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Guide to the Kerrigan Black Papers, 1963-1993
M0752
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Title: Black, Kerrigan. Papers.,
Date (inclusive): 1963-1993
Collection number: M0752
Creator:
Black, Kerrigan
Extent:
7.5 linear ft.
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Abstract: A musician and composer whose one-man shows delighted and edified thousands of school children in the Bay Area. In the mid-1980s
he developed an original one-man show called "Tryin' to get home" which was based on African American songs. Mr. Black was
born in Chicago, received a BA from Stanford in 1975 and an MA in folklore from U.C. Berkeley.
Includes compositions, files, photographs, sound recordings including an interview with Studs Terkel, video recordings, newsclippings,
and biographical information including material from Black Gay Men United. Also included is a video, "To Marlon with love,"
1992, a tribute to Marlon Riggs which includes some clips of Black talking and singing one of his songs.
Language:
English.
None.
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights
reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To
obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the
Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Purchased, 1995.
Papers. M0752. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
A musician and composer whose one-man shows delighted and edified thousands of school children in the Bay Area. In the mid-1980s
he developed an original one-man show called "Tryin' to get home" which was based on African American songs. Mr. Black was
born in Chicago, received a BA from Stanford in 1975 and an MA in folklore from U.C. Berkeley.
Includes compositions, files, photographs, sound recordings including an interview with Studs Terkel, video recordings, newsclippings,
and biographical information including material from Black Gay Men United. Also included is a video, "To Marlon with love,"
1992, a tribute to Marlon Riggs which includes some clips of Black talking and singing one of his songs.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Riggs, Marlon.
Black Gay Men United.
African Americans--Music.
Gay musicians.
Afro-American musicians.
Terkel, Studs.
The Kerrigan Black Show.
Tryin' to get home.