Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Coleman, Charles, Jr. (Charles DeWitt), 1929-1991
- Abstract:
- This collection consists of printed and manuscript scores of music by Charles Coleman, including sacred and secular choral works, as well as ephemeral materials related to the composer.
- Extent:
- 1 document case (0.21 linear feet)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
Charles Coleman Papers, SC 9, Archives of African American Music and Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Charles DeWitt Coleman, Jr. was born in Detroit, Michigan on January 29, 1929. He was the founder and director of the Coleman Studio of Music, later known as the Northwestern School of Music, and a member of the Artists Bureau of the National Assocation of Negro Musicians. Coleman was a pupil of Robert Nolan at the Robert Nolan School of Music, August Maekelberghe, Robert Cato, and Virgil Fox, and received his Bachelor of Music degree from Wayne State University in 1954. He later studied with reknowned organist and composer Marcel Dupre from Paris, France and European piano pedagogy and organ with Lode Van Dessel of the Palestrina Institute. He conducted at many schools in the Detroit Public School System, as well as various church ensembles of various ages and faiths, and was awarded the degree A.A.G.O. by the American Guild of Organists in 1955.
- Scope and Content:
The bulk of the collection is made up of manuscript scores of works by Coleman, as well as printed scores of some of his music. Materials are individually sleeved in clear plastic with title printed on label. Works are arranged alphabetically within series.
- Acquisition information:
- Donated by Ronald F. Coleman in 1998.
- Processing information:
Processed by Allison Bohm. Completed in 2015.
- Arrangement:
Arranged in three series:
- Series 1: Manuscript Scores
- Series 2: Printed Scores
- Series 3: Ephemera
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed Terms
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).
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Charles Coleman Papers, SC 9, 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