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Collection Number	MS65
Collection Title	Musicians Protective Association, Local 537 (Boise, Idaho) records
Bulk Dates	1910-1931
Library of Congress Subject Headings	Smith, Leon. --Southern Syncopaters (Musical group) --Afro-Americans-Idaho-Boise-Social conditions. --Race discrimination-Idaho-Boise. --Trade-unions-Musicians-Idaho-Boise-Records.
Scope and Content Note	Minute book (1910-1915); cash book (1917-1922); one folder of correspondence, mostly circular letters from the national headquarters of the union (1928-1929); and miscellaneous records. Includes a draft of a letter explaining why Leon Smith and his Southern Syncopaters, a "colored" orchestra, were discouraged from joining the all-white Boise local.
Publisher	Idaho State Historical Society
Contributors	Hart, Hiram A., 1882-1943.
Date digitized	2008-06-26
Type	Text
Format	pdf
Language	eng
Rights	http://www.idahohistory.net/copyrightpolicy.html
Audience	Researchers

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