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Mary Lou Williams Foundation

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

 Collection
Identifier: IJS-0060

Abstract:

This collection contains materials related to the life and career of Mary Lou Williams and includes written manuscript and printed music, photography, correspondence, business and personal documents, scrapbooks, publications and clippings, artifacts, and audiovisual materials. The materials in the collection were created or collected by Williams or her manager, Peter O'Brien.

 Collection
Identifier: IJS-0156

Abstract: The collection includes materials surrounding the life and career of arts manager and Jesuit priest, Peter F. O'Brien. It contains correspondence between O'Brien and Mary Lou Williams, business papers pertaining to O'Brien's management of Williams, his time at Duke University, and other general business papers; datebooks from throughout his time with Williams, as executive director of the Williams Foundation, and as a Jesuit; and materials related O'Brien's art appreciation, advocacy and...

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African Americans in the performing arts 1
Arts--Management 1
Catholic Church 1
Jazz 1
Jazz Musicians 1