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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