Research Catalog

Title

Edward Boatner photograph collection.

Author

Boatner, Edward

Publication

[between 1960 and 1979?]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

King Photographers (Brooklyn, N.Y.), photographer.

Found In

p1pc Boatner, Edward Edward Boatner papers, 1940-1980 (OCoLC)122607707

Description

• 3 items (one folder); 26 x 21 cm and smaller.
• 3 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;

Summary

Consists of an undated studio portrait of composer and educator Edward Boatner; an undated group portrait of one of Boatner's choral groups, possibly from Brooklyn; and an undated publicity portrait of performer Jimmy Amistad, with a handwritten request to Boatner for a copy of his musical comedy "Julius Sees Her in Rome, Georgia" inscribed on the back (ca. 1967).

Subjects

• African American music teachers
• Amistad, Jimmy
• Portrait photographs > 1960-1979
• Inscriptions > 1960-1969
• Gelatin silver prints > 1960-1979
• African American choral conductors
• African American composers
• Group portraits > 1960-1979
• African American authors
• Boatner, Edward
• African American choirs > New York (State) > New York
• Publicity photographs > 1960-1979

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 1960-1979.
• Group portraits – 1960-1979.
• Publicity photographs – 1960-1979.
• Gelatin silver prints – 1960-1979.
• Inscriptions – 1960-1969.

Note

• Title taken from Edward Boatner Papers.
• One photograph bears photography studio hand stamp on verso; one item bears both printed caption on recto and inscription on verso.
• Collection contains work by King Photographers, Brooklyn, New York.

Terms of Use (note)

• Some items may be restricted; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography (note)

• Edward Hammond Boatner, 1898-1981, was an African American singer, composer and educator. Boatner was known for his Edward Boatner Studio in New York, a private music instruction studio whose students included opera singer George Shirley and performer Josephine Baker. He would arrange nearly 300 Black spirituals; compose original classical pieces and musicals; wrote thirty textbooks on musical theory, composition and teaching; and continued to teach and conduct choral groups unitl his death in 1981. Boatner is also the father of jazz saxophonist Sonny Stitt.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Edward Boatner Papers, 1941-1980.

Call Number

Sc Photo Edward Boatner Collection

OCLC

1054933891

Author

Boatner, Edward, collector.

Title

Edward Boatner photograph collection.

Production

[between 1960 and 1979?]

Type of Content

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Terms Of Use

Some items may be restricted; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography

Edward Hammond Boatner, 1898-1981, was an African American singer, composer and educator. Boatner was known for his Edward Boatner Studio in New York, a private music instruction studio whose students included opera singer George Shirley and performer Josephine Baker. He would arrange nearly 300 Black spirituals; compose original classical pieces and musicals; wrote thirty textbooks on musical theory, composition and teaching; and continued to teach and conduct choral groups unitl his death in 1981. Boatner is also the father of jazz saxophonist Sonny Stitt.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Edward Boatner Papers, 1941-1980.

Local Note

Sc MG 82

Connect to:

Request Appointment

Added Author

King Photographers (Brooklyn, N.Y.), photographer.

Found In:

p1pc Boatner, Edward Edward Boatner papers, 1940-1980 (OCoLC)122607707

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Edward Boatner Collection