http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c86h4qb7 No online items The African Diaspora Sacred Music and Musicians (ADSMM) Sheet Music Collection SPC.2018.003 Beth McDonald California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections 2019-05-03 University Library South -5039 (Fifth Floor) 1000 E. Victoria St. Carson, CA 90747
[email protected] URL: https://www.csudh.edu/libarchives/ SPC.2018.003 1 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections Title: African Diaspora Sacred Music and Musicians (ADSMM) Sheet Music Collection creator: Caldwell, Hansonia L. (Hansonia LaVerne), 1944- Identifier/Call Number: SPC.2018.003 Physical Description: 64 boxes Date (inclusive): 1811-2010 Scope and Contents The collection is comprised of sheet music, choral scores, full and partial scores, manuscript music, music books, and compilations. The music falls primarily into the sacred music genre, including gospels, spirituals, and classical pieces; but also includes a significant amount of secular music, ranging from jazz to popular music to Broadway musicals and operas. Biographical / Historical The African Diaspora Sacred Music and Musicians (ADSMM) Program is an archiving, research and performance program of the CSU Dominguez Hills Music Department, implemented in partnership with the University Africana Studies Department and the University Library. The program is multidimensional, and includes the Georgia and Nolan Payton Archive of Sacred Music, the Dominguez Hills Jubilee Choir, and the African Diaspora Sacred Music and Musicians Network and Forum. The overall focus of the ADSMM Program is to collect, to preserve through archival acquisition and contemporary performance, and to research the life and work of African Diaspora musicians whose sacred musical art has been created and/or performed in Southern California.