Jubilee Singers, song folios
name: label: Series Creator
content: DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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content: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 3: African American Music
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content: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 3: African American Music / 3.3: African American Folk-songs and Spirituals
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1885-1901
container: label: Container
content: Box 72, Folder C
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: The items in this folder are song collections from Afro-American choral groups of the late 19th century, usually referred to as "Jubilee Singers." Most of the songs are spirituals or "plantation melodies" (a broadly inclusive term). Two of the folios include photographs of the singers. (4 items)