Sheldon Harris (music historian)
Sheldon Harris was an American amateur jazz and blues historian and collector. His book, Blues Who's Who'', a result of his 20 years of research, details the biographies of 571 singers. It is a recognized reference in the field of blues music. In 1981 it won the Memphis Blues Foundation's W.C. Handy Award and in 1983 won the "Blues Hall of Fame Award" in the classics of blues literature category.Sheldon Harris Collection
Harris donated his collection to the University of Mississippi. It includes over 1,800 78-rpm discs, 589 pieces of sheet music, photographs, and his research materials. The collection is digitized and available online.Books
- 1986: Clyde E. B. Bernhardt, Sheldon Harris, I Remember: Eighty Years of Black Entertainment, Big Bands, and the Blues, 1986, University of Pennsylvania Press,
- 1979: Sheldon Harris, , Arlington House,
