Correspondence with Amanda Ira Aldridge 1953-1955

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Correspondence with Amanda Ira Aldridge 1953-1955

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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.

.5 lin. ft. (1 archives box)

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section

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