William Levi Dawson papers,.

Author/Creator:

Dawson, William L. 1899-1990. (William Levi)

Publication/Creation:

1903-1990

Format:

Archival Material or Manuscripts

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

William Levi Dawson papers,.

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Motion pictures (visual works)
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Scores (documents for music)
Sheet music
Sound recordings
Albums (Books)

Subjects:

Dawson, William L.(William Levi),1899-1990.Negro folk symphony
Ellison, Ralph
Krasilovsky, M. William
Spady, James G.
Stokowski, Leopold,1882-1977
Fisk University
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee Institute.Choir
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
Tuskegee University
African American composers
African American musicians
African American students
African American universities and colleges--Alabama
African American women
African Americans--Education (Higher)--Alabama
African Americans--Music
Copyright--United States
Music publishing
Spirituals (Songs)
Music--Editing
Africa--Description and travel

Description/Summary

Finding Aid:

Finding aid available electronically

Summary:

The collection contains the personal papers of William Levi Dawson from 1903-1990. The papers include correspondence, original scores of Dawson's works; files relating to Dawson's music publishing; writings by Dawson; subject files; notebooks, address books; and scrapbooks; personal and family papers; photographs; audio visual materials; ephemera; and printed material, including sheet music collected by Dawson.

Language:

English

Language Note:

Materials mostly in English.

Physical Type/Description:

107.59 (142 boxes, 1 oversized papers folder (OP), 1 extra-oversized papers folder (XOP), 12 AV Masters, and 9 LP boxes)

Restrictions on Access:

Special restrictions apply: Use copies have not been made for all of the audiovisual series at this time. Researchers must contact MARBL in advance for access to these materials.
Special restrictions apply: Collection stored off-site; materials must be requested two business days in advance of appointment.

Use and Reproduction:

Printed or manuscript music in this collection that is still under copyright protection and is not in the Public Domain may not be photocopied or photographed. Researchers must provide written authorization from the copyright holder to request copies of these materials.

Organization and Arrangement:

Organized into eleven series: (1) Correspondence, (2) Scores, (3) Music publishing files, (4) Writings by Dawson, (5) Subject files, (6) Notebooks, address books, scrapbooks, (7) Other personal and family papers, (8) Photographs, (9) Printed material, (10) Ephemera, and (11) Audio visual materials.

Biographical/Historical Note:

William Levi Dawson (1899-1990), African American composer, conductor, and educator, was born in Anniston, Alabama, the oldest of the seven children of George W. Dawson, an illiterate day laborer and former slave, and Eliza Starkey Dawson. Dawson married Cecile Demae Nicholson in 1935. A graduate of the Tuskegee Institute, Dawson composed the NEGRO FOLK SYMPHONY and arranged a number of African American spirituals. He also conducted the Tuskegee Institute Choir for 25 years. Dawson died May 2, 1990, in Montgomery, Alabama, at the age of 90.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990006052400302486

OCLC Number:

84669561

Barcode:

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