Johnson, James Weldon, "National Negro Hymn: Lift Every Voice and Sing," printed lyrics |
| OP63 | Ju Ju: a Message from Mozambique, proof for disc recording jacket, 1972 | |
| 30 | 22 | Jubilee Gospel Singers (Dallas, Texas), advertising card, undated |
| 30 | 23 | Kelly Brothers, advertisement card, undated |
| OP30 | Kennedy Brothers, program for concert at Holy Trinity Baptist Church (Brooklyn, New York), May 18, 1947 | |
| 30 | 24 | Killbrew Chorus proudly presents the Tomlin Chair in Concert, New Light Beulah Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), April 19, 1957 |
| 33 | 21 | King, Coretta Scott, voice recital, program, Parker High School (Birmingham, Alabama), April 25, 1958 |
| OP18 | King Sunny Ade and His African Beats, promotion for concert, February 24, 1983 | |
| 30 | 25 | Latour, Nick, baritone folk singer, program for concert (Montgomery, Alabama), April 22, 1955 |
| 30 | 26 | Lift Every Voice and Sing, lyrics card, compliments of Arthur Johnson |
| 30 | 27 | Lunceford, Jimmie concert, invitation from Luncefordites, [1930s] |
| 30 | 28 | Lunceford, Jimmie, promotional material |
| OP112 | Lunceford, Jimmie, and his orchestra, poster for performance at McElroy's Ballroom (Portland, Oregon), circa 1940s | |
| 30 | 29 | Male Community Gospel Singer of Red Bank and the Zion Knights Boys Choral Club, broadside for concert (Red Bank, New Jersey), June 12, 19[?? ] |
| 30 | 30 | Martin and Martin Singers of Chicago, Illinois, Greater Galilee Baptist Church (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), concert program, March 27, 1941 |
| OP86 | Maultsby, Portia, poster "The Evolution of African American Music," signed, 1992 | |
| 30 | 31 | Maynor, Dorothy, The Philadelphia Orchestra, concert flyer, March 26, 1956 |
| 30 | 32 | Melody Aires Singers of Kansas City, Missouri, advertisement card, undated |
| 30 | 33 | Midwest Harmonizers, concert program (Kansas City, Missouri), September 15, 1955 |
| 30 | 34 | Mississippi Four, quartette, Ray S. Kneeland Amusement Booking Service (Buffalo, New York), advertising card, undated |
| 30 | 35 | Monroe, Joesph, Jr., Wesley Temple AME Zion Church (Akron, Ohio), program, November 1, 1959 |
| 33 | 22 | Musical Art Society, Hampton Institute (Hampton, Virginia), Jules Bledsoe, baritone, concert program, November 16, 1935 |
| 33 | 23 | Musical Art Society, Hampton Institute (Hampton, Virginia), Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman and their Dance Group, concert program, February 15, 1936 |
| 37 | 12 | A Musical History of the Negro People, program, February 1953 |
| 30 | 36 | Nathaniel Dett Choral Society, Metropolitan AME Church (Washington, D.C.), program, October 29, 1935 |
| 30 | 37 | Nathaniel Dett Choral Society, Washington Auditorium (Washington, D.C.), program, April 23-24, 1935 |
| 30 | 38 | National Negro Opera Company, "Aida," at the Coliseum (Chicago, Illinois), program, undated |
| 30 | 39 | National Negro Opera Company, Mary Caldwell Dawson Singers (Washington, D.C.), "The Ordering of Moses," program, June 30, 19[??] |
| 30 | 40 | National Quartette Tournament (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), advertising card, June 1, 1951 |
| 33 | 24 | National Association of Negro Musicians, Second Annual Scholarship Concert, program, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, New York, April 18, 1965 |
| 30 | 41 | New York Gospel Music Festival (New York, New York), flyer for concert at the New York Coliseum, June 8-9, no year |
| OP72 | Organetta Club, poster for second recital at the Augusta Street M.E. Church, June 4, 1897 | |
| 30 | 42 | Orpheus Jubilee Singers, brochure, 1905-1906 season |
| 30 | 43 | Piney Woods School Singers (Braxton, Mississippi), souvenir program, circa 1920s |
| 30 | 44 | Price, Leontyne, Atlanta Music Club, program, March 15, 1967 |
| OP19 | Purple Moon, promotional poster for concert dedicated to the spirit of John Coltrane, [Washington, D.C.?], September 22-24, 1973 | |
| 34 | 23 | Reggae (Chicago, Illinois), fliers and other print ephemera documenting the Reggae scene in the Chciago metropoltian area, including local and international artists, circa 1984-1994 |
| 32 | 7 | Rockaway Revue, Good Times, program, no date |
| 30 | 45 | Schipa, Tito Opera Recital (Oakland, California), concert program advertising "The Two Distinguished Negro Artists" J. Rosamond Jonhson and Taylor Gordon, March 20, 1927 |
| 30 | 46 | Sedalia Singers, program for concert at Wheat Street Baptist Church (Atlanta, Georgia), April 12, 1959 |
| 30 | 47 | Sewell, Sister L., "Oh Death I Ain't Ready," Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, song lyrics, undated |
| 30 | 48 | Simmons, McNair, Caution, Stevenson, and Scott, unknown male quintet, undated |
| 30 | 49 | Sims, Forest, ["musical wonder, the second Blind Tom"], advertisement card, circa 1922 |
| 31 | 18 | Smith, Mamie, Memorial Concert and Dance presented by Victoria Spivey, New York, New York, flier, January 27, 1964 |
| 33 | 25 | Society for the Study of Negro History, Benefit Musical Recital featuring Annette Elizabeth Whitehead, program, December 14, 1935 |
| 30 | 50 | The Southernaires, concert program, Albany [New York?], May 20, 1943 |
| 30 | 51 | The Southernaires, concert program, Albany, New York, December 8, 1947 |
| 37 | 10 | Stamps, C.S. (Reverend), "Sharing in the Blessings of the Lord," sheet music, 1960 |
| 30 | 52 | The Standard Four (Detroit, Michigan), advertising card, undated |
| 30 | 53 | The Sunset Four of New York City, radio and concert artists, printed publicity photograph, undated [photographer Bill Loeser] |
| 30 | 54 | Suwanee River Quartette, flyer, undated |
| 30 | 55 | Tennessee Cabin Singers, Canton M.E. Church, April 15, [?] |
| 30 | 56 | Tharpe, Rosetta, booklet, undated |
| 30 | 57 | Thomas, Walter R., "The Decade of the Twenties in Harlem," in Bubbling Brown Sugar [New York, New York], undated [various signatures by Harlem musicians] |
| 30 | 58 | Triumphant Music Studio (Chicago, Illinois), Song list, undated |
| 30 | 59 | Wandering Boys Quartet, printed publicity photo, undated |
| 30 | 60 | Williams' Colored Singers (Chicago, Illinois), The World's Greatest Harmonizing Octette, advertising brochure, undated |
| OP31 | Wings of Grace [blacked out] of Kansas City, Missouri, concert broadside, Friendship Baptist Church (Minneapolis, Minnesota), September 14, 1958 | |
| 30 | 61 | Wings Over Jordan, choir, program, brochure, photograph, song book, circa 1939-1941 |
| 30 | 62 | Wooding, Sam, career sketch brochure, [1970s] |
| 37 | 7 | World Famous Harmonizing Four, souvenir program, 1974 |
| 30 | 63 | YMCA (Saint Louis, Missouri), Ninth Annual Circus, program, 17-20 April 1944 |
| Poetry | ||
| 30 | 64 | African American History Week Salute: An Afternoon of James Mercer Langston Hughes, in speech, music, song and dance, February 4, 1968 |
| 30 | 65 | Baraka, Amiri, "Important Sonnet," poem card |
| 37 | 1 | Dunbar, Paul Lawrence, untitled quatrain, no date |
| 30 | 66 | Evans, J.T. (Reverend), "Death is Riding," poem card |
| 30 | 67 | Foreman, Julia B., various poems (relating to Martin Luther King, Jr.) |
| 37 | 53 | Hill, Roy L., program, no date [includes biographical data] |
| 36 | 56 | Hughes, Langston, "What happens to a dream deferred?" 1951 [with drawing by C. Bible, 1970] |
| OP73 | Lewis, Ida, "I am black in the name of the westbound slaveships�" poster with drawing by Charles Bible, 1972 | |
| OP20 | Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church (New York), New Years Day Marathon Benefit, 1986 | |
| 30 | 68 | Randolph, Reverend T., "You have been a Deacon for 32 years" |
| 30 | 69 | Reed, Cleave, "Questions Why" |
| 30 | 70 | Richardson, Stella, "Out in the Streets!," Temple Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 1971 [prepared and circulated by The Greater Philadelphia Black Economic Development Conference] |
| 38 | 22 | Unknown, "White Trash," undated |
| OP32 | Yardbird Poetry Reading, presented by the Committee for Arts and Lectures and Sponsored by Afro-American Studies and English Department, University of California, April 12 19[?] | |
| Sports | ||
| 30 | 71 | 100% Wrong Club, 47th Annual All Sports Jamboree (Atlanta, Georgia), February 13, 1982 |
| OP107 | - | Hank Aaron 715 Club membership kit, 1975 |
| 33 | 26 | "Roar of the Crowd with the One and Only Joe Louis," boxing match, broadside [1953] |
| OP87 | Rural Sports, A Milling Match between [Tom] Cribb and [Tom] Molineaux, Rutland County, September 28, 1811 | |
| Travel | ||
| 30 | 72 | Harlem Renaissance Walking Tour, map, Ephemera Press, undated |
| Black print culture collection | Manuscript Collection No. 921 | |
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