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Box 26

Contains 29 Results:

 File — Box: 26, Folder: 1

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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.

 File — Box: 26, Folder: 2

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Handwritten four page list of addresses including Ella Fitzgerald and Irving Berlin. Additional handwritten one page list of musicians.

 File — Box: 26, Folder: 3

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Typewritten note to JPJ dated February 14, 1933 and signed by Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

 File — Box: 26, Folder: 4

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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."

 File — Box: 26, Folder: 5

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Photocopy of handwritten letter requesting the Coolidge Quartet perform The Spirit of America.Written by JPJ to Mrs. Sprague Coolidge.

 File — Box: 26, Folder: 6

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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.

 File — Box: 26, Folder: 7

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Typewritten profile/bio of JPJ's musical studies and accomplishments. Top of page begins midsentence. Preceeding page is missing.

 File — Box: 26, Folder: 8

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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.

 File — Box: 26, Folder: 9

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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.

 File — Box: 26, Folder: 10

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Typewritten letter dated April 9, 1947 to JPJ from Ann Blazier of Herald Pictures.