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{"value"=>"3153294", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"Anderson, Hallie Lee"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Born in Lynchburg, Virginia, Anderson studied piano and violin in the early 1900s at the German Conservatory of Music and graduated with a Doctorate of Music degree. Anderson played first violin with the New York Philharmonic, and she was a member of the Local 802, AFM. In 1914, Anderson organized an all-female orchestra. In 1919, she conducted a Land Band at the Lafayette Theatre in Harlem, and conducted orchestras at Howard Theatre in Washington, DC. At one time, she directed an orchestra of 100 pieces, which was integrated by both sex and race. In the 1920s, she was a director of theatre orchestras in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>This file contains a letter from B. Richardson to Armstead-Johnson regarding Anderson, and a photocopy of a photograph of Anderson and her orchestra in New York City, undated.</p>"}
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