Florence Mills collection 1896-1974 1923-1927

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Florence Mills collection 1896-1974 1923-1927

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Florence Mills (1886-1927), world renowned entertainer during the 1920s. She starred in Lew Leslie's and after a successful run as the lead in . Collection contains personal papers that include biographical information and letters; and professional papers, including letters, contracts and printed materials. Plantation Revue Blackbirds Shuffle Along

.9 linear feet; 2 boxes

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 6317139

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Johnson, Helen A.

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Helen Armstead-Johnson (1920-2006) was an English professor and the founder/director of the Armstead-Johnson Foundation for Theater Research, whose purpose was to collect, preserve, document and exhibit African-American contributions to the American stage. Johnson spent her professional life as an educator, primarily at the college level, and taught for 23 years at York College, City University of New York, until her retirement in 1990. From the description of Helen Armstead-Johnson ...

Mills, Florence, 1895-1927.

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Florence Mills (1895-1927), world renowned entertainer during the 1920s, made her stage debut at age 8, billed as "Baby Florence Mills" in the Williams and Walker's production of "Sons of Ham." She went on to perform with the Bonita Company as one of the singing and dancing "pickaninnies," and later with Ada Bricktop Smith and Cora Green, formed the Panama Trio (1910). Mills married fellow performer Ulysses S. Thompson in 1923. Mills' career took a dramatic turn in 1921 ...

Leslie, Lew, 1886-1963

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Thompson, Ulysses S.

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Helen Armstead-Johnson Theater Collection

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