Subject Topic: African American choirs - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Elmer Bartlett was a highly acclaimed choir director and organist. Churches where he worked in include the First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Los Angeles. He received several awards in the course of his career including first prize for directing the Los Angeles AME's choir at a 1926 choir competition at the Hollywood Bowl. By 1940 he had moved to Elgin Illinois. He continued to direct choirs and play the organ for various A.M.E. churches.
Date:: [July 12, 1926]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Weaver LA
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Group portrait of Reverend N. P. Greggs with the choir and musicians of People's Independent Church of Christ in front of the church (1025 E. 18th St., & and Paloma). The choir has 45 members. The musicians, three men on each side of the choral group, include three violinists, two trumpet players and one saxophonist.
Date:: [1920s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Group portrait of the choir of St. Phillips Episcopal Church with youths and young adults dressed in white robes, the women wearing graduation hats with tassels. Five altar boys are seated in front on the grass.
Date:: [circa 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Shiloh Baptist Church was the second church in Sacramento to be founded and organized by and for African-Americans in 1856. When the church observed its 110th Anniversary in 1966, congratulatory messages were received from the following government officials, including President Lyndon Johnson.
Date:: [1880-1910]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: First African Methodist Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, is the oldest church founded by African Americans in the City of Los Angeles, dating to 1872. Biddy Mason established the church to minister to the mind, body, and soul of the community. This church served as the cornerstone of the community for spiritual growth, social uplift, and economic development.
Date:: [1940-1960]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: First African Methodist Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, is the oldest church founded by African Americans in the City of Los Angeles, dating to 1872. Biddy Mason established the church to minister to the mind, body, and soul of the community. This church served as the cornerstone of the community for spiritual growth, social uplift, and economic development.
Date:: [between 1915-1919]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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