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Florence Beatrice Smith Price (1888-1953) Correspondence, musical scores, and other papers, 1906-1975 Manuscript Collection 988 Information about Florence Price Information about the Collection Contents of the Collection

Information about Florence Beatrice Smith Price

Information about the Collection

 The papers consist of correspondence of Price and of her daughter, Florence Price Robinson, diary fragments, programs, and photographs. In addition there are the research files of Mary Dengler Hudgins on Price. The papers also include musical scores. These are arranged according to keyboard, voice, string, and symphonic works.

Processed by Norma Ortiz-Karp, October 1989. Special Collections Department, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas.

RESTRICTIONS APPLY. Copying of Florence Price material may be made for research and single use only. No material may be published or performed without permission of the copyright holder. For information contact:

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
1 Lincoln Plaza
New York, New York 10023
(212) 595-3050

Contents of the Collection (5 boxes)

• Series 1. Correspondence, Diary Fragments, Programs, Other Papers, and Photographs. Box 1.
• Series 2. Musical Scores. Boxes 2-5.
• Subseries 1. Keyboard.
• Subseries 2. Voice.
• Subseries 3. Strings.
• Subseries 4. Orchestral Scores, Instrumental Parts, and Band Arrangement.

Series 1. Correspondence, Diary Fragments, Programs, Other Papers, and Photographs. Box 1

• Box 1, Folder 1. Correspondence.
1. March 5, 1933. FP to Henry S. Sawyer (Philadelphia, Pa.).
2. June 19, 1933. Helen Armstrong Andrews (Winnetka, Ill.) to FP.
3. October 24, 1933. Helen Armstrong Andrews (Winnetka, Ill.) to FP.
4. February 6, 1934. Eric De Lamarter (Chicago, Ill.) to FP.
5. February 10, 1934. Helen Armstrong Andrews (Winnetka, Ill.) to FP.
6. March 12, 1934. Helen Armstrong Andrews (Winnetka, Ill.) to FP.
7. May 3, 1934. Helen Armstrong Andrews (Winnetka, Ill.) to FP.
8. November 16, 1934. John Alden Carpenter (Chicago, Ill.) to FP.
9. November 26, 1934. Gene Buck (New York, N.Y.) to FP.
10. December 18, 1934. John Alden Carpenter (Chicago, Ill.) to FP.
11. March 31, 1935. Roland Hayes (Minneapolis, Minn.) to FP.
12. September 20, 1937. Henry S. Sawyer (Philadelphia, Pa.) to FP.
13. April 8, 1940. Ruth Estes (Ft. Smith, Ark.) to FP.
14. February 16, 1940. Helen D. Gillespie (New York, N.Y.) to FP.
15. May 13, 1940. John Alden Carpenter (Chicago, Ill.) to FP.
16. May 14, 1940. FP to Marion Anderson.
17. May 16, 1940. FP to John Alden Carpenter (Chicago, Ill.).
18. July 27, 1940. FP to American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Inc. (New York, N.Y.).
19. July 30, 1940. Rob Roy Peery (Philadelphia, Pa.) to FP.
20. August 6, 1940. Rob Roy Peery (Philadelphia, Pa.) to FP.
21. September 24, 1940. Paul Berthoud (New York, N.Y.) to FP.
22. October 21, 1940. Frederick L. Schwass (Allen Park, Mich.).
23. October 22, 1940. FP to Frederick L. Schwass (Allen Park, Mich.).
24. November 20, 1940. Malvina [?] C. Thompson (Washington, D.C.) to FP.
25. January 14, 1941. FP to John Alden Carpenter (Chicago, Ill.).
26. January 16, 1941. John Alden Carpenter (Chicago, Ill.) to FP.
27. September 3, 1943. FP to Wallace Magill (New York, N.Y.). 1 p.
28. October 4, 1943. FP to Eugene Goosens (Cincinnati, Ohio). 1 p.
29. October 14, 1943. H. Burleigh (New York, N.Y.) to FP.
30. March 3, 1950. John Alden Carpenter (Sarasota, Fla.) to FP.
31. April 8. Leo Sowerby (Chicago, Ill.) to FP.
• Box 1, Folder 2. Diary, Aug 26, 27, 1948; May 15, 16, 1949; and June 4, 5, 1949.
• Box 1, Folder 3. Academic transcript, Chicago Musical College, Nov 26, 1943.
• Box 1, Folder 4. Year Book, American Guild of Orgainists, 1954-1955.
• Box 1, Folder 5. Programs.
1. June 14, 1906. Concert, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Mass.
2. June 30, 1935. Musicale, Lincoln Center, Chicago [?] Ill.
3. April 6, 1942. Organ recital, Grace Episcopal Church, Chicago, Ill.
4. February 11, 1947. Concert, Curtiss Hall, Fine Arts Building, Chicago, Ill.
5. February 8, 1949. Concert, Curtiss Hall, Fine Arts Building, Chicago, Ill.
6. February 7, 1954. Song Recital, Shiloh Parish Hall, Chicago, Ill.
7. February 21, 1955. Concert, Music Room, Fine Arts Building, Chicago, Ill.
8. August 14, 1955. Sunday Worship Program, the Chicago Temple, Chicago, Ill.
9. March 20, 1959. Song Recital, Fullerton Hall, Chicago, Ill.
10. April 5, 1959. [Unidentified Event], Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Ill.
11. November 1, 1959. Song and Organ recital, Lincoln Center, Chicago, Ill.
12. February 14, 1960. Organ recital, Torrey-Gray Auditorium, Chicago, Ill.
13. February 4, 1962. Sunday Worship Program, the Central Church, Chicago, Ill.
14. November 24, 1964. Dedication program, Florence B. Price School, Chicago, Ill.
15. February 7, 1966. Musicale, Lyon and Healy Organ Salon, Chicago, Ill.
16. February 27, 1966. Concert, Music Hall, Fine Arts Building, Chicago, Ill.
17. May 14, 1967. Sunday worship program, the Central Church, Chicago, Ill.
18. June 3, 1968. Chicago Club of Women Organists Annual Dinner and Business Meeting, Highland Room, Chicago, Ill.
19. 1974. Concert schedule of Chicago Chamber Orchestra, Chicago, Ill.
20. January 19, 1975. Sunday worship program, Kloeckner Memorial Church of Christ, Chicago, Ill.
• Box 1, Folders 6-7. Mary Dengler Hudgins research on Florence Price.
• Box 1, Folder 8. Correspondence from Florence Price Robinson to Barbara Garvey Jackson (BGJ) and Samuel A. Sizer (SAS).
1. April 6, 1974. To BGJ (Fayetteville, Ark.).
2. July 12, 1974. To BGJ (Fayetteville, Ark.).
3. September 11, 1974. To BGJ (Fayetteville, Ark.).
4. September 30, 1974. To SAS (Fayetteville, Ark.).
5. December 16, 1974. To SAS (Fayetteville, Ark.).
6. January 21, 1975. To SAS (Fayetteville, Ark.).
7. February 2, 1975. Florence Price Robinson to BGJ (Fayetteville, Ark.).
8. February 28, 1975. Florence Price Robinson to SAS (Fayetteville, Ark.).
9. May 31, 1975. Florence Price Robinson to SAS (Fayetteville, Ark.).
10. Wednesday. To BGJ (Fayetteville, Ark.).
11. [n.d.] Florence Price Robinson to SAS (Fayetteville, Ark.).
12. [n.d.] Florence Price Robinson to BGJ (Fayetteville, Ark.).
13. [n.d.] Incomplete letter of Florence Price Robinson to unidentified person(s).
14. [n.d.] To SAS (Fayetteville, Ark.).
15. [n.d.] Florence Price Robinson to SAS (Fayetteville, Ark.).
• Box 1, Folder 9. Letter from Wallace Magill to Miss Price (Florence Price Robinson), Sept 29, 1947, and two letters concerning Florence Price, June 23, 1927 and May 14, 1953.
• Box 1, Folder 10. Broadside of the music of Florence Price; honors convocation program, Sunday worship program with musical notation, n.d., and clipping, May 14, 1951.
• Box 1, Folder 11. Notes on 3 x 5 index cards by Florence Price Robinson concerning her mother, Florence Price, n.d.
• Box 1, Folder 12. Photographs.
1. Florence Price (ASCAP photograph), n.d.
2. Florence Price (ASCAP photograph), n.d.
3. Class of 1906, n.d.
4. Thomas J. Price, husband of Florence Price, (Printed halftone), n.d.

Series 2. Musical Scores. Boxes 2-5

Subseries 1. Keyboard

• Box 2, Folder 1. Organ.
1. "Adoration," 1951, 2 pp.
2. "Allegretto," n.d., 2 pp.
3. "The Hour Glass" (originally "Sandman"), n.d., 4 pp.
4. "Impromptu for Organ," Aug 7, 1941, 5 pp.
5. "Little Melody," n.d., 2 pp.
6. "A Pleasant Thought," n.d., 2 pp.
7. "Retrospection" (originally "An Elf on a Moonbeam"), n.d., 4 pp.
8. "Suite No. 1. for Organ," n.d., 19 pp.
• Box 2, Folder 2. Piano.
1. "Arkansas Jitter," Aug 4, 1938, 4 pp.
2. "At the Cotton Gin," n.d., 4 pp.
3. "Autumn Echoes," n.d., 1 p.
4. "Bayou Dance," Aug 6, 1938, 3 pp.
5. "Brownies on the Seashore," n.d., 1 p.
6. "Climbing the Mountain," n.d., 1 p.
7. "Cotton Dance," 1942, 4 pp.
8. "Dance of the Cotton Blossoms," Aug 5, 1938, 3 pp.
• Box 2, Folder 3. Piano.
1. "Dances in the Canebrakes," 1953, 12 pp.
2. "The Froggie and the Rabbit," n.d., 1 p.
3. "The Goblin and the Mosquito," n.d., 2 pp.
4. "Golden Corn Tassles," n.d., 1 p.
5. "Little Pieces on Black Keys," n.d., 5 pp.
6. "Little Pieces on White Keys," n.d., 3 pp.
7. "Nodding Poppies," originally "A Field of Waving Grain," n.d., 1 p.
8. "The Old Boatman," 1951, 2 pp.
• Box 2, Folder 4. Piano.
1. "On Higher Ground," n.d., 1 p.
2. "Rocking Chair," Aug 10, 1939, 2 pp.
3. "Sonata in e minor," n.d., 28 pp.
4. "The Sea Swallow," 1951, 2 pp.
5. "Strong Men, Forward!" Sept, 2 pp.
6. "Up and Down the Stairs" (or Ladder), n.d., 1 p.
7. "The Waltzing Fairy," 1928, 3 pp.
8. "Were You There When They Crucified My Lord" (arrangement), 1942, 2 pp.
9. "Hoe Cake," (2 pianos, 4 hands), n.d., 4 pp.

Subseries 2. Voice

• Box 2, Folder 5. Solo voice with Piano.
1. "An April Day," lyrics by Joseph F. Cotter, n.d., 3 pp.
2. "Dreaming Town," lyrics by Paul Laurence Dunbar, Jan 5, 1934, 4 pp.
3. "The Envious Wren," lyrics by Alice and Phoebe Carey, n.d., 6 pp.
4. "Fantasy in Purple," lyrics by Langston Hudges, n.d., 3 pp.
5. "Forever," lyrics by Paul Laurence Dunbar, n.d., 4 pp.
6. Two Traditional Negro Spirituals: "I am Bound for the Kingdom" and "I'm Workin' on my Building," transcribed and arranged by Florence Price, n.d., 4 pp.
7. "Love-In-A-Mist," lyrics by Mary Rolofson Gamble, n.d., 4 pp.
8. "Night," lyrics by Louise C. Wallace, 1946, 2 pp.
• Box 2, Folder 6. Solo voice with Piano
1. "Nightfall," lyrics by Paul Laurence Dunbar, n.d., 3 pp.
2. "Out of the South Blew a Soft Sweet Wind," lyrics by Fannie Carter Woods, 1946, 3 pp.
3. "Pittance," lyrics by Don Vincent Gray, n.d., 3 pp.
4. "Resignation," lyrics by Florence Price, n.d., 4 pp.
5. "Songs to the Dark Virgin," lyrics by Langston Hughes, 1941, 3 pp.
6. "They Lie, They Lie," lyrics by David Morton, Apr, 1946, 3 pp.
7. "To My Little Son," Lyrics by Julia Johnson Davis, n.d., 2 pp.
• Box 2, Folder 7. Children's songs with piano.
1. "Bruno, The Bear," Oct 1, 1948, 1 p.
2. "The Moo-cow, Fido, and Kitty," Sept 30, 1949, 1 p.
3. "On the Playground," n.d., 1 p.
4. "Winter Must Come," n.d., 1 p.
5. "Lovely Winter Day," fragment, n.d., 1 p.
• Box 2, Folder 8. Choral with Piano. (S.= Soprano, A.= Alto, T.= Tenor, B.= Bass)
1. "The Moon Bridge," lyrics by Mary Rolofson Gambel, 1930, 6 pp., (S.S.A.).
2. "My Soul's Been Anchored in de Lord," arranged for mixed voices by Florence Price, fragment, n.d., 5 pp., (S.A.T.B.).
3. "Nature's Magic," lyrics by Mary Rolofson Gamble, 1953, 4 pp., (S.S.A.).
4. "The New Moon," n.d., 9 pp., (S.S.A.A.).
5. "Poem of Praise," lyrics by Elizabeth Coalsworth, n.d., 8 pp., (S.A.T.B.).
6. "Song for Snow," lyrics by Elizabeth Coatsworth, 1957 (?), 5 pp., (S.A.T.).
7. "Witch of the Meadow," lyrics by Mary Rolofson Gamble, 1947, 6 pp., (S.S.A.).
• Box 2, Folder 9. Chorus A Cappella.
1. "Nod," lyrics by Walter de la Mare, n.d., 5 pp., (T.T.B.B.).
2. "Resignation," lyrics by Florence Price, n.d., (S.A.T.B.).

Subseries 3. Strings

• Box 2, Folder 10. Violin and Piano.
1. "The Deserted Garden," n.d., 2 pp.
2. "Elfentanz," n.d., 6 pp.
• Box 2, Folder 11. String Quartet.
1. Instrumental parts for "Five Folksongs in Counterpoint," n.d.
• 1st Violin, 11 pp.
• 2nd Violin, 12 pp.
• Viola, 10 pp.
• Cello, 9 pp.
• Box 2, Folder 12. "Violin Concerto No. 2," May, 1952, fragment of Violin II instrumental part, 1 p.

Subseries 4. Orchestral Scores, Instrumental Parts, and Band Arrangement

• Box 3, Folder 1. "Suite of Dances," n.d., orchestral score, no instrumental parts, 27 pp.
• Box 3, Folder 2. "Mississippi River," 1934, orchestral score, no instrumental parts, 87 pp. (also microfilm copy).
• Box 3, Folder 3. Symphony No. 2 in g minor, fragment, 193-, first page of the orchestral score, no instrumental parts, 1 p.
• Box 3, Folder 4. Symphony No. 3, fragment, n.d., no orchestral score, fragments of instrumental parts for: Horn I in F, Violin I, and Viola, 3 pp.
• Box 3, Folder 5. Symphony in E Minor, 1931-1932, orchestral score, 105 pp. (also microfilm copy).
• Box 3, Folders 6-9. Symphony in E Minor, instrumental parts, Violin I, 8 complete instrumental parts, 18 pp. each part.
• Box 3, Folders 10-14. Instrumental parts, Violin II, 10 complete instrumental parts, 17 pp. each.
• Box 4, Folders 1-2. Instrumental parts, Viola, 5 complete instrumental parts, 13 pp. each part.
• Box 4, Folders 3-6. Instrumental parts, Violoncello 6 complete instrumental parts, 17 pp. each part.
• Box 4, Folder 7. Instrumental parts, Double Bass, 5 complete instrumental parts, 9 pp. each part.
• Box 4, Folder 8. Instrumental parts, Flutes I and II, one complete part, 17 pp.
• Box 4, Folder 9. Instrumental parts, Piccolo I and II, 2 complete parts, 5 pp. each part.
• Box 4, Folder 10. Instrumental parts, Oboe I and II, 2 complete parts, 16 pp. each part.
• Box 4, Folder 11. Instrumental parts, Clarinet I and II, 2 complete parts, 2 pp. each part.
• Box 5, Folder 1. Instrumental parts, Bassoons I and II, 2 complete parts, 12 pp. each part.
• Box 5, Folder 2. Instrumental parts, Horns I and II, 2 complete parts, 10 pp. each part.
• Box 5, Folder 3. Instrumental parts, Horns II and IV, 2 complete parts, 9 pp. each part.
• Box 5, Folder 4. Instrumental parts, Trumpets I and II, 2 complete parts, 10 pp. each part.
• Box 5, Folder 5. Instrumental parts, Trombones I and II, 2 complete parts, 11 pp. each part.
• Box 5, Folder 6. Instrumental parts, Trombone III and Tuba, 2 complete parts, 11 pp. each part.
• Box 5, Folder 7. Instrumental parts, Tympani and Percussion, one complete Tympani part and 2 complete Percussion parts, Tympani 9 pp, and Percussion 8 pp. each part.
• Box 5, Folder 8. "Three Negro Dances" originally for piano, symphonic band arrangement by Erik W.G. Leidzen, n.d., conductor score, 8 pp.

INDEX

• Adoration, 2-1-1
• Allegretto, 2-1-2
• An April Day, 2-5-1
• Arkansas Jitter, 2-2-1
• At the Cotton Gin, 2-2-2
• Autumn Echoes, 2-2-3
• Bayou Dance, 2-2-4
• Brownies on the Seashore, 2-2-5
• Bruno, The Bear, 2-7-1
• Climbing the Mountain, 2-2-6
• Cotton Dance, 2-2-7
• Dance of the Cotton Blossoms, 2-2-8
• Dances in the Canebrakes, 2-3-1
• The Deserted Garden, 2-10-1
• Dreaming Town, 2-5-2
• Elfentanz, 2-10-2
• The Envious Wren, 2-5-3
• Fantasy in Purple, 2-5-4
• Five Folksongs in Counter Point, 2-11
• Forever, 2-5-5
• The Froggie and the Rabbit, 2-3-2
• The Goblin and the Mosquito, 2-3-3
• Golden Corn Tassles, 2-3-4
• Hoe Cake, 2-4-9
• The Hour Glass (originally Sandman), 2-1-3
• I am Bound for the Kingdom, 2-5-6
• I'm working on my Building, 2-5-6
• Impromptu for Organ, 2-1-4.
• Little Melody, 2-1-5
• Little Pieces on Black Keys, 2-3-5
• Little Pieces on White Keys, 2-3-6
• Love-in-a-Mist, 2-5-7
• Lovely Winter Day, 2-7-5
• Mississippi River, 3-2
• The Moo-cow, Fido, and Kitty, 2-7-2
• The Moon bridge, 2-8-1
• My Soul's Been Anchored in de Lord, 2-8-2
• Nature's Magic, 2-8-3
• The New Moon, 2-8-4
• Night, 2-5-8
• Nightfall, 2-6-1
• Nod, 2-9-1
• Nodding Poppies (originally A Field of Waving Grain), 2-3-7
• The Old Boatman, 2-3-8
• On Higher Ground, 2-4-1
• On the Playground, 2-7-3
• Out of the South Blew a Soft Sweet Wind, 2-6-2
• Pittance, 2-6-3
• A Pleasant Thought, 2-1-6
• Poem of Praise, 2-8-5
• Resignation, 2-9-2
• Retrospection (originally An Elf on a Moonbeam), 2-1-7
• Rocking Chair, 2-4-2
• The Sea Swallow, 2-4-4
• Sonata in e minor, 2-4-3
• Song for Snow, 2-8-6
• Songs to the Dark Virgin, 2-6-5
• Strong Men, Forward! 2-4-5
• Suite No.1, 2-1-8
• Suite of Dances, 3-1
• Symphony in E minor, 3-5 to 5-7
• Symphony Orchestra score, 3-5
• Symphony Instrumental Parts, 3-6 to 5-7
• Symphony No. 2 in G Minor, 3-3
• Symphony No. 3, 3-4
• They Lie, They Lie, 2-6-6
• Three Negro Dances (inc. Rabbit Foot Hoe Cake, Ticklin' Toes), 5-8
• To My Little Son, 2-6-7
• Up and Down the Stairs (or Ladder), 2-4-6
• Violin Concerto No. 2, 2-12
• The Waltzing Fairy, 2-4-6
• Were you There When They Crucified my Lord, 2-4-8
• Winter Must Come, 2-7-4
• Witch of the Meadow, 2-8-7