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Mahalia Jackson : queen of gospel song / by Jean Gay Cornell ; illustrated by Victor Mays.
Book/Text
Champaign, Ill. : Garrard Pub. Co., [1974]
1974
2 items
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc B-Jackson, M. (Cornell, J. Mahalia Jackson) | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberReCAP 19-22118 | Item locationOffsite |
Mahalia, gospel singer / Kay McDearmon ; illustrated by Nevin and Phyllis Washington.
Book/Text
New York : Dodd, Mead, c1976.
1976
1 item
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc E 77-35 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Bricktop / Bricktop with James Haskins.
Book/Text
New York : Atheneum, 1983.
1983-1983
3 items
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc E 84-101 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
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| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberMSS DIV IGIC BIO B27 | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Available by appointment at Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328.
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberJNE 83-31 | Item locationOffsite |
Life, travels and works of Miss Flora Batson : deceased queen of song / by Gerard Millar, the basso, for ten years her manager and professional associate, interspersed with comments from the leading characters of the world, and original poems heretofore unpublished.
Book/Text
[United States] : Published by the T.M.R.M. Company, Gerard Millar, manager, [after 1906]
1906-191
1 item
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc Rare B-Batson (Millar, G. Life, travels and works of Miss Flora Batson) | Item locationSchomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives.
Mabel Mercer papers, 1900-1984.
Archival Mix
1932-1984
43 items
Available online
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatArchival Mix | Call numberSc MG 341 Box 43 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives. Please contact a librarian for assistance.
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatArchival Mix | Call numberSc MG 341 Box 42 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatArchival Mix | Call numberSc MG 341 Box 41 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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Serenade / Sandra Kitt.
Book/Text
New York, NY : Windsor Pub. Corp., c1994.
1994
1 item
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc C 00-318 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
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Sarah Vaughan / Marianne Ruuth.
Book/Text
Los Angeles : Melrose Square Pub. Co., c1994.
1994
2 items
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc C 01-70 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
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| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberJNC 96-23 | Item locationOffsite |
Etta Moten Barnett : A Kansas City tribute / by Ann Vernon.
Book/Text
[Kansas City, Mo. : s.n], 1997.
1997
1 item
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc D 03-1097 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
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The soulful divas : personal portraits of over a dozen divine divas, from Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin & Diana Ross to Patti LaBelle, Whitney Houston & Janet Jackson / David Nathan ; foreword by Luther Vandross.
Book/Text
New York : Billboard Books, 1999.
1999
2 items
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatText | Call numberSc 782.42164-N (Nathan, D. Soulful divas) | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
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| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatText | Call numberJME 99-275 | Item locationOffsite |
Poppin' their thang : African American blueswomen and multiple jeopardy / by Delane E. Wright.
Book/Text
1997.
1997
1 item
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc D 99-2219 | Item locationOffsite |
Jessye Norman sings for the healing of AIDS : a benefit for The Balm in Gilead Inc.
Book/Text
New York : Balm in Gilead, c1996.
1996
1 item
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc F 01-682 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
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This is my story / Candi Staton.
Book/Text
Bakersfield, CA : Pneuma Life Pub., c1994.
1994
1 item
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc D 00-174 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
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Marian Anderson : a singer's journey / Allan Keiler.
Book/Text
New York : Scribner, c2000.
2000
2 items
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc E 00-123 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
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| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberJME 00-122 | Item locationOffsite |
Midnight at Mabel's : the Mabel Mercer story : centennial biography of the great song stylist / by Margaret Cheney ; foreword by Rex Reed.
Book/Text
Washington, DC : New Voyage, c2000.
2000
1 item
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc E 00-845 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
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Dinah was : the Dinah Washington musical [videorecording] / Jean Doumanian presents the WPA Theatre (Kyle Renick, artistic director / Lori Sherman, managing director) production ; [written] by Oliver Goldstick ; directed by David Petrarca ; musical supervision, Jason Robert Brown ; musical direction, Lanny Hartley ; choreography, George Faison ; [video director] Peter Powell ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director.
Film, Slide, etc.
New York, c1998.
1998
1 item
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatFilm, Slide, etc. | Call numberNCOV 2253 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - TOFT |
Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT.
Gotta pay to live / Rae Shawn Stewart.
Book/Text
Los Angeles, Calif. Holloway House Pub., 1985.
1985
1 item
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc C 00-464 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Lena Horne / Brett Howard.
Book/Text
Los Angeles, Calif. : Melrose Square Pub. Co., c1991.
1991
1 item
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc C 00-426 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Tina Turner / by D.L. Mabery.
Book/Text
Minneapolis : Lerner Publications Co., c1986.
1986
1 item
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc D 00-2868 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
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FINDING AID AVAILABLEFlorence Mills collection, 1896-1974, 1923-1927.
Archival Mix
1896-1974
2 items
Collection information
The finding aid is a document containing details about the organization and contents of this archival collection. Archival collections require an appointment to view and use on-site.
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatArchival Mix | Call number | Item locationSchomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives. See the finding aid for details.
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatArchival Mix | Call number | Item locationSchomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives. See the finding aid for details.
Women of Motown : an oral history / by Susan Whitall.
Book/Text
New York : Avon Books, c1998.
1998
1 item
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc D 01-535 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Lena Horne photograph collection [graphic].
Picture
[192-?]-1985.
198-1985
1 item
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatPicture | Call numberSc Photo Lena Horne Collection | Item locationSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints.
Brandy / by Cynthia Laslo.
Book/Text
New York : Children's Press, 2000.
2000
1 item
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc D 01-1191 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Lauryn Hill / by Cynthia Laslo.
Book/Text
New York : Children's Books, c2000.
2000
1 item
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc D 01-1076 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Aretha Franklin : the queen of soul / Mark Bego.
Book/Text
New York : Da Capo Press, c2001.
2001
1 item
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc D 01-879 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Carmen McRae : Miss Jazz / Leslie Gourse.
Book/Text
New York : Billboard Books, 2001.
2001
2 items
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc E 03-1504 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberJME 01-512 | Item locationOffsite |
A biography of E. Azalia Smith Hackley, 1867-1922, African-American singer and social activist / Lisa Pertillar Brevard.
Book/Text
Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, c2001.
2001
1 item
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc E 04-1131 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
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Any way the wind blows : a novel / by E. Lynn Harris.
Book/Text
New York : Doubleday, c2001.
2001
2 items
Available online
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc C 02-111 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberJFC 12-118 | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
Whitney Houston / Ted Cox.
Book/Text
Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, c2001.
2001
1 item
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc E 02-171 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
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Della Reese / Tanya Dean.
Book/Text
Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, c2002.
2002
1 item
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc E 02-717 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Open the door : the life and music of Betty Carter / by William R. Bauer.
Book/Text
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2002.
2002
2 items
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc E 03-1031 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberJME 02-578 | Item locationOffsite |
Race woman : the political consciousness of Billie Holiday / Dawn-Wisteria Bates.
Manuscript
c2001.
2001
1 item
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatManuscript | Call numberJMD 02-611 | Item locationOffsite |
Lisa LeftEye Lopes, 1971-2002 : the riveting life & death story as told by her mom, uncle, brother, sister, T-Boz, Andre, and more.
Book/Text
Takoma Park, MD : Sister 2 Sister, c2002.
2002
1 item
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc F 02-599 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Who killed Tiffany Jones? : a novel / "Mavis Kaye" ; created by Bill Adler and Mel Watkins.
Book/Text
New York : Amistad, c2002.
2002
1 item
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc E 02-1422 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Destiny's Child : the complete story / by Kelly Kenyatta.
Book/Text
Hollywood, CA : Busta Books, 2001.
2001
1 item
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc C 03-165 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
SoulStyle : Black women redefining the color of fashion / [author/designer] Duane Thomas ; [editor, Gena Pearson].
Book/Text
New York : Universe, 2000.
2000
1 item
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc F 02-790 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
The time of our singing / Richard Powers.
Book/Text
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003.
2003
1 item
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatText | Call numberSc E 03-308 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Friday nights at Honeybee's / Andrea Smith.
Book/Text
New York : Dial Press, 2003.
2003
1 item
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc E 03-307 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Diana Ross : going back / by Diana Ross ; edited by Rosanne Shelnutt.
Book/Text
New York : Universe, 2002.
2002
2 items
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc F 24-96 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc F 24-96 | Item locationOffsite |
Billie Holiday / Muñoz & Sampayo ; with an afterword by Stanley Crouch ; [translated by Katy MacRae, Robert Boyd and Kim Thompson].
Book/Text
Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, 1993.
1993
2 items
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc F 17-141 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberJNF 09-107 | Item locationOffsite |
Bessie / Chris Albertson.
Book/Text
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2003.
2003
2 items
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc E 03-1073 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberJME 03-459 | Item locationOffsite |
Chaka! : through the fire / Chaka Khan ; with Tonya Bolden.
Book/Text
[Emmaus, Pa.] : Rodale ; [New York] : Distributed to the book trade by St. Martin's Press, c2003.
2003
1 item
Available online
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc E 03-1392 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
The great divas of gospel : a poetic salute to gospel's pioneers / by Lady Peachena (Lena Mary Rebecca Eure).
Book/Text
Brooklyn, N.Y. : Sum VeryPeachy Music Pub., c1999.
1999
1 item
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc D 03-2565 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
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I never walked alone : the autobiography of an American singer / Shirley Verrett with Christopher Brooks.
Book/Text
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2003.
2003
1 item
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatText | Call numberSc E 04-623 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
My fine lady / Yolanda Joe.
Book/Text
New York : Dutton, c2004.
2004
1 item
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc D 04-1916 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Labelle portrait collection [graphic].
Picture
[196-]-[197-]
197-197
1 item
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatStill image | Call numberSc Photo Labelle | Item locationSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints.
Patti LaBelle portrait collection [graphic].
Picture
[197-]-[198-?]
198-198
1 item
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatPicture | Call numberSc Photo LaBelle, Patti | Item locationSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints.
The Sweethearts of Soul / Evelyn "Slim" Lambright.
Book/Text
New York : HarperCollins, c2004.
2004
1 item
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatBook/Text | Call numberSc E 05-281 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Lady Day : histoire d'amours / Alain Gerber.
Book/Text
Paris : Fayard, 2005.
2005
2 items
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatText | Call numberSc E 05-1310 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
| Format | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|
| FormatText | Call numberReCAP 17-8018 | Item locationOffsite |