Research Catalog

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Description

1. 1 portfolio (38 leaves); 30 cm.

Summary

1. Typescript.

Subject

1. Aldridge, Ira Frederick, 1807-1867
2. Actors, Black

Call number

1. *T-Mss 1937-002

Note

1. Formerly cataloged in the Library's Cage files.

Access (note)

1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Biography (note)

1. Arthur Alfonso Schomburg, black bibliophile, devoted his life to disproving the myths of black racial inferiority and affirming African peoples' role in the making of world civilization.
2. Ira Frederick Aldridge (1807-1867) was one of the most important black actors of the 19th century.

Author

1. Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938.

Title

1. List showing the theatres and plays in various European cities where Ira Aldridge, the African Roscius acted during the years 1824-1867/ compiled by Arthur A. Schomburg

Imprint

1. 193?

Restricted access

1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Biography

1. Arthur Alfonso Schomburg, black bibliophile, devoted his life to disproving the myths of black racial inferiority and affirming African peoples' role in the making of world civilization. The New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is named for him.
2. Ira Frederick Aldridge (1807-1867) was one of the most important black actors of the 19th century. He toured for over forty years throughout England as well as in France, Russia, Sweden, Czechoslavakia, Turkey, Germany and Austria playing roles from slaves to Othello.

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Research call number

1. *T-Mss 1937-002