EDMOND DÉDÉ LETTER

(Mss 117)

Inventory

Earl K. Long Library

University of New Orleans

November 1978

Contents

Summary

Biographical Note

Container List

Index Terms

Procedures for Requesting Special Collections Materials

Summary

Size: 1 item

Geographic

locations: New Orleans, Louisiana

Inclusive dates: ca. 1894

Summary: Edmond Dédé to Monsieur S. Perrault, Secretary of the Société des Jeunes Amis, a Black Creole organization of New Orleans. Penciled note on back of envelope written by Marcus Christian, author and historian.

Related

collections: Société des Jeunes Amis Collection (Mss 25)

Source: Gift of Joseph Logsdon, November 1978

Access: No restrictions

Copyright: Physical rights are retained by the Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans.

Citation: Edmond Dédé Letter, Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans. Note: The collection originally was named the Joseph Logsdon Collection because it was donated by Dr. Logsdon. After Dr. Logsdon’s papers also were given to the library, the title of this collection was changed to reflect its content and to permit Dr. Logsdon’s name to be associated with his own papers.

Biographical Note

A black Creole born in 1829, Edmond Dédé began his musical studies in his native New Orleans. In 1857 he traveled to Europe and continued his education at the Paris Conservatory of Music. Dédé later served as director of the Alcazar Orchestra in Bordeaux. In 1893 he returned to New Orleans to give several concerts. He died in Paris in 1903.

Container List

117-1 A.L.S. with cover from Edmond Dédé to Monsieur S. Perrault, Secretary of the Société des Jeunes Amis. ca. 1894.

Index Terms

Christian, Marcus Bruce

Dédé, Edmond

Logsdon, Joseph

Perrault, S.

Société des Jeunes Amis (Organization)