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Helen Armstead-Johnson miscellaneous theater collections, 1831-1993

Title: Helen Armstead-Johnson miscellaneous theater collections 1831-1993

The Helen Armstead-Johnson Miscellaneous Theater Collections (HAJMTC) are formed by over two hundred file-folder level collections (1 to 3 file folders per personality/event). The collections contain information dating from the mid-19th century to the late 20th century documenting early dramatic actors, minstrel shows, vaudeville, musical revues, 1920s and 30s Broadway productions, the protest dramas of the 1940s and 50s, plays that came out of the Black Arts Movement of the late 60s and 70s, and theatrical productions of the 1980s and 90s. In addition to actors, playwrights, singers, musicians, and dancers (classical and popular) (e.g. Ira Frederick Aldridge, Eubie Blake and Katherine Dunham), and the productions they appeared in, there are collections for poets, and visual and plastic artists. There are eighteen collections documenting performers of the 19th century; twenty-nine collections covering the period 1900-1919; thirty-seven collections document the 1940s-1950s; and eleven collections for the 1980s and 1990s. The bulk of the collections cover the two most productive periods for black theater: ninety-two collections for the 1920s through the 1930s, and ninety collections representative of the Black Arts Movement.

ArchivalResource: 15.7 lin. ft. (46 hollinger boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/scm/21884 View

Ring, Montague. Shine, pale moon : song / words by Betty Haddon ; music by Montague Ring.

Title: Shine, pale moon : song / words by Betty Haddon ; music by Montague Ring. [1934]

ArchivalResource: 1 ms. score ([4] p.) ; 32 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63552301 View

White, Clarence Cameron, 1880-1960. Clarence Cameron White collection, 1872-1965 (bulk, 1930-1960).

Title: Clarence Cameron White collection, 1872-1965 (bulk, 1930-1960).

The papers of Clarence Cameron White, (1880-1960), renowned violinist, composer and music educator, span the period from 1872 to 1965, and measure nineteen linear feet. The bulk of the papers covers the period from 1930-1960. In 1982 Moorland-Spingarn Research Center acquired the collection from the estate of the late Clarence Cameron and Pura Belpré White (his second wife). White's papers primarily consist of correspondence, writings, programs and photographs documenting his life as a performing artist and composer. The collection also reflects the lives of White's family members, including a noteworthy amount of material related to his second wife Pura Belpré White. (Her primary collection is at The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College). Information relating to organizations he was directly and indirectly associated with can also be found in the papers, as well as a small collection of recordings of White compositions and works by other African American artists.

ArchivalResource: 19 linear ft. (29 boxes)

https://dh.howard.edu/finaid_manu/212/ View

Correspondence with Amanda Ira Aldridge, 1953-1955

Title: Correspondence with Amanda Ira Aldridge 1953-1955

Biographer of Ira Aldridge, the free born African-American actor who achieved fame in Europe for his interpretation of Shakespearean roles from the 1820s to his death in 1867. Mortimer began collecting materials on Aldridge after his migration to the United States in 1946, some of which were exhibited at the Chicago Public Library in 1954. His biography Speak of Me As I Am: the Story of Ira Aldridge was published in 1989. Owen Mortimer is a native of Australia. Exhibition and biographical materials relating to Ira Aldridge, and correspondence between his daughter Amanda Aldridge and biographer Owen Mortimer.

ArchivalResource: .5 lin. ft. (1 archives box)

http://archives.nypl.org/scm/20644 View

White, Clarence Cameron, 1880-1960. Clarence Cameron White papers (Additions), 1906-1963.

Title: Clarence Cameron White papers (Additions), 1906-1963.

The Clarence Cameron White papers (Additions) reflect the musical career of this composer, violinist and music teacher covering the last twenty years of his life from approximately 1940 to 1960. Included are correspondence, manuscript and printed music, programs, press releases, writings and scrapbooks.

ArchivalResource: 20.2 lin. ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122455215 View

Johnson, Helen A. Helen Armstead-Johnson miscellaneous theater collections, 1831-1993.

Title: Helen Armstead-Johnson miscellaneous theater collections, 1831-1993.

The Helen Armstead-Johnson Miscellaneous Theater Collections (HAJMTC) are formed by over two hundred file-folder level collections (1 to 3 file folders per personality/event). The collections contain information dating from the mid-19th century to the late 20th century documenting early dramatic actors, minstrel shows, vaudeville, musical revues, 1920s and 30s Broadway productions, the protest dramas of the 1940s and 50s, plays that came out of the Black Arts Movement of the late 60s and 70s, and theatrical productions of the 1980s and 90s. In addition to actors, playwrights, singers, musicians, and dancers (classical and popular) (e.g. Ira Frederick Aldridge, Eubie Blake and Katherine Dunham), and the productions they appeared in, there are collections for poets, and visual and plastic artists. There are eighteen collections documenting performers of the 19th century; twenty-nine collections covering the period 1900-1919; thirty-seven collections document the 1940s-1950s; and eleven collections for the 1980s and 1990s. The bulk of the collections cover the two most productive periods for black theater: ninety-two collections for the 1920s through the 1930s, and ninety collections representative of the Black Arts Movement.

ArchivalResource: 15.7 lin. ft. (46 hollinger boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122363936 View

Christopher A. Reynolds Collection of Women's Song, circa 1800-1985

Title: Christopher A. Reynolds Collection of Women's Song circa 1800-1985

Christopher A. Reynolds, Professor of Music at the University of California, Davis, has identified and collected sheet music written by women composers active in North America and England. This collection contains over 2200 songs and song publications mostly published between 1850 and 1950. The collection is primarily made up of songs, but there are also many works for solo piano as well as anthems and part songs. In addition there are books written by the women song composers, a letter written by Virginia Gabriel in the 1860s, and four letters by Mrs. H.H.A. Beach to James Francis Cooke from the 1920s.

ArchivalResource: 8.4 linear feet

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt1t1nf085 View

Ring, Montague. Pent : song / words by Georgia Douglas Johnson ; music by Amanda Ira Aldridge.

Title: Pent : song / words by Georgia Douglas Johnson ; music by Amanda Ira Aldridge. [between 1930 and 1952]

ArchivalResource: 1 ms. score ([3] p.) ; 31 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63552300 View

Clarence Cameron White papers (Additions), 1906-1963

Title: Clarence Cameron White papers (Additions) 1906-1963

The Clarence Cameron White papers (Additions) reflect the musical career of this composer, violinist and music teacher covering the last twenty years of his life from approximately 1940 to 1960. Included are correspondence, manuscript and printed music, programs, press releases, writings and scrapbooks.

ArchivalResource: 20.2 lin. ft.

http://archives.nypl.org/scm/20891 View

Walker-Hill, Helen. Collection. 1887-

Title: Collection. 1887-

Correspondence and research files concerning black women composers, plus files of music scores, photographs, and taped interviews chiefly created during Walker-Hill's research for her book From Spirituals to Symphonies: African-American Women Composers and Their Music (Greenwood Press, 2002) and her published editions of music by black women composers.

ArchivalResource: 40 boxes (21.5 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122273001 View

Ring, Montague. Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1930-1940.

Title: Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1930-1940.

ArchivalResource: 8 items (11 l.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63561140 View