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Melville Charlton collection

Title
  1. Melville Charlton collection, 1906-1976.
Author
  1. Charlton, Melville.

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Description
  1. .6 lin. ft.
Summary
  1. Correspondence and memorabilia documenting Charlton's seventy years as a musician culminating in a 90th birthday celebration in 1970. Includes biographical information, correspondence, birthday cards, programs, and certificates.
Subject
  1. Charlton, Melville
  2. African Americans > Music
  3. Organists > United States
  4. African American musicians
  5. African Americans in the performing arts
Call number
  1. Sc MG 92
Note
  1. Photographs transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division.
Source (note)
  1. Charlton, Myrtle
Biography (note)
  1. Organist.
Processing action (note)
  1. Surveyed
  2. Accessioned
  3. Cataloging updated
Author
  1. Charlton, Melville.
Title
  1. Melville Charlton collection, 1906-1976.
Biography
  1. Organist. Melville Charlton served as organist for several churches and Jewish synagogues in New York City; he also gave concert tours and wrote the popular piano piece, "Poem Erotique." He was the first African-American organist to be admitted to the American Guild of Organists. Charlton was born in 1880 and died in 1973.
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Research call number
  1. Sc MG 92
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