Research Catalog
W.C. Handy collection
- Title
- W.C. Handy collection, 1914-1954.
- Author
- Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958.
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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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 122 Box 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Description
- .3 lin. ft. (1 box).
- Summary
- Collection of documents relating to W. C. Handy and the Handy Brothers Music Company.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
- Subjects
- Blues (Music)
- African American musicians
- Negro Actors Guild of America
- Popular music > United States > Writing and publishing
- Handy Bros. Music Company
- Composers > United States
- African American composers
- Jazz
- African American authors
- Handy, W. C (William Christopher), 1873-1958
- Music publishing > United States
- African Americans > Music > Bio-bibliography
- Note
- Sheet music separated to Schomburg Sheet Music Collection.
- Biography (note)
- Composer; cornetist; bandleader and publisher, W.C. Handy's fame rests upon his work as a composer.
- Processing Action (note)
- Processed
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- Sc MG 122
- OCLC
- NYPW086000042-A
- Author
- Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958.
- Title
- W.C. Handy collection, 1914-1954.
- Biography
- Composer; cornetist; bandleader and publisher, W.C. Handy's fame rests upon his work as a composer. Handy wrote and published more than 150 songs and arrangements of folksongs, mainly spirituals and blues. The popularity of Handy's songs helped to make black folk blues a permanent part of America's popular music.
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- Added Author
- Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958.Bankhead, Tallulah, 1902-1968.Sissle, Noble, 1889-1975.Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964.Whipper, Leigh Rollin, 1876-1975.
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 122