Jester Hairston interview, 1980 October 25

File

Identifier: MSS 9068 File 25

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Part 3 of 3. 1 and 2 missing in recording, available in the transcript.

Dates

Creation: 1980 October 25

Creator

Rosar, William H. (interviewer, Person)
Hairston, Jester, 1901-2000 (interviewee, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Collection of interviews by James D'Arc must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Coordinating Committee.

Biographical / Historical

William H. Rosar has served as the president of the Film Music Society and has written several books on film music. As of 2017, he was a professor at University of California, San Diego.

Biographical / Historical

Jester Hairston was born July 9, 1901, in Belews Creek, North Carolina. He was one of the first black students to be admitted at Tufts University, and later studied music at the Juilliard School. Hairston was a television, radio, and film actor, and a choral director and songwriter. He trained choirs for radio and Broadway musicals and started running his own touring choir in 1943. Hairston died January 18, 2000, in Los Angeles, California.