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Photographs, 1925-1994 (continued)
Identified Individuals, Groups and Productions (continued)
Music Festivals, Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C., 1947-1955 (continued)
73 photographs, taken during the nine annual festivals presented at Griffith Stadium.
BOX-FOLDER 14/40 National Association of Negro Musicians (NANM), circa 1950s
BOX-FOLDER 16/1 National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc. 18th Annual Convention, St. Louis, MO., August 20-27, 1937
Camille L. Nickerson, President.
Oversize photo.
BOX-FOLDER 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.
BOX-FOLDER 67/1 National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc. 20th Annual Convention, Chicago, Ill., August 18-23, 1940
Mary Cardwell Dawson, President.
Oversize photo.
BOX-FOLDER 16/2 National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc. Convention, Pittsburgh, PA, August 24-29, 1941
Mary Cardwell Dawson, President.
Oversize photo.
BOX-FOLDER 14/41 National Negro Opera Company Foundation, 1950 and undated
Three photographs.
BOX-FOLDER 14/42 National Negro Opera Company Foundation. Youth Guild, 1953 and undated
Three photographs.
BOX-FOLDER 14/43, 65/2 Neal, Mansfield, circa 1944
Three photographs.
BOX-FOLDER 14/44 Nespoli, Uriel, undated
Five photographs.
BOX-FOLDER 14/45 Nichols, Shelby, undated
Two photographs.
BOX-FOLDER 14/46 Nyoka, Princess Consuelo, undated
Two photographs.
One photograph is fragile (torn in two pieces)
BOX-FOLDER 14/47 Offord, J., undated
BOX-FOLDER 14/48 Olsen, Robert, undated
BOX-FOLDER 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.
BOX-FOLDER 14/50 Ouanga, circa 1956
Seven photographs (one photograph is a non-performance image that includes Clarence White and Mary Cardwell Dawson).
BOX-FOLDER 14/51 Overstreet, Geraldine, undated
BOX-FOLDER 14/52 Peeler, Lawrence, 1941
Mr. Peeler was the first Afro-American member of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
BOX-FOLDER 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.
BOX-FOLDER 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.
BOX-FOLDER 14/53 Powell, Aaron, undated
BOX-FOLDER 14/54 Poyas, Dorothy, undated
Two photographs.
BOX-FOLDER 14/55 Price, Sammy, 1944
Photograph is inscribed to "Willis" and is dated "3/1/44".
BOX-FOLDER 14/56 Prince, Ulysses, undated
BOX-FOLDER 14/57 Pryor, Vannye, undated
BOX-FOLDER 14/58 Publicity photographs. Chicago Opera Guild activities and events, 1941 and undated
15 photographs.
BOX-FOLDER 14/59 Publicity photographs. New York Opera Guild activities and events, undated
12 photographs.
BOX-FOLDER 14/60 Publicity photographs. Pittsburgh Opera Guild activities and events, undated
Ten photographs.
BOX-FOLDER 14/61 Publicity photographs. Washington, D.C. Opera Guild activities and events, 1951 and undated
28 photographs.
BOX-FOLDER 15/1 Publicity photographs. Unknown location, undated
25 photographs.
BOX-FOLDER 15/2 Quinn, Lorraine, undated
BOX-FOLDER 15/3 Rahn, Muriel, 1949 and undated
Seven photographs (plus two photocopies)
BOX-FOLDER 15/4 Rainbow, John, undated
Three photographs.
BOX-FOLDER 15/5 Reed, Napoleon, undated
BOX-FOLDER 15/6 Reese, Everett Watson, undated
Two photographs.
BOX-FOLDER 15/7 Reid, Melbourne, undated
BOX-FOLDER 15/8 Relatives of Mary Cardwell Dawson, undated
Five photographs.
BOX-FOLDER 15/9 Rhea, La Julia, undated
Three photographs.
BOX-FOLDER 15/10 Richardson, Mayme, undated
BOX-FOLDER 15/11 Ricks, Jesse, undated
BOX-FOLDER 15/12 Ringler, Jacque, undated
Two photographs.
BOX-FOLDER 15/13 Robinson, Miss, undated
Miss Robinson was the daughter of Mary Nell Robinson.
BOX-FOLDER 15/14 Rogers, Audrey, undated
BOX-FOLDER 15/15 Roosevelt, Eleanor, undated
Photograph has been cut to remove someone from the image.
BOX-FOLDER 15/16 Rubes, Jan, undated
BOX-FOLDER 15/17 Saint James A.M.E. Church, undated
BOX-FOLDER 15/18 Schuyler, Philippa Duke, undated
Inscribed to Mr. and Mrs. Dawson.
BOX-FOLDER 15/19 Scott, Sirly, undated
BOX-FOLDER 15/20 Shaw, Peggy Pierce, undated
BOX-FOLDER 15/21 Sissle, Noble, late 1940s
Six photographs.
BOX-FOLDER 15/22 Smith, Ethel Hardy, undated
BOX-FOLDER 15/23 Smith, Jackson, undated
BOX-FOLDER 15/24 Smith, Lillian Miller, undated
BOX-FOLDER 15/25 Smith, Paul A., undated
BOX-FOLDER 15/26 Social groups. Chicago, undated
BOX-FOLDER 15/27 Social groups. Pittsburgh, undated
Five photographs.
BOX-FOLDER 15/28 Social groups. Washington, D.C., undated
19 photographs.
BOX-FOLDER 15/29 Social groups. Unknown location, undated
Three photographs.
BOX-FOLDER 15/30 The Southernaires (male vocal group), undated
Two photographs.
BOX-FOLDER 15/31 Stills, Vivian J., undated
BOX-FOLDER 15/32 Stone, Theodore Charles, undated
BOX-FOLDER 15/33 Stor, Jean, June 17, 1937
Inscribed and dated to Mary Cardwell Dawson.
BOX-FOLDER 15/34 Taylor, Francena, undated
On reverse: Francena Taylor as "The Voice" in Ouanga.
BOX-FOLDER 15/35 Tibbs, Roy, undated
Mr. Tibbs was Lillian Evanti's husband.
BOX-FOLDER 15/36, 65/11 La Traviata, 1944 and undated
16 photographs; one negative.
BOX-FOLDER 15/37 Vajda, Frederick, 1943
Three photographs.
One photograph is inscribed to Mary Cardwell Dawson and is dated August 1, 1943, Washington, D.C.
BOX-FOLDER 15/38 Vincent, Fritz, undated
On reverse: Fritz Vincent as La Bossal in Ouanga.
BOX-FOLDER 15/39 Vincent and Reed (Dancers), undated
BOX-FOLDER 15/40, 65/3 Voorhees, Bettye, undated
Five photographs.
BOX-FOLDER 15/41 Vroman, Mary Elizabeth, undated
BOX-FOLDER 15/42 Watson, Lawrence, undated
Two photographs.
BOX-FOLDER 15/43 White, Clarence Cameron, undated
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