Information and resources collected by Tidwell at the Center for Black Music Research (CBMR). Includes correspondence between Tidwell and Dr. Samuel Floyd of the CBMR regarding the Midwest Modern Language Association; CBMR Digest Vol 6 No 2-3; photocopy of Associated Negro Press article from 1939 by Davis titled "Russia Honors a Negro"; photocopy of "Greater Provident Hospital" article by Davis and John W. Lawlah, M.D.; photocopy of Chicago Tribune article titled "America's music road" from July 4, 1993; photocopy of editorials from New Art Examiner May 1993 about artists in Chicago; and a photocopy of Chicago Defender article from April 19, 1994 titled "Black scholars write book on Blacks, media."