The Arts Archives

Title: "Gertrude Hadley Jeannette papers (1948-2016)"

Description: The papers and archives of Gertrude Hadley Jeannette, a pioneering actor, playwright, and community leader whose work in Harlem's arts scene reflects the spirit of empowerment and creativity fostered by St. Philip's Church. 

Source: New York Public Library 

Link: https://archives.nypl.org/scm/29942#access_use

Title: "Harkening Back To 'Four Saints' During The Harlem Renaissance"

Description: Four Saints in Three Acts—a groundbreaking 1934 opera by Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein that united modernist art, an all-Black Harlem cast, and spiritual themes rooted in the Harlem Renaissance’s church community, including ties to institutions like St. Philip’s Episcopal Church that nurtured much of the era’s musical talent.

Source: WOSU Public Media 

Link: https://www.wosu.org/show/classical-101-by-request/2018-08-06/harkening-back-to-four-saints-during-the-harlem-renaissance

Free Streaming of the Work in its Entirety: https://www.nonesuch.com/albums/four-saints-three-acts

Libretto (Script) PDF Download: https://www.scribd.com/document/700648195/Four-Saints-in-Three-Acts

Publication(s): Watson, Steven. 1998. Prepare for Saints: Gertrude Stein, Virgil Thomson, and the Mainstreaming of American Modernism. New York, NY: Random House.