Box 1

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Includes printed funeral program; newspaper obituary; letter identifying Lawrence's mother as member of Harleston family of Charleston, South Carolina.

Collection Overview From the Collection: The papers relate to the professional career and personal life of William Lawrence, his wife, Lillian Thompson Lawrence, and her family, the Thompsons. Items of particular note are a series of concert programs dated 1919-1978, which include programs for performances by Lawrence, Marian Anderson, Roland Hayes, Lawrence Brown, and other notable black musicians, including his student, the blind vocalist Sadie Knight; a variety of sheet music arranged and composed by Lawrence and several notable...

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Includes invitation to Lawrence's wedding, passenger list of steamer featuring Lawrence and his wife's names, Lawrence's passport, and his certificate of membership in Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.

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Includes information regarding Lillian Thompson Lawrence's family; correspondence regarding Lillian's career as a florist and coordinator of the Citizens Care Committee of Harlem, New York, also includes letter of condolence regarding Lawrence's death.

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Includes a handwritten cantata by Stor, a blues song by Lucille Goodloe with words by Langston Hughes, and two songs with music by Lawrence and words by Countee Cullen.

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A book of sheet music for spirituals sung by different groups of singers at Penn School on St. Helena Island, recorded and transcribed by Nicholas George Julius Ballanta-Taylor.

Collection Overview From the Collection: The papers relate to the professional career and personal life of William Lawrence, his wife, Lillian Thompson Lawrence, and her family, the Thompsons. Items of particular note are a series of concert programs dated 1919-1978, which include programs for performances by Lawrence, Marian Anderson, Roland Hayes, Lawrence Brown, and other notable black musicians, including his student, the blind vocalist Sadie Knight; a variety of sheet music arranged and composed by Lawrence and several notable...

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Includes some by William Lawrence, Lawrence Brown, Marian Anderson, and Roland Hayes. Of note is joint recital by William Lawrence and Lawrence Brown at State Agricultural and Mechanical College (later South Carolina State University).

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Includes Lawrence's first American tour as a vocalist (accompanied by Lawrence Brown) and several performances by The William Lawrence Sinfonietta.

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IncludesLa Traviata performances by Marion Anderson, several pupils of Lawrence, and a performance of by the American Negro Company.