Research Catalog

Title

Marion and Clarissa Cumbo photographs.

Author

Cumbo, Clarissa W.

Publication

1890-1989.

Supplementary Content

Finding aid

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Cumbo, Marion W.

Description

1.79 linear feet (5 boxes)

Summary

Marion and Clarissa Cumbo were a Black married couple based in New York City who worked as musicians and arts fundraisers. The collection, dated from the 1890s to the 1980s, contains photographs depicting the Cumbos' music careers, their work with Symphony of the New World and Triad Productions, and their families and friends.

Subjects

• Symphony orchestras
• Musicians
• Negatives (Photographs)
• Photographs
• New York (State) > New York
• United States
• Harlem Renaissance
• Arts fund raising
• African American women musicians
• African American musicians
• Symphony orchestras > New York (State) > New York
• Musicians > United States > Photographs
• Triad Productions
• Symphony of the New World (New York, N.Y.)

Genre/Form

• Negatives (Photographs)
• Photographs.

Source (note)

• Donated by Davies Burton to the Schomburg Center in 1988.

Call Number

SCP 186088

OCLC

1383660226

Author

Cumbo, Clarissa W., creator.

Title

Marion and Clarissa Cumbo photographs.

Production

1890-1989.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Location of Other Archival Materials

Materials Separated from the Resource: Photographs transferred from the Marion and Clarissa Cumbo papers in Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books, Schomburg Center.

Source

Donated by Davies Burton to the Schomburg Center in 1988.

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Finding aid

Occupation

Musicians.

Added Author

Cumbo, Marion W., contributor.

Research Call Number

SCP 186088