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- Creator
- Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938
- Call number
- *T-Mss 1937-002
- Physical description
- 1 portfolio (38 leaves), 30 cm; 1 portfolio (38 leaves), 30 cm
- Preferred Citation
- List showing the theatres and plays in various European cities where Ira Aldridge, the African Roscius acted during the years 1824-1867/ compiled by Arthur A. Schomburg, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Billy Rose Theatre Division
- Access to materials
- Some collections held by the Dance, Music, Recorded Sound, and Theatre Divisions at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts are held off-site and must be requested in advance. Please check the collection records in the NYPL's online catalog for detailed location information. For general guidance about requesting offsite materials, please consult: https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/lpa/requesting-archival-materials
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Biographical/historical information
Arthur Alfonso Schomburg, black bibliophile, devoted his life to disproving the myths of black racial inferiority and affirming African peoples' role in the making of world civilization. The New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is named for him.
Ira Frederick Aldridge (1807-1867) was one of the most important black actors of the 19th century. He toured for over forty years throughout England as well as in France, Russia, Sweden, Czechoslavakia, Turkey, Germany and Austria playing roles from slaves to Othello.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Manuscript:Using the collection
Location
Billy Rose Theatre DivisionNew York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor