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Grigsby Family Papers, circa 1918-2002.

February 25, 2010 Leave a comment

Creator: Grigsby family.
Collection number: 5141
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Abstract: The Grigsby family of North Carolina and South Carolina; New Haven, Conn.; Detroit, Mich.; and Phoenix, Ariz., descend from Fred Grigsby (b. 1867), the son of a former slave. The Read more…

Categories: 20th century, 21st Century, Arizona, Art, Artists, Audio Recordings, Connecticut, Education, Family, Michigan, North Carolina, Photographs, Politics, South Carolina, State

Barbara Lau collection, 1979-2004.

October 12, 2009 Leave a comment

Creator: Lau, Barbara (Barbara A.)
Collection number: 20055
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Abstract: Barbara Lau (1958- ), folklorist and program coordinator, has studied African-American shape-note singing groups in the midwest, coordinated the 1983 Shape-Note Singing Read more…

Categories: 20th century, 21st Century, Audio Recordings, Folklore, Indiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Moving Images, Music, Musicians, Ohio, Photographs