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Leigh Rollin Whipper papers

Title
Leigh Rollin Whipper papers, 1861-1963.
Author
Whipper, Leigh R. (Leigh Rollin), 1877-1975.
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Additional Authors
Grainger, Porter.
Description
  • .4 lin. ft.
  • 1 microfilm reel.
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.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Autographs.
  • Scrapbooks.
  • Poems.
  • Photographic prints.
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
OCLC
NYPW89-A228
Author
Whipper, Leigh R. (Leigh Rollin), 1877-1975.
Title
Leigh Rollin Whipper papers, 1861-1963.
Access
Researchers are restricted to microfilm copy.
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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Added Author
Whipper, Leigh R. (Leigh Rollin), 1877-1975.
Grainger, Porter.
LCCN
ms 82001364
Research Call Number
Sc MG 47
Sc Micro R-3807
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