Charles L. Marshall papers

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unitid

{"value"=>"20579", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"Sc MG 148", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1937-1940", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1937/1940"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Charles L. Marshall papers"}

physdesc

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repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"African-American impresario and director of the Manhattan Concert Bureau, previously called the Manhattan Artist Bureau, a management firm for Black performers in the 1930s and 1940s. Correspondence, financial records, miscellaneous writings and printed matter documenting Charles Marshall's professional activities as director of the Manhattan Concert Bureau from 1937 to 1940, and the career and concert appearances of Black entertainers he represented or sought to represent: Heppie Ross, pianist and lecturer; Harry T. Burleigh, composer, and Massie Patterson, Ruby Elzy, Hazel Harrison and Aubrey Pankey, singers. Also included are letters from Marshall to colleges and universities regarding possible concert engagements, and a letter with attachments from Black historian and author Alexander Gumby."}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"English"}

origination

{"value"=>"Marshall, Charles L.", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>African-American impresario and director of the Manhattan Concert Bureau, previously called the Manhattan Artist Bureau, a management firm for Black performers in the 1930s and 1940s.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Correspondence, financial records, miscellaneous writings and printed matter documenting Charles Marshall's professional activities as director of the Manhattan Concert Bureau from 1937 to 1940, and the career and concert appearances of Black entertainers he represented or sought to represent: Heppie Ross, pianist and lecturer; Harry T. Burleigh, composer, and Massie Patterson, Ruby Elzy, Hazel Harrison and Aubrey Pankey, singers. Also included are letters from Marshall to colleges and universities regarding possible concert engagements, and a letter with attachments from Black historian and author Alexander Gumby.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Provenance unknown, 1982</p>"}

sponsor

{"value"=>"Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation"}

revisiondesc

{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Allison Hughes.", "date"=>"2022 May 27"}

date_start

1937

keydate

1937

date_end

1940

date_inclusive_start

1937

date_inclusive_end

1940

prefercite

{"value"=>"[Item], Charles L. Marshall papers, Sc MG 148, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}

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