Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- George, Luvenia A., 1930-
- Abstract:
- The collection consists of materials related to Smithsonian Institution programs, including the Duke Ellington Youth Project, in addition to gospel sheet music and related research materials from George's personal collection.
- Extent:
- 15 document cases (6 linear feet)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
Luvenia A. George Collection, SC 115, Archives of African American Music and Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Luvenia A. George is an ethnomusicologist and music educator with a B.M.Ed. from Howard University and M.Ed. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Maryland. Author of Teaching the Music of Six Different Cultures (World Music Press), a pioneering work in world music education, she has taught vocal and general music in grades K-12 and directed school choirs noted for excellence. As coordinator of the Duke Ellington Youth Project at the Smithsonian Institution, she coauthored the award-winning curriculum kit on which the project was based.
- Scope and Content:
The collection consists of materials related to Smithsonian Institution programs, including the Duke Ellington Youth Project, in addition to gospel sheet music and related research materials from George's personal collection.
Series 1 includes planning and program documentation for various Smithsonian Institution programs including conference "Music of the Black American Composer," "Music of the Black Woman Composer," and the production "Quilting: A Docudrama" by the Smithsonian Institution, with correspondence to and from participants. Series 1 also includes programs from various Smithsonian Institution conferences: Race and Revolution, 2/6-7/1987; Deep Rivers, 2/2/2002; Of Songs, Peace, and Struggle, 1/18/2003 ; and Passages to Freedom, 3/1/2003.
Series 2 documents George's work with the Duke Ellington Youth Project and consists of Beyond Category: Duke Ellington Education Kit (2 audiocassettes, 1991 festival program, photographs, Teacher Resource Book, art transparencies, poster, and newspapers from 1919) ; publications related to the Duke Ellington Youth Project created by the A.J. Hayden Johnson Junior High School including student poetry, 2000-2002; concert programs from 1991-2002; Duke Ellington concert programs and articles collected by George; and music copied from the SI's Duke Ellington Collection for use in the program. The Duke Ellington Youth Project existed from 1991 to 2002, serving as an exemplar of collaborative outreach between public school systems and the National Museum of American History, which made archival resources and scholarly research available for the research and development of new educational curricula.
Series 3 includes gospel sheet music collected by George with an emphasis on Chicago composers and publishers, in addition to research and archival materials documenting Lucie E. Campbell.
- Acquisition information:
- Deposited by George at the Indiana University Archives of African American Music and Culture in 2006.
- Processing information:
Processed by AAAMC staff. Completed in 2011.
- Arrangement:
Arranged in four main series with multiple subseries.
- Series 1: Smithsonian Institution Programs
- --- Subseries 1.1: Music of the Black American Composer
- --- Subseries 1.2: Race and Revolution
- --- Subseries 1.3: Miscellaneous Programs
- Series 2: Smithsonian Institution Duke Ellington Youth Project
- --- Subseries 2.1: Beyond Category : Duke Ellington Educational Kit
- --- Subseries 2.2: Programs
- --- Subseries 2.3: Administrative Papers
- --- Subseries 2.4: Duke Ellington Music, Sacred Concerts
- --- Subseries 2.5: Duke Ellington Music, A-Z
- --- Subseries 2.6: Music by Ellington's Contemporaries
- --- Subseries 2.7: Duke Ellington Concert Programs and Publicity
- Series 3: Gospel Music
- --- Subseries 3.1: Chicago Composers and Publishers
- ----- Subseries 3.1.1: Thomas A. Dorsey Sheet Music
- ----- Subseries 3.1.2: Thomas A. Dorsey Song Books
- ----- Subseries 3.1.3: Thomas A. Dorsey Research and Miscellaneous
- ----- Subseries 3.1.4: Ralph H. Goodpasteur
- ----- Subseries 3.1.5: Rev. Clarence H. Cobbs
- ----- Subseries 3.1.6: Theodore R. Frye
- ----- Subseries 3.1.7: Roberta Martin, Sallie Martin, Kenneth Morris
- ------- Subseries 3.1.7.1: Kenneth Morris Arrangements
- ------- Subseries 3.1.7.2: Roberta Martin Arrangements
- ----- Subseries 3.1.8: Bowles Music House
- --- Subseries 3.2: Philadelphia Composers and Publishers
- ----- Subseries 3.2.1: Charles Tindley
- --- Subseries 3.3: Detroit Composers and Publishers
- ----- Subseries 3.3.1: Mary Lou Motley
- --- Subseries 3.4: Birmingham Composers and Publishers
- ----- Subseries 3.4.1: Rev. Harvell
- --- Subseries 3.5: Tennessee Composers and Publishers
- ----- Subseries 3.5.1: Lucie E. Campbell and Assoc.
- ------- Subseries 3.5.1.1: Lucie E. Campbell Arrangements
- ------- Subseries 3.5.1.2: Works Not Arranged by Campbell
- ----- Subseries 3.5.2: Lucie E. Campbell Research
- --- Subseries 3.6: Contemporary/Miscellaneous Sheet Music
- --- Subseries 3.7: Miscellaneous Gospel Research
- Series 4: Luvenia A. George Presentations at Indiana University
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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Use of time-based media materials (audio and video) may require production of listening or viewing copies.
Access to streaming audio, moving image, and full resolution digital image materials may currently be restricted to researchers who can authenticate with an IU account or who are physically present on campus. Remote streaming to individual researchers may be allowed with the completion of applicable forms.
For further information about access to online audiovisual materials, contact AAAMC staff at aaamc@indiana.edu.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, including but not limited to the Indiana Public Records Act (5-14-3-2 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which Indiana University assumes no responsibility.
Copyright is retained by the creators/authors of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. All requests for copying and publishing materials must be submitted in writing to the Archives of African American Music and Culture, and may require the written permission of the creator(s)/author(s) or donor(s).
All music comprising the Duke Ellington Youth Project series was photocopied from the originals held by The Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History (NMAH). Users seeking to copy these materials must contact the NMAH directly.
The Thomas A. Dorsey catalog is currently owned by Unichappel, c/o Warner Chappell Music. When requesting permission to copy from the publisher, applicants should specify whether the copy will be used for personal research or performance purposes.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Luvenia A. George Collection, SC 115, Archives of African American Music and Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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Smith Research Center, Rooms 180-1812805 East 10th StreetBloomington, Indiana 47408-2601, United States
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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812-855-8547aaamc@indiana.edu