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Description

1. 1 vol. 2 folders

Summary

1. The Edith Spencer Scrapbook documents Spencer's entertainment career and her subsequent employment as a real estate agent. The contents include newspaper clippings, flyers and a photograph of Spencer, Gee and Anderson.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Schomburg NEH Blacks on Stage: African-American Theater Arts Collections Project.

Subject

1. Spencer, Edith
2. African Americans in the performing arts
3. African American dancers
4. African American singers
5. African American actors

Genre/Form

1. Reviews (Criticism)
2. Scrapbooks.

Call number

1. Sc MG 599

Note

1. Photographs transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division (Schomburg).

Source (note)

1. Helen Armstead Johnson;
2. Helen Armstead Johnson

Biography (note)

1. Edith Spencer was an international singer and dancer who appeared in vaudeville, the theatre and in nightclubs during the 1920s and 1930s. She appeared in the Broadway productions of "Runnin' Wild," "Rarin' to Go," and succeeded Florence Mills in "Shuffle Along." Her performances included club engagements and appearances from New York to Los Angeles, London, Paris, and the Far East. After "Shuffle Along" closed, Lottie Gee and Spencer became partners and formed a sister act that was followed by the addition of Allegretti Anderson. The trio was alternately billed as the Harmony Trio, the Creole Beauties, and the Three Dark Sisters.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Finding aid available in repository.

Provenance (note)

1. The scrapbook was donated to Helen Armstead Johnson by Edith Spencer. It was subsequently donated by Helen Armstead Johnson, along with other theater related collections to the Schomburg Center.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part: of Helen Armstead-Johnson Theater Collection.

Processing action (note)

1. Processed
2. Cataloged

Author

1. Spencer, Edith.

Title

1. Edith Spencer scrapbook, 1916-1946.

Biography

1. Edith Spencer was an international singer and dancer who appeared in vaudeville, the theatre and in nightclubs during the 1920s and 1930s. She appeared in the Broadway productions of "Runnin' Wild," "Rarin' to Go," and succeeded Florence Mills in "Shuffle Along." Her performances included club engagements and appearances from New York to Los Angeles, London, Paris, and the Far East. After "Shuffle Along" closed, Lottie Gee and Spencer became partners and formed a sister act that was followed by the addition of Allegretti Anderson. The trio was alternately billed as the Harmony Trio, the Creole Beauties, and the Three Dark Sisters.

Provenance

1. The scrapbook was donated to Helen Armstead Johnson by Edith Spencer. It was subsequently donated by Helen Armstead Johnson, along with other theater related collections to the Schomburg Center.

Indexes

1. Finding aid available in repository.

Linking entry

1. Forms part: of Helen Armstead-Johnson Theater Collection.

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid