Research Catalog
Melville Charlton collection
- Title
- Melville Charlton collection, 1906-1976.
- Author
- Charlton, Melville.
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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 2 | Archival Mix | Use in library | Sc MG 92 Box 2 | 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 1 | Archival Mix | Use in library | Sc MG 92 Box 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Details
- Description
- .6 lin. ft.
- Summary
- Correspondence and memorabilia documenting Charlton's seventy years as a musician culminating in a 90th birthday celebration in 1970. Includes biographical information, correspondence, birthday cards, programs, and certificates.
- Subject
- Note
- Photographs transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division.
- Source (note)
- Charlton, Myrtle
- Biography (note)
- Organist.
- Processing Action (note)
- Surveyed
- Accessioned
- Cataloging updated
- Call Number
- Sc MG 92
- OCLC
- NYPW89-A60
- Author
- Charlton, Melville.
- Title
- Melville Charlton collection, 1906-1976.
- Biography
- Organist. Melville Charlton served as organist for several churches and Jewish synagogues in New York City; he also gave concert tours and wrote the popular piano piece, "Poem Erotique." He was the first African-American organist to be admitted to the American Guild of Organists. Charlton was born in 1880 and died in 1973.
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- Sc MG 92