[2] Some of her archives, including, manuscripts, scores, and correspondence, is in the Library of Congress[1] and in the Amistad Research Center at Tulane University.

[4] She later remembered, "It's true that some in both my husband's family and mine ‘crossed over’ to live as whites in their communities.

[2] In 1918, she married William in Cabell County, West Virginia, and the couple moved to Milwaukee.

Cessor continued to help support her family, which now included several small children, by teaching piano.

[2] When Manggrum applied for a summer program at Ohio State University, the dean of the music school, Eugene John Weigel, insisted she enroll for a degree-level course instead.

[4] In her lifetime, Manggrum published a number of works, including seven cantatas now in the Library of Congress.

[10] In the 1980s, she was invited to give her works to the Library of Congress,[11] where the Loretta Manggrum Collection "documents the career of this African American woman, who balanced family, education, and a music career at a time when the nation's social climate seriously impeded the ability of African American women to achieve the kind of success and recognition that Manggrum earned.