Overview The collection consists of the papers of Adam Knight Spence and John Wesley Work from ca. 1851-1936. The papers contain materials relating to their interest in Negro folk music and involvement in the Fisk Jubilee Singers in the early 20th century. It includes musical scores and arrangements, correspondence regarding the singers' travels, printed materials, as well as correspondence (1906-1921) and classroom papers (1931) of John Work. The collection contains correspondence of Adam Knight...

Overview This collection contains 55 musical records (of which 11 records are of 78 medium-sized plates and 44 are of 44 small-size plates) of black musicians. The musical recordings include a wide range of music from jazz, blues, and Soul to gospel. The intention of this collection is to provide access to a wide variety of popular black music and to enrich your knowledge of black cultural experiences, expressions, and representations through this musical collection. The collection has been arranged...

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The collection consists materials collected about African American scholar and artist Lisa Ann Pertillar-Brevard dating from 1986 to 1996 including biographical information, newspaper and magazine articles on a variety of subjects including education, copies of periodicals and publications to which she has contributed, publications of the University of Maryland that pertain to African American issues, and various brochures and pamphlets.