Theodore Charles Stone Papers
Finding Aid: Theodore Charles Stone Papers
Repository:
Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature
 | In 1943, the National Negro Opera Company performed La Traviata in Chicago, starring La Julia Rhea and William Franklin, and featuring a young Stone (front). The National Negro Opera Company debuted with Verdi's Aida at the 1941 annual meeting of NANM. Photo courtesy of Center of Black Music Research, Columbia College. Maker: Unknown Note: Photo courtesy of Center of Black Music Research, Columbia College. |
 | In 1939, Stone traveled to Finland to study at the Sibelius Academy, but his musical studies were cut short with the onset of World War II. Stone kept this piece of Scandinavian sheet music, dated 1939. Note: Theodore Charles Stone Papers, Box 4, Folder 1, Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature |
 | A program for Stone's performance on November 8, 1944 at Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis. This program, sponsored by Stone's own promotion company Musical Arts Bureau, included music by Schubert, Brahms, and Strauss, as well as selections of Negro Spirituals. Note: Theodore Charles Stone Papers, Box 8, Folder 13, Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature |
 | On May 3, 1963, the Chicago Music Association, the R. Nathaniel Dett Music Club, the Council of Choirs, and the Chicago Branches of National Association of Negro Musicians (NANM) presented "This is Negro Music." The program featured Thomas A. Dorsey, Edna Williams, the Arthur Logan Singers, and other soloists and choral groups. Note: Theodore Charles Stone Papers, Box 10, Folder 13, Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature |
 | Walter Dyett's cue sheet from the 'This is Negro Music' program. Note: Theodore Charles Stone Papers, Box 10, Folder 13, Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature |