Egbert Ethelred Brown papers

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Description: The collection consists of personal papers, material related to the Community Church of Harlem, and to the Jamaica Progressive League. Personal papers including certificates, sheet music with lyrics and melodies written by Brown, and an obituary and biography, 1914-1956; incoming letters showing Brown's numerous appeals for funds for his church, and other matters relating to his ministry, 1930s-1960s; Harlem Unitarian Church records consisting of by-laws, correspondence, marriage records, order of service records, prayer books, 1934-1955; and sermons, 1932-1955. Also, material related to the Jamaica Progressive League, a group that worked for the independence of Jamaica.
Names: Brown, Egbert Ethelred (Creator)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1914 - 1956
Library locations: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division; Shelf locator: Sc MG 87
Genres: Documents
Notes: Content: Papers organized into three series: I Personal Papers; II Harlem Unitarian/Hubert Memorial Church Records; and III Jamaica Progresive League.
Physical Description: Extent: 4 boxes
Type of Resource: Text
Identifiers: RLIN/OCLC: NYPW89-A42; NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11447974; MSS Unit ID: 20552; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e1028350-c616-012f-09c0-58d385a7bc34

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