| LC control no. | n 90724280 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Memphis Minnie, 1897-1973 |
| Variant(s) | Minnie, Memphis, 1897-1973 Douglas, Minnie, 1897-1973 Douglas, Lizzie, 1897-1973 McCoy, Memphis Minnie, 1897-1973 Douglas, Kid, 1897-1973 Gospel Minnie, 1897-1973 McCoy, Minnie, 1897-1973 Texas Tessie, 1897-1973 Lawlers, Lizzie Kid Douglas, 1897-1973 Ward, Minnie, 1897-1973 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 18970603 |
| Death date | 19730806 |
| Place of birth | Algiers (New Orleans, La.) |
| Place of death | Memphis (Tenn.) |
| Field of activity | Blues (Music) |
| Profession or occupation | Blues musicians Guitarists Singers African American women musicians |
| Found in | Her Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe [SR] 1989- : v. 2, label (Memphis Minnie, blues singer and guitarist) New Grove Amer. mus. (Memphis Minnie (Douglas, Minnie; Douglas, Lizzie) b. 6/3/1896 in Algiers, La.; d. 8/6/73 in Memphis, Tenn.) Before the blues [SR] p1996: v. 3, container (Memphis Minnie) insert (Memphis Minnie McCoy) Harris, S. Blues who's who, 1981 (Douglas, Lizzie "Minnie"/"Kid" (aka: Gospel Minnie/Minnie McCoy/Memphis Minnie/Texas Tessie); b. June 3, 1897, Algiers (Orleans Parish), LA; d. Aug. 6, 1973, Memphis, TN) Grove music online, September 11, 2013 (Memphis Minnie (Douglas, Minnie; Douglas, Lizzie); born June 3, 1897, Algiers, LA; died August 6, 1973, Memphis; American blues singer and guitarist) Oxford music online, September 11, 2013: Encyclopedia of popular music (Memphis Minnie; born Lizzie Douglas, June 3, 1897, Algiers, Louisiana; died August 6, 1973, Memphis, Tennessee; raised in Walls, Mississippi; blues singer and guitarist) Wikipedia, September 11, 2013 (Memphis Minnie; born Lizzie Douglas, June 3, 1897, Algiers, Louisiana; first performed under the name Kid Douglas; blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter; second husband was Kansas Joe McCoy; married Earnest (Little Son Joe) Lawlars ca. 1939; image of gravestone shows name as Lizzie Kid Douglas Lawlers [sic], aka Memphis Minnie, and date of birth as June 3, 1897) Notes on Minnie Ward, via Illinois Writers Project: "Negro in Illinois" Digital Collection, Chicago Public Library, viewed June 28, 2021 ("Minnie Ward (Memphis Minnie) Blues Singer") |
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