Fowler Manet Harrison (1 results)

4to. Typescript (inscribed); Original carbon typescript (synopsis?) [Typed caption title: "PAGEANT/ OVERTURE-- ORCHESTRA."]. 4to. Inscribed, and signed, by Manet Harrison Fowler: "Written and produced by Manet Harrison-Fowler" (on first page, beneath caption title). OCLC lists a single holding [Yale], and microform holdings of an expanded 42-page version of the script, under the same title. Manet Harrison Fowler (1895-1976) was a noted African-American artist, musician, and educator, from Fort Worth, Texas. She received a scholarship from Booker T. Washington to study at Tuskegee Institute, under George Washington Carver, and graduated in 1913; she later studied at the Chicago College of Music and the Chicago Art Institute. She was founder and president of the Texas chapter of the National Association of Negro Musicians. In 1928 she founded the Mwalimu School for Development of African Music and Creative Art in Texas, which later relocated to Harlem. Manet Harrison Fowler and the Mwalimu School were "integral parts of the Harlem Renaissance" [Sherrod, 'Grace & Gumption: Stories of Fort Worth Women' p. 165; cf. Wintz, 'Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance,' p. 523; Igoe, '250 Years of African-American Art,' p. 682; Galsrud, 'Black Women in Texas History,' p. 120]. First and last leaf detached (at early staple), few creased tears on first leaf, slightly touching Fowler's inscription, and sub-title, on first page; else very good Typescript (inscribed); Original carbon typescript (synopsis?) [Typed caption title: "PAGEANT/ OVERTURE-- ORCHESTRA."].