Box 26
Contains 29 Results:
Two typewritten pages labeled Accomplishments - IV.One item is a list of performances of his orchestral composition and the second item is a list of compositions in manuscript. Also included in folder is a list of "Instrumental Publications" for JPJ.
Handwritten four page list of addresses including Ella Fitzgerald and Irving Berlin. Additional handwritten one page list of musicians.
Typewritten note to JPJ dated February 14, 1933 and signed by Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
Typewritten letter to JPJ dated November 4, 1940 with a handwritten list of cities with a few addresses on the back. The note concerns an enclosed "Directory of Negro Hotels and Guest Houses."
Photocopy of handwritten letter requesting the Coolidge Quartet perform The Spirit of America.Written by JPJ to Mrs. Sprague Coolidge.
Typewritten letter to JPJ dated January 9, 1939 from Mickey with Henry Creamer's address listed below signature. Not clear whether Mickey is Creamer's son or godson.
Typewritten profile/bio of JPJ's musical studies and accomplishments. Top of page begins midsentence. Preceeding page is missing.
Typewritten letter dated January 21, 1942 from "Friends of James P. Johnson" with notification of a concert date change and a request for funding. A partially typewritten letter dated March 27, 1947. An undated typewritten letter with JPJ handwritten note. Letter concerns a March 9th performance of The Harlem Symphony. Also, the same letter found in a different folder for the same concert. Folder identifies the date of the letter as December, 1941.
Three typewritten letters to JPJ from Handy Brothers music company. The letter from 1949 is incomplete - previous page appears to be missing. Two letters signed by W.C. Handy and Charles Handy.
Typewritten letter dated April 9, 1947 to JPJ from Ann Blazier of Herald Pictures.