Willa Saunders Jones papers

Descriptive Summary

Title
Willa Saunders Jones papers
Identifier
BMRC.CHM.JONES_WILLA
Repository
Chicago History Museum
Language
English
Size
0.25 Linear feet
Dates
1964-1984
Creator
Jones, Willa Saunders, 1901-1979

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, programs, newsclippings, press releases, photographs, and other items from and about Mrs. Willa Saunders Jones, a singer, pianist, organist, and producer of Chicago's Passion Play, which she directed from 1926 to 1978.

Related Archival Materials note

Willa Saunders Jones Papers - Chicago Public Library - Carter G. Woodson Regional Library

Custodial History note

Gift of Mrs. Jones' grandson, Rogers E. Jones, in 1985.

Processing Information note

This collection was surveyed as part of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium's Survey Initiative on 2010 October 5 by Andrew Steadham.

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