H. Lawrence Freeman Papers, 1870-1982 [Bulk Dates: 1890-1954].

Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993

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Marian Anderson was born on February 27, 1897 (although throughout much of her life she gave her birth date as February 17, 1902) in south Philadelphia. Her father, John Berkley Anderson, sold ice and coal and her mother Annie Delilah Rucker Anderson was a former schoolmistress. She was the oldest of three sisters. She began singing when she was six, in the church choir, and by eight had become a regular substitute, filling in for absent sopranos, tenors and even bass. She was presented in one c...

Jones, Robert Edmund

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Robert Edmond Jones was born in 1887, and spent his career as a theater set designer. He also worked on the production of early Technicolor films as a color consultant. As a stage designer, Jones is best known for his simplified sets that complemented the action of a production and his dramatic use of color in costuming and lighting. From the description of Robert Edmond Jones papers, 1916 - 1963. (Wesleyan University). WorldCat record id: 299159602 Jones graduated from Harv...

Elcha, Edward.

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Anita Bush Stock Company.

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Rahn, Muriel

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Freeman, Valdo Lawrence, 1900-1972.

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Black Patti, 1869-1933

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Bush, Anita, 1883?-1974

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Freeman, Anita Grannum, 1908-1999.

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Aframerican Opera Foundation.

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Grand theatre national de Pekin.

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Hipsher, Edward Ellsworth, 1871-1948

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New Lafayette Theatre

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Freeman, Harry Lawrence

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The African-American opera composer Harry Lawrence Freeman, son of Lemuel Freeman and Agnes Sims-Freeman, was born in 1869 in Cleveland, Ohio. The Freeman family had been free landholders in Cleveland for several decades before the Civil War. Agnes is said to have had a beautiful singing voice, and young Harry showed exceptional musical abilities at an early age. By age 12, he organized a boy's vocal quartet, in which he sang first treble, and worked as a church organist. Self-taugh...

Negro Actors Guild of America

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The Negro Actors Guild was established in 1936 in New York City as a welfare and benevolent organization for black performers. The Guild was composed of six committees: finance, administrative, membership, entertainment, sick and welfare, with an executive board to oversee the activities of the committees. The finance committee kept records of all expenditures accrued; the administrative committee's duties were to oversee all office procedures; the membership committee s...

Freeman, Carlotta Louise Thomas, 1877-1954.

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Freeman, Carlotta Thomas, 1877-1954.

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Friends' Amusement Guild.

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