Title

Leigh Rollin Whipper papers, 1861-1963.

Author

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

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Details

Additional Authors

• Grainger, Porter.
• Whipper, Leigh R. (Leigh Rollin), 1877-1975.

Description

• .4 lin. ft.
• 1 microfilm reel.

Subjects

• African American actors
• African American entertainers
• African American actors > Societies, etc
• African Americans in the performing arts
• Whipper, Leigh R (Leigh Rollin), 1877-1975
• African American motion picture actors and actresses
• Poems
• Autographs
• Photographic prints
• Negro Actors Guild of America
• Revues > United States > History and criticism
• Scrapbooks

Genre/Form

• Autographs.
• Photographic prints.
• Poems.
• Scrapbooks.

Access (note)

• Researchers are restricted to microfilm copy.

Reproduction (note)

• Microfilm.

Biography (note)

• Character actor in the movies and theater, a founder of the Negro Actors Guild of America.

Processing Action (note)

• Surveyed
• Processed
• Cataloging updated

Call Number

Sc MG 47

Author

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

Title

Leigh Rollin Whipper papers, 1861-1963.

Access

Researchers are restricted to microfilm copy.

Summary

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.

Reproduction

Microfilm. New York : New York Public Library, 1980. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (MN *ZZ-17949)

Biography

Character actor in the movies and theater, a founder of the Negro Actors Guild of America.

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Finding Aid

Added Author

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

Grainger, Porter.

LCCN

ms 82001364

Research Call Number

Sc MG 47

Sc Micro R-3807