Series 2
Theater,
1936-1988
2 linear ft. (4 boxes) and 8 oversized papers (OP4-11)
Scope and Content Note
The series consists of materials relating to African American theater including dissertations, printed material relating to Porgy and Bess, and materials documenting the American Negro Theatre. Dissertation topics include the Negro Guild of America, the Mercury Theater (New York, New York), and African drama.
Arrangement Note
Arranged by type of record.
| General | ||
| Box | Folder | Content |
|---|---|---|
| 74 | 1 | African theater articles |
| 74 | 2 | African theatre clippings, 1972-1979 |
| 74 | 3 | African theatre programs |
| 74 | 4 | Afrika Cultural Centre (Johannesburg, South Africa): Printed material |
| 74 | 5 | American Negro Theatre: Constitution, June 5, 1940 |
| 74 | 6 | American Negro Theatre: Membership list, circa 1940 |
| 74 | 7 | American Negro Theatre: Newsletter, The ANT Heap, Vol. 1, No. 1 |
| 74 | 8 | Black Theatre Alliance, clippings |
| 74 | 9 | Black Theatre Alliance, printed material |
| 74 | 10 | Black Theatre Alliance, records |
| 74 | 11 | Capital Players of Federal City College, programs |
| 74 | 12 | Howard University Players, correspondence |
| 74 | 13 | Howard University Players, printed material |
| 74 | 14 | Milner, Ron, printed material |
| 74 | 15 | Porgy and Bess: Reviews, Russia, Poland and Czechoslovakia, December 1955-February 1956 |
| 74 | 16 | Porgy and Bess: Newspaper clippings and articles, circa 1951-1958 |
| 75 | 1 | Tanner, Jo collection [photocopy] |
| 75 | 2 | University of the District of Columbia, programs |
| Writings/Dissertations | ||
| 68 | 1 | Christian, Samuel, "Four African American Female Playwrights, 1910-1950: The Narratives of Their Historical, Genteel, and Black Folk Voodoo Plays", City University of New York, 1995 |
| 68 | 2 | Cowan, Mary Frances, "The Negro in the American Drama, 1877-1900," Howard University, May 15, 1950 |
| 68 | 3 | Daniel, Walter, C., "Richard B. Harrison as "De Lawd" in "The Green Pastures"," typescript |
| 68 | 4 | Dewberry, Jonathan, "Black Actors Unite: The Negro Guild of America, 1937-1982", dissertation [1 of 3] |
| 68 | 5 | Dewberry, Jonathan, "Black Actors Unite: The Negro Guild of America, 1937-1982", dissertation [2 of 3] |
| 69 | 1 | Dewberry, Jonathan, "Black Actors Unite: The Negro Guild of America, 1937-1982", dissertation [3 of 3] |
| 69 | 2 | Edmonds, Randolph, "The Negro in the American Theatre, 1700-1969," undated |
| 69 | 3 | Edmonds, Randolph, "The Negro in the Western World Theatre," Tallahassee, Florida: Florida A and M College, undated |
| 69 | 4 | Gray, Rudy, "The African American Male's Family Relationships in Black Plays: Their Evolution and Meaning", City University of New York, 1994 [1 of 3] |
| 69 | 5 | Gray, Rudy, "The African American Male's Family Relationships in Black Plays: Their Evolution and Meaning", City University of New York, 1994 [2 of 3] |
| 70 | 1 | Gray, Rudy, "The African American Male's Family Relationships in Black Plays: Their Evolution and Meaning", City University of New York, 1994 [3 of 3] |
| 70 | 2 | Hall, Ardencie, "New Orleans Jazz Funerals: Transition to the Ancestors", New York University, 1998 |
| 70 | 3 | Herrero, Olga Barrios, The Black Theatre Movement in the United States and South Africa, University of California Los Angeles, 1991 |
| 71 | 1 | Marshall, Herbert, "The Art and Roles of Ira Aldridge," undated |
| 71 | 2 | Monroe, John G., "Charles Sidney Gilpin: The Emperor Jones", City University of New York, 1974 |
| 71 | 3 | Nouryeh, Andrea J., "A History of the Mercury Theater," dissertation October 1987 [1 of 3] |
| 71 | 4 | Nouryeh, Andrea J., "A History of the Mercury Theater," dissertation October 1987 [2 of 3] |
| 71 | 5 | Nouryeh, Andrea J., "A History of the Mercury Theater," dissertation October 1987 [2 of 3] |
| 71 | 6 | Omodele, Oluremi, "Traditional and Contemporary African Drama: A Historical Perspective", dissertation 1988 [1 of 5] |
| 72 | 1 | Omodele, Oluremi, "Traditional and Contemporary African Drama: A Historical Perspective", dissertation 1988 [2 of 5] |
| 72 | 2 | Omodele, Oluremi, "Traditional and Contemporary African Drama: A Historical Perspective", dissertation 1988 [3 of 5] |
| 72 | 3 | Omodele, Oluremi, "Traditional and Contemporary African Drama: A Historical Perspective", dissertation 1988 [4 of 5] |
| 72 | 4 | Omodele, Oluremi, "Traditional and Contemporary African Drama: A Historical Perspective", dissertation 1988 [5 of 5] |
| 72 | 5 | Peterson, Rachel M., "Adapting Left Culture to the Cold War: Theodore Ward, Ann Petry and Correspondence," University of Michigan, 2008 |
| 72 | 6 | Poag, Thomas Edward, "The Negro in Drama and the Theatre", Cornell University, 1943 [1 of 2] |
| 72 | 7 | Poag, Thomas Edward, "The Negro in Drama and the Theatre", Cornell University, 1943 [2 of 2] |
| 73 | 1 | Salmons-Rue, Janet, Storytelling Theater: Culture, Communication and Community, The Community-Based Arts Project, Cornell University's Center for Theatre Arts and Roadside Theater, 1990-1993 |
| 73 | 2 | Shandell, Jonathan, "The American Negro Theatre: Staging Inter-racialism in Harlem, 1940-1949", Yale University, 2006 |
| 73 | 3 | Tripp, Peter, "Racial Discrimination and its Effect on the Careers of African-American Stage Actors Presently Living in Southern California", California State University, 1994 |
| 73 | 4 | Vojta, Barbara Rothman, "In Praise of African-American Women: Female Images in the Plays of Alice Childress", New York University, 1993 [1 of 2] |
| 73 | 5 | Vojta, Barbara Rothman, In Praise of African-American Women: Female Images in the Plays of Alice Childress, New York University, 1993 [2 of 2] |
| 73 | 6 | Wilson, Robert J., "The Black Theatre Alliance: A History of its Founding Members", New York University, 1974 |
| 73 | 7 | Witherspoon, Kenneth, "Toward a New Black Criticism: A Proposal for the Utilization of Feminist and Archetypal Criticism as the Basis for a Black Critical Approach to Theatre and Plays," undated |
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