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- Creator
- Davis, Ruby Sheppard
- Call number
- Sc MG 517
- Physical description
- .4 linear feet
- Preferred Citation
- Ruby Sheppard Davis scrapbooks, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
- Access to materials
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Actress, singer, poet, playwright. Private secretary to actor Leigh Whipper. Davis' scrapbooks include news clippings relating to Davis' career as a performer; and plays, fables, poems, jokes and gags written by Davis. Also, musical compositions consisting of photocopies of music, 1948-1974; and a scrapbook about Leigh Whipper containing news clippings and other printed material, 1978.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Gift, Davis, Ruby S, 1978Key terms
Names
Subjects
Occupations
- African American actresses
- African American dramatists
- African American singers
- African American women poets
Material types
Using the collection
Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801
Second Floor