Finding Aid for the Sandra Lieb Collection (MUM00357)

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Document Type

Finding Aid

Collection Date

1973-1983

Identifier

MUM00357

General Physical Description Note

4 boxes

Description

Collection composed of materials pertainingto blues-related projects: a film, Maxwell Street Blues (1980), and a book, Mother of the Blues: A Study of Ma Rainey (University of Massachusetts Press, 1981.) Included are photocopies of research materials about classic blues singer Gertrude "Ma" Rainey (1886 1939), four notebooks of research notes, negatives of illustrations used in the hook, transcriptions of song lyrics, and information concerning copyright registrations and renewals. Also included are taped interviews about Ma Rainey with musicians Clyde Bernhardt, Thomas Dorsey, Sam Chatmon, and Sunnyland Slim.

Recommended Citation

Sandra Lieb Collection (MUM00357). The Department of Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi.

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