Research Catalog
Cecil "Duke of Iron" Anderson collection
- Title
- Cecil "Duke of Iron" Anderson collection, 1943-2010 (bulk 1945-1957).
- Author
- Duke of Iron.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding aid
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 865 Box 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Details
- Description
- .4 lin. ft. (1 box)
- Summary
- The Cecil "Duke of Iron" Anderson Collection contains newspaper clippings, a scrapbook, performance flyers and programs, invoices, booking requests, and copyright certificates. Also included are materials from a 2005 tribute to Anderson in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
- Subjects
- West Indian Americans > New York (State) > New York > Music
- Calypso musicians > Trinidad and Tobago
- Lyrics
- Duke of Iron
- Calypso musicians > New York (State) > New York
- Popular music > New York (State) > New York
- Scrapbooks
- Latin jazz > New York (State) > New York
- Black author
- Popular music > Caribbean Area
- Caribbean Americans > New York (State) > New York > Music
- Trinidadians > New York (State) > New York > Music
- Genre/Form
- Scrapbooks.
- Lyrics.
- Source (note)
- Velma M. Anderson
- Biography (note)
- Cecil Anderson, also known as the "Duke of Iron," was an internationally known Calypso performer and composer. A native of Trinidad, Anderson moved with his family to New York in 1923. During his active years (1930s to the 1960s), he was influential in promoting the spread of this Afro-Caribbean music genre throughout the United States. Among his most popular songs are "Matilda," "Out De Fire," "Last Train to San Fernando," "Ugly Woman," "Big Bamboo," and "Don't Stop the Carnival".
- Call Number
- Sc MG 865
- OCLC
- 829129532
- Author
- Duke of Iron.
- Title
- Cecil "Duke of Iron" Anderson collection, 1943-2010 (bulk 1945-1957).
- Biography
- Cecil Anderson, also known as the "Duke of Iron," was an internationally known Calypso performer and composer. A native of Trinidad, Anderson moved with his family to New York in 1923. During his active years (1930s to the 1960s), he was influential in promoting the spread of this Afro-Caribbean music genre throughout the United States. Among his most popular songs are "Matilda," "Out De Fire," "Last Train to San Fernando," "Ugly Woman," "Big Bamboo," and "Don't Stop the Carnival".
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 865