| LC control no. | n 97851466 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Jones, Sissieretta, 1868-1933 |
| Variant(s) | Black Patti, 1869-1933 Jones, Sisseretta, 1868-1933 Joiner, Matilda S., 1868-1933 Joyner, Matilda Sissieretta, 1868-1933 Joyner Jones, Matilda Sissieretta, 1868-1933 |
| Birth date | [1868,1869] 1868-01-05 |
| Death date | 1933 1933-06-24 |
| Place of birth | Portsmouth (Va.) |
| Place of death | Providence (R.I.) |
| Affiliation | Black Patti Troubadours |
| Profession or occupation | Singers |
| Special note | Singer; star of the roadshow Black Patti's troubadours. Her stage name derived from that of opera singer Adelina Patti; her real name was either Sisseretta (originally Sissie Etta) Jones [according to Stearns] or Matilda S. Joiner or Joyner. Data contributed by the Dance Heritage Coalition for the New York Public Library Dance Collection. |
| Found in | Stearns, Marshall Winslow. Jazz dance, 1968. p. 77-78. Mapp, E. Directory of blacks in the performing arts, 2nd ed., 1990: p. 277 (Sisseretta Jones, "Black Patti", Matilda S. Joyner; singer, b. 1/5/1869, Portsmouth, Va.; d. 1933. Daughtry, Willa Estelle. Vision and reality, c2002 p. ix, p. 4 (Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones, married David Richard Jones Sept. 4, 1883.) Sissieretta Jones, 2012 ECIP t.p. (b. Matilda Sissieretta Joyner on Jan. 5, 1868, in Portsmouth, Va.) Sissieretta Jones, 2012, online via Project Muse: t.p. (Sissieretta Jones; 1868-1933) p. 1 (Sissieretta Joyner; d. 24 June 1933 in Providence, R.I.) p. 4 (b. Matilda Sissieretta Joyner on 5 Jan. 1868 in Portsmouth, Va.; extensive footnote documents other birth dates that have been recorded) |
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