Levy, Lester S.

Abstract Lester S. Levy was a Baltimore, Maryland, businessman; collector of American music related to American history; author; owner of a first edition of the "Star-Spangled Banner"; and president and board member of various Baltimore cultural and philanthropic organizations. In this oral history interview, he discusses his early life and family ownership of M. S. Levy and Sons, straw hat manufacturers, along with anecdotes relating to his sheet music collection and Baltimore friends who are song...