Ethnomusicology
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Eileen Southern personal archive
FOUND IN:
Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: HUM 253
Overview:
Eileen Jackson Southern (1920-2002) was the first African-American woman to be appointed as a tenured full professor at Harvard University, where she taught from 1975 to 1987. The collection consists of correspondence, writings, and publications that chronicle her time as a Harvard College professor and as Chair of the Afro-American Department, as well as her tenure at the City University of New York, and retirement.
The Kay Kaufman Shelemay Syrian-Jewish Collection, 1984 -1993.
FOUND IN:
Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library
Collection Identifier: AWM Spec Coll 96
Overview:
Original field recordings of the Syrian-Jewish genre of pizmonim (paraliturgical hymns) as it has evolved from the early 20th century. Fieldwork was conducted in Brooklyn, NY between 1984 and 1993, and in Brooklyn, NY; Deal, NJ; Mexico City; and Jerusalem between 1986 and 1993.