- unitid
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{"value"=>"20536", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 71", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b11447954", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1950-1978", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1950/1978"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Charity Bailey papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.83 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"=>"Charity Alberta Bailey (1904-1978) was a pioneer in the field of children's music. Her papers consist of biographical material and working files for the development of a curriculum to teach educators and children."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Bailey, Charity", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Charity Alberta Bailey (1904-1978) was a pioneer in the field of children's music. She was recognized nationally as an authority on the use of folk music as a tool to teach music to children.</p> <p>Born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1904, Charity Bailey was a graduate of the Rhode Island College of Education and The Dalcroze School of Music in New York City; she also studied at the Julliard School of Music. She taught at Spelman College Laboratory Elementary School in Atlanta, Georgia, and she was the music director at The Little Red School House in New York City for ten years. She also taught at the Heathcote School in Scarsdale, New York, from 1959-1970. From 1954-1956, Bailey hosted a musical show, <span class=\"title\">Sing a Song</span>, for children on WRCA-TV (now NBC), and in the late 1960s she worked on another television program for children called <span class=\"title\">Here's Charity</span> on WNET-TV, channel 13. Bailey also recorded for Decca Records, Young People's Records, and Folkway Records, which produced two of her albums. Her book, <span class=\"title\">Playtime With Music</span>, was a best seller.</p> <p>Bailey's teaching methods included ear training; sight singing; use of percussion and simple tone instruments to teach the elements of rhythm; melody; and folk dances. She was proficient in the piano, guitar, auto harp, and drum. Her television programs became required viewing for several training courses at Teacher's College, New York City.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>These papers consist of biographical material and working files for the development of a music curriculum for educators and children. The bulk of the collection consists primarily of folksongs that Bailey arranged and adapted for use in the classroom. Included are folksongs from Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, the U.S., and African and European countries. Also included are three books of folk tales. There are also suggestions and guides for encouraging children's participation. The collection also contains several of Bailey's lesson plan books, as well as a lesson plan book of songs and a developmental musical program for Bank Street College. Finally, there is a scrapbook of her tenure on <span class=\"title\">Sing a Song</span>; a manuscript of a book, \"Here's Charity: With Songs to Sing and Do\", on how to develop music teaching programs; and notes for a lecture on Mendelsohn's opera, <span class=\"title\">A Midsummer Night's Dream</span>.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Jack White, May 1981.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<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 M. Gumbs, February 1994.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>Permission to hand copy Bailey's scores required from Jack White or his son, John W. White.</p>"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2021 March 1"}
- date_start
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1950
- keydate
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1950
- date_end
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1978
- date_inclusive_start
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1950
- date_inclusive_end
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1978
- extent_statement
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0.83 linear feet (2 boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Charity Bailey papers, Sc MG 71, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}