ARCHIVAL SOURCES
Ann Petry
The Ann Petry Collection, Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, Boston University
Ann Petry Portrait Collection, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library
The James E. Jackson and Esther Cooper Jackson Papers, Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, New York University
The Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University
Pearl Primus
The Pearl Primus Collection, Duke University Libraries
The Pearl Primus Collection, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library
Mary Lou Williams
The Mary Lou Williams Collection, Institute for Jazz Studies, Rutgers University
Mary Lou Williams Portrait Collection, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library
Performing Arts Research Collections, Performing Arts Library at Lincoln Center, New York Public Library
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