- Description
- 1 vol.
- Summary
- Advertisements and reviews of plays comprise the contents in the scrapbook. The majority of articles, however, deal with the accomplishments of black people especially in sports.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Schomburg NEH Blacks on Stage: African-American Theater Arts Collections Project.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Scrapbooks.
- Reviews (Criticism)
- Source (note)
- Biography (note)
- An actor and producer, A. Lincoln Harris reportedly was the first black playwright to feature black people in dramatic works. He produced several plays among them "The Advanced Negro," " Waena," "High Life in Haiti" and "A Trusted Friend" that featured the Lincoln Harris Players founded by Harris.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Finding aid available in repository.
- Provenance (note)
- The collection was donated to Helen Armstead-Johnson, and subsequently donated by her, along with other theater related collections, to the Schomburg Center.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part: of Helen Armstead-Johnson Theater Collection.
- Processing Action (note)
- Call Number
- Sc MG 599
- OCLC
- NYPW00-A166
- Author
Harris, A. Lincoln.
- Title
A. Lincoln Harris scrapbook, 1920-1930.
- Biography
An actor and producer, A. Lincoln Harris reportedly was the first black playwright to feature black people in dramatic works. He produced several plays among them "The Advanced Negro," " Waena," "High Life in Haiti" and "A Trusted Friend" that featured the Lincoln Harris Players founded by Harris.
- Indexes
Finding aid available in repository.
- Provenance
The collection was donated to Helen Armstead-Johnson, and subsequently donated by her, along with other theater related collections, to the Schomburg Center.
- Linking Entry
Forms part: of Helen Armstead-Johnson Theater Collection.
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