Found 4 collections related to African American entertainers

Correspondence, plays, poems, sketches, and song lyrics by Whipper and others, including a musical comedy by Whipper and Porter Grainger entitled "We's Risin': A Story of the Simple Life in the Souls of Black Folk." Majority of the correspondence is congratulatory. Also, photographs and scrapbook of highlights in Whipper's career and programs, autograph books, and contracts pertaining to his career. less

The Minstrel collection consists of various published minstrel books from an assortment of publishing series. All of the publishing series within the collection are incomplete. The majority of the collection comes from the De Witt's Ethiopian and Comic Drama publishing series, which was published by Robert M. De Witt and the De Witt Publishing House in New York City. Other series include the Ames' Series of Standard and Minor Drama, Baker's Darkey Plays, Denison's Black-Face Series, Fitzgerald Publishing Corporation, the Comic Drama, the Darkey and Comic Drama, and the Ethiopian Dram. The books are organized alphabetically by publishing series and title. It also consists of works written by Frank Dumont, G. W. H. Griffin, A. J. Leavitt, J. C. Stewart, and Charles White. less

James Reese Europe was an accomplished musician, composer, conductor, organizer, and recording artist. The collection primarily consists of photocopied secondary sources, newspaper clippings, and programs collected by James R. Europe, Jr. to document his father's accomplishments. less