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1.
American negro folk music --an outline

Creator:
Gellert, Lawrence, 1898-1979
Published / Created:
undated
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 40
Collection Title:
Federal Writers' Project Negro Group papers
Container / Volume:
Box 2 | Folder 32
Image Count:
6
Description:
Typescript, corrected.
Subject (Topic):
African American authors--20th century, African American entertainers, African American musicians, and African Americans in the performing arts
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > American negro folk music --an outline

2.
Chain gang --Negro songs of protest

Creator:
Gellert, Lawrence, 1898-1979
Published / Created:
[193-]
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 40
Collection Title:
Federal Writers' Project Negro Group papers
Container / Volume:
Box 2 | Folder 32
Image Count:
4
Description:
Typescript, corrected.
Subject (Topic):
African American authors--20th century, Antislavery movements--Songs and music, Protest songs, and Social protest
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Chain gang --Negro songs of protest

3.
Drafts

Creator:
Gellert, Lawrence, 1898-1979
Published / Created:
n.d.
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 40
Collection Title:
Federal Writers' Project Negro Group papers
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 7
Image Count:
60
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Collection consists of drafts and transcriptions of essays by African American authors on the history and culture of African Americans in the United States and on African American contributions to the arts. Essays documenting historical experiences of African Americans cover religion in the Colonial era, the anti-slavery movement, and the underground railroad. Essays documenting African American cultural forms cover dance, literature, and theater, and feature several pieces on music, including songs of protest, spirituals, and folk music. Many essays in the collection also document contributions of individual African Americans, including James Weldon Johnson, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Paul Robeson, and William Christopher Handy. Contributing authors include Wesley Curtwright, Ralph Ellison, Lawrence Gellert, Abram Hill, Claude McKay, Henry Lee Moon, Ted Poston, and others.
Description:
Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2008. and The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was established in 1935 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Subject (Name):
United States.--Works Progress Administration (N.Y.)
Subject (Topic):
African American artists, African American authors--20th century, African Americans--Social life and customs, Antislavery movements--United States, Authors, American--20th century, Harlem Renaissance, and Underground Railroad
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Drafts

4.
Negro dances in America

Creator:
Gellert, Lawrence, 1898-1979
Published / Created:
1939
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 40
Collection Title:
Federal Writers' Project Negro Group papers
Container / Volume:
Box 2 | Folder 32
Image Count:
5
Description:
Typescript, corrected.
Subject (Topic):
African American authors--20th century, African American dance, African American entertainers, and African Americans in the performing arts
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Negro dances in America

5.
Negro music in New York --a chronological survey [fragment]

Creator:
Gellert, Lawrence, 1898-1979
Published / Created:
[193-]
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 40
Collection Title:
Federal Writers' Project Negro Group papers
Container / Volume:
Box 2 | Folder 32
Image Count:
5
Description:
Typescript, corrected.
Subject (Topic):
African American authors--20th century, African American composers, African American entertainers, African American musicians, and African Americans in the performing arts
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Negro music in New York --a chronological survey [fragment]

6.
Negro songs of protest

Creator:
Gellert, Lawrence, 1898-1979
Published / Created:
[193-]
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 40
Collection Title:
Federal Writers' Project Negro Group papers
Container / Volume:
Box 2 | Folder 32
Image Count:
16
Description:
Typescript, corrected.
Subject (Topic):
African American authors--20th century, Antislavery movements--Songs and music, Protest songs, and Social protest
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Negro songs of protest

7.
Popular negro idioms --North & South

Creator:
Gellert, Lawrence, 1898-1979
Published / Created:
1939
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 40
Collection Title:
Federal Writers' Project Negro Group papers
Container / Volume:
Box 2 | Folder 32
Image Count:
5
Description:
Typescript.
Subject (Topic):
African American authors--20th century, African Americans--Language--Dictionaries, Americanisms--Dictionaries, Black English--Dictionaries, and English language--United States--Slang--Dictionaries
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Popular negro idioms --North & South