Marguerite Sanford Warner (1890-1978), devoted her life to music within the African American community of Cleveland, Ohio. A native of Wichita, Kansas, Warner completed her undergraduate work in elementary education and music at Emporia State Teachers' College before moving to Cleveland in 1919. She married Frank Warner, an insurance salesman and actor at Karamu Theatre, in 1940. During her career she gave private lesson in both piano and organ, served as the regular organist for at least five Cleveland churches, including the Antioch Baptist Church from 1934-1944 and 1950-1971, served on the faculty of the Sutphen School of Music at the Phillis Wheatley Association from the 1950s through the 1970s, and made guest appearances throughout the Cleveland area. She was a member of the Cleveland Chapter of the national Negro Music Association, American Guild of Organists, and Concordia Bible Class.
The Marguerite Sanford Warner Papers, 1925-1980 and undated, consist of scrapbooks, correspondence, clippings, and memorabilia including programs, certificates, and newsletters.
The collection pertains primarily to Warner's musical career with the and involvement in the African American community in Cleveland, Ohio, particularly through the Antioch Baptist Church and Sutphen School of Music.
The collection is arranged by document type and then chronologically.
Processed by Bari Oyler Stith in 1988.
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[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4217 Marguerite Sanford Warner Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Ardelia Bradley Dixon, 1985.
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