Acknowledgements and Bibliography
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the following people for their invaluable support of and contributions to our project:
Sara Dale – Instructional Technologist for Geospatial and Data Services, St. Olaf College
Beth Christensen – Music Librarian, St. Olaf College
Marti Newland – Executive Director and Co-Founder of the H.T. Burleigh Society
Lynne Foote – President and Co-Founder of the H.T. Burleigh Society
Jean Snyder – Author of Harry T. Burleigh: From the Spiritual to the Harlem Renaissance
Emily Hynes ‘18 – PhD Candidate in Musicology, UNC Chapel Hill
Jack Gieseking – Assistant Professor of Geography, University of Kentucky
Sam Parker ‘18 – Independent Web Developer
Ezra Plemons – Instructional Technologist for Digital Media, St. Olaf College
Brian Stevens – Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, West Connecticut State University
Emily Woolf – Digital Archive and Repertoire Administrator, Wigmore Hall, London, UK
David McKnight – Rare Book and Manuscript Library Director, University of Pennsylvania
Grant Olwage – Senior Lecturer, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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