Found 2 collections related to Arts fund raising

Marion and Clarissa Cumbo were a Black married couple based in New York City who worked as musicians and arts fundraisers. Their papers, dating from 1882 to the 1980s, contain materials related to their music careers. The collection holds Professional Files, Correspondence, Printed Matter, and Personal Files that address performances, tours, the lives of the Cumbo family, and their arts organizations, Symphony for the New World and Triad Productions. less

The Harlem Philharmonic Orchestra, founded by Karl Hampton Porter in 1970, was a community symphony orchestra dedicated to training new musicians from underrepresented communities in the New York City area. After the orchestra's decline in the mid-1980s, Porter collaborated with brothers Ed and George Tooks to re-establish the orchestra as the Harlem Symphony Orchestra. The collection features press materials, correspondence, and administrative records pertaining to the founding and eventual re-emergence of the Harlem Philharmonic Orchestra. less