Box 24

Typewritten lyric without a title. Possibly Victory Stride.

Lyrics by Mercedes Gilbert. There is also a personal letter about the lyrics from Mercedes Gilbert ot JPJ dated May 20, 1942.

Lyrics by Mercedes Gilbert.

Typewritten lyrics for two acts of Cissy. Note on original folder questions whether this work subsequently became Geechie.

Cogan surname also spelled Cogane. Lyrics for Goldbreakin' Papa You'd Better Get On The Ball, When Stella Does The Rumba At The Prom, Now That I've Lost You, Hey! Hey!, and (You Owe It All To) Love, Obbligato Joe, Why Can't I Sing to You, You're Ev'rywhere.

Typewritten lyrics by Langston Hughes. Also attached is a note to JPJ from Langston Hughes.

One page of typewritten lyrics for No Sucha Thing and Dreamy, Dreamtime.Handwritten note of Rosenwald Fund address and contact at the bottom of the page.

Lyrics for Sleepy Shuffle Blues, Sweepstake Special, Workin' So Long, and Sleepy Head. Also in the folder is a letter to JPJ from Sol Funaroff dated 12/5/41.

Two typewritten lyrics. The Golden Gate - music by JPJ and Count Basie (Nelson Cogan's name is scratched out with Basie's name inserted in JPJ's hand); lyric by Andy Razaf. Lyric grouped with lyric to On the Bridge - no composer or lyricist credited. Both pages are very fragile.

Harlem Blues is typewritten with notes in JPJ's hand. A second, unidentified lyric is grouped in this folder. Title possibly Don't Pick Up The Pieces. Note on lyric attributes music to JPJ and lyric to Alonzo Govern. Both items fragile.