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Archives and Special Collections Finding Aids
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Collection Overview
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| Creator: |
Ross, John Andrew, 1940-2006. |
| Title: | John Ross papers |
| Dates: | 1963-2006 |
| Call Number: | M70 |
| Location: | 65/4 |
| Volume: | 1 cubic ft. (1 box) |
| Scope and Content Abstract: | The John Ross papers document his work as music director of the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts and National Center of Afro-American Artists and his professional activities outside of them. The majority of the collection concerns performances of either Ross or the National Center of Afro-American Artists. This includes scripts, notes, advertisements, programs, and cast lists. Documentation of the annual Black Nativity is most prominent. The collection also contains administrative, programmatic, audiovisual, and student records of Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts and National Center of Afro-American Artists. |
| Historical Abstract: | John Andrew Ross is an accomplished African-American composer, organist, choral conductor, and jazz musician. Born in Boston on December 15, 1940, Ross became the music director at the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts in 1970. Working with the school and its parent organization, the National Center of Afro-American Artists, he lead two widely recognized music ensembles, the Voices of Black Persuasion and the Contra-Band. Since 1969, Ross has also been the musical director of the highly acclaimed Langston Hughes gospel play Black Nativity. |
| Arrangement: | Arranged in one alphabetical sequence. |
| Subjects and Contributors: |
- Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts
- Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists
- National Center of Afro-American Artists
- African American art--Massachusetts--Boston
- African American artists--Massachusetts--Boston
- African American music--Massachusetts--Boston
- African American theater---Massachusetts--Boston
- African Americans--Education--Massachusetts--Boston
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| Restrictions: | The collection is unrestricted. |
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| Processor: | Finding aid prepared by Stein Helmrich,
February 2002 |
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