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Daphne Weekes collection
- Title
- Daphne Weekes collection, 1939-1994.
- Author
- Weekes, Daphne, 1913-2004.
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 741 Box 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 2 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 741 Box 2 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Details
- Description
- 0.8 lin. ft. (2 a.b)
- Summary
- The Daphne Weekes Collection consists primarily of printed material. Included are certificates of appreciation, annotated sheet music, and programs, 1935-52, flyers and clippings for events where she and the band performed. There is also a transcript of an interview Weekes did for the West Indian Carnival Documentation project of the Brooklyn Historical Society, that captures her recollections of her life and work as a bandleader, and her work with the West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn.
- Subjects
- Popular music > Caribbean Area
- Sheet music
- African American women entertainers
- Latin jazz > New York (State) > New York
- Women jazz musicians
- Daphne Weekes and her Versatile Caribbean Orchestra
- Popular music > New York (State) > New York
- Calypso musicians > Trinidad and Tobago
- Trinidadians > New York (State) > New York > Music
- Black author
- Weekes, Daphne, 1913-2004
- Women pianists
- Caribbean Americans > New York (State) > New York > Music
- Programs
- Genre/Form
- Programs.
- Sheet music.
- Source (note)
- Eileen Millett
- Biography (note)
- Trinidadian born Daphne Weekes migrated to the United States in 1939. A well-known pianist in Trinidad and Tobago, she was the first female calypso bandleader in the U.S. Her 12-piece band known as "Daphne Weekes and her Versatile Caribbean Orchestra," was sought after and well traveled, playing in major cities and around the world. In her heyday, she performed three to five engagements or more per week. Weekes was also a featured judge of the steel band competition for the West Indian Day Parade on Eastern Parkway. In her later years Weekes continued to play for several senior citizen centers in Brooklyn and was featured at the Annual Senior Citizen Day at Lincoln Center.
- Call Number
- Sc MG 741
- OCLC
- 85449352
- Author
- Weekes, Daphne, 1913-2004.
- Title
- Daphne Weekes collection, 1939-1994.
- Biography
- Trinidadian born Daphne Weekes migrated to the United States in 1939. A well-known pianist in Trinidad and Tobago, she was the first female calypso bandleader in the U.S. Her 12-piece band known as "Daphne Weekes and her Versatile Caribbean Orchestra," was sought after and well traveled, playing in major cities and around the world. In her heyday, she performed three to five engagements or more per week. Weekes was also a featured judge of the steel band competition for the West Indian Day Parade on Eastern Parkway. In her later years Weekes continued to play for several senior citizen centers in Brooklyn and was featured at the Annual Senior Citizen Day at Lincoln Center.
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- Black author.
- Added Author
- New York Public Library sm Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, N.Y. 10037 OID= SCM ; CIN=NRJ/BT
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 741