Announcement for Roland Hayes Performance at the Oakland Auditorium Theatre: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A flier advertising a performance of Roland Hayes at the Oakland Auditorium Theatre, Friday November 10, 1961. The flier features a large black-and-white photograph of Hayes, pictured from the shoulders up, his hands held in front of him in a prayer gesture. At the top left corner of the image is red text reading [The / High Priest / Of Song] Beneath the image is a block of black text on a pink background. Large text at the top reads [ROLAND HAYES TENOR] followed by the details of the performance and ticket sales below in smaller black text. The back has another black-and-white portrait of Hayes in the upper right corner along with a timeline with quotes from published reviews of previous performances. Text along the bottom reads [Auspices TODAY'S ARTISTS CONCERTS / Management: Arts Program, Assn. of American Colleges]. The flier is rectangular, but three of the four corners have been cut.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: November 10, 1961
• Distributed by: Today's Artists Concerts, American, founded 1958
• Subject of: Roland Hayes, American, 1887 - 1977
• Type: fliers (printed matter)
• Type: promotional materials
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product) and
• Dimensions: L x W: 10 3/8 x 6 15/16 in. (26.4 x 17.6 cm)
• Place depicted: Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Classical (Music)
• Topic: Composers (Musicians)
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2010.66.111
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Jackie Bryant Smith
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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