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The beauties and the beasts; the mob in show business.
Book/text
New York, McKay [1973]
1973
1 item
Call number | MFL 74-2058 |
Item location | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.
Employment practices in the performing arts. Hearings before the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Eighty-seventh Congress, in second session. Investigation of discrimination practices in the performing arts ...
Book/text
Washington, U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1963.
1963
1 item
Call number | JLE 75-865 |
Item location | Offsite |
Show people : profiles in entertainment / Kenneth Tynan.
Book/text
New York : Simon and Schuster, c1979.
1979
1 item
Call number | NCOM 80-1539 |
Item location | Offsite |
"Snow-business" is two words / by Bob Vincent.
Book/text
Studio City, Calif. : Main Track Publications, 1979.
1979
1 item
Call number | MWET 80-2515 |
Item location | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.
Eusebia Cosme papers, 1927-1973.
Archival mix
1927
3 items
Available online
Call number | Sc Micro R-3619 |
Item location | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Call number | Sc Micro R-3619 |
Item location | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Call number | Sc MG 46 |
Item location | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives. Please contact a librarian for assistance.
Jack Benny portrait collection [graphic].
Picture
<194-?>
1940
1 item
Call number | Sc Photo Benny, Jack |
Item location | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints.
Margarita Benitez portrait collection [graphic].
Picture
<1940?-1959?>
1940
1 item
Call number | Sc Photo Benitez, Margarita |
Item location | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints.
Famous Negro entertainers of stage, screen, and TV / by Charlemae Rollins.
Book/text
New York : Dodd, Mead [c1967]
1967
3 items
Call number | Sc 927.902-R (Rollins, C. Famous Negro entertainers of stage) |
Item location | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Call number | MWER (Rollins, C. Famous Negro entertainers) |
Item location | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre - Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.
Call number | J 927 R |
Item location | Offsite |
Not available - - In use until 2025-06-02 - Please contact a librarian for assistance.
Don Redman photograph collection [graphic].
Picture
[18--?-197-?]
197
2 items
Call number | Sc Photo Don Redman Collection |
Item location | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints.
Call number | Sc Photo Don Redman Collection |
Item location | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints.
West of Broadway; dedicated to the losers of the world. Illustrated by Jean Diehl.
Book/text
Chicago, Sheldon Organization [1960]
1960
1 item
Call number | D-12 5273 |
Item location | Offsite |
Celebrating twenty years : BET Black star power / BET editors with Marie Dutton Brown and Linda Tarrant-Reid ; written by David Earl Jackson.
Book/text
Washington, DC : BET Books, 2000.
2000
1 item
Call number | Sc F 00-448 |
Item location | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Lena Horne photograph collection [graphic].
Picture
[192-?]-1985.
198
1 item
Call number | Sc Photo Lena Horne Collection |
Item location | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints.
Mabel Mercer photograph collection [graphic].
Picture
[191-?]-1986.
198
1 resource
Available online
Eusebia Cosme photograph collection [graphic].
Picture
[193-?]-[197-]
197
3 items
Available online
Call number | Sc Photo Eusebia Cosme Collection |
Item location | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints.
Call number | Sc Photo Eusebia Cosme Collection |
Item location | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints.
Call number | Sc Photo Eusebia Cosme Collection |
Item location | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints.
Horne family research photograph collection [graphic].
Picture
[1887?]-1987.
1887
4 items
Call number | Sc Photo Horne Family Research Collection |
Item location | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints.
Call number | Sc Photo Horne Family Research Collection |
Item location | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints.
Call number | Sc Photo Horne Family Research Collection |
Item location | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints.
James Reese Europe photograph collection [graphic].
Picture
[1915?]-1995.
1915
2 items
Call number | Sc Photo James Reese Europe Collection |
Item location | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints.
Call number | Sc Photo James Reese Europe Collection |
Item location | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints.
Fred H. Wilson papers regarding stilt-walking, 1921-1925.
Archival mix
1921
1 item
Call number | *T-Mss 1941-004 |
Item location | Offsite |
Available by appointment.
Jackie Mason : an equal opportunity offender [videorecording] / Produced by Millenial Entertainment, Inc., Del Jack, and Cress Darwin ; written and directed by Peter Gailey ; A White Star Release/Kultur International Films, Ltd.
VHS
c1995.
1995
1 item
Call number | NCOX 1623 |
Item location | Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT |
Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT.
Black magic : a pictorial history of Black entertainers in America / Langston Hughes, Milton Meltzer.
Book/text
New York : Bonanza Books, c1967.
1967
2 items
Call number | Sc 790.2-H (Hughes, L. Black magic. N.Y. ed.) |
Item location | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Not available - Please contact a librarian for assistance.
Call number | Sc 790.2-H (Hughes, L. Black magic. N.Y. ed.) |
Item location | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Legends : remembering America's greatest stars / Tom Shales.
Book/text
New York : Random House, c1989.
1989
1 item
Call number | MWER 90-390 |
Item location | Offsite |
John W. Cooper photograph collection [graphic].
Picture
[190-]-1999.
199
3 items
Call number | Sc Photo John W. Cooper Collection |
Item location | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints.
Call number | Sc Photo John W. Cooper Collection |
Item location | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints.
Call number | Sc Photo John W. Cooper Collection |
Item location | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints.
[George M. Cohan newsreel footage] [videorecording] / [Produced by] Fox Movietone News, a division of Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
Film, slide, etc.
n.p., 1937.
1937
1 item
Call number | NCOX 838 |
Item location | Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT |
Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT.
One touch of Venus (excerpts) [videorecording] / [Film maker] Ralph Du Bois.
Film, slide, etc.
New York, 1943.
1943
1 item
Call number | NCOX 840 |
Item location | Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT |
Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT.
Larry Steele's "Smart Affairs" / [by A. S. "Doc" Young].
Book/text
New York, N.Y. : Murray Poster Printing, [19--]
19
1 item
Call number | Sc+ G 05-150 |
Item location | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Cartoons and stereotypes [graphic].
Picture
[188-?]-[19--]
195
2 items
Available online
Call number | Sc Photo Cartoons and stereotypes box 2 |
Item location | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints.
Call number | Sc Photo Cartoons and stereotypes box 1 |
Item location | Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints |
Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints.
Sophie Tucker scrapbooks, 1907-1971.
Archival mix
311 items
Available online
Call number | *T-Mss 1966-004 |
Item location | Offsite |
Available by appointment. Please contact a librarian for assistance.
Call number | *T-Mss 1966-004 |
Item location | Offsite |
Available by appointment.
Call number | *T-Mss 1966-004 |
Item location | Offsite |
Available by appointment. Please contact a librarian for assistance.
Rosie O'Donnell : clippings, 1987-2007.
Archival mix
1 item
Call number | MWEZ+ n.c. 30656 |
Item location | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre.
Sophie Tucker autobiographical writings.
Microform
1944
1 item
Call number | *ZL-487 |
Item location | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Available by appointment at Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328. Please contact a librarian for assistance.
Carol Lawrence : clippings, 1955-1998.
Archival mix
1 item
Call number | MWEZ+ n.c. 30680 |
Item location | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre.
Twelfth annual benefit performances : National Vaudeville Artists Fund, April 22nd, 1928.
Book/text
[New York : s.n.,], c1928.
1928
1 item
Call number | MWFH+ 08-284 |
Item location | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.
Frank Sinatra, Jr.: clippings, 1962-2004.
Archival mix
1 item
Call number | MWEZ+ n.c. 30684.16-.19 |
Item location | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre.
Juanita Hall: clippings and ephemera, 1934-1968.
Archival mix
1 item
Call number | MWEZ+ n.c. 30684.07-.09 |
Item location | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre.
The Italian crooners bedside companion / by Richard Grudens ; foreword by Jerry Vale ; [introduction by Frankie Laine].
Book/text
Stonybrook, N.Y. : Celebrity Profiles Pub., c2005.
2005
1 item
Call number | JNE 08-9 |
Item location | Offsite |
Love, Sophie [videorecording] / Produced by Harold Sonin.
DVD
Coconut Creek, Fla., 2007.
2007
1 item
Call number | NCOX 2299 |
Item location | Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT |
Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT.
[Zero Mostel performance / interview reel] [videorecording].
Film, slide, etc.
New York, 1978.
1978
1 item
Call number | NCOX 29 |
Item location | Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT |
Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT.
FINDING AID AVAILABLEHarry Belafonte files, 1954-1981.
Archival mix
1954
2 items
Collection information
The finding aid is a document containing details about the organization and contents of this archival collection. Archival collections may require an appointment to view and use on-site.
Call number | Sc MG 617 |
Item location | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives. See the finding aid for details.
Call number | Sc MG 617 |
Item location | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives. See the finding aid for details.
Nat King Cole photograph collection.
Picture
[between 1938 and 1996?]
1938
14 items
Available online
Call number | Sc Photo Nat King Cole Collection |
Item location | Offsite |
Available by appointment.
Call number | Sc Photo Nat King Cole Collection |
Item location | Offsite |
Available by appointment.
Call number | Sc Photo Nat King Cole Collection |
Item location | Offsite |
Available by appointment.
Ronald Green collection of Sophie Tucker materials, 1908-1980 (bulk 1945-1962).
Archival mix
1908
4 items
Available online
Call number | *T-Vim 2006-010 Box 4 |
Item location | Offsite |
Available by appointment.
Call number | *T-Vim 2006-010 Box 3 |
Item location | Offsite |
Available by appointment.
Call number | *T-Vim 2006-010 Box 2 |
Item location | Offsite |
Available by appointment.
[Gypsy Rose Lee video archive, disc #1] [videorecording]
DVD
c1995, 2009.
1995
1 item
Call number | NCOX 2694 |
Item location | Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT |
Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT.
[Gypsy Rose Lee video archive, disc #2] [videorecording]
DVD
c1995, 2009.
1995
1 item
Call number | NCOX 2695 |
Item location | Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT |
Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT.
[Gypsy Rose Lee video archive, disc #3] [videorecording]
DVD
c1995, 2009.
1995
1 item
Call number | NCOX 2696 |
Item location | Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT |
Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT.
[Gypsy Rose Lee video archive, disc #4] [videorecording]
DVD
c1995, 2009.
1995
1 item
Call number | NCOX 2697 |
Item location | Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT |
Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT.
Gypsy Rose Lee: the home movies (version #1) [videorecording] / [Produced by] Erik Preminger Productions.
DVD
c1998, 2009.
1998
1 item
Call number | NCOX 2698 |
Item location | Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT |
Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT.
Gypsy Rose Lee: the home movies (version #2) [videorecording] / [Produced by] Erik Preminger Productions.
DVD
c1998, 2009.
1998
1 item
Call number | NCOX 2699 |
Item location | Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT |
Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT.
The prettiest girl on stage is a man : race and gender benders in American vaudeville / Kathleen B. Casey.
Book/text
Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2015]
2015
1 item
Call number | Sc E 15-1861 |
Item location | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Fyvush Finkel: acting, jokes, vocals [videorecording]
VHS
1995.
1995
1 item
Call number | NCOX 1798 |
Item location | Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT |
Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT.
Black magic : a pictorial history of the African-American in the performing arts / Langston Hughes, Milton Meltzer ; new foreword by Ossie Davis.
Book/text
New York, N.Y. : Da Capo Press, [1990]
1990
1 item
Call number | Sc *791-H (Hughes, L. Black magic) |
Item location | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference - Open Shelf |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Black magic; a pictorial history of the Negro in American entertainment [by] Langston Hughes [and] Milton Meltzer.
Book/text
Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall [c1967]
1967
4 items
Call number | Sc 790.2-H (Hughes, L. Black magic. N.J. ed.) |
Item location | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Call number | Sc 790.2-H (Hughes, L. Black magic. N.J. ed.) |
Item location | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Call number | MWED (Hughes, L. Black magic) |
Item location | Offsite |
Charles "Chiz" Schultz audio and moving image collection.
Musical recording
[1990]
1968
1 item
Call number | Sc MIRS Schultz 1990-40 |
Item location | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound.
A date with Liberace [videorecording] / The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts presents ; written and developed by Jack Nieman and H. E. Yhoman ; producer, Alan J. Pally ; [videographer] Joe E. Jeffreys.
DVD
New York, 2009.
2009
1 item
Call number | NCOV 4275 |
Item location | Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT |
Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT.