Box 4265.004

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This file contains nine pages of a typed story (with handwritten corrections) in which two high-school girls are approached by a man who asks them to watch over his vehicle, which the narrator describes at different times as an "artificial bird," an "airship," and an "airoplane." In the story, the girls figure out how to fly the machine, run into a mountain, and enter a cave, eventually realizing they are in the "infernal regions," where they meet "His Satanic Majesty."

Scope and Contents The collection contains material featuring Marian Anderson, including an autographed concert program from her 19 December 1939 concert in Louisville, Kentucky, a copy of the April 1947 Ebony magazine featuring her country "hideaway," four newspaper clippings, and a few miscellaneous catalog entries. The autographed program is from the 1939-1940 season of the Louisville Community Concert Association and gives texts for each of the songs, lieder, and...

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This collection consists of a program dated 16 March 1942 featuring dancer and choreographer Martha Graham and her dance company, a New York Times obituary, and an article about her autobiography.

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Three 1993 articles about American composer and jazz musician Duke Ellington (1899-1974)--two from The New York Times and one from Smithsonian Magazine.

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One article from The New York Times about tapes made by American jazz musician Louis Armstrong (1901-1971).

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One article from The New York Times, August 9, 1987, recounting the life of American comedian Moms Mabley (1894-1975) and a play created about her life by actress Clarice Taylor.

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One 1991 magazine page with an image of "Bowls of Cherries," an African American quilt from turn-of-the-twentieth-century Maryland.