[MUSIC]. [MARSH, J.B.T.]. The Story of the Jubilee Singers, with Their Songs. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1876. [With:] 3 programs for African American singing groups.

8vo. Frontispiece photograph tipped in. (Dampstaining, spotting, occasional soiling.) Original illustrated green cloth, spine gilt-lettered (wear to extremities, minor scuffing and darkening). THIRD EDITION.

[With:] The World-Famous Williams' Colored Singers. Sheet music followed by a three-page collective biography of the singing group, Chicago: Rosenow Co., n.d. 24pp, 7 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. (dampstaining, soiling, wear to extremities with some separation to spine). Front wrap featuring individual and group portraits of singers, back wrap with two group portraits. -- Williams' Original Dixie Jubilee Singers. Sheet music, Chicago: Rosenow Co., n.d. 16pp, 7 7/8 x 10 5/8 in. (soiling, minor dampstaining, light wear and creasing to extremities). Front wrap featuring individual portraits of each singer, back wrap with two group portraits. -- Souvenir program brochure for the Piney Woods School Singers of Piney Woods, Mississippi. N.p., n.d. 5 1/4 x 8 in. (heavy crease to central horizontal fold, soiling throughout, wear to extremities including some separation to spine). Features portraits of Laurence C. Jones and Mrs. Laurence C. Jones, the Principal and Assistant Principal of The Piney Woods Country Life School, portraits of a "success story" student, lists of trustees, and a full-spread feature about the history of the school complete with printed photographs and quotations about real-world results of the school's training. -- Together, 3 printed materials related to African American singing groups.

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[MUSIC]. [MARSH, J.B.T.]. The Story of the Jubilee Singers, with Their Songs. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1876. [With:] 3 programs for African American singing groups.

African Americana

[MUSIC]. [MARSH, J.B.T.]. The Story of the Jubilee Singers, with Their Songs. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1876. [With:] 3 programs for African American singing groups.

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