Black nativity files, 1961-1980.

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Black nativity files, 1961-1980.

The BLACK NATIVITY files contain correspondence and memos on the production; various drafts of the script; a production handbook and a few lists of cues, costumes, songs, etc.; publicity including press releases, flyers, posters, pressbooks and production history; programs; photographs and clippings. The show, presented in many different countries, is documented by photographs, programs and reviews. Of interest are carbon copies of letters by Langston Hughes with his handwritten signature and notes added on, regarding efforts to produce BLACK NATIVITY around the world.

3.5 lin. ft. (3 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6706313

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Bradford, Alexander (American portraitist, 1791-1850)

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Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967

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Poet, author, playwright, songwriter. From the guide to the Langston Hughes collection, [microform], 1926-1967, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.) From the description of Langston Hughes collection, 1926-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 144652168 Langson Hughes: African-American poet and writer, author of Weary Blue (1926), The Big Sea (1940), and other works. ...

Williams, Marion, 1927-1994

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Santangelo, Michael R.

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Westinghouse Broadcasting Corporation.

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