Research Catalog
George A. and Maudelle Weston papers
- Title
- George A. and Maudelle Weston papers, 1919-1979.
- Author
- Weston, George A. and Maudelle.
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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 188 Box 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Yard, Lionel M.
- Description
- .2 lin. ft.
- Papers organized into two series: I George Weston; and II Maudelle Weston.
- Summary
- George Weston papers consist of correspondence, writings, printed material, and clippings concerning his career, theology, and politics. One folder pertains to the Pro-Lad Paint company (Africa's Shadow Type Progressive Ladder Paint, Ltd.) and a paint to be made in Antigua especially for tropical climates. Biographical article on Weston by Lionel M. Yard, 1975, and sheet music and words by Weston for "Climbing Africa's Ladder." The Maudelle Weston series include programs and clippings pertaining to Mrs. Weston's career as a dancer during the 1940s-1960s.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Preservation of the Black Religious Heritage Project funded by the Lilly Endowment.
- Subjects
- African Americans > Societies, etc
- African American dancers
- African Americans > Religion
- Weston, Maudelle
- Black theology
- Sheet music
- African Americans > Colonization > Africa
- African American clergy
- Back to Africa movement
- Paint
- Weston, George A., 1885-1973
- Universal Negro Improvement Association
- African Americans in the performing arts
- Christian sects > United States
- African American families
- Africa's Shadow Type Progressive Ladder Paint Co., Ltd
- Genre/Form
- Sheet music.
- Note
- Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.
- Audiotapes transferred to Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.
- Source (note)
- Weston, Maudelle; Watts, Faulkner
- Biography (note)
- George Weston was a minister of the African Orthodox Evangelical Mission, leader in the Garvey movement, and vice president of the Universal Negro Improvement Association. His wife, Maudelle Weston, was a dancer.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Finding aid in repository.
- Processing Action (note)
- Surveyed
- Processed
- Cataloging updated
- Call Number
- Sc MG 188
- OCLC
- NYPW89-A227
- Author
- Weston, George A. and Maudelle.
- Title
- George A. and Maudelle Weston papers, 1919-1979.
- Biography
- George Weston was a minister of the African Orthodox Evangelical Mission, leader in the Garvey movement, and vice president of the Universal Negro Improvement Association. His wife, Maudelle Weston, was a dancer.
- Indexes
- Finding aid in repository.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Yard, Lionel M.
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 188