African American theater
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Chicago Music Association collection
Collection
Identifier: 86
Content Description
This collection is comprised of 7.84 linear feet of printed items of the Chicago Music Association, the first incorporated branch of the National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc. and of collected printed items highlighting the musical activities of the members of the Association, the recipients of its yearly cash awards, and other professional African American musicians, singers and organizations. Formats in the collection include programs, playbills, flyers and newsletters. The bulk of...
Dates:
1936 - 1991, undated
Arnold de Mille papers
Collection
Identifier: 600
Scope and Contents
Photo journalist Arnold de Mille (1908-1996) spent his career capturing the African American experience for the better part of the twentieth century, as well as recording the African experience during a time of volatility and upheaval. His papers and photographs span this storied career with a significant amount of these materials dedicated to beauty culture, the Civil Rights Movement, and his work for the United Nations. Included are issues from the short-lived ...
Dates:
Created: 1942-1996; Other: Majority of material found in 1950-1970; Other: Date acquired: 04/01/2000
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Arnold de Mille papers
Larney Goodkind papers
Collection
Identifier: 726
Content Description
The papers primarily document Larney Goodkind’s client, William Warfield, and highlight Goodkind’s efforts to promote Warfield’s career as an international classical operatic performer. Some materials pertain to other clients as well, including African American soprano Leontyne Price. Formats in the collection include correspondence, concert programs and stage bills, concert reviews, photographs, contracts, biographical sketches, scrapbooks, certificates and awards, press releases, and sound...
Dates:
1948-1997, undated
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Larney Goodkind papers
John O'Neal papers
Collection
Identifier: 279
Scope and Contents
The papers highlight the personal and professional life of John M. O'Neal, Jr. The John O'Neal papers consist of 25.94 linear feet and document O'Neal's artistic style and vision as an African American actor, director, playwright, and community and civil rights activist. The papers are of interest for studying the southern Black Arts Movement and more specifically the Black Theater Movement; the Free Southern Theater; the Civil Rights Movement; voter rights registration; race relations;...
Dates:
Created: 1927-1999; Other: Majority of material found in 1970-1989; Other: Date acquired: 02/01/1983
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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John O'Neal papers
Harold Sylvester Papers
Collection
Identifier: 765
Scope and Contents
The papers of film and television actor, writer, and producer, Harold Sylvester, span over forty years, highlighting not only his career in Hollywood, but also his early theater work in New Orleans, Louisiana. Of note in the papers is Sylvester's participation as a player in the 1965 secret basketball game between the all-black St. Augustine High School team and the all-white Jesuit High School team in New Orleans. In addition, his time as the first African American basketball scholarship...
Dates:
Created: 1965-2012; Other: Majority of material found in 1976-2005; Other: Date acquired: 11/03/2014
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Harold Sylvester Papers
Lillian W. Voorhees papers
Collection
Identifier: 375
Scope and Contents
The Lillian Welch Voorhees papers consist of 21.7 linear feet of items typical of the life of a 20th century educator. The collection also reflects Voorhees's literary and theatrical interests with examples of her own writings, as well as those of her students. Correspondence, 1900-1973 (ca. 8450 items), comprises the largest part of Voorhees's papers. Her literary efforts, 1907-71, are another large section. These include bibliographies; articles; a fragmentary autobiography and...
Dates:
Created: 1892-1973; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1970
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Lillian W. Voorhees papers
Helen R. White collection
Collection
Identifier: 2245
Content Description
The Helen R. White collection is comprised of theater playbills, clippings, concert programs and related ephemera pertaining to performing arts in Chicago. Included are programs for a production of Black Nativity by Langston Hughes; a concert by Leontyne Price; a concert by Pearl Bailey; a production of Martin Duberman's In White America; and a performance by The Singing Whites, comprised of soprano Helen R. White and Lewis V. White. Also included is a program for the 1968 debutante ball of...
Dates:
Other: 1944-1989
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Helen R. White collection