Ernestine McClendon papers

id
4236
origination
McClendon, Ernestine, 1913-1991
date statement
1958-1991
key date
1958
identifier (local_mss)
21077
org unit
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
call number
Sc MG 583
b-number
b18103696
total components
11
total series
0
max depth
1
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:59 UTC
updated
2022-02-28 18:56:44 UTC
status note
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unitdate
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unittitle
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physdesc
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repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English"}
origination
{"value"=>"McClendon, Ernestine, 1913-1991", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Actress, comedienne, and playwright Ernestine McClendon was best known as New York City's first Black theatrical agent. The McClendon Agency, later the Ernestine McClendon Enterprises, Inc., maintained offices in New York and Los Angeles.</p> <p>McClendon began her career as an actress during the 1950s and appeared in productions of <span class=\"title\">Raisin in the Sun</span> and Langston Hughes's <span class=\"title\">Simply Heavenly</span>. In 1960, she launched a crusade to get advertising agencies to use Black actors and actresses in commercials, which resulted in her being hired by the agent Lillian Arnold to secure Black talent for Arnold's agency. She would go on to manage Black and white actors for Arnold, as well as for her own agency. Throughout the 1960s, McClendon continued to open doors for Black performers in commercials, television talk shows, and other similar venues.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The Ernestine McClendon papers contain McClendon's scrapbook of responses from ad agencies to her 1960 letter campaign urging them to hire Black actors and actresses. Included in the collection are her resumes, articles and reviews, some letters, contracts, music and lyrics written by McClendon, and a script and other production material for \"Heartbreak by Midnight\", a play she wrote which was later made into a screenplay. There are also jokes and other material for McClendon's comedy routine which she launched in 1984 at age 71.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Ernestine McClendon, 1995.</p>"}
separatedmaterial
{"value"=>"<p>Transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division: photographs.</p>"}
revisiondesc
{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2022 February 17"}
date_start
1958
keydate
1958
date_end
1991
date_inclusive_start
1958
date_inclusive_end
1991
extent_statement
0.21 linear feet (1 box)
prefercite
{"value"=>"[Item], Ernestine McClendon papers, Sc MG 583, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}
abstract
{"value"=>" The Ernestine McClendon papers contain McClendon's scrapbook of responses from ad agencies to her 1960 letter campaign urging them to hire Black actors and actresses. Included in the collection are her resumes, articles and reviews, some letters, contracts, music and lyrics written by McClendon, and a script and other production material for \"Heartbreak by Midnight\", a play she wrote which was later made into a screenplay. There are also jokes and other material for McClendon's comedy routine which she launched in 1984 at age 71.", "generated"=>true}

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