Research Catalog

Title

Helen Brown scrapbook, 1926-1941.

Author

Brown, Helen

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Details

Description

.25 lin. ft.

Summary

The Helen Brown Scrapbook contains programs and reviews of plays and concerts that took place in New York City between 1926 and 1941. Included are articles and reviews of musicians, singers, actors, writers Zora Neale Hurston and artists Jacob Lawrence, Augusta Savage and James L. Allen. The programs represent a variety of performances, among them, the Negro Opera Company, Hall Johnson's groups, specifically the Hall Johnson Singers, Hall Johnson Jubilee singers, and Hall Johnson Negro Choir. Also included are programs for Roland Hayes, Richard B. Harrison, Marian Anderson, Paul Robeson, Hazel Harrison, Abbie Mitchell, Jules Beldsoe, and the Eva Jessye Choir. The lyrics to some songs can also be found in the scrapbook.

Subjects

• African American entertainers
• Scrapbooks
• Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993
• Actresses > United States
• Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976
• Eva Jessye Choir
• Hall Johnson Jubilee Singers
• Singers > United States
• Harrison, Richard B
• African Americans in the performing arts
• Hall Johnson Singers
• Hayes, Roland, 1887-1977
• African Americans > Music
• Mitchell, Abbie, 1884-1960
• Harrison, Hazel, 1883-1969
• Theater programs
• Negro Grand Opera Company
• Concerts > New York (State) > New York
• Bledsoe, Jules, 1898-1943
• Hall Johnson Choir
• African American singers

Genre/Form

• Scrapbooks.
• Theater programs.

Call Number

Sc MG 520

OCLC

436872309

Author

Brown, Helen, collector.

Title

Helen Brown scrapbook, 1926-1941.

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Research Call Number

Sc MG 520