Research Catalog

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Found in

1. p1pc Stock, Mildred Mildred Stock research collection, 1940-1975 (OCoLC)122456229

Description

1. 25 items (one folder); 26 x 21 cm and smaller.

Summary

1. Collection consists mainly of studio portraits of actor Ira Aldridge and photographic reproductions of artists' renderings of Aldridge's stage performances that were compiled for research and inclusion in Mildred Stock and Herbert Marshall's book "Ira Aldridge: the Negro Tragedian," published in 1958. Also depicted are some of Aldridge's children and views of places associated with Aldridge.
2. Included are studio portraits of Aldridge in dress attire (1840s-1860s); a portrait of Aldridge with his eldest son Ira Daniel (ca. 1840s); photographic and illustrated portraits of Aldridge in his stage portrayals of Othello, Shylock, King Lear, Mungo from "The Padlock," and Aaron from "Titus Andronicus" (ca. 1830s-1860s); studio portraits of his daughter, opera singer Irene Luranah Aldridge (n.d.), and his son Ira Frederick Olaf Aldridge as a child (1870s); and views of Aldridge's grave in Łódź, Poland (n.d.), and his former home in Kentish Town, London, England (1956).

Subject

1. Aldridge, Ira Frederick, 1807-1867
2. Aldridge, Ira Frederick, 1807-1867 > Tombs > Poland > Łódź
3. Aldridge, Ira Frederick, 1807-1867 > Homes and haunts > England
4. Gelatin silver prints > 1950-1959
5. Reproductions > 1950-1959
6. Portrait photographs > 1950-1959
7. African American families > Europe
8. African Americans in the performing arts
9. African American actors > Europe
10. Aldridge, Ira Frederick Olaf
11. Aldridge, Irene Luranah, 1860-1932
12. Aldridge, Ira Daniel, 1847-

Genre/Form

1. Portrait photographs – 1950-1959.
2. Reproductions – 1950-1959.
3. Gelatin silver prints – 1950-1959.

Call number

1. Sc Photo Mildred Stock Research Collection

Note

1. Title taken from Mildred Stock Research Collection.
2. Many items bear handwritten notations on verso; some items bear handwritten captions on verso; some items bear typewritten captions attached to verso; some items bear printed captions on recto. Some captions are in Russian or Polish.
3. Some items bear exhibition hand stamp on verso. Some items are duplicates.

Terms of use (note)

1. Some items may be under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography (note)

1. MIldred Stock, 1902-1980?, was the researcher and co-author of the book "Ira Aldridge: the Negro Tragedian," published in 1958.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Mildred Stock Research Collection, 1940-1975.

Publications (note)

1. Ira Aldridge: the Negro tragedian / by Herbert Marshall and Mildred Stock. New York : Macmillan, 1958.

Author

1. Stock, Mildred, compiler.

Title

1. Mildred Stock research photograph collection.

Production

1. [1958?]

Type of content

1. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Terms of use

1. Some items may be under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography

1. MIldred Stock, 1902-1980?, was the researcher and co-author of the book "Ira Aldridge: the Negro Tragedian," published in 1958.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Mildred Stock Research Collection, 1940-1975.

Publications

1. Ira Aldridge: the Negro tragedian / by Herbert Marshall and Mildred Stock. New York : Macmillan, 1958.

Local note

1. Sc MG 177

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Found in:

1. p1pc Stock, Mildred Mildred Stock research collection, 1940-1975 (OCoLC)122456229

Research call number

1. Sc Photo Mildred Stock Research Collection