- unitid
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{"value"=>"21070", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 336", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b11561536", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1920-1983", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1920/1983"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Katherine Handy Lewis papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"6 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2.17 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Katherine Handy Lewis was an early blues singer who was the first to sing the songs written by her father, W. C. Handy. The Katherine Handy Lewis papers document some of Mrs. Lewis's personal and professional interests and include material relating to her father and to the Handy Brothers Music Company."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Lewis, Katherine Handy, 1902-1982", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Katherine (sometimes spelled Katharine) Handy Lewis was an early blues singer who was the first to sing the songs written by her father, W. C. Handy. Born in Normal, Alabama in 1902, her family moved to Harlem, New York, in 1919. Lewis performed at an historic concert at Carnegie Hall in 1928, the first evening of African American music presented in the then bastion of white music. At the concert, she sang \"St. Louis Blues\", written by her father, and one of the first blues songs ever published.</p> <p>During the 1920s and 1930s, Lewis sang on the radio. Later, she married Homer D. Lewis and retired from performing to raise a family. She stayed active, however, in the company founded by her father, Handy Bros. Music Company, of which she was president for a time. Lewis died in 1982.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Katherine Handy Lewis papers document some of Lewis's personal and professional interests and include material relating to her father and the Handy Bros. Music Company. Papers pertaining to Lewis consist of biographical information, correspondence, printed material, and financial records concerning her musical endeavors, but do not reflect her presidency of the Handy Bros. Music Company. Family papers include financial and legal records related to the Handy family, including Lewis's husband and son, Homer Sr. and Homer Jr., in addition to correspondence between W. C. Handy and Lewis. Of special interest are a memorandum of agreement between Handy and E. A. Niles to collaborate on a collection of blues; a legal document referring to W. C. Handy's estate; and printed material regarding the W. C. Handy Home and Museum in Florence, Alabama. Additional papers relating to W. C. Handy are comprised of printed material on the W. C. Handy Centennial Celebration in Florence, Alabama; correspondence about issuing a commemorative stamp; and undated writings. Records of the Handy Bros. Music Company consist of sheet music published by the company, some written by Lewis; correspondence; a catalog of music; legal and financial records; and a script for a television program, <span class=\"title\">Road to Freedom</span>, by Douglas Hardee, which focused on the struggle of African Americans in Alabama and featured W. C. Handy, among others.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Katherine Handy Lewis papers are arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/21070#c1661744'>Katherine Handy Lewis</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1921-1983</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/21070#c1661758'>Handy family</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1925-1983</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/21070#c1661773'>Handy Bros. Music Company</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>ca. 1920s-1982</div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Arranged into 3 series: I. Katherine Handy Lewis; II. Handy family; and III. Handy Bros. Music Company.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of E. T. Williams, 1988.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p> Transferred to the Art and Artifacts Division: posters.</p> <p>Transferred to the Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division: audio and moving image materials. For more information, please contact the division at schomburgaudiovisual@nypl.org or 212-491-2270.</p> <p>Transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division: photographs.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Accessioned by Mary Yearwood, 1988, and Janice Quinter, 2011.</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>W. C. Handy collection, Sc MG 122, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture</p>"}
- sponsor
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{"value"=>"Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2021 November 5"}
- date_start
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1920
- keydate
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1920
- date_end
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1983
- date_inclusive_start
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1920
- date_inclusive_end
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1983
- extent_statement
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2.17 linear feet (6 boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Katherine Handy Lewis papers, Sc MG 336, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}