Box 31

Court petitions dated January 18 and January 23, 1956.

Attorney's files concerning the JPJ Estate including correspondence, court papers, copyright, and royalties.

Will of JPJ's wife, Lillie Mae Johnson dated February 29, 1956. Will is an official photocopy with a stamp underneath last page of the will from the NY Surrogate's Court dated March 29, 1990.

Personal correspondence with envelope dated August 28, 1957 to Lillie Mae Johnson from Flournoy Miller concerning Sugar Hill performance. Letter dated July 11, 1938 from General Contract Purchase Corporation to JPJ and Lillie Mae Johnson about delinquent payments. Handwritten letter dated September 9, 1951 from Lillie Mae Johnson explaining non-payment due to JPJ illness. Receipt from Queen County Surrogate Court dated January 23, 1956 for JPJ Estate.

Correspondence and corresponding envelope dated July 14, 1958 from Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. to Lillie Mae Johnson enquiring about undeposited check. Lillie Mae Johnson died in October of 1957.

Blank stationery with Friends of JPJ letterhead and board of trustees. Correspondence dated March 9, 1976 from Jamaica Arts Center concerning "The Black Musician At Home in Queens" project. Handwritten list with title "Term plan 9B3. Looks like a food list. Written in Lillie Mae Johnson's hand?

Flyer promoting Sugar Hill Jazz, a fundraiser presented by The Riverside Art Museum and the JPJ Foundation.

Music book published by the JPJ Foundation.

Letter dated June 30, 1971 from Richard Pruitt of the National Portrait Gallery to Arceola Johnson Glover thanking her for lending photographs.

Clipping from Allegro dated December 1960.Official notice of Local 802 - unclaimed checks. JPJ on list. Clipping from Daily News dated January 23, 1962. Snippet about W.C. Handy's nephew John Handy. Two copies of clippings from The New York Times dated August 20, 1961. Article about reissue of record featuring JPJ's piano roll performances.