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Bennington College History: Black Music: Documents and Articles

A guide to the history of Black Music at Bennington College.

Documents

Black Music Record Collection
This is a list of records (LPs) in the Black Music Library collections. The records were on reserve in Crossett Library. Students submitted a list of requested records (up to 5) and reserved a time in the listening room (Jennings 214). The records were delivered to the room for the allotted listening time in 90 minutes blocks. The Listening Room was open 1:00 pm-3:00 pm and 7:00 pm-10:00 pm Mon-Fri, 1:00-4:00 pm Sat & Sun. A "Listening Room Monitor" was available during these hours.

Proposal for a Department of Black Music Jimmy Cheatham, 1972

Press Release about the Black Music Division 1973

Statement of Intents and Purposes with Regard to Being a Division Among Divisions at Bennington College, 1974

Bill Dixon Interview 1975 (audio)

Open Letter to the Community about the Black Music Division. Jeff Hoyer 1976

THIS //// is OUR Strategy 1976

Documents Relating to the Black Music Division External Review Committee Visit 1981

Articles

1973

Black Musical Happening article

Bill Dixon Directs "Sequences and Events in Music" article

1975

Three Events in Black Music Article

1977

Reflections on June '77 Black Music Article

1980

Faculty Division: Black Music Quadrille vol 13 no. 4

2010

Remembering Bill Dixon, Bennington Faculty Member, 1968-1995

2012

His Own Drummer. After 39 years, beloved faculty member Milford Graves retires. Bennington: The Alumni Magazine. Summer 2012

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Subjects: Bennington College History, For Faculty, Music

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