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National Youth Administration Youth Music Program. Photographs of All American Youth Orchestra(AAYO), a program, a broadside re Leopold Stokowski and AAYO, a memorandum and other material re auditions for AAYO, a pamphlet, Occupations, A Series of Vocational Studies, Music, from NYA of Illinois., 1939

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Margaret Valiant Papers, consists of correspondence and other material concerning Mrs. Valiant's work with the Special Skills Division of the Resettlement Administration and the Music Division of the National Youth Administration. The correspondence includes letters exchanged between Margaret Valiant and Eleanor Roosevelt and letters to and from Leopold Stokowski. Other material in the collection pertains to migrant workers, folk music, dramatic product¬ions, population control, the National Council of the Southern Negro Youth Congress, and biographical material about Mrs. Valiant.

Additions have been made to the collection and have been described separately. The Addenda: 1974-1978 consists of correspondence, clippings, drawing, photographs, certifi¬cates, school album, tapes, and miscellany. Among the corre¬spondents are Margaret Sanger, Harry Truman, and H. L. Mitchell. Inclusive dates are 1918-1977.

The Addendum: 1981 includes correspondence, biograph¬ical information, clippings, cartoons, notes, and miscellany. Inclusive dates are 1940-1981.

The Addendum: 1987 consists of six paintings in the possession of Margaret Valiant at the time of her death, April, 1982.

Dates

  • Other: 1939

Conditions Governing Access

Open to all researchers.

Extent

From the Collection: 6 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English