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http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/organizations/US-dlcm http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu013001.2 08410cpcaa2200961 a 4500 20133322123333.4 060503i18791997xx eng 2006568166 i 1879/1997 k 1930/1962 ML31.N39 National Negro Opera Company (U.S.) National Negro Opera Company collection, 1879-1997 (bulk 1930-1962). EAD master sort node: @alpha_character^n^@alpha_srt^national negro^@title^National Negro Opera Company Collection^@href^http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu013001^@aggregate^mu^@ead_file_name^mu013001.xml^@eadid^mu013001^ 11,250 items 68 containers 39 linear feet The National Negro Opera Company, the first African-American opera company in the United States, was founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1941, by Mary Cardwell Dawson. The collection contains materials and records related to the company and to Dawson. It includes correspondence, administrative and financial records, photographs, programs, promotional and publicity materials, scrapbooks, clippings, address books, notebooks, costumes, music, and books. In addition, the collection contains materials related to opera singer La Julia Rhea, who performed with the company, and Walter M. Dawson, Mary Cardwell Dawson's husband, who worked for the company. Dawson, Mary Cardwell, 1894-1962. Dawson, Mary Cardwell, 1894-1962 Archives. Dawson, Mary Cardwell, 1894-1962 Photographs. Dawson, Walter M. Rhea, La Julia. Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993 Correspondence. Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955 Correspondence. Brice, Carol, 1916-1985 Photographs. Campbell, Dick, 1903-1994 Correspondence. Cato, Minto, 1900-1979. Duncan, Todd Correspondence. Evanti, Lillian, 1890-1967. McFerrin, Robert, 1921-2006 Correspondence. Nickerson, Camille. Prattis, Percival Leroy, 1895-1980 Correspondence. Rahn, Muriel Correspondence. Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 Correspondence. White, Clarence Cameron, 1880-1960 Correspondence. Dett, R. Nathaniel, 1882-1943. Ordering of Moses. National Negro Opera Company (U.S.) National Negro Opera Foundation (U.S.) National Negro Opera Company (U.S.) Archives. National Negro Opera Foundation (U.S.) Archives. National Negro Opera Company (U.S.) Photographs. National Association of Negro Musicians (U.S.) Opera companies United States. Opera producers and directors United States. African American singers. African American musicians. Opera Production and direction. African Americans Music History and criticism. Opera United States 20th century. African Americans in the performing arts. African American singers Photographs. Music Manuscripts. Address books. aat Appointment books. aat Clippings (Information artifacts) aat Contracts. aat Correspondence. aat Costumes (Character dress) aat Financial records. aat Minutes. aat Photographic prints. aat Posters. aat Printing blocks. aat Printing plates. aat Programs (Documents) aat Promotional materials. aat Scrapbooks. aat Dawson, Mary Cardwell, 1894-1962. Library of Congress, Music Division EAD http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu013001 EAD PDF http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu013001.3 LCCN Permalink http://lccn.loc.gov/2006568166 Reading Room http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/ XML http://findingaids.loc.gov/source/main#mu013001 EAD METS http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu013001.4 music/ead http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu013001 National Negro Opera Company Collection Processed by the Music Division of the Library of Congress Music Division, Library of Congress

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Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Music Division, 2012 Finding aid written in English. Collection Summary National Negro Opera Company Collection 1879-1997 (bulk 1930-1962) ML31.N39 National Negro Opera Company (U.S.) 11,250 items 68 containers 39 linear feet Collection material in English Music Division Library of Congress

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The National Negro Opera Company, the first African-American opera company in the United States, was founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1941, by Mary Cardwell Dawson. The collection contains materials and records related to the company and to Dawson. It includes correspondence, administrative and financial records, photographs, programs, promotional and publicity materials, scrapbooks, clippings, address books, notebooks, costumes, music, and books. In addition, the collection contains materials related to opera singer La Julia Rhea, who performed with the company, and Walter M. Dawson, Mary Cardwell Dawson's husband, who worked for the company. Selected Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.

People Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993--Correspondence. Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955--Correspondence. Brice, Carol, 1916-1985--Photographs. Campbell, Dick, 1903-1994--Correspondence. Cato, Minto, 1900-1979. Dawson, Mary Cardwell, 1894-1962--Archives. Dawson, Mary Cardwell, 1894-1962--Photographs. Dawson, Mary Cardwell, 1894-1962. Dawson, Mary Cardwell, 1894-1962. Dawson, Walter M. Dett, R. Nathaniel, 1882-1943. Ordering of Moses. Duncan, Todd--Correspondence. Evanti, Lillian, 1890-1967. McFerrin, Robert, 1921-2006--Correspondence. Nickerson, Camille. Prattis, Percival Leroy, 1895-1980--Correspondence. Rahn, Muriel--Correspondence. Rhea, La Julia. Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962--Correspondence. White, Clarence Cameron, 1880-1960--Correspondence. Organizations National Association of Negro Musicians (U.S.) National Negro Opera Company (U.S.) National Negro Opera Company (U.S.) National Negro Opera Company (U.S.)--Archives. National Negro Opera Company (U.S.)--Photographs. National Negro Opera Foundation (U.S.) National Negro Opera Foundation (U.S.)--Archives. Subjects African American musicians. African American singers--Photographs. African American singers. African Americans in the performing arts. African Americans--Music--History and criticism. Music--Manuscripts. Opera companies--United States. Opera producers and directors--United States. Opera--Production and direction. Opera--United States--20th century. Form/Genre Address books. Appointment books. Clippings (Information artifacts) Contracts. Correspondence. Costumes (Character dress) Financial records. Minutes. Photographic prints. Posters. Printing blocks. Printing plates. Programs (Documents) Promotional materials. Scrapbooks. Administrative Information Provenance

Gift, Barbara Edwards Lee (former corresponding secretary of the National Negro Opera Company (NNOC) and niece of the founder and director of the company, Mary Cardwell Dawson), 1971. Documents related to the career of singer La Julia Rhea, who performed the title role in the NNOC's first operatic production of Aida, were given to the collection by her sons, Robert Lee Rhea and Henry James Rhea, in 1989.

Accruals

No further accruals are expected.

Processing History

The National Negro Opera Company Collection was processed by Kate Rourke, Rodney Todd, Joel Sorensen, Greg Pierce and Robert Saladini, in August 1993. The collection was further processed and coded for EAD format by George Kipper in December 2012.

Materials from the National Negro Opera Company Collection are governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.) and other applicable international copyright laws.

Access and Restrictions

The National Negro Opera Company Collection is open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Music Division prior to visiting in order to determine whether the desired materials will be available at that time.

Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [item, date, container number], National Negro Opera Company Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Agency Sketch

The National Negro Opera Company, the first African-American opera company in the United States, was founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1941, by Mary Cardwell Dawson (born February 14, 1894, in Madison, North Carolina; died March 19, 1962). Ms. Dawson graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music in June 1925, then did post-graduate work at the Chicago Musical College, and in New York and Boston. She began her professional career giving private voice lessons at the Cardwell School of Music, in Homestead, Pennsylvania, which she founded in 1927. She staged and directed the opera Romeo and Juliet at Carnegie Music Hall, in Pittsburgh (1926-1927) followed by the operetta The Merry Milk Maids, which she staged at nearby Schenley High School, in 1930. Mary Cardwell Dawson appeared as a soloist at the Century of Progress (World's Fair), Chicago, in 1933. That same year she organized the Cardwell Dawson Choir, made up of students at her school. The ensemble began a series of annual concerts in 1934, gradually developing into a prize-winning ensemble in the late 1930s. They won the Sun-Telegraph (Harvey Gaul) Award for Musical Excellance in both 1937 and 1938. The Cardwell Dawson Choir accepted invitations to appear at the Chicago and New York World's Fairs in the late 1930s. Seven years later, on May 27, 1944, the Choir received a first place award in the Nationalist Class of the Western Pennsylvania Choral Festival. Ms. Dawson served as president of the National Association of Negro Musicians (hereafter referred to as the NANM) from 1939 to 1941, and was chairman of the association's opera committee.

Ms. Dawson launched the National Negro Opera Company (hereafter referred to as the NNOC) at the NANM annual convention, in August 1941. The NNOC was incorporated in the state of Illinois in 1942 with the stated purpose of "affording for the Negro the opportunity for the fullest expression in cultural development." The first operatic production was a performance of Verdi's Aida, presented at Pittsburgh's Syria Masque, on August 29, 1941. The stars in the first production included La Julia Rhea (as Aida), Minto Cato, Carol Brice, Robert McFerrin, and Lillian Evanti. After two years of various struggles and disappointments, the NNOC began to experience more consistant success, beginning with the August 29, 1943 performance of Verdi's La Traviata, performed at the Watergate, in Washington, D.C. - the stage being an anchored floating barge. The next year, on March 29, 1944, after successful performances in Chicago and Pittsburgh, the company staged La Traviata at New York City's Madison Square Garden, to enthusiastic crowds. The NNOC presented several musical spectaculars and operatic performances at Carnegie Hall and at Town Hall in New York, including such programs as "A Music and Dance Festival" (October 5, 1947), "An Afternoon of Stars" (April 3, 1948), and a performance of R. Nathaniel Dett's The Ordering of Moses, presented on June 15, 1951. In addition to regular offerings of operatic productions and occasional large-scale New York concerts, there were many solo recitals that featured Mary Cardwell Dawson or prominant soloists of the NNOC--concerts that were often billed as benefit concerts for the NNOC. The NNOC also sponsored nine annual music festivals between July 19, 1947 and August 27, 1955 at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. These annual events consisted of bands, drill teams, dance groups, choruses, instrumental and vocal soloists - with appearances by well-known celebrities such as Noble Sissle and W. C. Handy, both of whom appeared at the August 7, 1948 event. Clark Griffith, owner of the Washington Senators baseball team, donated use of Griffith Stadium for these annual events without charging any fees.

The NNOC was active between 1941 and 1962 (the year of Dawson's death), producing operas in several cities, such as Washington, D.C., New York City and Chicago, in addition to productions staged in Pittsburgh. In the early 1940s, Ms. Dawson moved to Washington, D.C., which then became the center of the NNOC's activities. Active Opera Guilds (city chapters) were established in Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, Pittsburgh, Red Bank, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. The National Negro Opera Foundation (hereafter NNOF) was incorporated in Washington, D.C. on March 31, 1950 to help raise funds to sustain the NNOC. Ms. Dawson served as director and general manager of the company from the founding of the company until her death on March 19, 1962.

The NNOC's repertoire during the years 1941-1960 consisted mainly of six operas and one oratorio (The Ordering of Moses, arranged in operatic format by Ms. Dawson for operatic presentation). In addition to The Ordering of Moses, the operatic repertoire included Carmen (Bizet), Faust (Gounod), Aida (Verdi), La Traviata (Verdi), Il Trovatore (Verdi), and Ouanga (Clarence Cameron White).

The company reached its peak with performances of Clarence Cameron White's opera Ouanga presented in a concert version with ballet, at the Metropolitan Opera House, on May 27, 1956. The Met performance actually represented four premieres. It was the first time that the opera Ouanga had been staged in New York. Secondly, it was the first time an outside company had staged an operatic production using the Met's stage and facilities. Thirdly, it was the first opera ever presented at the Met by an African-American opera company, and lastly, it was the first time that an opera by an African-American composer (White) and librettist (John Frederick Matheus) had been performed at the Met. Four months later, on September 29, 1956, the NNOC gave another successful performance of Ouanga at New York City's Carnegie Hall.

The NNOC remained active through 1960, but the number of events gradually diminished, ceasing with Ms. Dawson's death in 1962.

The following section presents a chronological list of selected musical events and productions by the National Negro Opera Company and earlier events performed by ensembles in which Mary Cardwell Dawson was involved.

Date Event 1926, Mar. 26 Mary L. Cardwell gave pianoforte and voice recital at Bethleham Baptist Church, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1929, Nov. 22 Cardwell Dawson accompanied tenor Claudius James Broadfield at a recital at Wilmerding Christian Association, Wilmerding, Pa. 1930, May 6 Cardwell Dawson and her Concert Company gave a recital at Schenley High School, Pittsburgh Pa. 1930, June 30 Pupils of Mary Cardwell Dawson gave the sixth annual recital at Rodman Street Baptist Church, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1932, Apr. 28 The Merry Milkmaids, an operetta in two acts by C. H. Gabriel, performed at Schenley High School (Mary Cardwell Dawson directed) 1932, May 27 The Merry Milkmaids performed at Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Mary Cardwell Dawson directed) 1933, June 8 Cardwell School of Music concert at Herron Hill Junior High School Auditorium, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1933, July 11 "The Heavenly Road: A beautiful religious pageant sermon in song" staged and directed by Dawson at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1933, Dec. 15 Artist Programme at Carron Street Baptist Church, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1933, Dec. 29 Saengerfest, presented by the Pittsburgh branch of the National Association of Negro Musicians, at Irene Kaufmann Settlement, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1934, Aug. 26-30 Convention of the National Association of Negro Musicians, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1935, Nov. 29 Cardwell School of Music Choir and Clairton Community Choral recital, Clairton High School, Clairton, Pa. 1937, May 27 Third annual concert of the Cardwell Dawson Choir, Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1937, June 17 All Star Recital given by the Outstanding Artists of the Cardwell School of Music, Carron Street Baptist Church, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1938, Mar. 31 Fourth annual concert of the Cardwell Dawson Choir, Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1938, May 19 Cardwell Dawson Choir performed at Greenburg High School Auditorium 1938, July 31-Aug. 4 Pittsburgh branch of the National Association of Negro Musicians observed National Music Week 1938, Sept. 15 Mary Cardwell Dawson recital, John Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1939, Mar. 23 Fifth annual concert of the Cardwell Dawson Choir, Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1939, May 26 Benefit concert by the Cardwell Dawson Choir, Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1940, Apr. 2 Sixth annual concert of the Cardwell Dawson Choir, Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1941, May 9 Cardwell Dawson Choir performed R. Nathaniel Dett's The Ordering of Moses at seventh annual spring concert, Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1941, May 27 Cardwell Dawson Choir performed R. Nathaniel Dett's The Ordering of Moses, Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1941, Aug. 5 Night of Opera at Wendell Phillips High School Auditorium (Chicago Campaign Committee of the National Negro Opera Company) 1941, Aug. 18 Night of Opera at Wendell Phillips High School Auditorium (Chicago Campaign Committee of the National Negro Opera Company) 1941, Aug. 24-29 National Association of Negro Musician's 21st annual convention, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1941, Aug. 29 Cardwell Dawson School of Music and Pittsburgh Branch of the National Association of Negro Musicians presented Aida, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1941, Oct. 30 Mary Cardwell Dawson presented Aida, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1942, June 5 Mary Cardwell Dawson, soprano and her Special Octette gave recital, Senior High School Auditorium, Uniontown, Pa. 1942, Oct. 10-11 Chicago Negro Opera Guild performed Aida, Civic Opera House, Chicago, Ill. 1943, Jan. 24 Inaugural program, Wendell Phillips High School, Chicago 1943, Mar. 25 Benefit midnight show, presented stars and artists of the cast of Porgy and Bess, Leo Weil School, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1943, Apr. 18 National Negro Opera Company, Inc. Official mass meeting, Schenley High School, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1943, Aug. 28 La Traviata, Watergate, Washington, D.C. 1943, Oct. 26 La Traviata, Civic Opera House, Chicago 1944, Jan. 25 La Traviata, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1944, Mar. 29 La Traviata, Madison Square Garden, New York City 1944, July 29 Faust, Watergate, Washington, D.C. 1944, Aug. 26 Aida, Coliseum, Chicago 1944, Oct. 15 Aida, Uline Arena, Washington, D.C. (rescheduled from July 30 and then Sept. 17) 1944, Dec. 24 New York Campaign Committee of the National Negro Opera Company sponsored third of a series of "pleasant Sunday afternoon musicals," Church of Christ, New York 1944, Dec. 31 New York Campaign Committee of the National Negro Opera Company sponsored fourth of a series of "pleasant Sunday afternoon musicals," Salem M.E. Church, New York 1945, Jan. 7 New York chapter of the National Negro Opera Company presented Grand Concert, St. Marks M.E. Church, New York 1945, June 28 National Negro Opera Company sponsored Battle of Song: a Citywide Vocal Contest, Salem M.E. Church, New York 1945, Oct. 21-27 First Annual National Negro Opera Meet & Exhibit, Headquarters, YMCA with special events at various downtown locations, New York 1946, Apr. 28 Chicago Opera Guild presented The Ordering of Moses, Eighth Street Theatre 1946, June 30 Mary Cardwell Dawson singers with augmented chorus of over 100 performed The Ordering of Moses, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1947, Feb. 28 Mary Cardwell Dawson recital, Metropolitan A.M.E. Church, Washington, D.C. 1947, July 19 First Annual Music and Dance Festival, Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. 1947, Oct. 5 New York Opera Guild of the National Negro Opera Company sponsored First Annual Music and Dance Festival, Carnegie Hall, New York 1947, Nov. 30 Chicago Opera Guild presented Mary Cardwell Dawson recital, Wendell Phillips High School 1948, Feb. 25 Mary Cardwell Dawson recital, Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh, Pa. (benefit for National Negro Opera Company) 1948, Apr. 3 New York, Newark and Washington Guilds of the National Negro Opera Company sponsored "An Afternoon of Stars," Carnegie Hall, New York 1948, Apr. 30 Mary Cardwell Dawson recital, Metropolitan A.M.E. Church, Washington, D.C. 1948, June 24 The Chicago Negro Opera Guild in concert, New Friendship Baptist Church, Chicago 1948, Aug. 1-7 National Negro Opera Meet and Exhibit, multiple locations, Washington, D.C. 1948, Aug. 7 Second Annual Spectacular Music Festival, Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. 1948, Nov. 19 John Anglin, tenor in concert with Mary Cardwell Dawson, piano, Asbury Methodist Church, Washington, D.C. (Benefit Opera Fund) 1949, Feb. 10 Washington Opera Guild sponsored Pre-Valentine Benefit Dance, Lincoln Colonnade, Washington, D.C. 1949, Apr. 30 Aida, National Guard Armory, Washington, D.C. 1949, Aug. 21-26 Third Annual Opera Meet and Exhibit, multiple locations in Washington, D.C. 1949, Aug. 26 Third Annual Gala Music Festival, Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. 1949, Nov. 4 "Mary Cardwell Dawson Presents her Program of Musical Gems," Metropolitan A.M.E. Church, Washington, D.C. 1949, Nov. 27 Bertha M. Bragg, soprano and Mary Cardwell Dawson, piano, John Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church, Washington, D.C. (Benefit Recital) 1950, Mar. 31 National Negro Opera Foundation received charter and incorporated in the District of Columbia 1950, Apr. 9 First Annual Easter Fashion Parade and Symposium, John Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church, Washington, D.C. 1950, May 19 A Night at the Opera, Howard Theatre, Washington, D.C. 1950, July 28 The Ordering of Moses, Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. (fourth annual presentation) 1950, Oct. 1 Chicago Negro Opera Guild presented Opera Festival, Kimball Hall, Chicago 1950, Nov. 20 The Ordering of Moses, Shiloh Baptist Church, Washington, D.C. 1951, Feb. 25 The Ordering of Moses, Allegany High School Auditorium, Cumberland, Maryland 1951, Mar. 24 Second Annual Easter Fashion Parade, Washington, D.C. 1951, June 15 The Ordering of Moses, Carnegie Hall, New York 1951, Sept. 30 Fifth Annual Music festival, Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. 1952, Feb. 3 National Negro Opera Company and Chicago Negro Opera Guild sponsored Galaxy of Stars - an afternoon of opera (pre-opera benefit), Metropolitian Community Church, Chicago 1952, Mar. 29 National Negro Opera Company and Chicago Negro Opera Guild sponsored Faust, Civic Opera, Chicago 1952, Aug. 15 Sixth Annual Music Festival presented Faust, Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. 1952, Sept. 14 Aida, Convention Hall, 178th Armory, Chicago 1952, Oct. 19 National Negro Opera Foundation and the Washington Opera Guild presented Court of Famous Characters (excerpts from Aida, Faust, Naughty Marietta, Il Trovatore and The Ordering of Moses), Turner Memorial A.M.E. Church, Washington, D.C. 1952, Nov. 20 National Negro Opera Foundation and the Washington Opera Guild sponsored Pre-Thanksgiving Dance (benefit), Convention Hall, 178th Armory, Chicago 1953, Jan. 9 Court of Famous Characters (excerpts from Aida, Faust, Naughty Marietta, Il Trovatore and The Ordering of Moses), Turner Memorial A.M.E. Church, Washington, D.C. 1953, Mar. 27-30 National Negro Opera Foundation opera meet, National Council House of Negro Women, Washington, D.C. 1953, Apr. 20 Court of Famous Characters: Parade of Kings and Queens, excerpts from the great operas, and biblical scenes from The Ordering of Moses, Metropolitan Baptist Church, Washington, D.C. 1953, July 25 Seventh Annual Gala Music Festival, Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. 1954, Feb. 18 National Negro Opera Foundation provided music for the Tuesday Evening Club of Social Workers, Inc. in celebration of Negro History Week, Dunbar Hotel, Washington, D.C. 1954, Mar. 14 Pittsburgh Opera Guild presented Pre-opera benefit, with Ben Mitchell Morris, tenor, Mass Ballet ensemble, and fashion display of the National Negro Opera Company's European costumes, Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1954, Mar. 24 Ben Morris, in concert, Metropolitian A.M.E. Church, Washington, D.C. 1954, Aug. 4 National Negro Opera Foundation, honoring the National Association of Colored Women, sponsored Eighth Annual Gala Music Festival, Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. 1954, Oct. 9 Aida, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1954, Dec. 3 Pittsburgh Opera Guild Benefit, Follies of 1954, Schenley High School, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1955, Jan. 16 Chicago Negro Opera Guild presented scenes from Carmen, Aida, Faust and La Traviata, Wendell Phillips High School, Chicago 1955, May 28 National Negro Opera Foundation sponsored First Annual Benefit Banquet Ball, Hotel New Yorker, New York 1955, Aug. 27 Court of Famous Characters, Ninth Annual Music Festival, Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. 1955, Sept. 12 New York Guild of National Negro Opera Foundation presented first concert of a new series: "Series of Concerts of Thrilling Voices," Salem Methodist Church, Social Hall, New York 1955, Oct. 30 Mass meeting, National Negro Opera Foundation presented its Cleveland Opera Guild, Cory Methodist Church 1956, May 27 National Negro Opera Foundation, in cooperation with the New York Opera Guild presented Ouanga, Haitian opera, in English, Metropolitan Opera House, New York 1956, Sept. 27-30 National Negro Opera Foundation, in cooperation with the New York Opera Guild presented Ouanga, Haitian opera, in English, Carnegie Hall, New York 1956, Nov. 4 The Chicago Opera Guild honored Mme. Mary Cardwell Dawson, Chicago 1956, Dec. 7 National Negro Opera Foundation presented Evelyn Greene, in concert, Metropolitan A.M.E. Church, Washington, D.C. 1956, Dec. 16 The Ordering of Moses, Union Congregational Church, New York 1957, Jan. 10 The Ordering of Moses, Parent-Teacher Association of Abyssinian Baptist Church of New York City 1957, Feb. 10 First annual historical & musical tea, dedicated to celebrated Negro composers, National Federation of Colored Women's Headquarters, Washington, D.C. 1957, Apr. 17 The Ordering of Moses, Faith Temple Church of God in Christ, Main Auditorium, New York 1957, Apr. 21 Spring Operama and Easter Parade, Bethel A.M.E. Church, Chicago 1957, May 5 The Ordering of Moses, Hillhouse High School, New Haven, Conn. 1957, May 26 New York Opera Guild presented A Sunday Night Musical, Theresa Hotel, Skyline Room, New York 1957, June 16 Chicago Opera Guild sponsored Evelyn Greene concert, Olivet Baptist Church, Chicago 1957, Aug. 24 Washington Opera Guild Benefit "An Evening on the Lawn," 1256 Kearny Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 1957, Sept. 20 Georgia Club of the Metropolitan Baptist Church sponsored The Ordering of Moses, Metropolitan Baptist Church, Washington, D.C. 1957, Nov. 22 The Ordering of Moses, Lawson Religious and Civic Center, New York 1958, Feb. 16 The Ordering of Moses, Convent Avenue Baptist Church, New York 1958, Feb. 23 A Historical & Musical Tea, in observance of National Brotherhood Week, National Federation of Colored Women's Headquarters, Washington, D.C. 1958, Mar. 28 Calvary Baptist Church Sunday School sponsored The Ordering of Moses, River Street School Auditorium, Red Bank, New Jersey 1958, May 23 Bethesda Baptist Church sponsored The Ordering of Moses, Concord Baptist Church, Brooklyn, New York 1958, July 13 Friends of the New York Opera Guild Committee sponsored The Ordering of Moses, Bedford Avenue YMCA, Brooklyn, New York 1958, Aug. 26 Grand Lodge Convention Committee of the Elks I.B.O.E. of W. sponsored The Ordering of Moses, Metropolitan Baptist Church, Washington, D.C. 1958, Nov. 1 The Washington D.C. Women's Committee, Mary Cardwell Dawson, and the National Negro Opera Foundation presented "An Informal Afternoon Gathering," 1601 R Street, N.W., Washington, D.C 1958, Nov. 20 G. Dewey Robinson Boosters Club sponsored "Fashions Aboard the Luxury Liner," Metropolitan A.M.E. Church, Washington, D.C. 1959, Jan. 25 Washington Opera Guild sponsored "Fashions Aboard the Luxury Liner," Casino Royal, Washington, D.C. 1959, June 20 Board of Governors of the National Negro Opera Foundation sponsored "An Opera Luncheon," Sheraton-Park Hotel, Washington, D.C. 1959, Aug. 30 Chicago Opera Guild presented Grand Opera Interlude, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Gentry, Chicago 1959, Nov. 11 Benefit dinner, 2610 3rd Street N.E., Washington, D.C. (private residence) 1960, Feb. 14 National Negro Opera Foundation presented The Ordering of Moses, in cooperation with the Association of Negro Life and History, Lisner Auditorium, Washington, D.C. 1960, Sept. 11 Chicago Negro Opera Guild presented Opera Festival, Dunbar High School Auditorium, Chicago 1960, Nov. 18 Evelyn Greene, in concert, Metropolitan A.M.E. Church, Washington, D.C. (sponsored by the Metropolitian A.M.E. Church's Pastor's Aid and Hospitality Clubs) 1960, Dec. 2 National Negro Opera Foundation and Washington Guild presented 1960 Spectacular Fashions in Couturere Parisienne, Metropolitian A.M.E. Church, Washington, D.C. 1961, Feb. 19 National Negro Opera Foundation and Chicago Opera Guild held reception honoring Mary Cardwell Dawson, and presented Chicago Sustaining Committee, Palmer House, Chicago 1961, Apr. 23 Washington Youth Opera Guild held "Talented Tots to Teens" fashion musicale and dance show, Jewish Community Center, Washington, D.C. 1961, June 3-4 National Negro Opera Foundation, in cooperation New York, Washington, Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Chicago Opera Guilds held two-day opera meet, Statler Hotel, Washington, D.C. 1961, July 16 The Ordering of Moses performed at a benefit performance for National Negro Opera Company and Chicago Opera Guild, Dunbar High School Auditorium, Chicago 1962, Mar. 19 Mary Cardwell Dawson died, Washington, D.C. 1962, May 17 New York Guild Opera Workshop performed The Bohemian Girl, Beulah Wesleyan Auditorium, New York 1962, Oct. 7 Chicago Negro Opera Guild performed in Opera Festival, Dunbar High School Auditorium 1965, Sept. 19 Chicago Opera Guild performed concertized excerpts from Aida, Faust, Il Travatore and Masked Ball, McCormack Place, Chicago (in memory of Mary Cardwell Dawson) 1994, May 25 Dedication of an official historical marker commemorating the National Negro Opera Company at the site of the old Cardwell School of Music, 7101 Apple Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1997, July 27 Tribute to Madame Mary Cardwell Dawson and the National Negro Opera Company, Carnegie Library of Homestead Music Hall, Pittsburgh, Pa. Scope and Content Note

The National Negro Opera Company was the first African-American opera company in the United States. The collection spans the years 1879-1997, with the bulk of the material dated 1930-1962. The collection documents not only the activities of the company, but also the life and career of its founder Mary Cardwell Dawson.

The Correspondence series includes business and personal correspondence to and from many prominent musical figures of the period, such as Marian Anderson, Muriel Rahn, Robert McFerrin, and Todd Duncan. It also includes items from political and community leaders, including Eleanor Roosevelt, P. L. Prattis, and Mary MacLeod Bethune. Of particular interest is correspondence with Clarence Cameron White, composer of Ouanga, an opera performed by the National Negro Opera Company in 1956.

Most of the photographs in the Photographs series feature individuals and groups involved in the activities of the National Negro Opera Company, the Cardwell Dawson Chorus, the NNOC's various membership guilds, and other affiliated groups. There are many inscribed photographs in the collection that are indicated as such in the finding aid. The series is primarily comprised of publicity stills of performers, but there is also a significant amount of production photographs of casts (in and out of costume), rehearsals, and performances. In addition, there are photographs of various city guild administrative boards and committees. Personal photographs of Dawson family members are also included. Although every attempt has been made to identify individuals found in the photographs, many images of individual and groups remain unidentified. As a result, the series is subdivided into two subseries: photographs that are identified and ones that have been unable to be identified.

The Programs and Promotional Materials series contains a substantial number of programs and related promotional materials, including posters, flyers, press releases, funding solicitation letters, letters announcing events, tickets, and invitations.

Both the Administrative and Financial Papers series provide a record of the National Negro Opera Company's business activities. Included among these materials are charters, by-laws, lists of officers and board members, planning information, minutes of meetings, and other documents relating to the company, to the National Negro Opera Foundation, and to other organizations and committees.

Datable and identifiable budgets and financial reports are arranged in chronological order, with undated reports filed separately. Several income and expense reports from productions are included. Bank statements and related materials are arranged in alphabetical order by institution. Contracts are filed alphabetically by contractee or subject. The majority of the contracts are arranged by performer, with other types of contracts filed within.

Materials relating to ticket sales retain any pre-existing groupings, but, due to incomplete labelling, no further attempt was made to arrange these materials. Similar treatment has been given to the bills and receipts and handwritten notes. Appointment books and calendars have been arranged chronologically. Miscellaneous administrative papers, including advertising, insurance, and other materials complete the Administrative Papers series.

The Clippings series contains items from the 1930s that chronicle Mrs. Dawson's activities prior to the founding of the National Negro Opera Company. It also contains reviews of performances from the 1940s and 1950s. The majority of these articles are drawn from major African-American newspapers, such as the Washington Afro-American and the Chicago Defender.

The Scrapbooks series includes pasted clippings dating from the 1940s and 1950s from a disassembled scrapbook. There are also paste-up pages containing items clipped from National Negro Opera Company programs. A scrapbook labeled "National Negro Opera Foundation, Inc." contains small advertising posters, clippings, and copies of early photographs cut from National Negro Opera Company publications.

The Address Lists and Address Books series includes a large number of address lists containing information that is sometimes partially identified and in various stages of completion. Longer, identified lists have been housed separately. The remaining lists have been separated according to those with designations and those without. In addition to loose-leaf address lists, the collection contains over forty bound address books, each of which has been assigned a number and filed in numerical order.

The Notebooks series (both disassembled and intact) contains financial and budget materials, secretarial and stenographer notes, telephone logs, and other items that highlight the daily office operations of the National Negro Opera Company and related organizations in which Mary Cardwell Dawson was involved.

Music in the collection is arranged alphabetically by composer. This series contains such items as songs by Lillian Evanti (a singer in NNOC's first operatic production), a manuscript arrangement by NNOC singer Roy O'Loughlin of O Hear Me Lord from R. Nathaniel Dett's Ordering of Moses, a song written for the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs by Eva Jessye, and manuscripts by Benjamin Francisco Jaime. This series also contains script fragments and synopses, nearly half of which consist of scenes from Ordering of Moses. The remainder of these are arranged alphabetically by title of production.

The Books series contains various items, including six musical textbooks, a 1951 National Council of Negro Women yearbook and Tones and Overtones, an Alabama State College, Department of Music serial that was used by Mary Cardwell Dawson. Several textbooks contain notes written by Dawson, with one book containing thirty handwritten lectures dating from around 1919-1920. A list of books not retained with this collection can be examined in the Music Division collections file folder for the National Negro Opera Company Collection.

The Realia series includes 275 metal printing plates, the majority of which contain reverse photographic images of individuals and groups. These images were reproduced in publications, newspaper articles, programs, brochures and other publicity materials. Most plates/blocks appear to be reverse images taken from original photographs found in the collection.

This series also contains two large transfer storage boxes and four smaller boxes (representing approximately nine linear feet of shelf space) of opera stage costumes. These are currently stored off-site and can be made available upon request.

The La Julia Rhea Gift contains materials given to the Library of Congress Music Division by the family of Ms. Rhea, who was the first black artist to star with a major opera company. These materials document her career and her struggles in overcoming discrimination within the operatic profession. She appeared in the title role in the National Negro Opera Company's first production of Verdi's Aida on August 29, 1941. The gift includes autobiographical and biographical materials, a Town Hall program from November 9, 1943, scrapbooks, and clippings.

The Walter M. Dawson Papers series contains materials relating to Mary Cardwell Dawson's husband who was personally and financially supportive of his wife's musical endeavors. He served as the company's public relations director, publicity director, and comptroller during the National Negro Opera Company's active years. The National Negro Opera Company Collection as a whole contains materials relating to Walter M. Dawson's involvement with the company. The Walter M. Dawson Papers series, on the other hand, contains materials relating to Mr. Dawson's career as a master electrician with the General Services Administration. While this material does not directly relate to the National Negro Opera Company, it is of cultural and historical interest for drawing attention to Mr. Dawson's role in challenging discrimination in the federal government and electricians' unions. Having been denied membership in the AFL-CIO, he co-founded the Association of Electricians, Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Area, in 1958.

Organization of the National Negro Opera Company Collection

The National Negro Opera Company Collection is organized in fourteen series:

Correspondence, 1934-1970 Photographs, 1925-1994 Programs and Promotional Materials, 1926-1997 Administrative Papers, 1912-1961 Financial Papers, 1936-1962 Clippings, 1931-1997 Scrapbooks, circa 1940-1961 Address Lists and Address Books, 1940-1961 Notebooks, 1932-1961 Music, 1879-1961 Books, 1889-1955 Realia, circa 1928-1961 La Julia Rhea Gift, 1930s-1989 Walter M. Dawson Papers, 1925-1970 http://lccn.loc.gov/2006568166 Container List Container Contents 7-12 Correspondence, 1934-1970 (193 folders)

Correspondence with individuals, companies, and organizations that document the National Negro Opera Company's efforts and difficulties in producing operas during the 1940s and into the early 1960s. A folder containing correspondence of Jeanna Edwards was removed from the collection by Barbara Edwards Lee, on April 12, 1996. Correspondence of Etta Moten was missing from the collection at the time the finding aid was coded.

Arranged alphabetically by name of individual or company and chronologically therein.

7/1 A. & P. Stores, 1950-1959 7/1 A-B-C Desk and Partition Company, 1944 7/1 A. C. Powell Sr. Fund, Inc., New York (Kate C. Hicks, Executive Director), 1945 7/1 Abraham Lincoln Centre, Chicago (Morris Topchevsky), 1943 7/1 Adams, A. Cyrus, 1941

Contains no correspondence.

7/1 Admiral Corporation, 1952 7/1 Aero Advertising Company, 1952 7/1 African Academy of Arts and Research, undated 7/1 Afro-American Newspaper, Baltimore (W. I. Gibson, Editor; Carl Murphy, Sr., President), 1945, 1950, 1952, 1958 7/1 Afro-American Newspaper, Washington, D.C. (Art Carter), 1952, 1960 7/1 Afro Arts Theatre Presents, 1956 7/2 Aladden Rug & Furniture Cleaners, 1952

Contains no correspondence.

7/2 Albi, Fred, 1952 7/2 Albright, Joseph Francis, 1961-1963 7/2 Alexander, Robert W., 1949 7/2 Alfred Scott Concert Publications, New York (Stanley Scott, Publisher), 1956 7/2 Alfredo, Mr., 1949

Contains no correspondence.

7/2 All American Bus Line (Chicago), 1952

Contains no correspondence.

7/2 All State Insurance Company, 1952

Contains no correspondence.

7/2 Allen, Mary C., 1959 7/2 Allen, Steve, 1955 7/2 Allers, Franz, 1956 7/2 Allied Arts Corporation, 1952 7/2 Allstate Insurance Company, 1952 7/2 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, New York (Carol Lewis), 1956 7/2 Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Alpha Gamma Lambda Chapter, 1956 7/2 Alter, Sadie V. (Mrs. David Alter), 1948-1958 7/2 Amalgamated Clothing Workers, 1951 7/2 American Beauty Products Company, 1952

Contains no correspondence.

7/3 American Civil Liberties Union, 1944 7/3 American Federation of Musicians. Local 802, New York (Mr. Feinberg, Secretary), 1944 7/3 American Federation of Musicians. Feldman vs. Dawson, 1950 7/3 American Federation of Musicians, Musicians' Protective Union, Local 161, Washington, D.C., (Harry C. Manvell, Treasurer; Paul J. Schwarz, President), 1943, 1949 7/3 American Finance Company, 1951 7/4 American Guild of Musical Artists, Inc., 1949-1960 7/5 American Legion Band, 1950

Contains no correspondence.

7/5 American National Theatre and Academy, 1956 7/5 American Negro Emancipation Centennial, Chicago. (James E. Stamps, Chairman, Board of Trustees), 1960 7/5 American Red Cross, 1952 7/5 American Security & Trust Company, Washington, D.C. (Frederick P. H. Siddons, Vice President), 1946, 1950, 1952 7/5 American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), 1956 7/5 Amusement Publishing Company (David H. Light, Manager), 1954 and undated 7/5 Anderson, Alice, 1947 7/5 Anderson, Elizabeth, 1959 7/5 Anderson, Georgia C., 1958-1960 7/5 Anderson, J. C., 1936 7/6 Anderson, Marian, 1957-1958 see also Photographs: Anderson, Marian 7/7 Andrew F. Jackson & Associates (Washington, D.C.), 1956

Contains no correspondence.

7/7 Andrews, Ismay R., 1944 7/7 Andrews, Lillian Foster (Co-Chairman, Friends of the Opera Committee), 1958 7/7 Anglin, John, 1948 7/7 Annin Brothers Flag Company, 1951 7/8 Arcus Simplex Ticket Company, 1944-1956 7/9 Arlington County, Virginia (Government), 1960 7/9 Armour & Company (Chicago), 1952

Contains no correspondence.

7/9 Arrington, Fannie, 1958 7/9 Artcraft Lithograph and Printing Company, (New York), 1956-1957 7/10 Associated Counselors International, Washington, D.C. (Public Relations), 1960 7/10 Associated Dist's (Chicago), 1952

Contains no correspondence.

7/10 Associated Negro Press, Chicago (Claude A. Barnett, Director), 1943 7/10 Associated Publishers Inc., (New York), 1955 7/10 Association of Music Teachers in Negro Schools (J. Harold Brown, Chairman), 1939 7/10 Association of Theatrical Press Agents, 1953 7/10 Atcherson, James, 1960 7/10 Atchison & Keller, Inc., (Washington, D.C.), 1959 7/10 Atlantic Brewing Company, (Chicago), 1952

Contains no correspondence.

7/10 Atlas Brewing Company, (Chicago), 1952

Contains no correspondence.

7/10 Austria. Embassy. (Wilfried Platzer, Ambassador), 1959 7/10 Auth Brothers, Inc., (Washington, D.C.), 1960 7/11 Avalone, Blanche, 1948-1962

Name is spelled "Avaloni" on a few programs.

7/12 Ayers, Lemuel, 1955 7/13 Bacchus, Norma C., 1944, 1959 7/13 Backus, C. W., 1944 7/13 Bailey Hotel (Pittsburgh), 1954 7/14 Baker, Edith E. (Field Director, New York Guild, NNOC), 1958-1959 7/15 Baker, Harry W., 1942 7/15 Baldwin Ice Cream Company (Chicago), 1957 7/15 Banks, L. L., 1952 7/15 Banks, Ruth E., 1940 7/15 Barber, Arthur, 1954 7/15 Barbour, Saphronia, 1948, 1958

Ms. Barbour was a sister of Mary Cardwell Dawson.

7/15 Barham, Edwin L., 1956 7/15 Barnes, Leroy E., 1969

Letter to Walter M. Dawson in regard to the reorganization of a Boy Scout troop.

7/15 Barnett, Claude, 1952 7/15 Barnett Aden Gallery, New York (Alonzo J. Aden, Director),1947, 1959 7/15 Barton, Moselle, 1949, 1953 7/15 Baskett, Millie, 1958 7/15 Bass, Grace, 1960 7/15 Bastian Brothers Company, (Pittsburgh), 1934 7/15 Battle, Ada, 1944 7/15 Bauer & Black, (Chicago), 1952

Contains no correspondence.

7/15 Baylor, Donald, 1953 7/16 Beasley, Moses W., Jr., 1959 7/16 Beaumont & Hohman, Inc., 1955 7/16 Beavers, Charles T., 1955 7/16 Becker, E. D., 1954 7/16 Becker, Ralph E. (Law Offices: Brookhart, Becker & Dorsey, Washington, D.C.), 1957 7/16 Beckman, Ola, 1954, 1959 7/16 Beckley-Cardy (Chicago), 1952

Contains no correspondence.

7/16 Beckom, O'Labrice C. (Women's Committee of Pittsburgh), 1954, 1959-1960 7/16 Belcher, Annie, 1960-1961 7/16 Belden Manufacturing Company, (Chicago), 1952

Contains no correspondence.

7/16 Bell, Alice, 1953 7/16 Bell, Gertrude Johnson, 1954 7/17 Bell, Theresa, 1943-1946 7/18 Bell Telephone Company, 1954 7/18 Bellmore Service, Inc., 1957 7/18 Benedum, M. L., 1954 7/18 Bennett, Brenda, 1944 7/18 Benson, Al, 1952 7/18 Bergman's Laundry, Washington, D.C. (Public Relations), 1960 7/18 Bernstein, Mr. (Manager, Local 169, A.C.W.A.), 1944 7/18 Bernswanger, W. E., 1954 7/19 Bethune, Mary McCleod, 1952-1953 7/20 Baylom, Ramona, 1952 7/20 Better Business Bureau of Pittsburgh, 1954 7/20 Better Business Bureau of Washington, D.C., 1945 7/20 Bettis, Mrs. E. C., 1954 7/20 Betts, Gladys, 1954 7/20 Bigelow, Alice, 1958-1959 7/20 Billboard (Magazine), 1945 7/20 Bimparns, Lucille, undated 7/20 Bing, Rudolf, 1954-1955 7/20 Birkim, Marian, 1954 7/20 Blake, Gloria, 1956 7/20 Block, Leonard, 1951 7/20 Boatner, Adelaide, 1956 7/21 Bobitt-Gardner, Anna (Director, Academy of Piano-forte and Dramatics, Boston), 1946-1959 and undated 7/22 Bolden, Frank, 1954 7/22 Bolds, Jenny, 1960 7/22 Booker, J. R., 1954 7/22 Booker, Lillian E., 1944 7/22 Booker, Naomi, 1957 7/22 Boone, Nealy, 1962 7/22 Boosey and Hawkes, Inc., 1955 7/22 Booth, Alan, 1955 7/22 Borden Company (Chicago), 1952

Contains no correspondence.

7/22 Borg-Warner Corporation (Chicago), 1952

Contains no correspondence.

7/22 Boris, Ruthanna, undated 7/22 Bostic, Joe, 1955 7/22 Bostick, Julius A., 1952 7/22 Bourne, J. Franklyn, 1955 7/22 Bow, Marguerite S., 1943 7/22 Bowen-Blair, Stephanie, 1955 7/22 Bowersock, J. D., 1958, 1960 7/22 Bowes, Major, 1939

Letter requesting an opportunity for the Cardwell Dawson Singers to appear on the Major Bowes program.

7/22 Bowes, Wilhimenia, 1952 7/22 Bowman Dairy Company (Chicago), 1952 7/23 Bracken, Tom, 1956 7/23 Bradford, Gaines T., 1954-1955 7/23 Bradley, Thelma J., 1949 7/23 Bradshaw, Ann Regina, 1958 7/23 Bragg, Bertha, 1959 7/23 Branch, Mary Nell, 1960 7/23 Branche, Blanche, 1961 7/23 Brent, Albert Ross, 1955 7/23 Brewing, Robert, 1961 7/23 Briggs, Lucinda A., 1953 7/23 Briggs, Raymond C., 1960 7/23 Bright-Knapp, Bertha, 1945 7/23 Brimer, T. J., 1959 7/23 Britt, James H., 1960 7/24 Bromley, Darline B., 1954 7/25 Brooks, Albert N. D., 1959 7/25 Brooks, Caroll, 1944 7/25 Brooks, Catherine, 1944, 1953 7/25 Brott, Lou (Public Relations - Washington, D.C.), 1960 7/25 Brown, Anita Patti, 1936 7/25 Brown, Calden, 1959 7/25 Brown, Chamberlain, 1944 7/25 Brown, Constance, 1958 7/25 Brown, Debria, 1959 7/25 Brown, Ervin, 1954 7/25 Brown, George, 1949 7/25 Brown, Homer, Mrs., 1958 7/25 Brown, Juanita Welch (Jeanette), 1959 7/25 Brown, Lovania, 1960 7/25 Brown, Martha C., 1956 7/26 Brown, Oscar C., 1952-1959 7/27 Brown, W. Roderick, Mrs., 1954 7/27 Brown, William H., 1951 7/27 Brown Sign Company, Washington, D.C. (Chauncey Brown), 1952 7/27 Browne, Anne Wiggins, 1936 7/27 Brunswick-Blake-Collender Company (Chicago), 1952

Contains no correspondence.

7/27 Bryant, Mr., undated 7/27 Buchanan, Charles, 1951 7/27 Buchanan, Walter, Mrs., 1936 7/27 Buckingham Super Market, 1960, 1962 7/27 Buick Company (Pittsburgh Office), 1954 7/27 Bunche, Ralph J., 1950, 1959 7/27 Burdette, John, 1946 7/27 Burgess, Harry T. and Marion, 1970

Holiday card addressed to Walter Dawson.

7/27 Burma. Embassy. (U Win, Ambassador, and Mrs.), 1959 7/27 Burrell, C. A., 1954 7/27 Burrelle's Press Clipping Bureau, Inc. (New York), undated 7/27 Business and Professional Association of Pittsburgh, undated 7/27 Butcher, Beatrice Bowen, 1953-1954 7/27 Butcher, James W., 1954 7/27 Byars, Rufus, 1953 7/27 Bynam, George, 1952 8/1 Calloway, Susie, 1961 8/1 Cambell, Robert, 1950 8/1 Campbell, Byron, 1954 8/2 Campbell, Dick (Dick Campbell Concerts, Inc. Artists Management), 1945-1956

Mr. Campbell was the husband and agent for Muriel Rahn.

8/3 Campfield, Marion, 1954 8/3 Canada Dry Corporation (F. A. Nerret), 1960 8/3 Capitol Cab Association (Calvin Reid, Manager), 1958 8/3 Capitol Furs (Norman Silverman), 1962 8/3 Capitol Transit Company (Washington, D.C.), 1947-1951 8/3 Cardwell, Elizabeth, 1937

Elizabeth Cardwell was mary Cardwell Dawson's mother.

8/3 Cardwell, Harold V., 1948, 1958

Harold V. Cardwell was Mary Cardwell Dawson's brother.

8/3 Carmena, Zelna, 1961 8/3 Carnegie, Amos H., 1950 8/3 Carnegie Hall (New York), 1951 8/3 Carnegie Music Hall (Pittsburgh), 1947

Contains no correspondence.

8/3 Carnegie Institute of Technology (Pittsburgh), 1954 8/3 Carr, A. D., 1947, 1951 8/3 Carr, Irene, 1944 8/3 Carraway, Gertrude, 1953 8/4 Carrington, Rita Maria, 1955-1961 see also Notebooks: Stenographer's notebook. Notebook belonging to Rita Carrington see also Photographs: Carrington, Rita Maria 8/5 Carter, Horace, 1957 8/5 Carter, Jesse M., 1959 8/5 Carter-Moses, Helen, 1948 8/5 Cash, M. L., Mrs., 1953 8/5 Cassell, A. I. (A. I. Cassell Land Corporation), 1960 8/6 Cato, Minto Alberta, 1918-1955 see also Photographs: Cato, Minto 8/6 Cavin, Patty, 1955 8/6 Cayton, Horace, 1943 8/6 Center Market City Managers Office (Washington, D.C.), 1959 8/7 Central Opera Service (New York), 1956-1961 8/8 Centre Studio (Pittsburgh), 1954 8/8 Century Club, Washington, D.C. (Meta Mounsey, President), 1959-1960 8/8 Ceylon. Embassy. (Aziz Ahmed, Ambassador), 1959 8/8 Ceylon. Embassy. (R. S. Gunewardene, Ambassador), 1959 8/8 Chamberlin, John D., 1950-1961 8/8 Chapman, Ewell & Benton Law Office (Washington, D.C.), 1959

Contains no correspondence.

8/8 Charner, Leo (Charner Motor Company, Washington, D.C.), 1952 8/8 Chase and Sanborn Coffee (Public Relations, Washington, D.C.), 1960 8/8 Cherry, Robert T. and Mrs., 1952-1953 8/8 Chevrolet Company (Pittsburgh Office), 1954 8/8 The Chicago Bee (Olive Diggs, Editor), 1943 8/8 Chicago Defender. (Metz L. P. Lochard, Editor in Chief; John H. Sengstacke, Publisher and Editor; David Kellum, City Editor), 1943-1944, 1953, 1957-1958 8/8 Chicago Flexible Shaft Company, 1952

Contains no correspondence.

8/8 Chicago Musical College, 1952 8/8 Chicago Sun Times (Marshall Field, Jr., Editor and Publisher; Irving Kupcinet), 1952, 1954, 1957 8/8 Chicago Tribune (Philip Maxwell), 1954, 1957 8/8 Chicago Urban League, 1952 8/8 Childs, Mildred B., 1957 8/8 Chile. Embassy. (Walter Muller, Ambassador), 1959 8/8 China. Embassy. (Hollington K. Tong, Ambassador), 1959 8/8 Chinn, Eva, (Mrs. Crulan), 1952

Contains no correspondence.

8/8 Chris Flower Shop, Washington, D.C. (Walter L. Christian), 1960 8/8 Christian Heurich Brewing Company (Washington, D.C.), 1952 8/8 Christian Science Monitor. (Harold Rogers, Music Critic), 1956 8/8 Citizens Sponsoring Committee, 1951 8/8 Clark, Marguerite B., 1957 8/8 The Cleveland News, 1955 8/8 Clinkscales, William, 1944 8/8 Club Ebony, New York. (Floyd Snelson - Public Relations), 1948 8/8 Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Pittsburgh, 1954 8/8 Coca-Cola Company, 1944, 1959 8/8 Cohen, Alexander H., 1955 8/8 Coleman, E. Marie, 1954, 1958-1959 8/8 Coleman, John, 1952 8/8 Coleman, Ted, 1954 8/8 Coles, Rubye M., 1957 8/8 Collie, Harriet, undated

Contains no correspondence.

8/9 Columbia Artists Management, Inc., New York (Ada G. Cooper, Booking Director; F. C. Schang, President; Kurt Winholdt; Leverett Wright), 1952-1953, 1955 8/10 Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., 1955 8/10 Columbia Concerts (New York), 1952 8/10 Columbia University (New York). Columbia Daily Spector, 1961 8/10 Conley, Nubian J., 1952 8/10 Consolidated Feature Service, New York (Maurice Barron, Music Editor), 1951 8/10 Continental Illinois Bank & Trust Company (Chicago), 1952

Contains no correspondence.

8/10 Cook, Ann, 1943 8/10 Cook, Mrs. Clarence, 1952 8/10 Cook, Destalear, 1952 8/10 Cooper, Ester I., 1960 8/10 Copeland, Nathan, 1945 8/10 Corn Products Refining Company, Argo, Illinois. (Marguerite Sullivan), 1944 8/10 Cosmo Card Club (Pittsburgh), 1940 8/10 Cosmopolitan Community Church (Chicago), 1952 8/10 Costa Rica. Embassy. (Don Gonzalo J. Facio, Ambassador), 1959 8/10 Costello, Paul, 1944 8/10 Costlay, Marie, 1952 8/10 Cotton, Pearl Smith, 1961 8/10 County Commissioners Office (Pittsburgh), 1938 8/10 Crawford, A. D., 1945 8/10 Crawford, Cheryl, 1955 8/10 Crawford Grill (Pittsburgh), 1954 8/10 Crawley, John, 1958 8/10 Credit Association of Western Pennsylvania, 1946 8/10 The Crisis Magazine, Johnson Publications, New York (Roy Wilkins), 1944 8/10 Crosthwait, Olive H., 1952 8/10 Crusty Pie Company (Washington, D.C.), 1960 8/10 Cuba. Embassy. (Don Nicolas Arroyo, Ambassador), 1959 8/10 Curtis, J. S., 1960

Contains no correspondence.

8/10 Cutcher, B. S., undated

Contains no correspondence.

8/11 Dabney, Edna, 1961 8/11 The Daily Worker. (Bob Reid, Theatrical Editor), 1944 8/11 Dalton, Mattie, 1951 8/11 Dandridge, Dorothy, 1955 8/11 Dart Drug Corporation (Washington, D.C.), 1960 8/11 Davidson, T. Douglas, 1953 8/12 Davis, Alston A., 1950-1961 8/13 Davis, Arthur, Mrs., 1954 8/13 Davis, Claire, 1944-1955 8/13 Davis, Florence, 1949 8/13 Davis, John W., 1956 8/13 Davis, Louise, 1944 8/13 Davis, Meyer, 1955 8/13 Davis, Minnie, 1951 8/14 Davis, Ruby S., 1957-1960 8/15 Dawson, Clarence, 1943-1961 8/15 Dawson, Madero (?), 1956 8/16 Dawson, Walter M. "Bob", 1943-1970

Walter M. Dawson was Mary Cardwell Dawson's husband.

8/17 Dawson, William L. (U.S. Congressman, Illinois), 1954, 1957 8/17 Daye, Elaine, 1952 8/17 De Paur, Leonard (DePaur's Infantry Chorus), 1955 8/17 Dean Milk Company (Chicago), 1952

Contains no correspondence.

8/17 Dee, Mary, 1954 8/17 Delta Sigma Theta Sorority (Pittsburgh), 1950, 1953, 1956, 1960 8/17 Democratic Party, National Democratic Headquarters, Washington, D.C. (Paul Butler, Chairman; Katie Oluchheim, Vice-Chairman), 1959 8/17 Des Verney, Bertha, undated 8/17 Design Printing Service, Inc., Washington, D.C. (Eugene Collins), 1957 8/17 Detroit Public Library, 1962

Contains no correspondence.

8/17 Diamond, Issac, 1960 8/17 Dickerson, Earl B., 1954-1957 8/17 Dickerson, Spencer, Mrs., 1952

Contains no correspondence.

8/17 Dickson, Ulicious, 1970 8/17 Diggs, A. G., 1948 8/17 Dimitry, Frances B., 1956 8/17 Disham, Lucille, 1948 8/18 District of Columbia Government. Department of licenses and Inspections, 1960-1961 8/18 District of Columbia Government. Executive Office, 1957-1958 8/18 District of Columbia Government. Municipal Court, (Judge Armond W. Scott), 1950 8/18 District of Columbia Government. National Guard Armory, 1949 8/18 District of Columbia Government. Recreation Department, 1955 8/18 District News, Washington, D.C. (Joseph Ottenstein, Owner), 1961 8/19 Diton, Carl, 1944 8/19 Dixon, Mrs., 1944 8/19 Doby, Marjel, 1959 8/19 Dominican Republic. Embassy. (Don Manuel A. De Moya, Ambassador), 1959 8/19 Donahoe's (Pittsburgh), 1954 8/19 Donahue & Coe, Inc. (Miss McKeown), 1944 8/19 Dorsey, Mrs. George, 1944 8/19 Douglas, Ethel, 1960 8/19 Dozier, Frank, 1954 8/19 Drake-Kapphan Piano Co. (Pittsburgh), 1943 8/19 Drew, John (Law Offices of Lewis, Drew, Gregg and Price - Pittsburgh), 1954-1955, 1960 8/19 Drivers' Chauffeurs' and Helpers' Local 639 (Washington, D.C.), 1959 8/19 Drug Fair (Arlington, Virginia), 1960 8/19 Du Mont Television Network (New York), 1955 8/19 Duncan, Annie, 1961 8/19 Duncan, Todd, 1960 see also Photographs: Duncan, Todd 8/19 Duncan, Vernon B., 1956, 1958 8/19 Duquesne University, (Pittsburgh), 1954 8/19 Durrah and Darden (Law Offices, Washington, D.C.), 1955 8/19 E. J. Cronin Company (Fund Raising Campaigns, New York), 1944 8/20 Eastman, Philip (Business Manager, New York Performing Guild, NNOC), 1956 8/20 Eberson, John, 1945-1948 8/20 Ebony Magazine (John H. Johnson, Editor and Publisher), 1958 8/20 Echers, Stanley, 1944 8/20 Eckles, Blanche, 1958 8/20 Edge, Thomas, 1952 8/20 Edmonson, James, 1948 8/20 Edwards (Lee), Barbara, 1950 8/20 Edwards, Eva, 1948, 1954 8/20 Edwards, Henry C., 1951 8/21 Edwards, Joseph A., 1953 8/21 Elkan, Henri, 1956 8/21 Entertainment Bureau of America, New York (John Pransky), 1949, 1952 8/21 Ethiopia. Embassy. (Yilma Deressa, Ambassador), 1959 8/21 Evans, Delna, undated 8/21 Evans, Harold R., 1936 8/21 Evans, Joseph E., 1944 8/21 Evans, Mary, 1952 8/21 Evans, Roy, 1958 8/21 Evanti, Lillian, undated see also Music: Evanti, Lillian see also Photographs: Evanti, Lillian 8/21 Evening Star-The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C. (Rudolf Kauffmann, II), 1962

Letter to Walter Dawson regarding the news story concerning the death of Mary Cardwell Dawson that had appeared in the newspaper's issue of March 20, 1962.

8/21 Ewell, Robert W. (Ewell & Benton Law Offices, Washington, D.C.), 1959 8/21 Eymon, E. B., Jr., 1951 8/22 Fairbanks, Morse & Company (Chicago), 1952

Contains no correspondence.

8/22 Fairchild, Mr., 1952 8/22 Fairfax, Charles W., 1943 8/22 Fairmont Heights, Maryland (Doswell E. Brooks, Mayor), 1960 8/22 Fall, Frederick, 1949-1950 8/22 Falls, Francis, 1961 8/22 Father and Mother Divine, 1956 8/22 Favor, Ellen, 1954 8/22 Federal Works Agency. Work Projects Administration, Washington, D.C. (Leigh E. Ore, Chief, Radion Section), 1941 8/22 Federated Hotel Waiters Union, Local 356 (Willis Thomas), 1952 8/22 Federation of Malaya. Embassy. (Ismail bin Dato' Abdul Rahman, Ambassador), 1959 8/22 Feldman, Samuel, 1949 8/22 Ferebee, Dorothy B., 1954, 1959 8/22 Feuer, Cy, 1955 8/22 Fields, Lulu, undated 8/22 Figur, George L., 1956 8/22 Fillion, Ferdinand (Fillion Studios, Pittsburgh), 1954 8/22 Fineberg, Herman, 1954 8/22 Fireman's Department Store (Pittsburgh), 1954 8/22 First African Baptist Church (Savannah, Georgia), 1952 8/22 First Federal Savings & Loan Association (Homestead, Pennsylvania), 1948 8/22 First Holy Star Psychic Science Church, Inc., New York (V. D. S. Armistead), 1947 8/22 First National Bank of Chicago, 1952

Contains no correspondence.

8/22 Fisher, Reginald Franklyn, 1947, 1949 8/22 Fisk University. (A. Wilson, Department of Music), 1937

Contains no correspondence.

8/22 Fitch, Floyd, 1936 8/22 Fitzpatrick, George, 1944 8/23 Fleming, Thelma, 1961 8/23 Florsheim Shoe Company (Chicago), 1952

Contains no correspondence.

8/23 Foote Brothers Gear & Machine Corporation (Chicago), 1952

Contains no correspondence.

8/23 Ford, Henry, Jr., 1952 8/24 Ford Foundation (New York), 1959 8/25 Forman, Margaret, 1955 8/25 Fort Pitt Brewing Company, 1945, 1954 8/25 Foster, Mamie V., 1954 8/25 Fouche, Ruth Allen, undated 8/25 Fountain, Beatrice, 1952 8/25 France. Embassy. (Herve Alphand, Ambassador), 1959 8/25 Francis, P. M., 1952

Contains no correspondence.

8/25 Francis, William G., 1958-1959 8/25 Frank Parsons Paper Company, Inc., Washington, D.C. (H. N. Phillips, President), 1958 8/25 Franklin, William, 1949-1950 see also Photographs: Franklin, William 8/25 Frazier's Funeral Home (Washington, D.C.), 1958 8/25 Freeland, Ruth, 1956 8/25 Freeman, Peggy Pierce, 1956 8/25 Freeman, Peggy S., 1954 8/25 Frerichs, Lois F. (Mrs. Carl W. Frerichs), 1944 8/25 Friedberg Management, New York (Mrs. Searchinger), 1956 8/25 Friend, John Edward, 1956 8/25 Fritz Schoults & Company (Theatrical and Masquerade Costumes), Chicago, 1946 8/25 Frochlish, Willard H., 1947-1948 8/25 Fulbright, James William (U.S. Senator, Arkansas), 1959 see also Photographs: Fulbright, James William 9/1 G. Schirmer, Inc. New York, 1945, 1954 9/1 Gaines, Mrs. Ozella B., 1954, 1958 9/1 Gaines Funeral Home, Pittsburgh (John Terry), 1954 9/1 Gale Agency, Inc., Artists' Representatives, New York (Frank R. Sands), 1951 9/1 Gallager, Mr., 1960 9/1 Gambrell Funeral Home, Pittsburgh (Seth S. Gambrell, Jr.), 1954 9/1 Gardner, Mr. and Mrs. B., undated 9/1 Gardner, Catherine, 1954

Probably a letter written by Katherine Cardwell Gardner.

9/1 Gardner, Katherine Cardwell, 1958

Katherine Cardwell Gardner was a sister of Mary Cardwell Dawson.

9/1 Garland, Jay O., Mrs., 1958 9/1 Gay Color-Tones, Brooklyn, New York. (Edna Gay, Directress), 1944 9/1 Gaynor, Harry, Mrs., 1952 9/1 General American Transportation Corporation (Chicago), 1952

Contains no correspondence.

9/1 General Baking Company (Washington, D.C.), 1960 9/1 General Services Administration, Washington, D.C. (William P. McDonald, Chief of Consession), 1953 9/1 George, Albert B., Mrs., 1941 9/1 Gerber-Weiss Agency (Roy Gerber), 1954 9/1 Ghana. Embassy. (D. A. Chapman, Ambassador), 1959 9/1 Giaquinto, Paolo, 1944 9/1 Giant Eagle Market (Pittsburgh), 1954 9/1 Giant Food Department Stores (Washington, D.C.), 1952, 1956, 1959-1960 9/1 Gibbs, L., 1962 9/1 Gibson, Frances, 1960 9/1 Gibson, Marion, Mrs., 1960 9/1 Giles, Roscoe, 1952, 1957 9/1 Gilkey, Stanley, 1955 9/1 Gillen & Coulter Company - Funeral Directors (Pittsburgh), 1954 9/1 Gilmore, Margaret, 1962 9/1 Gimbel, Bernard S., 1955 9/1 Givens, Joseph W., 1954 9/2 Glass, Clyde, 1958 9/2 Globe Ticket Company (Philadelphia), 1943, 1956 9/2 Gmilath Chesed "Tifereth Jacob" Jerusalem, Palestine (New York), 1944 9/2 Godfrey, Arthur, 1952, 1955 9/2 Godman, Leroy H., 1936, 1941 9/2 Gold, Ruby Moses, 1954 9/2 Goldberg, Bernard, 1960 9/2 Golden & Golden, Counselors at Law (New York), undated

Letter has been torn, most text missing.

9/2 Golding, Geneva, 1954 9/2 Gomez, Joyce, 1945 9/2 Goodkind, Andria Larney, 1955 9/2 Goodwin, Lila, 1960 9/2 Gordon, Benjamin, 1960 9/2 Gordon, Delbert, Mrs., 1960 9/3 Gorton, Alfred, 1934, 1948-1951 9/4 Graham, Clementina, 1948 9/4 Graham, Gladys, 1951 9/4 Grand Lodge Convention Committee, Inc. (Washington, D.C.), 1958 9/4 Graves, W. A., 1944, 1953 9/4 Gray, Mary, 1936 9/4 Gray, Mr., 1952 9/4 Grayson, Darnella, 1959 9/4 Grazzini, Sylvia, 1944 9/4 The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (Baltimore), 1958 9/4 Greater New York Industrial Directory, Inc., 1957 9/4 Greater Pittsburgh All Nations Independence Day Festival, undated

Contains no correspondence.

9/4 Greater Pittsburgh Home Improvement League (Mansfield Sales, President), 1954 9/4 Green, Wade H., Jr., 1945 9/4 Green, Wendell E., 1952

Contains no correspondence.

9/5 Greene, Ann Garnett, 1946-1962 and undated 9/6 Greene, Evelyn, 1956-1960 9/6 Greene, Harold, 1951 9/6 Greene, Isaac, 1951 9/6 Greene, Josephine Evans, 1956 9/6 Greene, Martha, 1956 9/6 Greenidge, Lisle, 1949 9/6 Greggory, Mary, 1961 9/6 Gregory, Monroe, 1959 9/6 Griffin, Janet, 1960 9/6 Griffith, Clark, 1955 see also Correspondence: Washington American League Base Ball Club, Washington, D.C. see also Photographs: Music Festivals, Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. 9/6 Grimmell Brothers, Detroit, Michigan (A. W. Witt, Credit Manager), 1954 9/6 Grinnell, Lloyd, 1952 9/6 Grinnill Brothers (Detroit), 1952 9/6 Guinn, Thelma, 1960 9/6 Guyden, Ralph, 1956 9/6 Gwin, Huel Brooks, 1955 9/7 H. Samsom, Inc. Funeral Directors (Pittsburgh), 1954 9/7 Hack Inspector Office (Washington, D.C.), 1961 9/7 Haggans, Merie J., 1946 9/7 Hailstock, Virginia Mae, 1941

Contains no correspondence.

9/7 Haines, Margaret, 1936 9/7 Hairston, Jester, 1959 9/7 Haiti. Embassy. (Ernest Bonhomme, Ambassador), 1959 9/7 Hall, Inez, Mrs., 1960 9/7 Hall, Woolsey, 1953, 1958 9/7 Hallman, David K., 1960 9/7 Hallman, Thomas, Mr. and Mrs., 1960 9/7 Hamilton, Hazel, 1952 9/7 Handy, Doris (President, Womens Committee, Pittsburgh), 1955 9/8 Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1936, 1948-1956 9/9 Hansell, Charles J., 1957 9/9 Hansen, Edna, 1943 9/9 Harangue, Pansy H., 1940 9/9 Hargraves, H. M., 1936, 1954 9/9 Harper, Solomon, 1957 9/9 Harris, Alfonzo B., 1949 9/9 Harris, Bertha M., 1961 9/9 Harris, Carrie A., 1952 9/10 Harris, Ethel Ramos, 1936, 1948-1959 and undated see also Photographs: Harris, Ethel Ramos 9/11 Harris, Holford, undated 9/11 Harris, W. A., Mr. and Mrs., 1938 9/11 Harrison, E. L., 1953 9/11 Harrison, E. W., 1950 9/11 Harrison, Jack, 1951 9/11 Harrison, Marie, 1959 9/11 Harrison, Pearlie Cox, 1954 9/11 Harrison, Sarah, 1957 9/11 Harrison's Cafe (Washington, D.C.), 1951 9/11 Harvey, William J., Mrs., 1954 9/11 Hawes, Mae, 1943

Incomplete draft letter.

9/12 Hayes, Lola W., 1955 9/12 Hayes, Nellie, 1960 9/12 Hayes Printing Company (New York), 1944 9/12 Haygood, W. C., Mrs., 1943 9/12 Hayman, Coreania and Lillian, 1945 9/13 Hays, A. L., 1944 9/14 Haythorne, Peggy, 1961 9/14 Hecht's Company, Washington, D.C. (Mr. Friberg - Public Relations Department), 1953 9/14 Hedges, Janice, 1943 9/14 Hedrick, La Ursa Snelson, 1954, 1960-1961 9/14 Height, Dorothy (President, National Council of Negro Women, Washington, D.C.), 1961 9/14 Heighton, Wendell (Concert Artists Management, South Pasadena, California, 1939 9/15 Heinz, Clifford S., Mrs., 1943, 1954 9/16 Heller's Bakeries (Washington, D.C.), 1959 9/16 Henderson, Rev. Dr., undated 9/16 Henry Fuel Company (Washington, D.C.), 1959 9/16 Hereford, Bernice, 1960 9/16 Heury, Mamie, 1961 9/16 Heydorn, Hugo R., 1944 9/17 Highs' Dairy Products Corporation (Washington, D.C.), 1959 9/17 Hightower, Madeline, 1954, 1958 9/17 Hill, Bertha, 1948 9/17 Hill, Clara K., 1936 9/17 Hilyer, Amanda V. Gray, 1944 9/17 Hinds, ?, 1945

Contains no correspondence.

9/17 Hines, Laura, 1951 9/17 Hoffman, Isaac O., 1958 9/17 Hoffman Beverages, 1951 9/17 Holden, Peter G., 1956 9/17 Holland, Beal L., 1954, 1958, 1961 9/17 Holland, Jeanne, undated 9/17 Holland-Forbes, Kathleen, 1941 9/17 Holly, Sorer Margaret D., 1960 9/18 Holmes, Alpha M. (National Supervisor and State Organizer, Kansas City, Missouri), 1940, 1942 9/19 Holmes, Florence Allen, 1959 9/19 Holmes, Luther, 1961 9/19 Holt, Nora Douglas, 1955, 1962 8/22 Homestead Messenger, Homestead, Pennsylvania. (Warren Fitzgerald, Editor), 1954 9/19 Honduras. Embassy. (Celeo Davila, Ambassador), 1959 9/20 Honory, Marvin, 1956, 1958 9/21 Hood, Priscilla, undated 9/21 Hopkins, Nellie, 1961 9/21 Horne, Lena, 1949, 1955

Two letters (carbon copies) written to Lena Horne.

9/21 Horne Company, Joseph (Pittsburgh), 1954 9/21 Hoskins, John, Mr. and Mrs., 1960 9/21 Hot Shoppes, Inc. Executive Offices, Washington, D.C. (Edna MacQuarrie) 1959 9/21 Hotel Bellman Beneficial Association, Inc., 1951 9/21 Hotel Evans, Chicago (Stephen W. Mims), 1960 9/21 Hotel New Yorker, New York (G. C. Riss, Banquet Manager; Gene Voit, Manager), 1955 9/21 Hotel Theresa, New York, 1951, 1956 9/21 Hotze, Ed, 1959-1961 9/21 Hovey, Serge, 1961 9/21 Howard, Hugo and staff (Business Counsellors, Chicago), 1952

Contains no correspondence.

9/21 Howard, James, 1944 9/21 Howard, Perry, 1953 9/21 Howard University. (Mordecai W. Johnson, President; Warner Lawson, Dean; William D. Allen, Head of the Music Department; W. Montague Cobb, School of Medicine, Department of Anatomy), 1937, 1949, 1958 9/22 Hubert, Roberta Bosley, 1956 9/22 Hueston, William C., 1944 9/22 Huffman, Isaac O., 1958 9/22 Hughes, Richard M., 1943 9/22 Hunt, Roy, Mrs., 1944 9/22 Hunter, S. Corinne, Miss, 1943 9/22 Hurley Machine Company (Chicago), 1952

Contains no correspondence.

9/23 Hurok Attractions (Saul Hurok), New York, 1943, 1955, 1959 9/24 Hutchison, George H., 1936 9/24 Hydrox Corporation, Chicago (E. E. Stewart), 1952

Contains no correspondence.

9/24 Hylton, Taft H. (Simpson Methodist Church, Washington, D.C.), 1960 9/24 Hymovitz, Edwin (Chatham Square Music School, New York), 1956 9/24 Hynson, Millie, 1960 9/25 Illery, Alma, 1954, 1958 9/25 Illinois. Office of the Secretary of State. (Edward J. Barrett, Secretary of State), 1950 9/25 Illinois Bell Telephone Company (Chicago), 1944, 1952

The 1952 letter contains no correspondence.

9/25 India. Embassy. (Mahomed-Ali C. Chagea, Ambassador), 1959 9/25 Indonesia. Embassy. (Moekarto Notowidigdo, Ambassador), 1959 9/25 Industrial Life Insurance Company (Philadelphia), undated

Contains no correspondence.

9/25 Inland Steel Company (Chicago), 1952

Contains no correspondence.

9/25 Inniss, Josephine, 1941 9/26 Insana, Silvio, 1944, 1952-1957 9/27 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Local B-134 (Herman Washington), 1952 9/27 International Business Machine Company (IBM), New York (Wayne Watson), 1944 9/27 International Harvester Company (Chicago), 1952

Contains no correspondence.

9/27 Interstate Commerce Commission (Washington, D.C.), 1948 9/27 Iorus, Dorothy C., 1958 9/27 Iran. Embassy. (Ali Gholi Ardalan, Ambassador), 1959 9/27 Iraq. Embassy. (Moussa Al-Shabandar, Ambassador), 1959 9/27 Israel. Embassy. (Abba Eban, Ambassador), 1959 9/27 Italy. Embassy. (Manlio Brosio, Ambassador), 1959 9/27 J. Fischer & Brothers, undated 9/28 Jackson, Charles E. (Real Estate, Pittsburgh), 1946 9/29 Jackson, Harrison S., 1949-1958 9/30 Jackson, Howard, 1958 9/30 Jackson, Rev. J. H. (Olivet Baptist Church, Chicago), 1957 9/30 Jackson, Lillian, 1952 9/30 Jackson, Mrs. Marnette A., 1960 9/30 Jackson, Nellie Carter (Grand Daughter Ruler, I.B.P.O.E. of the World, New York), 1955 9/30 Jackson, Reginald, 1970 9/31 Jaime, Benjamin Francisco, 1956, 1959 and undated see also Music: Jaime, Benjamin F. 9/32 James, Ida Elaine, undated 9/32 Jamison, D. J., 1952 9/32 Jaretzki, Paul, 1956 9/32 Jefferson, Donald, 1954 9/32 Jeffries, Shirley, 1946 9/32 Jemmott, Hilda, 1957 9/32 Jenkins, C. F., 1937 9/32 Jenkins, Kate A., 1956 9/32 Jennings, Louise, 1960 9/32 Jet Magazine, Johnson Publications, Chicago (William Boone; Gerri Major, Society Editor), 1955, 1961 9/32 Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington (Molly Jaffe), 1961 9/32 Johler, O. W., 1957 9/32 John B. Knignten, Jr. and Company (Chicago), 1952, 1957 9/32 John D. Page & Sons Milk Company (Pittsburgh), undated 9/32 Johnson, Alfred H., 1958 9/32 Johnson, Clyde, Mrs., 1962 9/32 Johnson, D. Eugene, 1941, 1952 9/32 Johnson, Georgia Douglas, 1959 9/32 Johnson, Harriett, 1944 9/32 Johnson, Haywood, 1954 9/32 Johnson, Howard, 1961 9/32 Johnson, J. Richmond, 1944 9/32 Johnson, Magga, 1961 9/33 Johnson, Myrtle, 1944 9/33 Johnson, N., 1954

Contains no correspondence.

9/33 Johnson, Oliver E., 1961 9/33 Johnson, Thomas O., 1944 9/33 Johnson, Willie, Mrs., 1960 9/33 Johnson Publishing Company, Chicago (John H. Johnson), 1955 9/33 Jones, Miss, undated 9/33 Jones, Antoinette, 1958 9/33 Jones, Burghardt D., 1961 9/33 Jones, C. S., 1957

Contains no correspondence.

9/33 Jones, Cynthia, 1956 9/33 Jones, Eva De Boe, 1935 9/33 Jones, George M., 1940 9/33 Jones, Harold, 1952 9/33 Jones, Helen R., 1961 9/34 Jones, J. Wesley, 1936-1940, 1952-1959 9/35 Jones, Marian Page, 1961 9/35 Jones, William F., 1947, 1950-1951 9/35 Jones, William H., 9/35 Joyce, Alberta L., 1952 9/36 Judimar School of Dance, Philadelphia (Marion C. Cuyjet, Maitresse d'Ballet), 1954, 1956 9/36 Julius Rosenwald Fund. (Dorothy Elvidge; Charles S. Johnson; H. S. McKeel; Margaret Utley; Fred G. Wale), 1943 9/37 Junior Century Club of Business and Professional Women, Inc., Washington, D.C. (Barbara Roy, President), 1960 9/37 Junior Police and Citizens Corps, Inc., Washington, D.C. (G. Howland Shaw, President, Board of Trustees), 1960 10/1 KDKA (Radio station : Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) (R. E. White, Program Director), 1954 10/1 Kappels Jewelry Store (Pittsburgh), 1940 10/1 Karlov, L., 1944 10/1 Kaufman, Liliane, 1948 10/1 Kaufmann's Department Store, Pittsburgh (Edgar J. Kaufmann), 1954 10/1 Keene, Jesse, 1953 10/1 Keller, Eloise, 1944 10/1 Kelly, John P., 1944 10/1 Kemp, Mr., 1952 10/1 Kennedy, John F., Mrs. (Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy), 1961

Letters written to Mrs. Kennedy.

10/1 Keyes, Pansy, 1959, 1961 10/1 Kimmey, Mrs. W. M., 1954 10/1 King, Juanita, 1957 10/2 King, Omega, 1948-1961 10/3 Kinsman Optical Company (J. J. Jenkins, General Manager) 1954 10/3 Kiser, Ruth, 1954 10/3 Kitt Music Company, Inc. (Washington, D.C.), 1957 10/3 Kraft Cheese Company, Chicago (J. L. Kraft), 1952

Contains no correspondence.

10/3 Kraft Loans, Inc. (Al Kraft), 1950 10/3 Kroger Company (Pittsburgh), 1954 10/3 Kronheim, Melton S., 1952 10/3 Kronheim, Milton S., 1959-1961 10/4 Labor, Edward O., 1938 10/4 Lacey, Maggie, 1948, 1953 10/4 Ladrey, Henry M., 1951 10/4 Lampkins, Daisy, 1943-1944, 1954 10/4 Lane, Frayser J., 1952 and undated 10/4 Langsburgh's (Washington, D.C.), 1954 10/4 Lansburgh and Brother (Washington, D.C.), 1953 10/4 Lassiter, Mary, 1958, 1960 10/4 Lassiter, Vincent C., 1959-1960 10/4 Latney, Annie, 1960 10/4 La Tour, Lou, 1958-1959 10/4 Latvia. Legation. (Arnold Spekke), 1959 10/4 Laundry Workers Joint Board of Greater New York, 1944, 1951 10/5 Lauren-Waldon Associates, Inc., New York (Janet Lauren) , 1954 10/6 Lauterstein and Lauterstein (Counsel, Metropolitan Opera Association, New York), 1956 10/6 Lawless, T. K., 1957 10/6 Lawrence, George, undated 10/6 Lea, T. C., Mr. and Mrs., 1943 10/6 Lee, Alexander, 1954, 1958 10/6 Lee, Barbara Edwards, 1956-1957 see also Correspondence: Edwards, Barbara see also Notebooks: Assignments (B. Edwards) see also Notebooks: National Negro Opera Foundation (Notebook belonging to Barbara Edwards) see also Notebooks: Notes by Barbara Edwards see also Photographs: Lee Barbara Edwards 10/6 Lehmann, Otto A., 1944 10/6 Leland, Mrs. (Mrs. Leland's Master Kitchens, Chicago), 1960 10/6 Lelong, Lucien (Mr. J. S. Stein), 1952

Contains no correspondence.

10/6 LeMon, Lillian, 1936 10/6 Leo Rose Clothiers (Chicago), 1953 10/6 Letcher, Isadora A., 1958 10/6 Levin, Joseph (Law Offices of Shinberg & Shinberg, Washington, D.C.), 1946 10/6 Levinson Steel Company, Pittsburgh (Aaron, P. Levinson, President), 1954 10/6 Lewis, Emma, 1960 10/6 Lewis, Gladys Burton, 1960 10/6 Lewis, Gladys G., 1945 and undated 10/6 Lewis, Marion G., 1956 10/6 Lewis, Martha Smith, undated 10/6 Lewis, Thelma M., 1958 10/6 Liberia. Embassy. (George A. Padmore, Ambassador), 1959 10/7 Licorish, David, 1951 10/7 Light, David H., Mrs., 1954 10/7 Lincoln Memorial Cemetery (Suitland, Maryland), 1959 10/7 Lind, J. Allegria, 1944 10/7 Lindsey, King, 1952, 1954 10/7 Lipscomb, Joseph, 1960 10/7 Little, George, 1954 10/7 Lorance, Mehetabel, Mrs., 1959 10/7 Lordly & Dame, Inc., Boston (Martin A. Forrest; Dana Lordly), 1956 10/8 Lucas, James William, 1948, 1952, 1958-1961 10/9 Luce, Clara Booth, 1959 10/9 Ludington, R. R., 1951, 1954 10/9 Lustig, Ludwig (Artists' Representative, New York), 1944, 1952 10/10 M. E. Swing Company, Inc. (Washington, D.C.), 1959-1960 10/10 Mackley, Adelle, 1960 10/11 Macklin, Jerene G., 1936, 1952, 1960 10/12 Madison Square Garden, New York (Mr. Anderson), 1944 10/12 Magruder's (Washington, D.C.), 1959 10/12 Main State Bank, Chicago (L. Shirley Tark, President), 1952, 1957 10/12 Major, Thomas, 1951 10/12 Malone, Annie M., 1943 10/12 Mangrum, Alban T., 1944 10/12 Manhattan Auto and Radio, Washington, D.C. (David Herson), 1952 10/12 Manhattan Storage & Transfer Company, Washington, D.C. (Maurice Kressin, President), 1949 10/12 Mansfield, Clarence, 1957 10/12 Mansfield, Emmanuel, 1945 10/12 March, Ruth, 1954 10/12 Marr, Warren, II, 1946

Contains no correspondence.

10/12 Marshall, Hanna, 1961 10/12 Marshall, C. Herbert, 1954, 1958 10/12 Martin, Irene, 1960 10/12 Martyn, Florence H., 1949 10/12 Mary F. Handy Club (Mrs. A. V. Thornton, President), 1950 10/12 Maxwelle, Joseph H., 1949 10/12 May, Marjorie Merriweather (Mrs. Herbert A. May), 1959 10/12 May-Beagle Concerts (Mr. Beagle), 1954 10/13 Mayers, Wilnette K., 1958-1962 10/14 Mayfield, Bethel Beersheba (Rhone), 1955-1956, 1961 10/14 Mayle, B. H., 1941

Contains no correspondence.

10/14 Mayo, J. H., 1961 10/14 Mayo, Prisilla, 1952 10/14 Mayo, Vera L., 1961 10/14 McAllister, Hazel, 1958 and undated 10/15 McCleaves, Florence Cole Talbert, 1943 and undated 10/15 McCune, Bob, 1961 10/15 McDaniel, Theresa B., 1958-1959 10/15 McDonald, John, 1958 10/15 McDowell, Ellen C., 1945 10/15 McEnheimer, Marie, 1954 10/16 McFerrin, Robert, 1949, 1952, 1954 10/17 McGhee, Novella, 1945 10/18 McGowan, Mayoma, 1957-1962 10/19 McNamara, Pat (U.S. Senator, Chairman, Public Works Committee, Washington, D.C.), 1958 10/19 Mdodana, U. V., Mrs., 1944 10/19 Meadow Gold Dairies, Inc. (Pittsburgh), 1954 10/19 Means, Andrew, Mr. and Mrs., 1962 10/19 Medas, Enyde, 1961 10/19 Melart Jewelers (Washington, D.C.), 1952 10/19 Mellor's Music Store, Pittsburgh (Mr. Baltz), 1941 10/19 Menard, Edith, 1958 10/19 Mendoza, Humberto, 1952 10/19 Mercury Automobile Company (Pittsburgh office), 1954 10/19 Meridian Hill Baptist Church (The Membership Club), 1960 10/19 Mercer, Anne, 1958

Contains no correspondence.

10/19 Merrill, J. J., 1944 10/19 Merritt, Alice Haden, 1949 and undated 10/19 Mesta, Pearl, 1959, 1961 and undated 10/20 Metropolitan A.M.E. Church (Washington, D.C.), 1950-1961 and undated 10/21 Metropolitan Brewers' Institute, New York (James G. Stanley, Administrator), 1944 10/21 Metropolitan Funeral Home, Chicago (H. G. Hall, 1957 10/21 Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc., New York), 1944, 1955-1956, 1959 10/21 Metropolitan Police, Washington, D.C. (Robert J. Barrett, Superintendent), 1951 10/21 Mexico. Embassy. (Don Manuel Tello, Ambassador), 1959 10/21 Meyer, Agnes, 1959 10/21 Meyer, Bryon (Tex & Jinx Program, NBC Building, New York), 1952 10/21 Meyers, Irving, March 27, 1952

Contains list of the members of the chorus (dancers and singers) taking part in the March 29, 1952 presentation of Faust.

10/21 Michaux, Elder Lightfoot, 1959 10/21 Miles, Betty, 1958 10/21 Miller, Gwendolyn A. M., 1959 10/21 Miller, Hattye, Mrs., 1952 10/21 Miller, Herbert T., 1955 10/21 Miller, James, 1958 10/21 Miller, Lynette, 1955 10/21 Miller, Mabel, 1944 10/21 Millstein, Reuben K., 1954, 1957 10/21 Mines, P., Sr., 1951 10/21 Mitchell, Doyle, 1948 10/21 Mitchell, Juanita Jackson, 1958 10/22 Monarch Wine Company, Inc., Brooklyn, New York, 1951 10/22 Montgomery-Stubbs Motors, Inc. (Mr. Stubbs), 1951 10/22 Moore, John W., 1936 10/22 Moore, Margaret E., 1948 10/22 Morgan, Rose, 1957 10/22 Morganthau, Henry, III, 1955, 1958 10/22 Morocco. Embassy. (El-Mehdi Ben Aboud, Ambassador), 1959 10/22 Morris, Mary Rachael, 1954 10/22 Morris, Newbold, 1944 10/22 Morris, O. O., Mr., 1952

Contains no correspondence.

10/22 Morrison, Mary C., undated 10/22 Morrison, Ruth, 1951 10/22 Morrissey, John, 1955 10/22 Morton Salt Company, Chicago (Daniel Peterkm, Jr.), 1952

Contains no correspondence.

10/22 Mosby, Louise, 1954, 1961 10/22 Moseley, Margaret A. (District Grand Household of Ruth, No. 29, New Jersey), 1954, 1956 10/22 Moses, Helen Carter, 1941 10/22 Mothers of children who passed through the night (Minutes of meeting), March 8, 1960 10/22 Mouzen, Olin T., 1943 10/23 Murdoch, D. V., Mrs. (Chairman, Auditions Committee, Advisory Board of Directors, Pittsburgh), 1954 10/23 Murphy, Beatrice, 1958 10/23 Murphy, John (Lowe Inc., New York), 1952 10/23 Murphy, M., Mrs., 1960 10/23 Murphy, C. T., 1952 10/23 Musical Courier (Dorothy Bersin), 1944 and undated 10/23 Myers, E. Pauline, 1960 10/23 Myers, Mitchell (Law Offices of Myers, Hand & Walker, Washington, D.C.), 1959 10/24 Nash, Joe, 1954 10/24 National Achievement Clubs, Inc., Pittsburgh Branch (Juanita Woods, secretary), 1948 10/24 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1951-1952 10/24 National Association of Colored Women, Inc. (Irene McCoy Gaines, President), 1954, 1958 10/24 National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. (Beulah Carter, Headquarters Secretary, Washington, D.C.), 1953-1954, 1958, 1961 10/25 National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc., 1934-1940, 1949-1961 10/25 National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc. Pittsburgh Branch. (Howard H. Rodgers, Vice-President), 1935 10/26 National Bohemian Beer (Washington, D.C.), 1959 10/26 National Brewing Company (Washington, D.C.), 1953 10/26 National Committee for Rural Schools, Inc. (New York), 1961 10/27 National Council of Negro Women, Inc. (Washington, D.C.), 1944, 1952-1960 10/28 National Maritime Union of America (New York), 1944 10/28 Nauman, Henri, 1952 10/28 Neely, Mabel L., 1960 10/28 Nelson, Andrew D. (Chicago Negro Opera Guild), 1950-1951 10/28 Nelson, Fannetta, 1937 10/29 Nelson, Gladys (Chicago Negro Opera Guild), 1945-1949 10/30 Nespoli, Uriel, 1949-1950 10/31 Neumann, J. L., 1943 10/31 New, Luella C., 1944 10/31 New England Conservatory, 1955 10/31 New York Amsterdam News, (C. B. Powell, President/Editor; Betty Granger, Society Editor), 1955, 1958 10/31 New York Enthusiast (Hans Hacker), 1956 10/31 New York Guild (NNOC), 1955, 1957 10/31 New York Post) (Leonard Lyons), 1951 10/31 New York Telephone Company, 1956 10/31 New York Times (Pittsburgh Office), 1954 10/31 Newman, Charles W. (Funeral Director, Chicago), undated 10/31 Nicholls, Herbert S. (Washington, D.C. Guild, NNOC), 1944 and undated 10/32 Nickerson, Camille, 1953-1961 10/33 Nine-Seventy-Five Optical Company (Washington, D.C.), 1959 10/33 Nitkins, Miriam, 1944 10/33 Nixon, Richard M., Mrs., 1959

Consists of copies of letters sent to Mrs. Nixon.

10/33 Norman, Johnnie Lu, Mrs., 1952 10/33 North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company (Pittsburgh Office), 1954 10/33 North Laundry (Pittsburgh), 1954 10/33 North Philadelphia Civic League, Philadelphia (Rev. Arthur E. Rankin), 1944 10/33 Nurse, Godfrey, 1958 10/33 Nyoka, Princess Consuelo, 1946, 1958 11/1 O'Brien, Miss (Board of Education, Brooklyn, New York), 1944 11/2 O'Loughlin, Roy, 1946-1949, 1955-1961 11/3 Oliver, Mrs. E. K., 1954 11/3 Olson Rug Company, Chicago (W. E. Olson), 1952 11/3 Opera House (Chicago). (Clayton Gilbert; J. Charles Gilbert, Managing Director), 1943, 1952, 1957 11/3 Opera News. (Gerald Fitzgerald, Staff), 1956 11/3 O'Toole, Daisy, undated 11/3 Otto McClarrin & Associates - Public Relations, Washington, D.C. (Otto McClarrin), 1959 11/3 Overstreet, Geraldine, 1952 11/4 P. Lorillard Company (New York), 1951 11/4 Padmore, Mrs., 1957 11/4 Pakistan. Embassy. (Mohammed Ali, Ambassador), 1959 11/4 Pan American Union, Washington, D.C. (Guillermo Espinosa, Chairman, Music Division), 1955 11/4 Parker, Florence, 1951 11/4 Parker, Henry, Mr. and Mrs., 1952 11/4 Parker, Walter P. H., 1954 11/4 Parris, Jean, Mrs., 1958 11/4 Patrick, Thomas, 1952 11/4 Patterson, Bessie, 1936 11/4 Payne, George L., Rev. and Mrs. (Victory Baptist Church, Bronx, New York), 1956 11/4 Payne, Jeannette M., undated 11/4 Payne, Willard M., 1954, 1957, 1960 11/4 Peacher, Millie, 1952

Contains no correspondence.

11/4 Pearson, Drew, 1959, 1961 11/4 Peoples Currency Exchange (Chicago), 1952 11/5 Peoples Drug Stores, Inc. (Washington, D.C.), 1953-1962 11/6 Peoples First National Bank & Trust Company (Homestead, Pennsylvania), 1954 11/6 Peoples Gas & Coke Company (Chicago), 1952 11/6 Pepsi Cola Bottling Company (Washington, D.C.), 1960 11/6 Pernell, Charles, 1954 11/6 Pernell, Ruth, 1954, 1958 11/6 Peru. Embassy. (Fernando Berckemeyer, Ambassador, and Mrs.), 1959 11/6 Peter Fox Brewing Company, Chicago (Frank Fox), 1952 11/6 Peters, Mr., 1944 11/6 Peters, Cortez, 1952

Contains no correspondence.

11/6 Peterson, Caleb, 1955 11/6 Peterson, Cleon A., 1942 11/6 Peyton, Alyce R., 1952 11/6 Pharr, John B., Jr. (Law Offices of Bowman & Pharr, New York), 1952 11/6 Pharr, Johnsie C., Mrs., 1945 11/6 Phelps, Mande, undated 11/6 Philadelphia Inquirer (Vlater H. Annenberg, Editor), 1954 11/6 Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company, Inc., 1948 11/6 Philippines. Embassy. (Carlos P. Pomolo, Ambassador), 1959 11/6 Phillips Radio & Television Company (Washington, D.C.), 1953 11/6 Phoenix, Viola (Chairman, Committee of Friends of YWCA, New York), 1956 11/6 Pierre, Lawrence, undated 11/6 Pierson, George E., undated 11/6 Piggins, Stewart F., 1952 11/6 Pigskin Club of Washington, Inc., Washington, D.C. (Lawrence A. Oxley, President), 1961 11/6 Pinkett, John R., Inc., Brokers (Washington, D.C.), 1948, 1952 11/6 Pioneer Laundry (Washington, D.C.), 1959 11/6 Pittman, Erving, 1954 11/6 Pittman, Kenneth, 1953-1954 11/6 Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce (Pittsburgh), 1954 11/7 Pittsburgh Courier, 1934-1938, 1944, 1952-1954, 1959-1961 11/8 Pittsburgh Courier (P. L. Prattis, Excutive Editor), 1944, 1955-1959 11/9 Pittsburgh Home Loan (Ray Talbert, President), 1955 11/9 Pittsburgh Musical Institute, Inc., 1954 11/9 Pittsburgh Musical Society, 1941 11/9 Pittsburgh Opera, Inc. (Richard Karp, General Director), 1954 11/9 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Department of Public Safety, 1954 11/9 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh Public Schools (Coit R. Hoechst, Director of Extension Education), 1943 11/9 Pittsburgh Post Gazette (D. S. Steinfirst; Harvey J. Gaul, Music Critic), 1936, 1954 11/9 The Pittsburgh Press, (Ralph Lewando, Music Critic and Editor), 1935, 1954 11/9 Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph (Royal Daniel, Managing Editor; Alex Zehner, Assistant Managing Editor; Stewart Liszt, Advertising Managing Director; W. I. Berman, Advertising Department; Fred Lissfelt, 1934-1935, 1948, 1954 and undated 11/9 Plunkert, Leo B., 1959 11/9 Polin, Roscoe, 1952 11/9 Polk, Alma A., 1944 11/9 Pollard, Sybil Hunt, 1955 11/9 Pope, Milan, 1958 11/9 Porky's Beer Distributing Company (Pittsburgh), 1954 11/9 Porter, John T., 1946 and undated 11/9 Poston, Ted, undated 11/9 Powell, Aaron, 1953, 1958, 1961 11/10 Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr., 1944, 1951, 1956 11/11 Poyas, Dorothy, 1959 11/12 President's Music Committee of the People to People Program, (Jouett Shouse, Chairman), 1959 11/12 Price, Sam, 1957 11/12 Price, Wilnette B., 1959 11/12 Progressive Life Insurance Company, Washington, D.C. (George G. Fleming, Territorial Supervisor), 1958 11/12 Purgeson, James A., 1952 11/12 Quaker Oats Company (Chicago), 1952

Contains no correspondence.

11/13 R. L. Polk & Company, 1943 11/13 Raeford, Melba, 1954-1955 11/14 Rahn, Muriel, 1954, 1959 and undated 11/15 Rainbow, John, 1956, 1958 11/15 Ralls, Agnes, 1960 11/15 Randolph, A. Philip, 1951 11/15 Rankin, George, Jr. (State Senator: 10th District, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania), 1937 11/15 Ray, David, and Mrs., undated 11/16 Reed, Napoleon, 1944, 1952-1956 11/17 Reeder, Goldie, 1960 11/17 Reese, Mr., 1952 11/17 Reese, Curtis, 1943 11/17 Reich, A. Alan, 1945 11/17 Reick Milk Company (Pittsburgh), 1940 11/17 Reinhold, Paul B., 1954 11/18 Rhea, La Julia, 1962 11/19 Rhodes, G. H., Mrs., 1954 11/19 Rice, Glossie, 1954 11/19 Richardson, Iona, 1954 11/19 Richardson, Margaret Bond, 1956 11/19 Richardson, Scoval, 1955 11/19 Riggs National Bank, Washington, D.C. (Newton B. Warwick, Assistant Vice-President and Assistant Manager, Northwest Branch), 1960 11/19 Ritter, Emma H., 1944 11/19 Rivers, Napoleon, 1948 11/19 Robert Nolan School of Music, Detroit, Michigan (Robert L. Nolan, Dean), 1951-1952, 1957 11/19 Robert Slaven Company (Chicago), 1958

Contains no correspondence.

11/19 Roberts, Daisy, 1944 11/19 Roberts, Ethel, 1958 11/19 Roberts, Warren, 1960 11/19 Robertson, Alzie L., 1944 11/19 Robeson, Paul, 1944 11/19 Robinson, Felix G., 1936 11/19 Robinson, Flo, 1958 11/19 Robinson, Lillian, 1958 11/19 Robinson, Mattie B., 1940 11/19 Robinson, Myrtle B., 1956 11/19 Robinson, Rosalyn, undated 11/20 Rockefeller, Nelson A. and Mrs., 1958-1959 11/21 Rollo S. Vest Enterprises (Detroit, Michigan), 1943 11/21 Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1944, 1955, 1958-1959 11/22 Rose, Leo, 1952 11/22 Rose, Payton, 1936 11/22 Rose Liquor Store, Washington, D.C. (Ben Rose), 1948 11/22 Ross, Marshall E., 1945 11/22 Royal, Charles J., and Mrs., 1944 11/23 S. W. Dinkins and Associates (Washington, D.C.), 1952 11/23 Sabinson, Lee, 1955 11/23 Safeway Stores, Inc. (Washington, D.C.), 1959-1960 11/23 Saint Philip's Parish House, New York (William Blooper), 1957 11/23 Salmaggi, Alfredo, 1949 11/23 Salmaggi, Felix W., 1949 11/23 Satterfield, Joseph, 1961 11/23 Saudek, Victor, 1948 11/23 Saudi Arabia. Embassy. (Sheikh Adbullah Al-Khayyal, Ambassador), 1959 11/23 Sam Fox Publishing Company, Inc., New York (Frederick Fox; H. C. Busch) , 1955-1957 11/23 Sauls (store), New York, 1946 11/23 La Savage Beauty Clinic, Washington, D.C. (Grace V. Savage, Proprietor), 1953 11/24 Schemering, Mr., 1950 11/24 Schneider, Irving, 1957 11/24 Schuyler, George S., 1938 11/24 Scott, Cashins M., 1952

Contains no correspondence.

11/24 Scott, H. W., 1940 11/24 Scott, Jean, Mrs., 1958 11/24 Scott, Jeanne S., 1958 11/24 Scott, John, 1957 11/25 Sears, Roebuck & Company (Chicago), 1952

Contains no correspondence.

11/25 Selznick, Irene M., 1955 11/25 Sewell, J. E., 1957 11/25 Seymore, Marion, Mrs., 1961 11/25 Shad, Dorothy, 1943 11/25 Shaeffe, Mr., 1944 11/25 Shane, Frank, 1954 11/25 Sharp, Howard M. (Hosha the Mystic), 1949 11/25 Shaw, Ona M. (Mrs. Millard Shaw), 1962 11/25 Sheen, Bernard, 1951 11/25 Sheffers, Harold (Manager, W.U.S.T., Washington, D.C.), 1954 11/25 Sheppard, Elma R., 1958 11/25 Sheraton Park Hotel ("Attention: Attorney Alvin Walker"), 1960 11/25 Sherry John H., 1955 11/25 Sigma Gamma Rho (Alma Wess), 1956 11/26 Silverman's Drug Store (Pittsburgh), 1954 11/26 Simms, Mamie, 1945 11/26 Simon, Robert, undated 11/26 Simpson, Frederick, 1954 11/26 Simpson's Restaurant (Mr. Simpson), 1960 11/26 Sissle, Noble, 1948 11/26 Skinner, Robert F., 1958 11/27 Small, Johnnett, 1957, 1960 and undated 11/28 Smith, E. C., 1953 11/28 Smith, Jackson D., Jr., 1949, 1952, 1954 11/28 Smith, Mildred, 1940 11/28 Smith, Mortimer F., 1960 11/28 Smith, P. B., 1941 11/28 Smith, Paul A., 1945 11/28 Smith, Raymond, 1943 11/28 Smith, Romaine, Mrs., 1961 11/28 Smith, Samuel, 1954 11/28 Smith and Thomas Agency, Sales Promotion-Advertising-Marketing, New York (Lillian S. Hunter), 1946 11/28 Society Music and Recording Company, Pittsburgh. (E. H. Hemby, President), 1946 11/28 Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Board of Managers, Gilbert C. Cloonan, Superintendent), 1954 11/28 Solomon, Izler, 1956 11/28 Sorell, Walter, 1956 11/28 Sottong, Agnes M. (Chairman, Music Department, Wadleigh High School, New York), 1944 11/28 Soundpainting, Washington, D.C. (Sol Math), 1950 11/28 South Side Bank & Trust Company (Chicago), 1952

Contains no correspondence.

11/28 South Side Letter and Printing Service, Chicago. (Gertrude B. Millner, Manager), 1952 11/28 Southern Aid Life Insurance Company, Inc. (Richmond, Virginia), 1954 11/29 Sparkle & McCann's (Pittsburgh), 1954 11/29 Spector, Edward, 1938 11/29 Spencer, Mabel L., 1960 11/29 Spicer, Sallie M., 1960 11/29 Spiegel, Inc. (Chicago), 1952 11/29 Spotlight Newspaper, Washington, D.C. (Mrs. Kendrick), 1961 11/29 Spottswood, Bernice, 1953 11/29 Stamps, C. S., 1957 11/30 Standard Drug Company (Hyattsville, Maryland), 1960 11/30 Standard Paper Company, Washington, D.C. (Mr. Kellogg), 1954 11/30 Stanmore, Thelma, 1951 11/30 Stanton, Mr. and Mrs., 1936 11/30 Statler Hilton, Washington, D.C. (A. G. Abott, Credit Manager), 1961 11/30 Steinem & Saidman, Law Offices (Harry Saidman), 1957-1958, 1960 11/30 Steiner, Stella (Artists' Representative, New York), 1960 11/30 Stern, Edgar B., Mrs., 1956 11/30 Stevens, Robert, 1955 11/30 Stevenson, Agnes, 1958 11/30 Stevenson Bakery (Washington, D.C.), 1948 11/30 Stewart, Ethel, 1961 11/30 Stewart, John T., and Mrs., 1954, 1959 11/30 Stewart, Shirley, 1952 11/31 Stivanello Costume Company (New York), 1954 11/32 Stone, Theodore Charles, 1943-1945, 1954-1959 11/33 Stonesifer, Dorothy McNeal, 1956 11/33 Stor, Jean, 1937 and undated 11/33 Sullivan, Ed (CBS Television), 1958 and undated 11/33 Summerfield, W. J., 1958 11/33 Summers, George, 1950 11/33 Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Company, Chicago (Truman Gibson), 1957 11/34 Suthern, Orrin Clayton, II, 1936-1937, 1940, 1948, 1953, 1962 11/35 Sweet Clean & Dry Cleaners, Inc. (Pittsburgh), 1954 11/35 Swift & Company, Chicago (Harold H. Swift), 1952 11/35 Swinton, Myrtle, 1960 11/35 Switzerland. Embassy. (Henry de Torrente, Ambassador), 1959 11/35 Sykes, Ruth A., 1953, 1961 11/36 Syria Improvement Association, Pittsburgh (J. Leonard Cook, Manager), 1952, 1954 11/37 Talent Promotion Corporation, New York (Dorothy Dublin, Career Management), 1944 11/37 Talladega College Alumni Association of Greater New York (Thomas G. Weaver), 1956 11/37 Tanner, Amanda, 1959-1960 11/37 Tasco, Margaret H., 1957 11/37 Tate, Catherine, 1960 11/37 Taylor, Alcus, Mrs., 1944 11/37 Taylor, Don L., 1944 11/37 Taylor, Eunice Q., 1951 11/37 Taylor, H. C. (Professor, Fine Arts Office, Kansas University, Lawrence, Kansas), 1940 11/37 Taylor, Magnolia, 1950, 1959 11/37 Taylor, Minnie, 1956 11/37 Terry, L. Lee, Mrs., 1944 11/37 Tessmer, Jospeh, 1951 11/38 Thomas, Blanche K., 1936, 1951, 1953 11/39 Thomas, George W., 1956 11/39 Thomas, Gertrude, 1945 11/39 Thomas, James C., 1944 11/39 Thomas, John, 1949 11/39 Thomas, Kathleen, 1952 11/39 Thomas, Melvin L., 1946 11/39 Thomas L. West, Funeral Directors (Pittsburgh), 1954 11/39 Thompson, Catherine B., 1961 11/39 Thompson's Dairy (Washington, D.C.), 1959-1960 11/39 Tiffley, Mabel, 1958 11/39 Tobias, Channing H., 1951 11/39 Tobin, Eleanor, 1954 11/39 Tolan, Fred, and Mrs., undated 11/39 Tolliver, Anne (A. K. A. Sorority), 1962 11/39 Tolliver, Harold, and Mrs., 1954 11/39 Townsend, Willard S. (International President, UTSE-CIO), 1952 11/40 Trautman, Horace B., 1937 11/40 Tristano, Michael N., 1961 11/40 Trotman, Marion (Chairman of Local Membership Drive, An Affiliate of the New York Opera Guild, Sponsored by the NNOC), 1958-1959 11/40 Truman, Harry S., 1951

Consists of one letter (carbon copy) sent to President Truman.

11/40 Tucker, B. E., Mrs., 1954 11/40 Tucker, Marjorie, 1949 11/40 Turner, Mr., 1945 11/40 Turner, Della Bundy, 1951 11/40 Turner, Mrs. Eddis, 1952 11/40 Turner, Lee G. (General Contractor and Builder, Washington, D.C.), 1949

Contains no correspondence.

11/40 Turner, Percy, 1954 11/40 Twentieth Century Advertising, Radio-TV Promotion, Public Relations, Cleveland (Gary Bell), 1955 11/40 Tynes, Margaret, 1955 12/1 Uline Ice Company, Washington, D.C. (Mr. Lynn), 1960 12/1 Union of South Africa. Embassy. (W. C. du Plessis, Ambassador), 1959 12/1 Union Trust Bank (J. D. Bowersock, Executive Vice-President), 1954-1955, 1960 12/1 United Arab Republic. Embassy. (Ahmed Hussein, Ambassador), 1959

One paragraph has been removed from the letter (carbon copy).

12/1 United Laundries (Pittsburgh), 1954 12/1 United States Brewing Company (Chicago), 1952 12/1 United States. Department of the Interior. (Oscar Chapman, Secretary of the Interior), 1951 12/1 United States. Department of the Interior. National Park Service, 1944-1945 12/1 United States. Naval Receiving Station, Washington, D.C., 1954 12/1 United States. Post Office, Washington, D.C. (Roy M. North, Postmaster), 1953 12/1 United States. Treasury Department. Office of Internal Revenue, 1949, 1952, 1958 and undated 12/1 Unity Funeral Home, Chicago (A. W. Williams), 1960 12/1 Urban League of Pittsburgh, Inc., 1941 12/2 Varja, Frederick, 1941-1942 12/3 Valentine, Geneiva, 1953, 1958-1960 12/3 Vallee, Rudy, 1939 12/3 Van Arkle, G. P., Mrs., 1959 12/3 Van Nixon, York, 1960 12/4 Vann, Jessie M. (Mrs. Robert L. Vann), 1938, 1943-1944, 1953-1954, 1958-1959 12/5 Vaughn, Edna, 1936 12/5 Versis Food (Washington, D.C.), 1959 12/6 View, Thomas, 1949, 1952, 1958 12/7 Virdier, Raymond, and Mrs., 1954 12/8 Voorhees, Bettye, 1949, 1960 12/9 WCAE (Radio station : Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) (Royal C. Daniel, Program Director), 1954 12/9 WEVD (Radio station : New York, New York), 1944 12/9 WHOD (Radio station : Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), 1954 12/9 WILY (Radio station : Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) (Ernie Tannen, Manager), 1954 12/9 WLIB (Radio station : New York, New York) (Harry Novik, General Manager), 1956 12/9 WMAL (Television station : Washington, D.C.) (Dick Richmond), 1961 12/9 WMAQ (Radio station : Chicago, Illinois) (Norman Ross, Northwestern Railroad Hour), 1952 12/9 WNEW (Radio station : New York, New York) (Martin Block), 1944 12/9 WOOK (Radio station : Silver Spring, Maryland) (Bob Whiteley), 1949 12/9 WTOP (Radio station : Washington, D.C.) (Hazel Markel, Director of Program Service), 1949 12/9 WWDC (Radio station : Washington, D.C.) (Norman Reed, Program Director), 1953-1954 12/9 WWSW (Radio station : Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) (Ben Muros), 1954 12/10 W. T. Grant Company (New York), undated 12/10 W. W. Kimball Company, Chicago (D. W. Kimball), 1952

Contains no correspondence.

12/10 Wagner-Bund Music Company (Pittsburgh), 1954 12/10 Waiman, Phillip, 1956 12/10 Walden, Harvey E., Rev. (Grant Memorial A.M.E. Church), 1952 12/10 Walker, Orin de Motte (Attorney/Counsellor at Law, Washington, D.C.), 1960 12/10 Walsh, Leonard P., undated 12/10 Walsh, Richard M., 1959 12/10 Walter L. Frank Management Corporation (New York), 1946 12/10 Wardle, Constance, undated

Contains no correspondence.

12/10 Ward, Dempsey E., 1944 12/10 Ward Baking Company, Hyattsville, Maryland (Guy Crump), 1959 12/11 Warf, Ira, 1946, 1953-1955 12/12 Warner, Estelle, undated 12/12 Washington, Natalie, 1960 12/12 Washington Afro American, Washington, D.C. (Honor Roll Editor; Arthur M. Carter, Managing Editor; C. Sumner Stone, Jr.) 1950, 1960-1961 12/12 Washington American League Base Ball Club, Washington, D.C. (Clark Griffith), 1945, 1952-1953

Two letters signed by Clark Griffith: 1945 and 1953.

12/12 Washington and Vicinity Federation of Women's Clubs, Washington, D.C. (Marguerite M. Caldwell, President), 1960 12/12 Washington Association of Credit Men, Inc., Washington, D.C. (M. A. Asher, Collection Department), 1947, 1960 12/12 Washington Daily Newspaper, 1955, 1960-1961 12/13 Washington Federation of Churches, Washington, D.C. (Purcell Storey, Director, Department of Business and Finance; Angus Dun, President), 1947-1949 12/14 Washington Post-Times Herald, (Paul Hume, Music Critic; Leo Sullivan; J. K. Hackett, Credit Manager), 1945, 1950, 1959-1961 12/14 The Washington Star, (David Thorpe, Music Critic), 1960 12/14 Watson, Lawrence, 1941 12/14 Wattein, Sarah, 1956 12/14 Weaver, Mable, 1958 12/14 Weaver, Robert C., 1961 12/14 Welfare and Recreational Association of Public Buildings and Grounds, Inc., Washington, D.C. (R. R. Ayers, Deputy General Manager), 1943-1944 12/14 Wellington, Marvenia, 1954 12/14 Wells' Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge, New York (Joseph T. Wells), 1956, 1958 12/14 Western Savings and Deposit Bank, Pittsburgh (Charles E. Schuetz, President), 1943 12/14 Whaley, Lawrence L., (Washington, D.C.), 1959-1960 12/15 Whaley, Madora H., Mrs., 12/15 Wheeler, Gladys, 1953, 1958 12/15 White, Annette B., 1940 12/16 White, Clarence Cameron, 1950-1951, 1955-1956 see also Music: White, Clarence Cameron see also Photographs: White, Clarence Cameron 12/17 White, Leafie V., 1953-1954, 1958 12/18 White, Mary, 1958 12/18 White, Ovella P., 1946 12/18 White, Wilbert C., and Mrs., 1954 12/18 Whitfield, Ruth, 1951 12/18 Whitlock, Edythe A., 1948 12/18 Whitman, Essie, 1945 12/18 Wilkerson, Frederick, 1960 12/18 Wilkerson, Margaret, 1952 12/18 Wilkes, Priscilla, 1959-1960 12/18 Wilkins, F., Mrs., 1944 12/18 Wilkins Coffee Company (Washington, D.C.), 1959 12/18 Wilkinson, George A. (Law offices of Bresnahan, Eberly and Wilkinson, Washington, D.C.), 1950 12/18 Willard Hotel (Washington, D.C.), 1952 12/18 William, Elizabeth, 1952

Contains no correspondence.

12/18 William Hahn & Company, Washington, D.C. (Gilbert Hahn, President), 1961 12/18 Williams, Ashton J., 1945 12/18 Williams, Bradford, 1959 12/18 Williams, Charles and Grace, 1962 12/18 Williams, Edward B., 1952 12/18 Williams, Emerson, Mrs., 1958 12/18 Williams, Gertrude, 1960 12/18 Williams, Ida, 1962 12/18 Williams, Myrtle Lockart, 1960 12/18 Williams, Ruby, 1957 12/18 Williams, T. L., 1944-1945 12/18 Williams, Virginia, 1953 12/19 Willis, O. B., 1952 12/19 Wilson, Clarence Hayden, 1940, 1958 12/19 Wilson, Geneva, 1956 12/19 Wilson, Horace, 1944 12/19 Wilson, Isabel Coy, 1954 12/19 Wilson, J. Finley, 1951 12/19 Wilson, John C., 1955 12/19 Wilson, Marie S., 1953 12/19 Wilson, Mercedes, 1962 12/19 Wiseman, M. D., 1951 12/19 Whittfield, Anthony, 1956 12/19 Wohlfarth Brothers Bakery (Homestead, Pennsylvania), 1954 12/19 Wood, Laura, 1936 12/20 Woodbeck, Wilson, 1955-1959 12/21 Wormeley, Philip Lightfoot, IV, 1943 12/21 Wymer, Robert, undated 12/22 Yancey, Theresa (Co-ordinator of Chicago Sustaining Committee, NNOC,), 1961 12/22 Yarmark, Ronnie, 1960 12/22 Yearwood, Lloyd (Photographer, New York), 1957 12/22 Young, Frances, 1944 12/22 Young, W. P., 1954 12/22 Young Men's Christian Association of the City of New York, Harlem Branch (Laurence F. Hunt, Program Secretary), 1944-1945 12/22 Young Men's Christian Association of the City of Washington, D.C. Twelfth Street Branch (Laurence F. Hunt, Executive Secretary), 1953 12/22 Young Men's Christian Association of the City of Washington, D.C. Veterans Memorial Branch (Annie P. Belcher), 1961 12/22 Young Womens Christian Association, Pittsburgh (Annie B. Graves, Residence Secretary), 1943 12/23 Zane, William, 1952 12/23 Zanzibar Restaurant, Washington, D.C. (Mr. Lee), 1958 12/24-25 Unidentified correspondence, 1940-1961 and undated 12/26 Form letters. Correspondence to the NNOC Board of Directors, 1954, 1958-1960 and undated 12/27 Form letters. Correspondence addressed to NNOC members, 1945, 1950-1954, 1956-1962 12/28 Form letters. Correspondence to Parents of the NNOC Foundation, Inc. Youth Guild, 1953 12/29 Envelopes. Addressed but not postmarked, 1949 and undated 12/30 Envelopes. Postmarked, but not further identified, 1938, 1944, 1947-1948, 1955-1960 12/31 NNOC stationary, undated 13-16, 65-67 Photographs, 1925-1994 (206 folders)

Identified and unidentified photographic images of individuals and groups related to the National Negro Opera Company, its member guilds, committees and other affiliated African American groups and organizations. As many of the photographs in this collection were used for various programs and publicity purposes, several images will be found cut to the needs of the National Negro Opera Company. Some post-1962 photographs document various honors awarded to Mary Cardwell Dawson after her death.

Identified photographs arranged alphabetically by name.

13-16, 65-67 Identified Individuals, Groups and Productions 13/1 Achille, Marcel, 1961

Biographical information typed on back of photograph.

13/2, 65/9 Aida, undated

17 photographs (several taken from publications).

13/3 Alexander, Robert, undated 13/4 Anderson, Marian, February 19, 1961 and undated

Ten photographs taken at a reception for Marian Anderson, Chicago, Palmer House, Feb. 19, 1961; also - three portrait photographs (one is autographed)

13/5 Anglin, John, undated 13/6 Avalone, Blanche, undated

Surname also spelled Avaloni in a few programs.

13/7 Beasley, Moses, 1947

Two different photographs of Rev. Beasley, one dated April 28, 1947.

13/8 Beckom, O'Labrice, undated 13/9 Bell, Ivy Ponyat, undated 13/10 Bell, Teresa (McDaniel), undated 13/11 Bivens, James R., March 1934 13/12 Bost, Fran, 1944 13/13 Boyd, Gordon, undated

[Fragile]

13/14 Bragg, Bertha, undated

Two different photographs.

13/15 Bragg, Edward, undated 13/16 Brice, Carol, undated

Five photographs with one image being with her brother - Jonathan Brice.

13/17 Brown, Debria, December 15 and 26, 1958 and undated

Five photographs: Four different photographs (Carl Van Vechten, photographer) as Carmen, dated December 1958; one image from Aida (undated)

13/18 Brown, Gertrude, undated 13/19 Cardwell, James A., undated

James A. Cardwell was the father of Mary Cardwell Dawson.

Two different photographs.

13/20 Cardwell Dawson Choir, 1938 and undated

Eight photographs.

One photograph is a inscribed formal portrait of the Cardwell Dawson Choir (Mary Cardwell Dawson's pupils), dated 1938, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

13/21 Cardwell School of Music. Commemorative [Historical marker] dedication, September 25, 1994 13/22 Carrington, Rita Maria, undated 13/23 Cato, Minto, undated

Seven photographs.

13/24 Causey, Willa, undated 13/25, 66/2 Choruses, 1938 and undated

12 photographs (formal portraits, informal images and others taken from live performances)

65/13 Choruses (Washington. D.C. Opera Guild Chorus), undated

2 photographs (formal portrait of the entire opera chorus)

13/26 Coleman, Charles (?), 1943

As Elder Germont in La Traviata, Civic Opera House, Chicago.

13/27 Copland, Gloria, undated

Added notation: Washington, D.C.

13/28 Crawford, Alice, undated 13/29 Crawford, Alice Davis, undated 13/30 Dance group (non-production), undated 13/31, 65/1, 66/1 Dawson, Mary Cardwell - alone, undated

19 photographs.

13/32 Dawson, Mary Cardwell - with others, June 24, 1927, 1941 and undated

14 photographs.

Includes several photographs of Mary and Walter M. Dawson, including a large wedding day image, dated June 24, 1927.

Other images of Mary Cardwell Dawson can be found throughout the photographic collections that contain group images of the various NNOC/NNOF Guilds, committees, rehearsals, concerts and publicity.

13/33 Dawson, Walter M., 1925 and undated

Seven photographs, including three different portrait images, one group photograph (Wentworth Institute, Boston, MA where he majored in electrical engineering, graduating in June 1925) and three candid images of Mr. Dawson operating machinery at work.

Other images of Walter M. Dawson can be found throughout the various group photographs of various NNOC/NNOF Guilds and committees.

13/34 Dett, Helen (Mrs. R. Nathaniel Dett), undated 13/35 Duncan, Todd, undated

Two photographs.

13/36 Duncan, Vernon, undated

Photograph is notated as "Haitian Voodoo ceremony."

13/37 Early, Johnny, undated

Also included: a one-page biographical summary.

13/38 Elzy, Ruby, 1942

Photograph is inscribed to Mrs. Dawson from Ms. Elzy.

13/39 Evanti, Lillian, undated

Three photographs (two inscribed photographs).

13/40 Faust, undated

Seven photographs: One photograph from a live performance and six photographic images from illustrations taken from the opera.

13/41 Flying Clouds Progressive IV (vocal group), undated 13/42 "Footprints on the sands of time," in honor of Madam Mary Cardwell Dawson and Horace Wilson, April 28, 1963 13/43 Fountain, Beatrice, undated

Two photographs.

13/44 Franchois, Priscilla Mays, undated 13/45 Franklin, Walter, undated 13/46 Franklin, William, undated

Three photographs.

13/47 Fulbright, James William (Senator: Arkansas), undated

Photograph of Senator Fulbright with Mary Cardwell Dawson.

13/48 Gardner, Katherine Cardwell, undated 13/49 Gatto, Angelo, undated

Four photographs.

13/50 Glass, Hazel - James L. Cornitcher wedding photograph, undated 13/51 Graham, Michael Angelo, undated

Three photographs.

13/52 Graham, Walter, undated

Walter Graham was Music Director, Chicago Music Conservatory.

13/53 Grant, Albert J., undated

Two photographs.

13/54 Greene, Evelyn, undated 13/55 Greenidge, Lisle, undated 13/56 Gwin, Huel Brooks, undated 13/57 Haley, Si Lita (Mrs. Frederick Vajda), undated

Two photographs.

13/58 Hamilton, Gwendolyn, undated 13/59 Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), August 30, 1934 and undated

Six photographs.

One photograph is inscribed to Walter Dawson, August 30, 1934.

13/60 Harris, Ethel Ramos, undated

Two photographs.

13/61 Harrison, Hazel, undated 13/62 Harrison, Pearlie Cox, undated 13/63 Hatchett, Starling, undated 13/64 Henderson, George, undated 13/65 Henderson, Luther, undated 13/66 Herbert, Ralph, undated

Three photographs.

13/67 Hightower, Madeline undated 13/68 Hill, Bernice, undated 13/69 Hinderas, Natalie, undated

Six photographs.

13/70 Holmes, Dorothy, 1947 13/71 Holland-Forbes, Kathleen, undated

Water-related damage.

13/72 Holt, Nora, undated 13/73 Honory, Marvin, undated

Two photographs.

14/1 Hood, Priscilla, undated 14/2 Hudgins, William R., undated 14/3 Insana, Silvio, undated

Three photographs.

14/4 Interdenominational Ushers Union (Church ushers organization), undated

Walter M. Dawson was active in this organization.

Two photographs.

14/5 Johnson, Gertrude (Bell), undated see also Correspondence: Bell, Gertrude Johnson

Two photographs.

14/6 Johnson, Jeanne, undated

Inscribed photograph.

14/7 Jones, Cynthia, undated

Three photographs.

14/8 Kelly, John P., undated

Three photographs.

14/9 Keyes, Pansy, undated 14/10 Kimbrough, A. L., undated 14/11 King, Janice, undated 14/12 King, Juanita, undated

Seven photographs.

14/13 King, Omega, undated 14/14 Knox, Ethel C., undated 14/15 La Tour, Lou, undated 14/16 Lee, Barbara Edwards, undated 14/17 Lee, Grace, undated 14/18 Leer, David and Mary Beckett, undated 14/19 Leer, David and Mary Veaney (Rash), undated 65/6 Leer, David with Mary Beckett and Mary Veaney (Rash), undated 14/20 Lehmann, Otto, circa 1944 14/21 Lewis, Bernice Hammond, April 30, 1949 14/22 Lipscomb, Joseph, undated

Two photographs.

14/23 Lucas, James, undated 14/24 McAllister, Hazel, undated 14/25 McBrown, Gertrude, undated 14/26 McCleave, Florence Cole, undated 14/27 McFerrin, Robert, undated 14/28 McKenzie, Donald L., undated

Photograph is inscribed to Mme. Dawson.

14/29 Marshall, Adrienne, undated

Three photographs.

14/30 Maynor, Dorothy, 1940

Inscribed to Mary Cardwell Dawson.

14/31 Metropolitan A.M.E. Church. Group (Washington, D.C.), undated 14/32 Miles, Betty Mansfield, undated 14/33 Millander, "Lucky", undated

Four photographs.

14/34 Miss Metropolitan (Washington, D.C.) Crown Competition (queen competition), 1953

Four photographs.

14/35 Montgomery, Alma (piano accompanist), undated

Two photographs.

14/36 Montgomery, Alma (soprano), undated

Different individual from previous folder.

14/37 Morris, Ben Mitchell, undated

Two photographs.

14/38 Murphy, Pearl, undated 14/39, 65/9 Music Festivals, Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C., 1947-1955

73 photographs, taken during the nine annual festivals presented at Griffith Stadium.

14/40 National Association of Negro Musicians (NANM), circa 1950s 16/1 National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc. 18th Annual Convention, St. Louis, MO., August 20-27, 1937

Camille L. Nickerson, President.

Oversize photo.

67/1 National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc. 19th Annual Convention, Kansas City, Kansas, August 21-26, 1938

Kemper Harris, President; J. Roy Terry, Vice-President.

Oversize photo.

67/1 National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc. 20th Annual Convention, Chicago, Ill., August 18-23, 1940

Mary Cardwell Dawson, President.

Oversize photo.

16/2 National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc. Convention, Pittsburgh, PA, August 24-29, 1941

Mary Cardwell Dawson, President.

Oversize photo.

14/41 National Negro Opera Company Foundation, 1950 and undated

Three photographs.

14/42 National Negro Opera Company Foundation. Youth Guild, 1953 and undated

Three photographs.

14/43, 65/2 Neal, Mansfield, circa 1944

Three photographs.

14/44 Nespoli, Uriel, undated

Five photographs.

14/45 Nichols, Shelby, undated

Two photographs.

14/46 Nyoka, Princess Consuelo, undated

Two photographs.

One photograph is fragile (torn in two pieces)

14/47 Offord, J., undated 14/48 Olsen, Robert, undated 14/49, 65/10 The Ordering of Moses, July 28, 1950 and undated

17 photographs; one additional sheet contains eight small photographic copies.

Several photographs are from the performance of July 28, 1950, Washington, D.C., Griffith Stadium.

14/50 Ouanga, circa 1956

Seven photographs (one photograph is a non-performance image that includes Clarence White and Mary Cardwell Dawson).

14/51 Overstreet, Geraldine, undated 14/52 Peeler, Lawrence, 1941

Mr. Peeler was the first Afro-American member of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

16/3 Pigskin Club of Washington, Inc. Twenty-sixth Annual Awards Dinner, Statler-Hilton Hotel, December 14, 1963

Oversize photo.

Walter M. Dawson was a member of this organization.

16/4 Pigskin Club of Washington, Inc. Twenty-seventh Annual Awards Dinner, Statler-Hilton Hotel, December 12, 1964

Oversize photo.

Walter M. Dawson was a member of this organization.

14/53 Powell, Aaron, undated 14/54 Poyas, Dorothy, undated

Two photographs.

14/55 Price, Sammy, 1944

Photograph is inscribed to "Willis" and is dated "3/1/44".

14/56 Prince, Ulysses, undated 14/57 Pryor, Vannye, undated 14/58 Publicity photographs. Chicago Opera Guild activities and events, 1941 and undated

15 photographs.

14/59 Publicity photographs. New York Opera Guild activities and events, undated

12 photographs.

14/60 Publicity photographs. Pittsburgh Opera Guild activities and events, undated

Ten photographs.

14/61 Publicity photographs. Washington, D.C. Opera Guild activities and events, 1951 and undated

28 photographs.

15/1 Publicity photographs. Unknown location, undated

25 photographs.

15/2 Quinn, Lorraine, undated 15/3 Rahn, Muriel, 1949 and undated

Seven photographs (plus two photocopies)

15/4 Rainbow, John, undated

Three photographs.

15/5 Reed, Napoleon, undated 15/6 Reese, Everett Watson, undated

Two photographs.

15/7 Reid, Melbourne, undated 15/8 Relatives of Mary Cardwell Dawson, undated

Five photographs.

15/9 Rhea, La Julia, undated

Three photographs.

15/10 Richardson, Mayme, undated 15/11 Ricks, Jesse, undated 15/12 Ringler, Jacque, undated

Two photographs.

15/13 Robinson, Miss, undated

Miss Robinson was the daughter of Mary Nell Robinson.

15/14 Rogers, Audrey, undated 15/15 Roosevelt, Eleanor, undated

Photograph has been cut to remove someone from the image.

15/16 Rubes, Jan, undated 15/17 Saint James A.M.E. Church, undated 15/18 Schuyler, Philippa Duke, undated

Inscribed to Mr. and Mrs. Dawson.

15/19 Scott, Sirly, undated 15/20 Shaw, Peggy Pierce, undated 15/21 Sissle, Noble, late 1940s

Six photographs.

15/22 Smith, Ethel Hardy, undated 15/23 Smith, Jackson, undated 15/24 Smith, Lillian Miller, undated 15/25 Smith, Paul A., undated 15/26 Social groups. Chicago, undated 15/27 Social groups. Pittsburgh, undated

Five photographs.

15/28 Social groups. Washington, D.C., undated

19 photographs.

15/29 Social groups. Unknown location, undated

Three photographs.

15/30 The Southernaires (male vocal group), undated

Two photographs.

15/31 Stills, Vivian J., undated 15/32 Stone, Theodore Charles, undated 15/33 Stor, Jean, June 17, 1937

Inscribed and dated to Mary Cardwell Dawson.

15/34 Taylor, Francena, undated

On reverse: Francena Taylor as "The Voice" in Ouanga.

15/35 Tibbs, Roy, undated

Mr. Tibbs was Lillian Evanti's husband.

15/36, 65/11 La Traviata, 1944 and undated

16 photographs; one negative.

15/37 Vajda, Frederick, 1943

Three photographs.

One photograph is inscribed to Mary Cardwell Dawson and is dated August 1, 1943, Washington, D.C.

15/38 Vincent, Fritz, undated

On reverse: Fritz Vincent as La Bossal in Ouanga.

15/39 Vincent and Reed (Dancers), undated 15/40, 65/3 Voorhees, Bettye, undated

Five photographs.

15/41 Vroman, Mary Elizabeth, undated 15/42 Watson, Lawrence, undated

Two photographs.

15/43 White, Clarence Cameron, undated

Three photographs.

15/44 White, Leafie, undated 15/45 Williams, Camilla, undated

Two photographs.

15/46 Williams, Virginia, undated 15/47 Wilson, Horace, undated

Three photographs.

15, 65 Unidentified Individuals, Groups and Productions 15/48, 65/4-5, 14 Unidentified groups, undated

Several photos found in Box 65/5 contain various city opera guild administrative boards and committees.

38 photographs.

15/49 Unidentified individuals (Chicago photographers), undated

Two photographs.

15/50 Unidentified individuals (New York photographers), undated

Three photographs (one inscribed but unable to read).

15/51 Unidentified individuals (Pittsburgh photographers), undated

Three photographs.

15/52 Unidentified individuals (Washington, D.C. photographers), undated

Six photographs.

15/53 Unidentified individuals (Unknown location), undated

22 photographs.

15/54, 65/12 Unidentified performances, undated

Three photographs.

1-6, 65-67 Programs and Promotional Materials, 1926-1997 (59 folders)

Includes programs, press releases, advertising, posters, draft copies of advertising and press releases, tickets, and newspaper reviews for concerts, musical performances, benefits, and other related events. The series is divided into two subseries: the first contains materials produced or sponsored by the National Negro Opera Company and its immediate predecessors, the National Negro Opera Foundation, and the various city-based National Negro Opera Company-affiliated opera guilds. In addition, it contains materials from concerts given by prominant stars of the National Negro Opera Company such as benefits and fundraising events for future operatic productions. The second subseries contains materials from concerts and events that are not directly related to the National Negro Opera Company, but which Mrs. Dawson attended. These document the African-American concert scene from the 1930s to the early 1960s.

Arranged chronologically.

1-4, 65-67 Materials Related to the National Negro Opera Company and Other Affiliated Musical Ensembles, 1926-1997, undated 1/1 Programs/Promotional Material, 1926-1934 1/2 Programs/Promotional Material, 1935-1937 1/3 Programs/Promotional Material, 1938-1940 1/4 Programs/Promotional Material, 1941 1/4 Programs/Promotional Material. Poster: Aida performance, October 10, 1941, 1941 65/7 Programs/Promotional Material, circa 1942

Draft "mock-up" promotional item for a proposed book to contain a projected one million names of individuals pledging support for the creation of a National Negro Opera Company and Symphony Orchestra.

1/5 Programs/Promotional Material, 1942 1/6 Programs/Promotional Material, 1943 1/7 Programs/Promotional Material, 1944 1/8 Programs/Promotional Material, 1945 1/9 Programs/Promotional Material, 1946 1/10 Programs/Promotional Material, 1947 1/11 Programs/Promotional Material, 1948 1/12 Programs/Promotional Material, 1949 2/1 Programs/Promotional Material, 1950 2/2 Programs/Promotional Material, 1951 2/3 Programs/Promotional Material, 1952 2/4 Programs/Promotional Material, 1953 2/5 Programs/Promotional Material, 1954 2/6 Programs/Promotional Material, 1955 2/7 Programs/Promotional Material, 1956 67 Programs/Promotional Material. Poster: Ouanga performance, Metropolitan Opera House, New York, May 27, 1956 3/1 Programs/Promotional Material, 1957 67 Programs/Promotional Material. Poster: The Ordering of Moses performance, Hillhouse High School, New Haven, Conn., May 5, 1957 3/2 Programs/Promotional Material, 1958 3/3 Programs/Promotional Material, 1959 3/4 Programs/Promotional Material, 1960 3/5 Programs/Promotional Material, 1961 3/6 Programs/Promotional Material, 1962 3/7 Programs/Promotional Material, 1965 3/8 Programs/Promotional Material, 1992-1997 66/3 Programs/Promotional Material (oversize), 1933-1963 66/5 Programs/Promotional Material (oversize). Publicity drafts, 1940s-1950s 3/9 Programs/Promotional Material - Printed Profiles, undated 4/1 Programs/Promotional Material - Typed Profiles, undated 4/2 Programs/Promotional Material - Press Releases, undated 4/3 Programs/Promotional Material - Solicitation Letters, undated 4/4 Programs/Promotional Material - Miscellaneous, undated 4-6, 66 Non-National Negro Opera Company Materials, 1934-1987, undated 4/5 Programs/Promotional Material, 1934-1941 66/4 Programs/Promotional Material, 1943, 1950s 4/6 Programs/Promotional Material, 1944 4/7 Programs/Promotional Material, 1945 4/8 Programs/Promotional Material, 1946 4/9 Programs/Promotional Material, 1947 4/10 Programs/Promotional Material, 1948 4/11 Programs/Promotional Material, 1949 4/12 Programs/Promotional Material, 1950 5/1 Programs/Promotional Material, 1951 5/2 Programs/Promotional Material, 1952 5/3 Programs/Promotional Material, 1953 5/4 Programs/Promotional Material, 1954 5/5 Programs/Promotional Material, 1955 5/6 Programs/Promotional Material, 1956 5/7 Programs/Promotional Material, 1957 5/8 Programs/Promotional Material, 1958 5/9 Programs/Promotional Material, 1959 6/1 Programs/Promotional Material, 1960 6/2 Programs/Promotional Material, 1961 6/3 Programs/Promotional Material, 1962 6/4 Programs/Promotional Material, 1963-1987 6/5-7 Programs/Promotional Material, undated 20-24, 67 Administrative Papers, 1912-1961, bulk 1931-1960 (73 folders)

Records of the National Negro Opera Company's business activities. Included among these materials are charters, by-laws, contracts, lists of officers and board members, planning information, and meeting minutes. Includes records from the National Negro Opera Foundation, early records from the National Association of Negro Musicians (Pittsburgh branch), and other related organizations and committees. Minutes of meetings from these organizations are arranged in chronological order. Diplomas and other early public school and college certificates belonging to Mary Cardwell Dawson are also included in this series and are found in the Miscellany subseries.

Arranged by type of material. Minutes are further arranged chronologically.

24/1 Advertising, 1957, undated 22 Appointment Books, 1943-1948 22/1 Appointment book, 1943

Material laid in.

22/2 Appointment book, 1944 22/3 Appointment book, 1945 22/4 Appointment book (Week-at-a-glance), 1948 24/9 Bills and Receipts, 1944-1958 24/2 Business Cards, undated 22 Calendars, 1938-1959 22/5 Calendar, 1938

Material laid in.

22/6 Calendar #1, 1943

Material laid in.

22/7 Calendar #2, 1943

Material laid in.

22/8 Calendar, 1945 22/9 Calendar, 1950 22/10 Calendar, January-June 1959 22/11 Calendar, July-December 1959 24 Certificates, 1953 24/3 Certificates of Merit (NNOC), July 25, 1953 21 Contracts, 1937-1961 21/1 Adams, Pearl, February 18, 1956 21/1 Allen, William, May 11, 1937 21/1 American Guild of Musical Artists, Inc., April 28, 1954 21/1 American Guild of Musical Artists, Inc., February 24, 1956 21/1 American Guild of Musical Artists, Inc. [not signed], 1958 21/2 Ball, Robert P. (Pete Ball's Auto Clinic), March 1958 21/2 Baynton's, March 1958 21/2 Bergmann's, Inc., November 1960 21/2 Brooks & Allen, November 17, 1960 21/2 Brown, Debra, December 4, 1959

Two signed copies.

21/2 Brown, Debra, December 14, 1959

Two signed copies.

21/2 Browne, Delores, September 24, 1954 21/2 Bruce, Sadie, March 11, 1952 21/2 Burton, Perola, March 1952 21/2 Chandler, William, March 18, 1952 21/2 Chandler, William (William Chandler Company, Inc.), November 1960 21/2 Chesapeake Heights on the Bay, November 17, 1960 21/2 Clarke, Lucienne M. (Lucienne Clarke Dance Studio), January 22, 1960

Two signed copies.

21/2 Cloonan, Gilbert C. (Superintendent, Allegheny County Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall, Piitsburgh, PA), February 24, 1954 21/2 Colemon, Annie Mae, March 18, 1952 21/2 Coles, Rybye M., August 30, 1957

Two unsigned copies.

21/2 Collins, LeRoy, February 29, 1944 21/2 Collins, LeRoy, March 1, 1944 21/2 Cook, Destalear, March 18, 1952 21/2 Cornell 3-Hour Cleaners, May 1958 21/2 Coberson, George W. (Principal, A. Leo Weil High School, Pittsburgh), March 19, 1943 21/2 Davis, R. W. (R. W. Davis, Painter-Plasterer), May 1958 21/2 Deere, James D., November 14, 1959 21/2 Democratic Club of Red Bank [New Jersey], March 1958 21/2 Dines, Charles, December 14, 1959 21/2 Dixon, Angela G., March 18, 1952 21/2 Eckles, John, December 14, 1959 21/2 Federated Republican Club of Red Bank, New Jersey, March 1958 21/2 Felder, Robert N. (Bobby), October 3, 1960 21/2 Feldman, Samuel, March 22, 1949 21/2 Forman, Margaret, April 11, 1955 21/2 Frazier, Mrs. A. S., March 18, 1952 21/2 Friend, John Edward, September 7, 1956 21/2 Gatto, Angelo, September 15, 1954 21/2 Gertrude's Beauty Shop, March 1958 21/2 Gillis, Henrine K., December 14, 1959 21/2 Grant, Albert J., December 14, 1959 21/2 Greene, Evelyn, December 14, 1959 21/2 Greene, Evelyn, September 20, 1960 see also Correspondence: Greene, Evelyn see also Photographs: Greene, Evelyn 21/2 Greenidge, Lisle, April 1949 see also Correspondence: Greenidge, Lisle see also Photographs: Greenidge, Lisle 21/2 Groomes, Jeanette, March 18, 1952 21/2 Gwin, Huel Brooks, March 18, 1952 21/2 Gwin, Huel Brooks, March 29, 1952 see also Correspondence: Gwin, Huel Brooks see also Photographs: Gwin, Huel Brooks 21/4 Hallman, Elizabeth, December 14, 1959 21/4 Harris, Alfonzo B., January 27, 1949 21/4 Harris, Carrie A., March 18, 1952 21/4 Harvey, Julia S., March 18, 1952 21/4 Henderson, Pearl, March 18, 1952 21/4 Hoskins, John, January 1948 21/4 Hunt, John, March 18, 1952 21/4 Hylton, Taft, December 14, 1959 21/4 Industrial Bank of Washington, D.C., November 1960 21/4 Jackson, Lillian, March 18, 1952 21/4 Jacobs Hardware Company (Red Bank, New Jersey), March 1958 21/4 Jenkins, Delores B., March 18, 1952 21/4 Johnson, Juanita, March 18, 1952 21/4 Johnson, Magga Worthington, March 1, 1952 21/4 Johnson, Magga Worthington, March 18, 1952 21/4 Jones, Harold E., March 18, 1952 21/4 Jones, Virginia B., December 14, 1959 21/4 Jones, William, December 16, 1950

Contract for the presentation of The Ordering of Moses at Cumberland, Maryland.

21/5 Kiser, Ruth D., March 18, 1952 21/5 Keyes, Pansy, December 14, 1959 21/5 King, Omega, March 1, 1952 see also Correspondence: King, Omega see also Photographs: King, Omega 21/5 Lawes Coal Company (Red Bank, New Jersey), March 1958 21/5 Lee, Percy, March 1958 21/5 Logan, Albert N., March 1, 1952 21/5 Logan, Albert N., March 18, 1952 21/5 Lucas, James, March 18, 1952 21/5 Major, Thomas, 1951 21/5 McClam, Hortence A., March 18, 1952 21/5 McFerrin, Robert, March 28, 1949 see also Correspondence: McFerrin, Robert see also Photographs: McFerrin, Robert 21/5 McGowan, Mayoma, March 18, 1952 21/5 Meistrich Agency (Red Bank, New Jersey), March 1958 21/5 Miller, T. H., January 4, 1944 21/5 Nash, Joseph, September 24, 1954 21/5 Nauman, Henri, March 18, 1952 21/5 Nobile, Anthony, September 1944 21/6 Oliver, Reene Vay, March 18, 1952 21/6 O'Loughlin, Roy, December 14, 1959 see also Correspondence: O'Loughlin, Roy see also Music: Dett, R. Nathaniel. The Ordering of Moses. O hear me Lord. Additional aria and letter by Roy O'Loughlin 21/6 Page, Marian, December 14, 1959 21/6 Peterson, Caleb, March 24, 1955 21/6 Poyas, Dorothy, December 14, 1959 21/6 Price, Robert, Jr., March 18, 1952 21/6 Price, Sam, March 3, 1957 21/6 Rahn, Muriel, April 1949 21/6 Rahn, Muriel, July 15, 1954 see also Correspondence: Rahn, Muriel see also Photographs: Rahn, Muriel 21/6 Rainbow, John, December 14, 1959 21/6 Reed, Napoleon, April 1949 21/6 Reed, Napoleon, July 2, 1954

Three unsigned copies.

21/6 Reed, Napoleon, August 17, 1954 21/6 Rich, Charles, March 18, 1952 21/6 Salna, Valdena, March 1, 1952 21/6 Shoppe, Ruth Ann, March 1954 21/6 Silver Licquors (New Shrewsbury, New Jersey), March 1958 21/6 Sissle, Noble, May 26, 1955 see also Correspondence: Sissle, Noble see also Photographs: Sissle, Noble 21/6 Smith, Jackson, March 28, 1949 21/6 Stewart, Shirley W., March 18, 1952 21/6 Stone, Theodore Charles, September 1954 21/7 Tanner, Amanda, March 18, 1952 21/7 Thomas, Kathleen, March 18, 1952 21/7 Thompson, Dolph (Associated Counselors International), January 6, 1960 21/7 Turner, Mrs. Eddis, March 18, 1952 21/7 Turner, Leola, March 18, 1952 21/7 Tessmer, Joseph M., June 30, 1961 21/7 Vallee, Carlos C., circa 1944 21/7 Vincent, Fritz, May 22, 1956 21/7 Virginia Club of the Convent Avenue Baptist Church, New York, January 3, 1958 21/7 Voorhees, Bettye, April 1949 21/7 Voorhees, Bettye, December 14, 1959 see also Correspondence: Voorhees, Bettye see also Photographs: Voorhees, Bettye 21/7 Weston, Inez, March 18, 1952 21/7 Whaley, Lawrence L., November 1960 21/7 Whelan's Corset Shop (Washington, D.C.), November 1960 21/7 Wilson, Horace, December 14, 1959 21/7 Zane, William, March 1, 1952 21/8 Contracts (Multiple Contractees), April 20, 1944

Signed by 43 performers.

21/8 Contracts (Multiple Contractees - Chorus), May 25, 1956 21/8 Contracts (Multiple Contractees - Dancers), May 27, 1956 21/9 Contracts (Unused Performer forms), 1940s-1960 21/10 Contracts (Unused Advertisers forms), 1940s-1961 21/11 Contracts (Costume Responsibility Agreements - The Ordering of Moses Performance), June 13, 1951 21/12 Contracts (Costume Responsibility Agreements - The Ordering of Moses Notebook), January 1957 21/13 Contracts (Miscellaneous), undated 20 Corporate Papers, 1950-1960, undated 20/1 Certificate of Incorporation (draft), 1953 20/2 Preamble to the formation of the National Negro Opera Foundation, Inc., undated 20/3 National Negro Opera Foundation, Inc. By-Laws, 1958 20/4 National Negro Opera Foundation, Inc. Lists of National Officers, the Board of Governors, Board Members, Chairmen of various committees/committee members, Youth Group Chairmen/Members, undated 20/5 National Negro Opera Foundation, Inc. Rules governing the establishment of Local Executive Boards, undated 20/6 National Negro Opera Foundation, Inc. Constitution and By-Laws for Guilds, undated 20/7 National Negro Opera Foundation. Women's Committee By-Laws, 1959 and undated 20/8 Grant Proposal, 1959 20/9 Suggested Outline of Organization and Procedures for Helping to Finance and Develop the National Negro Opera Foundation, Inc., July 19, 1960 20/10 Outline of Plans for Promotion of a Sustaining Fund for the National Negro Opera Foundation, Inc., undated 20/11 Corporate Papers: Miscellaneous papers, 1950-1959 24/4 Insurance Papers, August 26, 1949 and May 27-28, 1956 24 Memberships and Contributions, 1956-1960, undated 24/5 Memberships and Contributions. Reiceipts, 1959 and undated 24/6 Memberships and Contributions. Miscellaneous, 1956, 1960 and undated 20 Minutes, 1931-1961 20/12 Minutes (National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc., Pittsburgh Branch), 1931-1932 20/13 Minutes (Excutive Board, National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc.), December 27, 1935 20/14 Minutes (Planning Committee, Washington, D.C. Guild), January-July 1947 20/15 Minutes (NNOC), June 1948-February 1949 20/16 Minutes (Washington, D.C. Guild), January-August 1949 20/17 Minutes (location unknown), July 5, 1949 20/18 Minutes (Washington, D.C. Guild), May 1949-April 1950 20/19 Minutes (Board of Directors, NNOC), March-April 1950 20/20 Minutes (Board of Governors, NNOC), March 28, 1950 20/21 Minutes (National Negro Opera Foundation, Inc.), April 7, 1953 20/22 Minutes (Board Meeting, National Negro Opera Foundation, Inc.), February 2, 1954 20/23 Minutes (Pittsburgh Citizen's Sponsoring Guild, National Negro Opera Foundation, Inc.), September 2, 1954 20/24 Minutes (New York Guild, NNOC), September 9, 1956 20/25 Minutes (Special Committee Meeting, National Negro Opera Foundation, Inc.), January 20, 1958 20/26 Minutes (Committee Meeting), January 27, 1958 20/27 Minutes (Meeting of Members representing New York, Chicago and Washington Guilds, and other music organizations with Senator J. William Fulbright and W. McNeil Lowry, Director of the Ford Foundation Program in Humanities and the Arts), 1958 20/28 Minutes (Board of Governors, National Negro Opera Foundation), March 7-June 20, 1959 20/29 Minutes (Washington Guild), September 17, 1960 20/30 Minutes (Women's Committee, National Negro Opera Foundation, Inc.), September 24, 1960 20/31 Minutes (Women's Committee, National Negro Opera Foundation, Inc.), October 1, 1960 20/32 Minutes (Committee meeting, National Negro Opera Foundation, Inc.), May 27, 1961

Meeting of members of the committee in preparation for the two-day Meet of the National Negro Opera Foundation held on June 3-4, 1961.

20/33 Minutes (Final Conference of the two-day Meet, National Negro Opera Foundation, Inc.), June 4, 1961 24, 67 Miscellany, 1912-1961, undated

Performer lists, lists that have become separated from group photographs, diplomas and certificates belonging to Mary Cardwell Dawson, and other miscellaneous papers.

24/11 Aida performance. American Guild of Musical Artists, Inc. Delegate lists, April 30, 1949 24/11 Chicago National Negro Opera Guild. Audition papers, March 29, 1961 24/11 Costume size lists and forms, undated 67 Diploma. Boston. Central Evening High School (Mary L. Cardwell), April 1924 67 Diploma. Boston. New England Conservatory of Music (Mary Lucinda Cardwell, teacher of the pianoforte course), June 23, 1925 24/11 District of Columbia. Municipal Court Judgement, January 23, 1958

Powell-Savory Corporation, t/a New York Amsterdam News [vs.] Mary Cardwell Dawson.

24/11 International Workers Order, Inc. Membership application, February 6, 1945

Photocopy.

24/11 Lease, Town Hall, Inc. Fund-raising concert (April 15, 1945), March 21, 1945 24/11 License. New York Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Police. Carnegie Hall concert (February 25, 1948), Februrary 20, 1948 24/7 Nomination lists for Most Outstanding Contribution Award, 1910-1960, circa 1960

Lists of outstanding African-American actors and actresses, composers, conductors, jazz performers, organists, pianists, poets, violinists, and writers that were being considered for this award.

24/11 Permit. Dunbar Vocational High School auditorium. Musical performance (Chicago Negro Opera Guild performance, July 16, 1961), June 14, 1961 24/11 Photograph identification lists, undated

Lists separated from photographs.

24/11 Public School Certificate. Homestead Grammar Schools (Mary Lucinda Cardwell's graduation certificate), May 27, 1912 24/11 Speech. Draft, undated 24/11 Subpoena, New York, January 28, 1957

Fragment (page has been torn).

23/1-4; 24/10 Notes, 1940s-1961 24/8 Ticket Sales, July 11, 1950, August 15, 1952 and undated 25-29 Financial Papers, 1936-1962 (55 folders)

Includes budgets and financial reports, bank statements, cancelled checks, withdrawal slips, ticket sales receipts, and various membership and organizational lists.

Arranged by type of item, and chronologically therein.

25 Budgets and Financial Reports, 1936-1961 25/1 Campaign Committee. Financial report, 1944-1945 25/2 Festival report, 1948 25/3 Financial report. The Ordering of Moses performance (Shiloh Baptist Church), November 20, 1950 25/4 Financial report. Faust performance, March 29, 1952 25/5 Financial report. New York Guild, circa 1956 25/6 Financial report. Quanga performance, May 27, 1956 25/7 Financial reports, 1960 25/8 Financial report. Aida performance, undated 25/8 Financial report. Carmen performance, undated 25/8 Financial reports. Miscellaneous, undated 25/9 Hamilton National Bank. Statements, 1946-1949 25/10 Hamilton National Bank. Cancelled checks, 1947-1949 25/11 Hamilton National Bank. Deposit and withdrawal receipts, 1947-1950 25/12 Industrial Bank of Washington. Statements, 1944-1945 25/13 Industrial Bank of Washington. Cancelled checks, 1943-1945, 1959 25/14 Industrial Bank of Washington. Deposit and withdrawal receipts, 1944-1945, 1949 25/15 Manufacturers Trust Company. Statements, 1956-1959 25/16 Manufacturers Trust Company. Cancelled checks, 1956-1958 25/17 Manufacturers Trust Company. Deposit and withdrawal receipts, 1956-1957 25/18 Union Trust Company. Statements, 1953, 1957, 1960 25/19 Union Trust Company. Cancelled checks, 1958-1961 25/20 Union Trust Company. Deposit and withdrawal receipts, 1960-1961 25/21 Miscellaneous loan and mortgage papers, 1948-1950 25/22 Miscellaneous bank paperwork, 1936, 1941, 1947-1948, 1957-1961 26-27 Ticket Sales Receipts, 1944-1960 26/1 Ticket sales receipts, 1944-1945 26/2 Ticket sales receipts, 1948-1949 26/3 Ticket sales receipts, 1950 26/4 Ticket sales receipts, 1951 27/1 Ticket sales receipts, 1952, 1954 27/2-3 Ticket sales receipts, 1956 27/4 Ticket sales receipts, 1958 27/5 Ticket sales receipts, 1959 27/6 Ticket sales receipts, 1960 27/7 Ticket sales receipts - Miscellaneous, undated 28-29 Bills and Receipts, Assorted, 1937-1962 28/1 Bills and receipts, 1937-1942 28/2 Bills and receipts, 1943 28/3 Bills and receipts, 1944 28/4 Bills and receipts, 1945 28/5 Bills and receipts, 1946 28/6 Bills and receipts, 1947 28/7 Bills and receipts, 1948 28/8 Bills and receipts, 1949 28/9 Bills and receipts, 1950 28/10 Bills and receipts, 1951 29/1 Bills and receipts, 1952 29/2 Bills and receipts, 1954 29/3 Bills and receipts, 1955 29/4 Bills and receipts, 1956 29/5 Bills and receipts, 1957 29/6 Bills and receipts, 1958 29/7 Bills and receipts, 1959 29/8 Bills and receipts, 1960 29/9 Bills and receipts, 1961 29/10 Bills and receipts, 1962 29/11 Bills and receipts, undated 29/12 Bills and receipts. Fragments, 1940s-1960s 17-19 Clippings, 1931-1997 (35 folders)

Newspaper and magazine articles that document the activities of the National Negro Opera Company and related organizations in which Mary Cardwell Dawson was involved. Includes interviews and descriptions of events that honor Dawson and the National Negro Opera Company. Originals and photocopies are included.

Arranged chronologically.

17/1 Clippings, 1931 17/2 Clippings, 1933 17/3 Clippings, 1934 17/4 Clippings, 1935 17/5 Clippings, 1936 17/6 Clippings, 1937 17/7 Clippings, 1938 17/8 Clippings, 1939 17/9 Clippings, circa late 1930s 17/10 Clippings, 1940 17/11 Clippings, 1941 17/12 Clippings, 1942 18/1 Clippings, 1943 18/2 Clippings, 1944 18/3 Clippings, 1945 18/4 Clippings, 1946 18/5 Clippings, 1947 18/6 Clippings, 1948 18/7 Clippings, 1949 18/8 Clippings, circa 1940s 18/9 Clippings, 1950 18/10 Clippings, 1951 19/1 Clippings, 1952 19/2 Clippings, 1953 19/3 Clippings, 1954 19/4 Clippings, 1955 19/5 Clippings, 1956 19/6 Clippings, 1957 19/7 Clippings, 1958 19/8 Clippings, 1959 19/9 Clippings, 1960 19/10 Clippings, 1961 19/11 Clippings, 1983 19/12 Clippings, 1992-1997 19/13 Clippings, undated 65, 68 Scrapbooks, circa 1940-1961 (3 folders)

Contains one large scrapbook and several loose pages which were formerly part of a scrapbook.

65/15 Scrapbook pages, 1943-1944 65/16 Scrapbook pages, 1954 65/17 Scrapbook pages, 1940s-1950s 68 Scrapbook. National Negro Opera Foundation, Inc., circa 1941-1961 30-35 Address Lists and Address Books, 1940-1961 (71 folders)

Includes membership lists, committee lists, contact lists, mailing lists, miscellaneous lists, and lists of organizations producing operas in the United States.

Arranged by type of item.

30-32 Address Lists, 1940-1961, undated 30/1 Branches of the National Association of Negro Musicians, 1940 30/2 Carnegie Hall Press list - Main hall, undated 30/3 Members of the National Association of Negro Musicians (local branch), undated 30/4 New York Guild members/Records of fees paid, 1955-1956 and undated 30/5 Records. Campaign minutes and kits, 1949-1953 and undated 30/6 Washington, D.C. Women's Committee of the NNOC, undated 30/7 Lists with designations, 1944-1961 and undated 30/8 Lists without designations, 1944-1959 and undated 30/9 Lists on slips of paper, undated 30/10-12 Lists. Miscellaneous, 1943-1959 31/1 Card address file. Washington, D.C. mailing lists, undated 31/2 Card address file. Washington, D.C. Mailing lists. Clubs and businesses, undated 31/3-4 Card address file. Mailing lists - Unlabelled cards, undated 31/5-6 Card address file. Mailing lists - loose cards, undated 32/1 Mailing list. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, undated 32/2 Mailing list. Washington, D.C., undated 32/3 List of ministers and churches, undated

Page one is missing.

32/4 Campaign minutes and kits, undated 32/5 List of opera producing organizations in the United States, September 1957 32/6 List of opera groups presenting operatic stage performances in the USA between October 15, 1956 and September 15, 1957, 1957 32/7 Lists - with designations, undated 32/8 Lists - without designations, undated 32/9 Lists - miscellaneous, undated 32-35 Address Books, 1942-1959, undated 32/10 Membership enrollment of the Washington Guild (and other associated guilds) of the NNOC, undated 32/11 Pittsburgh, Pa. addresses and other mailing lists, undated 32/12 Unidentified address book, undated 33/1 Chicago Board of Governors/Chicago talent, undated 33/2 New York Chorus members. Contact information, undated 33/3 New York Guild, NNOC addresses, undated

Address book is labelled "recent mailing list."

33/4 Pittsburgh, Pa. chorus and committees; Washington, D.C. mailing list, undated 33/5 Washington Youth Guild members and officials, undated 33/6 Addresses of Guild members, undated 33/7 Notebook: New talent, old talent and contestants, undated

Addresses and contacts contained in a Juniata Composition notebook.

33/8 Untitled contact/address notebook, undated

Addresses and contacts contained in a Royal Composition notebook.

33/9 Names and addresses, undated

Names and addresses contained in a composition notebook.

33/10 Addresses and names, undated

Addresses and names contained in a small hardbound blue book.

33/11 Telephone index, undated

Addresses and names contained in an unbound booklet.

34/1 Address book (blue), undated 34/2 Addresses - tan note pad, undated 34/3 Registration book - NNOC, undated 34/4 Vocalists address book, undated

Red address book that lists vocalists by vocal type.

34/4 Vocalists address book, undated

Red address book that lists vocalists by vocal type.