The Center for Black Music Research Collection contains materials reflecting many areas of black music including composers, ethnomusicologists, music researchers, music journalists, scores, published music, and audiovisual collections across all genres. These collection guides, or finding aids, provide access to information about held archival special collections. Each guide describes the organization and scope of a collection and offers content information, allowing researchers to discover relevant information.
Many musical works listed in these collection guides are handwritten; those listed with a publisher's name are printed. Please check the guides for more information
Additional collection guides will be added as they are completed.
To make inquiries or ask questions, please contact archives@colum.edu
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Guide to the Alice Rosalee Marshall Collection of materials on the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses (NCGCC) and other gospel-related materials
Columbia College Chicago
Alice Rosalee Marshall attended many of the NCGCC events, as well as churches in the Chicago area. She recorded services, revivals, and special events at local churches and at the NCGCC conventions. The collection consists of sound recordings on audiocassette of these events, church services, and choir rehearsals and programs and material from the conventions.
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Guide to the Alton Augustus Adams, Sr. Collection
Columbia College Chicago
The Alton Augustus Adams, Sr. Collection reflects his activities as a bandmaster, a press correspondent, activities in the Hotel Association of the Virgin Islands, and as educator, civic leader, composer, author, and local historian in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.
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Guide to the Andrew “Andy” Gibbons Collection
Columbia College Chicago
Focused on jazz trumpeter and vocalist, Louis Armstrong, the Andrew H. Gibbons collection consists of sound recordings, papers, and books related to Louis Armstrong, collected by the donor, Dr. Andy Gibbons, whose research focus centered on the performer.
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Guide to the Anna Gardner Goodwin Collection
Columbia College Chicago
Anna Gardner Goodwin was a composer of classical music. Her compositions include “Adelene” and “Freedom to All March.” and the collection also contains biographical and genealogical documents, musical scores, and other material related to her family.
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Guide to the Bo Diddley Track Program at American Society on Aging & the Gerontological Society of America Annual Conferences Collection
Columbia College Chicago
The Bo Diddley Track Program at American Society on Aging & the Gerontological Society of America Annual Conferences Collection consist of sound and video recordings, meeting materials, photographs and posters for a program track at the two major gerontological societies annual conferences in the United States, honoring elderly blues musicians: the American Society on Aging and the Gerontological Society of America. The event was conceived and created by Michael Marcus and John Migliaccio.