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Owen Mortimer collection

Title
  1. Owen Mortimer collection, 1953-1999.
Author
  1. Mortimer, Owen.

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ContainerBox 1FormatMixed materialAccessUse in libraryCall numberSc MG 424 Box 1Item locationSchomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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  1. Mortimer, Owen.
  2. Ring, Montague.
Description
  1. .2 lin. ft. (1/2 archives box)
Summary
  1. Exhibition and biographical materials relating to Ira Aldridge, and correspondence between his daughter Amanda Aldridge and biographer Owen Mortimer.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
Subject
  1. Aldridge, Ira Frederick, 1807-1867
  2. African Americans in the performing arts
  3. African American actors
  4. African Americans > Biography
  5. Ring, Montague
  6. Ira Aldridge Society
Call number
  1. Sc MG 424
Source (note)
  1. Mortimer, Owen
Biography (note)
  1. 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.
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Author
  1. Mortimer, Owen.
Title
  1. Owen Mortimer collection, 1953-1999.
Biography
  1. 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.
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Added author
  1. Mortimer, Owen.
  2. Ring, Montague.
Research call number
  1. Sc MG 424
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