Letter to Paul Kalmanovitz from the Musicians' Protective Association: Museum Object and Cultural History
Letter to Paul Kalmanovitz from the Musicians' Protective Association: Date: January 25, 1949. Written by: American Federation of Musicians, founded 1896. Received by: Paul Kalmanovitz.
The object in the museum catalogue
Typed business letter on Musician's Protective Association letterhead, from Florence C. Cadrez, Recording Secretary of the Musicians' Protective Association, dated January 25, 1949, addressed to Paul Kalmanovitz, owner of The Jade, pertaining to a claim of non-payment that Bentley had filed against Kalmanovitz on July 31, 1947.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: January 25, 1949
- Written by: American Federation of Musicians, founded 1896
- Received by: Paul Kalmanovitz
- Subject of: Gladys Bentley, American, 1907 - 1960
- Type: letters (correspondence)
- Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions: H x W: 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
- Place depicted: Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Blues (Music)
- Topic: Business
- Topic: Gender
- Topic: Labor
- Topic: Law
- Topic: LGBTQ
- Topic: Nightlife
- Object number: 2011.57.25.2
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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