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W. C. Handy portrait collection

Title
  1. W. C. Handy portrait collection [graphic].
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  1. <1908?-1978?>

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Additional authors
  1. Dummett
  2. Nasib
  3. Elké
  4. Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007
  5. Griffith, Fred J
  6. Wide World Photos
  7. Layne's Studio (New York, N.Y.)
  8. Associated Publishers
  9. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
  10. Elcha (New York, N.Y.)
  11. Woodards Studio (New York, N.Y.)
Description
  1. <33> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w; 26 x 21 cm. or smaller.
Summary
  1. Portraits of composer, musician and "Father of the Blues" W. C. Handy. Collection includes many individual portraits of Handy, at home, playing the piano and the trumpet, at his desk, with family members such as his daughters, Ruth, Lucille, his wives Elizabeth, Irma, his son Wyer as well as with grandchildren and great-grandchildren and other unidentified members at family gatherings and birthday celebrations. Group portraits of Handy also include Norman Bell, Dinah Shore, Paul Lavalle, Henry Levine, Frederick Bryan and orchestra, A.P. Kaufmann, Morton Gould, Rudolph Dunbar, William Pickens Jr., Edith Wilson, Roscoe Polin, Duke Ellington, Erskine Hawkins, Regenal Bean, Ethel Waters, Eva Jessye and Josh White. Handy is shown attending the funeral of his first wife, Elizabeth, at a banquet, broadcasting on NBC, at various social events and functions honoring him. Also views of his statue in Memphis, and of members of his family, Katherine, Wyer and Homer meeting with Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter at the White House. Full, half and quarter length views are available.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
Subject
  1. Handy, W. C. 1873-1958
  2. Hawkins, Erskine, 1914-
  3. Carter, Jimmy, 1924-2024
  4. Carter, Rosalynn
  5. Wilson, Edith, 1896-1981
  6. Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
  7. Handy, W. C. 1873-1958 -- Homes and haunts
  8. Handy, W. C. 1873-1958 -- Statues
  9. Handy, W. C. 1873-1958 -- Family
  10. Handy, Lucille
  11. Handy, Irma Louise Logan
  12. Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977
  13. Kaufmann, A. P
  14. Lewis, Katharine Handy
  15. Handy, Wyer Owens
  16. White, Josh
  17. Gould, Morton, 1913-1996
  18. Shore, Dinah, 1917-1994
  19. Levine, Henry, 1907-
  20. Bryan, Frederick W
  21. Handy, Elizabeth V. Price
  22. Bean, Regenal
  23. Lewis, Homer D
  24. Polin, Roscoe
  25. Dunbar, Rudolph
  26. Handy, Ruth
  27. Pickens, William, 1881-1954
  28. Lavalle, Paul
  29. Jessye, Eva, 1895-1992
  30. Bell, Norman
  31. White House (Washington, D.C.)
  32. African American composers
  33. Blues musicians -- United States
  34. Popular music -- Writing and publishing -- United States
  35. Presidents -- United States
  36. Trumpet -- Performance
  37. Piano -- Performance
  38. Funeral rites and ceremonies
  39. Concerts
  40. African Americans -- Social life and customs
  41. Banguets
  42. Birthdays
  43. Trumpet players -- United States
  44. Orchestras
  45. Radio broadcasting -- United States
  46. Rewards & prizes
Genre/Form
  1. Portrait photographs – 1900-1979.
  2. Group portraits – 1900-1979.
  3. Photomechanical reproductions.
  4. Phototransparencies.
  5. Photoprints – Color.
  6. Silver gelatin photoprints – 1900-1979.
Call number
  1. Sc Photo Handy, W. C.
Note
  1. Title devised by cataloger.
  2. Some photographs have captions; some photographs are inscribed; some photographs have written descriptive information; some are cropped; some photographs are duplicates.
  3. Photographers include Dummett, Wide World Photos and others.
Terms of use (note)
  1. Some photographs are restricted; permission of the photographer is required for duplication.
Linking entry (note)
  1. Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
Title
  1. W. C. Handy portrait collection [graphic].
Imprint
  1. <1908?-1978?>
Terms of use
  1. Some photographs are restricted; permission of the photographer is required for duplication.
Linking entry
  1. Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
Local note
  1. Negatives exist for some images.
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Added author
  1. Dummett. Photographer
  2. Nasib. Photographer
  3. Elké. Photographer
  4. Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007. Photographer
  5. Griffith, Fred J. Photographer
  6. Wide World Photos.
  7. Layne's Studio (New York, N.Y.)
  8. Associated Publishers.
  9. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
  10. Elcha (New York, N.Y.)
  11. Woodards Studio (New York, N.Y.)
Research call number
  1. Sc Photo Handy, W. C.
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