Douglas Turner Ward Papers (MS Thr 2176). Houghton Library, Harvard University.

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Douglas Turner Ward Papers (MS Thr 2176). Houghton Library, Harvard University.

circa 1950-2019

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou03445/catalog

Papers of actor, playwright, director and theatrical producer Douglas Turner Ward

12 linear feel (14 boxes)

eng, Latn

Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11665758

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Ward, Douglas Turner, 1930-2021

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Negro Ensemble Company co-founder, actor, director, and playwright Douglas Turner Ward was born Roosevelt Ward, Jr. on May 5, 1930, in Burnside, Louisiana. Ward was a descendant of General Nathan Bedford Forrest, founder of the Ku Klux Klan; his great, great, great-grandmother, Elnora, owned as a slave by Forrest, bore a child with him. Ward's parents, Roosevelt Ward and Dorothy Short Ward were field hands, but they owned their own tailoring business. Raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, and attend...