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Series II: Performance Documentation, 1905-1964, undated
Series III: Images, circa 1870-1969
Series IV: Correspondence, 1900-1980, undated
Series V: Writings of H. Lawrence Freeman, 1921-1940s, undated
Series VI: Arts Organizations associated with the Freemans, 1920-1982, undated
Series VII: Audio and Video, 1971-1972, 2015, undated
Series VIII: Scrapbooks and Clippings, 1898-1954, undated
Series IX: Personal, circa 1898-1972, undated
Series X: Additions to the Collection

H. Lawrence Freeman papers, 1870-1982, 2015, bulk 1890-1954

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Series V: Writings of H. Lawrence Freeman, 1921-1940s, undated

Freeman's non-musical work, including drafts of his unpublished monograph, The Negro in Classical Music and Opera, a newspaper article on "The Musical Outlook," libretti, several plays, and scenarios for his operas make up this series.


Box 50 Folder 1 Aframerican Opera Foundation--Letter Draft, circa 1940s

Box 50 Folder 2 Article Draft--"The Musical Outlook", undated

Box 50 Folder 3 Book Draft--"The Negro In Music and Drama" , undated

Box 50 Folder 4 Libretti, undated

Box 50 Folder 5 to 6 Plays, 1921, undated

Box 50 Folder 7 Scenarios, undated


Box 49 Folder 12 Scenarios--Fragment, undated