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Details

Additional authors

1. Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994.

Description

1. 1.5 lin. ft. (1 print box)

Summary

1. The Louis Sharp Scrapbooks are comprised of two volumes, the first, 1926-1946 contains news clippings and programs regarding Sharp's career, initially as a tenor performing in concerts, later as a singer and actor in "Finian's Rainbow" and in Broadway's "St. Louis Woman," and "Haiti," among other productions. There are several congratulatory letters and telegrams, including from Cab Calloway. The second scrapbook 1942-1947 consists of news clippings about African-American sports figures such as boxer Joe Louis and baseball player Jackie Robinson.

Subject

1. African American athletes
2. Black author
3. African American actors
4. African American entertainers
5. Sharp, Louis, 1901-1976
6. African American singers
7. African Americans in the performing arts
8. Scrapbooks
9. Tenors (Singers) > United States

Genre/Form

1. Scrapbooks.

Call number

1. Sc MG 534

Note

1. Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.

Source (note)

1. Bobby Sharp

Biography (note)

1. Louis R. Sharp, African-American singer and actor graduated from the University of Kansas, where he sang with the University quartet. Moving to California in 1926, he studied voice with Theodore Ricardo, and settled in Harlem in the 1930s. A tenor, Sharp performed in concerts and recitals, singing in six languages. In 1931 Hall Johnson hired Sharp as a choral member of "The Green Pastures" in which he also played Cain. He had a major role as Toussaint L'Ouverture in the 1938 Federal Theatre Project's production of "Haiti" opposite Canada Lee's Christophe. Sharp was also in the original Broadway cast of such productions as "Conjur Man Dies," "Mamba's Daughters," "Cabin in the Sky," "South Pacific," "St. Louis Woman," "Finian's Rainbow," and "Set My People Free."

Author

1. Sharp, Louis, 1901-1976.

Title

1. Louis Sharp scrapbook, 1926-1949.

Biography

1. Louis R. Sharp, African-American singer and actor graduated from the University of Kansas, where he sang with the University quartet. Moving to California in 1926, he studied voice with Theodore Ricardo, and settled in Harlem in the 1930s. A tenor, Sharp performed in concerts and recitals, singing in six languages. In 1931 Hall Johnson hired Sharp as a choral member of "The Green Pastures" in which he also played Cain. He had a major role as Toussaint L'Ouverture in the 1938 Federal Theatre Project's production of "Haiti" opposite Canada Lee's Christophe. Sharp was also in the original Broadway cast of such productions as "Conjur Man Dies," "Mamba's Daughters," "Cabin in the Sky," "South Pacific," "St. Louis Woman," "Finian's Rainbow," and "Set My People Free."

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid

Local subject

1. Black author.

Added author

1. Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994.

Research call number

1. Sc MG 534