William Grant Still

William Grant Still Exhibition

Family and Pets



Family & Pets This is a compilation of Still's family and favorite dogs. We see here Anne Fambro (Still's grandmother), William Grant Still Sr. (his father), Carrie Lena Fambro Still (his mother), Charles B. Shepperson (his stepfather), the composer, his second wife Verna Arvey, their two children Judith and Duncan and family pets, Shep, for whom Still wrote Quit dat fool'nish, a short humorous piece, and Ozma, another dog.



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A project of The Digital Scriptorium, Special Collections Library, Duke University. September 1995
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