Leigh Rollin Whipper papers, 1861-1963.

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Leigh Rollin Whipper papers, 1861-1963.

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Correspondence, plays, poems, sketches, and song lyrics by Whipper and others, including a musical comedy by Whipper and Porter Grainger entitled "We's Risin': A Story of the Simple Life in the Souls of Black Folk." Majority of the correspondence is congratulatory. Also, photographs and scrapbook of highlights in Whipper's career and programs, autograph books, and contracts pertaining to his career.

Originals: .4 lin. ft.Copies: 1 microfilm reel.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6686062

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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Grainger, Porter

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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...

Whipper, Leigh R. (Leigh Rollin), 1877-1975

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Character actor in the movies and theater, a founder of the Negro Actors Guild of America. From the description of Leigh Rollin Whipper papers, 1861-1963. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122346178 African American actor and playwright. From the description of Papers, 1864-1965. (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 70941227 Leigh Whipper, one of America's best known character actors, was born in Charleston, South Carolina o...