texts (documents)
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Burge Plantation Spirituals Collection
The Burge Plantation Spirituals Collection, 1920-1929, consists of approximately 600 spirituals sung by the descendants of enslaved workers on Burge Plantation, recorded by Dorothy Gray Bolton, 1880-1964, descendant of Burge Plantation owners, and annotated by composer Harry T. Burleigh, 1866-1949, and photographs of the African American men and women who lived and worked at Burge in the early twentieth century.
Mike Longo Papers
The Mike Longo Papers, 1937-2020, consist of the tapes, music charts, and papers of jazz pianist and composer Mike Longo, 1937-2020.
S. C. Jones Collection
The S. C. Jones Collection, 1850, consists of a letter from S. C. Jones to his sister.
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