Historical Cultural/Performing Arts Ensembles/Ed Institutions, Individuals

Institutions owned, operated or frequented by African Americans. Some listings may have been advertised in an African American newspaper or other organ, such as "Crisis" magazine.


A. EUGENE NIXON
Music Instructor
218 W 137th Street
New York

ACADEMY OF MUSICAL ART
Massachusetts

ALBION ACADEMY STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
Rev. J. A. Savage, principal

ALVIN AILEY CITY CENTER DANCE THEATER
ARMSTRONG AUDITORIUM
(Armstrong Technical High School)

ANDERSON'S STUDIO
2323 Seventh Avenue (136th Street)
New York

APOLLO THEATRE
Morris Sussman, Mgr

ARCARO PHONOGRAPH COMPANY
918 Wylie Avenue
Pittsburgh

AVERY NORMAL INSTITUTE
Charleston, SC
T. Newton Owen, principal

BALTIMORE NORMAL SCHOOL
George Harrison, president

BERNICE HAMMOND LEWIS SCHOOL OF DANCE
3022 14th St, NE
Bernice H. Lewis, Directress

BOOKER T.

BRANCH NORMAL COLLEGE
Pine Bluff, Arkansas
F.T. Venegar, principal

BREWER NORMAL SCHOOL
Greenwood, SC
Homer W. Stevens, principal

CAPITOL SCHOOL OF PHOTOGRAPHY
1813 18th Street, NW
Robert S. Scurlock, Director

CARMEN SHEPPERD SCHOOL OF MUSIC
New York

CARVER THEATRE
2405 Nichols Ave., SE
[Nichols Avenue was renamed Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, SE in the 70s]

CHICAGO MUSIC ASSOCIATION
Josephine C. Inniss, head of Junior Musicians

COLORED AGRICULTURAL AND NORMAL UNIVERSITY
Langston, OK
Inman E. Page, president

COLORED DRUGGIST ASSOCIATION OF DC
Dr. Edward F. Harris, Founder

COSMOPOLITAN MUSIC STUDY CLUB

COSMOPOLITAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND FINE ARTS
Lillian M. LeMon, Head of Piano Department

DALE RADIO CO
5113 Georgia Avenue, NW

DRA-MU OPERA COMPANY
Mr. Raymon L. Smith
130 N Sickel street
Philadelphia

DUNBAR THEATRE
Seventh/T Streets, NW

E. ALDAMA JACKSON
355 145th Street,
New York

EUGENE L. HENRY (Sheet music for pianists)
1587 Broadway
New York

FRANCIS JR. HIGH SCHOOL
24th and N Streets, NW

FISK CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
Lee C. Holden, Director (1926)

FISK MOZART SOCIETY
Nashville

FLORENCE J. MILLS
Organist at St. Augustine's Church

FRANCES KRAFT RECLING MUSIC
210 West 125th St
New York

GARNETT PATTERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL
2001 10th St, NW
Washington, DC

GEORGE MINOT JONES
1525 8th St, NW
Washington, DC

GRACE JONES ORCHESTRA

GRACE SWEENY
Organist at St. Augustine's Church

GRIFFITH STADIUM
7th and Georgia Ave, NW

GWENDOLINE MOORE BAYLEY'S MUSIC STUDIO
.....51 East 129th Street, Amsterdam News, 2/11/39 (20)

FLORIDA NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE

HANDY, WILLIAM C.
19 Chester Drive
Yonker, NY

HARRIET TUBMAN TERRACE HOUSE
Frankstown Avenue
Pittsburgh
Note: Convalescent home for negro women and girls. Dream of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln.

HARLEM CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
257 Lennox Avenue (at 123rd Street)
New York

HARLEM OPERA HOUSE
125th St, W of 7th Avenue
New York
Frank Schiffman, manager

HARLEM OPERA SOCIETY
New York
Fred Storfer, Musical Director

HARLEM SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
645 St. Nicholas Avenue
New York

HARVEY BAKER STUDIO OF VOICE

HELEN HAGEN
580 St. Nicholas Ave
New York

HEVEN NORMAL ACADEMY
Waynesboro, GA
W.H. Bryan, A.B., prinipal

HOWARD PLEASURE CLUB
1620 14th St, NW
E.C. Morris, Manager

HOWARD UNIVERSITY TEACHERS COLLEGE
Washington
Lewis Baxter Moore, Ph.D., Dean

(MME) HURD FAIRFAX STUDIOS
Teacher of voice and piano
Assistant, Luther E. Jones -concert pianist and organist
2335 7th Ave, Ap1 1
New York

INSTITUTE FOR COLORED YOUTH
Indiana, PA
Hugh M. Browne, A.M., Prinicipal

J. ROSAMOND JOHNSON COMPANY

LAFAYETTE THEATER
Washington, DC
Frank Schiffman, Mgr

LAFAYETTE THEATER ORCHESTRA
Washington, DC
Victor Johnson, Director

LANCASTER NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE
Lancaster, SC
M.D. Lee, A.M., president

LEMOYNE NORMAL INSITUTE
Memphis
Ludwig T. Larson, A.M., president

LENOX PLAYERS

LINCOLN COLONADE
1215 You Street, NW

LINCOLN NORMAL SCHOOL (colored)
Marion, AL
M.L. Phillips, principal

LINCOLN THEATRE

MARTIN-SMITH SCHOOL
139 West 136th Street
New York

METROPOLITAN AME CHURCH
1518 M Street, NW

METROPOLITAN CHOIRS OF WASHINGTON, DC
Maude C. Smothers, Director

MODERN SCHOOL OF MUSIC
3109 Georgia Ave., NW
Arthur E. Smith, Director

MODERN SCHOOL OF MUSIC
749 Park Road, NW

MORRISTOWN NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE
Morristown, TN
Rev. Judson S. Hill, D.D., president

MWALIMU SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Manet Harrison Fowler, Head

MT. MORRIS MUSIC SCHOOL
Director: Novella E. McCrorey

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND ART
1517 R Street, NW

NATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL FOR BOYS
Bladensburg, MD

NEGRO STORY PRESS
4019 Vincennes Avenue
Chicago, IL

NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
447 Lenox Avenue
Robert W. Justice, Director

NORTHEAST STUDIO OF MUSIC
1211 G Street, NE
Theodora West Threlkeld, Directress

NORTHEASTERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Headquarters: Newark:
Board Pres: Harry H. Pace
[Pace, for a number of years was Secretary-Treasurer of the Standard Life Insurance Company of Atlanta]

ODD FELLOWS HALL
9th/T Streets, NW
(white owned: negro music journal 12/1902 (64))

PARKER PIANO STUDIOS
1455 S Michigan Avenue
Chicago

PETERSON HALL YMCA
1719 13th Street, NW
Washington, DC

PHYLLIS WHEATLY YWCA
901 Rhode Island Avenue, NW

PIGSKIN CLUB OF WASHINGTON
Washington, DC

PITTSBURGH COURIER PUBLISHING COMPANY

PLYMOUTH THEATRE
1365 H St, NE

PRAMPIN SCHOOL
131 W 136th Street
Harlem
Harry/Laura Prampin

QUALITY MUSIC COMPANY
1836 7th Street, NW
Washington, DC

RACE STAR RECORDS
918 Wylie Avenue
Pittsburgh

RADIO MUSIC HALL
9th & V Streets, NW
Washington, DC

REGENT MUSIC SCHOOL
Cambridge, Mass
Director: W. THomas Adams

ROBERT NOLAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC
5520 East Warren Avenue
Detroit, MI

ROBERT NOLAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC
11016 Dexter Boulevard
Detroit, MI

ROSS STUDIO OF MUSIC AND DRAMA
7906 Quincy Avenue
Chicago, IL
Ludie Ross Ballard, Founder

SAMMY DYER SCHOOL OF DANCING
3445-45 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL
Virginia Reilly Ballet Instructor

SAMUEL COLERIDGE TAYLOR SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON
John T. Layton, Director
Founded in 1902

SAMUEL FELDMAN MUSIC STUDIO
1538 Ogden Street
Washington, DC

SHELBY NORMAL INSTITUTE
Shelby, MS
J.M. Williamson, Principal

SHERWOOD MUSIC SCHOOL
Illinois

SMALL'S MUSIC SCHOOL
1956 2nd Street, NW, Apt. 1

ST. AUGUSTINE'S SCHOOL
Raleigh, NC
Rev. A.B. Hunter, principal

STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE
Atlanta
[Harry Pace served at Secretary/Treasurer before going on to Northeaster Life.
Standard helped underwrite an Insurance Chair at Howard, Wiley (Marshall, TX) and Morehouse in the 20s]

STATE COLORED NORMAL SCHOOL
Fayetteville
E.E. Smith, president

STATE COLORED NORMAL SCHOOL
Winston-Salem
F.M. Kennedy, principal

STATE NORMAL INSTITUTE
Elizabeth City, NC
P.W. Moore, A.M., president

STATE NORMAL SCHOOL FOR COLORED STUDENTS
Montgomery, AL
W.B. Patterson, principal

STUDIO OF NEGRO OPERA COMPANY
214 West 127th Street
New York

SWIFT MEMORIAL COLLEGE
Rogersville, TN
Rev. W.H. Franklin, D.D., president

TAYLOR UNIVERSITY
1517 Vermont Avenue, NW
A. Langston Taylor, President

THELMA BRUNSON STUDIO (organist)
287 Edgecombe Avenue
New York

THOMAS A. DORSEY -PUBLISHER
755 Oakwood Boulevard
Chicago, IL

THOMAS NEGRO COMPOSERS STUDY GROUP
Blanche Thomas, Director
Joseph Thomas, Business Mgr

TREBLE CLEF CHOIR
14th & W Streets, NW
Washington, DC

TREBLE CLEF CHOIR OF PITTSBURGH
Celebrated its 20th Ann, 11/26/56
Maudelena Johnson, Directress

TRIORA GIRLS
Elaine Durant, accompanist

TURNER'S ARENA
14th & W Streets, NW

TUSKEGEE NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE
Tuskegee, AL
Booker T. Washington, LL.D, principal

ULINE ARENA
3rd & M Streets, NE
Bears the name of Mike Uline

WWDC RADIO STATION

WALLINGFORD ACADEMY
Charleston, SC
Rev. David Brown, D.D., president

WASHINGTON AFRO AMERICAN
1800 11th Street, NW

WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF MUSIC
656 12th Street, NE
Washington, DC

WASHINGTON CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC AND SCHOOL OF EXPRESSION
902 T Street, N.W.

WASHINGTON JUNIOR COLLEGE OF MUSIC
1252 Maryland Avenue, NE
J.L. Eubanks, Director

WASHINGTON NORMAL SCHOOL No. 2 (Colored)
Lucy E. Moten, M.D., principal

WATERS NORMAL SCHOOL
Winton, NC
Rev. C.S. Brown, Principal

WENDELL PHILLIPS HIGH SCHOOL
Chicago, IL

WILBUR P. JOHNSON
Organist, St. Phillips (Brooklyn)

WILSON LAMB'S STUDIO
Metropolitan Building
310 Main Street
Orange, NJ

WILSON WILLIAMS NEGRO DANCE COMPANY
New York

YOUNG MEN'S EDUCATIONAL AID ASSOCIATION
Shawmut Avenue
Boston
Director: W. Thomas Adams