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  • 1 page typescript letter to Mr. and Mrs. Eubie Blake from Eileen Southern at York College of the City University of New York, dated August 13, 1973. Southern encloses an interview with Eubie that they would like to publish in their journal, Black perspectives in music. The first part of the interview (image 005-01-029, 1-4) was conducted by NYU student Bobbi King; the second part of the interview (image 005-01-029, 5-7) was conducted by Southern. She asks Eubie to check for anything objectionable to him. Southern also says she is looking forward to hearing about Eubie's last concert tour in Europe, tells the Blakes that she played Eubie's "Charleston rag" at a faculty concert, and asks them for a complete list of Eubie's compositions.
Creator:
  • Southern, Eileen.
Title:
  • Letter : Eileen Southern, Jamaica, New York, to Mr. and Mrs. [Eubie] Blake, 1973 August 13.
Relation:
  • IsPartOf: Eubie Blake Collection.
Subject:
Type:
  • text
  Identifier: 005-01-028
  Category: Correspondence
  Publisher: Maryland Historical Society.
  Original Date: 08/13/1973
  Digitized Date: 7/2/2003
  Format: 169 KB jpeg access image
  Source: Digitized from the original 1 p. typescript letter on York College stationery, with some stains.
  Language: eng
  Rights: Please contact the Maryland Historical Society Library for rights information.
 
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