DAWSON, WILLIAM LEVI, 1899-1990.
William Levi Dawson papers > Subject files

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Series 5
Subject files, 1933-1989
Boxes 30 - 32

Scope and Content Note

This series contains the subject files kept by William Levi Dawson over the course of his career. They contain correspondence, receipts, conference programs, and other printed material. Most files concern Dawson's guest conducting engagements and programs he gave at national conferences, though there are some files from Dawson's career at the Tuskegee Institute, particularly the Tuskegee Institute Choir and the founding of the music department. Printed material concerning Tuskegee may be found in the printed material series. A small number of files contain material Dawson collected during his trips to Africa in 1953 and Spain in 1956 and include itineraries, correspondence, and reports.

Arrangement Note

The series is arranged in alphabetical order.

Box Folder Content
30 1 Africa, 1952-1953
30 2 Alabama Arts Hall of Fame, 1975
30 3 Alabama Music Hall of Fame
30 4 American Choral Directors Association, Mississippi Chapter, 1985-1986
30 5 American Choral Directors Association, Southern Division, 1983-1984
30 6 American Choral Directors Association, Western Division, 1984
30 7 American Composers Alliance, 1938
30 8 American Missionary Association, Board of Home Missions, 1961-1963
30 9 American Missionary Association Division of Higher Education, 1962-1963
30 10 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, 1983-1985
30 11 Bible study activities, 1974
30 12 Conference on Afro-American Music and the Historically Black College, 1985
30 13 Consortium of Musicians for the Metropolitan Area, 1986
30 14 Fisk University, 1942-1957
30 15 Human Involvement Project, 1984-1985
30 16 Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, 1978
30 17 Louisiana All-State Choir, 1984-1985
31 1 Martin Luther King, Jr. Singers 1980-1984
31 2 Mendelssohn Singers, 1981
31 3 Robert R. Morton Memorial Institute, 1985
31 4 Music Educators National Conference, Eastern Division
31 5 Music Educators National Conference, Eastern Division, correspondence, May 1960-September 1960
31 6 Music Educators National Conference, Eastern Division, correspondence, October 1960-February 1961
31 7 Music Educators National Conference, Southern Division, 1982-1983
31 8 Musicians Protective Union / Chicago Federation of Musicians, 1940-1983
31 9 National Association of Negro Musicians, 1977-1980
31 10 National Association of Negro Musicians, Chicago Music Association, 1985-1986
31 11 Ohio Music Education Association, 1983-1984
31 12 Romilio Manduley O'Larson (Cuba), 1943-1946
31 13 Organization of American Kodaly Educators, 1983-1985
31 14 Smithsonian Institution program in black American culture, 1983-1984
31 15 Spain, 1956
31 16 Spain, 1956
32 1 Tuskegee Institute, 1963-1989
32 2 Tuskegee Institute Band
32 3 Tuskegee Institute Choir
32 4 Tuskegee Institute Choir, fan mail, 1937-1955
32 5 Tuskegee Institute Choir, United Negro Fund concerts, 1951-1955
32 6 Tuskegee Institute Choir, United Negro Fund concerts, correspondence, 1956-1956
32 7 Tuskegee Institute Music Department, 1933-1947
32 8 Tuskegee Institute Singers
32 9 Wayne State University Men's Glee Club, 1979-1985
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