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Isabel Harris collection, 1951-1965

 

Summary

Creator:
Harris, Isabel M.
Saunders, Robert W. (Robert William), Sr. (1921-2003)
Abstract:
This collection consists of the professional papers of Isabel M. Harris, a music instructor who taught at historically Black schools in Tampa.
Extent:
0.21 Linear Feet
1 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Isabel Harris collection, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

Background

Scope and content:

The documents contained in the collection were generated from Harris' own music classes and the classes of other teachers at various schools for African American students in Tampa, FL. The bulk of the materials consist of handwritten and typed lesson plans and intructional materials related to music. The collection also includes study guides, programs, bibliographies, student assignments, Harris' notes, and select pieces of sheet music.

Biographical / historical:

Isabel M. Harris taught music at Booker T. Washington Junior High School, the first African American junior high school in Tampa, Florida. Although the school first opened its doors in 1925 as a junior high school, course offerings were soon expanded to include high school classes, making Booker T. Washington the area's only junior high and high school for Black students until the mid-1930s. The school has undergone many changes since, from the district's 1971 desegregation plan to the conversion of the school into a Magnet School for International Studies in the 1990s. Today, Booker T. Washington is an elementary school.

Acquisition information:

Robert Saunders

Donation

Processing information:

processed

Arrangement:

Collection is arranged by type of material.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Terms of access:

None. The contents of the collection may be subject to copyright.  Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/ for more information.

Preferred citation:

Isabel Harris collection, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

Location of this collection:
The University of South Florida, Tampa Campus
4202 East Fowler Ave. LIB122
Tampa
FL
33620-5400
USA