Research Catalog

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Description

1. 12 lin. ft.

Summary

1. Printed material relating to the National Association of Negro Musicians (NANM) including programs and playbills from NANM and other small groups; and annual breakfast, convention and conference materials, and other records of the New York and New Jersey chapters of NANM and the National Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History. Other material relating to concert performances by black artists consisting primarily of programs and playbills, scrapbooks, and news clippings. Also programs, playbills, news clippings, newsletters, and financial reports pertaining to the Thomas Music Study Club, founded by Blanche K. Thomas, which was affiliated with NANM since 1946. Papers of Glover and his wife, Martha Seabrook Glover, contain personal and professional correspondence, and documents concerning the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Free-Masonry, the Oddfellows, the Republicans and Democratic parties, church groups, the A. Philip Randolph Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship Fund, the Patriotic American Society, the Harlem Cultural Council, and news clippings about Glover. Also, personal papers of Martha Seabrook Glover relating to the Seabrook family.

Subject

1. Glover, George Washington, 1888-1993
2. Glover, Martha Seabrook
3. Thomas, Blanche K., -1977
4. Seabrook family
5. National Association of Negro Musicians (U.S.)
6. Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History
7. Thomas Music Study Club
8. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
9. Independent Order of Odd Fellows
10. A. Philip Randolph Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship Fund
11. Patriotic American Society
12. Harlem Cultural Council
13. Democratic Party (U.S.)
14. Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
15. African American musicians -- Societies, etc
16. African American musicians -- New York (State)
17. African American musicians -- New Jersey
18. African Americans -- Societies, etc
19. African Americans in the performing arts
20. Secret societies -- United States
21. Men -- Societies and clubs
22. Political parties -- United States
23. African Americans -- Scholarships, fellowships, etc
24. African American freemasonry
25. Music -- United States -- Instruction and study
26. African Americans -- Music
27. Associations, institutions, etc. -- African American membership
28. African Americans -- History
29. African Americans -- Families
30. African Americans -- Religion
31. Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs
32. United States -- Social life and customs

Genre/Form

1. Scrapbooks.
2. Theater programs.

Call number

1. Sc MG 488

Note

1. Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.
2. Audiotapes transferred to Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.

Source (note)

1. Glover, George Washington

Biography (note)

1. Music and dance promoter, George Washington Glover was a founding member (1919) of the National Association of Negro Musicians (NANM) which promoted the careers of black musicians and singers. Born in 1888 in Greenville, South Carolina, he migrated to New York City in 1907 where he helped popularize the cakewalk, a dance craze of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Glover served eighteen years as chairman of NANM's Department of National Exhibits and Archives. He was also a charter member of the Thomas Music Study Club which was organized by the composer and pianist Blanche K. Thomas.

Processing action (note)

1. Accessioned
2. Surveyed and cataloging updated

Author

1. Glover, George Washington, 1888-1993.

Title

1. George W. Glover papers, 1873-1986.

Biography

1. Music and dance promoter, George Washington Glover was a founding member (1919) of the National Association of Negro Musicians (NANM) which promoted the careers of black musicians and singers. Born in 1888 in Greenville, South Carolina, he migrated to New York City in 1907 where he helped popularize the cakewalk, a dance craze of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Glover served eighteen years as chairman of NANM's Department of National Exhibits and Archives. He was also a charter member of the Thomas Music Study Club which was organized by the composer and pianist Blanche K. Thomas.
2. Glover had a lifelong interest in black history as reflected throughhis association with the Manhattan Branch of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. His efforts to publicize and advance cultural accomplishments of African Americans led to his work with the Thomas Music Study Club, the David I. Martin Music School, the Negro Actors Guild, the Harlem Branch of the Young Men's Christian Association, and the Schomburg Collection Endowment Fund. As a result of his contributions to the black community, Glover received many awards in music, black history and masonry. He died in New York City in 1993.

Connect to:

1. Finding aid

LCCN

1. ms 82001358

Research call number

1. Sc MG 488