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National Negro Opera Company collection, 1879-1997

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Correspondence, 1934-1970 (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 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.
BOX-FOLDER 12/12 Washington and Vicinity Federation of Women's Clubs, Washington, D.C. (Marguerite M. Caldwell, President), 1960
BOX-FOLDER 12/12 Washington Association of Credit Men, Inc., Washington, D.C. (M. A. Asher, Collection Department), 1947, 1960
BOX-FOLDER 12/12 Washington Daily Newspaper, 1955, 1960-1961
BOX-FOLDER 12/13 Washington Federation of Churches, Washington, D.C. (Purcell Storey, Director, Department of Business and Finance; Angus Dun, President), 1947-1949
BOX-FOLDER 12/14 Washington Post-Times Herald, (Paul Hume, Music Critic; Leo Sullivan; J. K. Hackett, Credit Manager), 1945, 1950, 1959-1961
BOX-FOLDER 12/14 The Washington Star, (David Thorpe, Music Critic), 1960
BOX-FOLDER 12/14 Watson, Lawrence, 1941
BOX-FOLDER 12/14 Wattein, Sarah, 1956
BOX-FOLDER 12/14 Weaver, Mable, 1958
BOX-FOLDER 12/14 Weaver, Robert C., 1961
BOX-FOLDER 12/14 Welfare and Recreational Association of Public Buildings and Grounds, Inc., Washington, D.C. (R. R. Ayers, Deputy General Manager), 1943-1944
BOX-FOLDER 12/14 Wellington, Marvenia, 1954
BOX-FOLDER 12/14 Wells' Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge, New York (Joseph T. Wells), 1956, 1958
BOX-FOLDER 12/14 Western Savings and Deposit Bank, Pittsburgh (Charles E. Schuetz, President), 1943
BOX-FOLDER 12/14 Whaley, Lawrence L., (Washington, D.C.), 1959-1960
BOX-FOLDER 12/15 Whaley, Madora H., Mrs.
BOX-FOLDER 12/15 Wheeler, Gladys, 1953, 1958
BOX-FOLDER 12/15 White, Annette B., 1940
BOX-FOLDER 12/16 White, Clarence Cameron, 1950-1951, 1955-1956
see also Music: White, Clarence Cameron
see also Photographs: White, Clarence Cameron
BOX-FOLDER 12/17 White, Leafie V., 1953-1954, 1958
BOX-FOLDER 12/18 White, Mary, 1958
BOX-FOLDER 12/18 White, Ovella P., 1946
BOX-FOLDER 12/18 White, Wilbert C., and Mrs., 1954
BOX-FOLDER 12/18 Whitfield, Ruth, 1951
BOX-FOLDER 12/18 Whitlock, Edythe A., 1948
BOX-FOLDER 12/18 Whitman, Essie, 1945
BOX-FOLDER 12/18 Wilkerson, Frederick, 1960
BOX-FOLDER 12/18 Wilkerson, Margaret, 1952
BOX-FOLDER 12/18 Wilkes, Priscilla, 1959-1960
BOX-FOLDER 12/18 Wilkins, F., Mrs., 1944
BOX-FOLDER 12/18 Wilkins Coffee Company (Washington, D.C.), 1959
BOX-FOLDER 12/18 Wilkinson, George A. (Law offices of Bresnahan, Eberly and Wilkinson, Washington, D.C.), 1950
BOX-FOLDER 12/18 Willard Hotel (Washington, D.C.), 1952
BOX-FOLDER 12/18 William, Elizabeth, 1952
Contains no correspondence.
BOX-FOLDER 12/18 William Hahn & Company, Washington, D.C. (Gilbert Hahn, President), 1961
BOX-FOLDER 12/18 Williams, Ashton J., 1945
BOX-FOLDER 12/18 Williams, Bradford, 1959
BOX-FOLDER 12/18 Williams, Charles and Grace, 1962
BOX-FOLDER 12/18 Williams, Edward B., 1952
BOX-FOLDER 12/18 Williams, Emerson, Mrs., 1958
BOX-FOLDER 12/18 Williams, Gertrude, 1960
BOX-FOLDER 12/18 Williams, Ida, 1962
BOX-FOLDER 12/18 Williams, Myrtle Lockart, 1960
BOX-FOLDER 12/18 Williams, Ruby, 1957
BOX-FOLDER 12/18 Williams, T. L., 1944-1945
BOX-FOLDER 12/18 Williams, Virginia, 1953
BOX-FOLDER 12/19 Willis, O. B., 1952
BOX-FOLDER 12/19 Wilson, Clarence Hayden, 1940, 1958
BOX-FOLDER 12/19 Wilson, Geneva, 1956
BOX-FOLDER 12/19 Wilson, Horace, 1944
BOX-FOLDER 12/19 Wilson, Isabel Coy, 1954
BOX-FOLDER 12/19 Wilson, J. Finley, 1951
BOX-FOLDER 12/19 Wilson, John C., 1955
BOX-FOLDER 12/19 Wilson, Marie S., 1953
BOX-FOLDER 12/19 Wilson, Mercedes, 1962
BOX-FOLDER 12/19 Wiseman, M. D., 1951
BOX-FOLDER 12/19 Whittfield, Anthony, 1956
BOX-FOLDER 12/19 Wohlfarth Brothers Bakery (Homestead, Pennsylvania), 1954
BOX-FOLDER 12/19 Wood, Laura, 1936
BOX-FOLDER 12/20 Woodbeck, Wilson, 1955-1959
BOX-FOLDER 12/21 Wormeley, Philip Lightfoot, IV, 1943
BOX-FOLDER 12/21 Wymer, Robert, undated
BOX-FOLDER 12/22 Yancey, Theresa (Co-ordinator of Chicago Sustaining Committee, NNOC,), 1961
BOX-FOLDER 12/22 Yarmark, Ronnie, 1960
BOX-FOLDER 12/22 Yearwood, Lloyd (Photographer, New York), 1957
BOX-FOLDER 12/22 Young, Frances, 1944
BOX-FOLDER 12/22 Young, W. P., 1954
BOX-FOLDER 12/22 Young Men's Christian Association of the City of New York, Harlem Branch (Laurence F. Hunt, Program Secretary), 1944-1945
BOX-FOLDER 12/22 Young Men's Christian Association of the City of Washington, D.C. Twelfth Street Branch (Laurence F. Hunt, Executive Secretary), 1953
BOX-FOLDER 12/22 Young Men's Christian Association of the City of Washington, D.C. Veterans Memorial Branch (Annie P. Belcher), 1961
BOX-FOLDER 12/22 Young Womens Christian Association, Pittsburgh (Annie B. Graves, Residence Secretary), 1943
BOX-FOLDER 12/23 Zane, William, 1952
BOX-FOLDER 12/23 Zanzibar Restaurant, Washington, D.C. (Mr. Lee), 1958
BOX-FOLDER 12/24-25 Unidentified correspondence, 1940-1961 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 12/26 Form letters. Correspondence to the NNOC Board of Directors, 1954, 1958-1960 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 12/27 Form letters. Correspondence addressed to NNOC members, 1945, 1950-1954, 1956-1962
BOX-FOLDER 12/28 Form letters. Correspondence to Parents of the NNOC Foundation, Inc. Youth Guild, 1953
BOX-FOLDER 12/29 Envelopes. Addressed but not postmarked, 1949 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 12/30 Envelopes. Postmarked, but not further identified, 1938, 1944, 1947-1948, 1955-1960
BOX-FOLDER 12/31 NNOC stationary, undated
BOX 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.
BOX 13-16, 65-67 Identified Individuals, Groups and Productions
BOX-FOLDER 13/1 Achille, Marcel, 1961
Biographical information typed on back of photograph.
BOX-FOLDER 13/2, 65/9 Aida, undated
17 photographs (several taken from publications).
BOX-FOLDER 13/3 Alexander, Robert, undated
BOX-FOLDER 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)
BOX-FOLDER 13/5 Anglin, John, undated
BOX-FOLDER 13/6 Avalone, Blanche, undated
Surname also spelled Avaloni in a few programs.
BOX-FOLDER 13/7 Beasley, Moses, 1947
Two different photographs of Rev. Beasley, one dated April 28, 1947.
BOX-FOLDER 13/8 Beckom, O'Labrice, undated
BOX-FOLDER 13/9 Bell, Ivy Ponyat, undated
BOX-FOLDER 13/10 Bell, Teresa (McDaniel), undated
BOX-FOLDER 13/11 Bivens, James R., March 1934
BOX-FOLDER 13/12 Bost, Fran, 1944
BOX-FOLDER 13/13 Boyd, Gordon, undated
[Fragile]
BOX-FOLDER 13/14 Bragg, Bertha, undated
Two different photographs.
BOX-FOLDER 13/15 Bragg, Edward, undated
BOX-FOLDER 13/16 Brice, Carol, undated
Five photographs with one image being with her brother - Jonathan Brice.
BOX-FOLDER 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)
BOX-FOLDER 13/18 Brown, Gertrude, undated
BOX-FOLDER 13/19 Cardwell, James A., undated
James A. Cardwell was the father of Mary Cardwell Dawson.
Two different photographs.
BOX-FOLDER 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.
BOX-FOLDER 13/21 Cardwell School of Music. Commemorative [Historical marker] dedication, September 25, 1994
BOX-FOLDER 13/22 Carrington, Rita Maria, undated
BOX-FOLDER 13/23 Cato, Minto, undated
Seven photographs.
BOX-FOLDER 13/24 Causey, Willa, undated
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