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Creator
Stock, Mildred
Call number
Sc MG 177
Physical description
7.42 linear feet (15 boxes)
Language
English
Preferred Citation
[Item], Mildred Stock research collection, Sc MG 177, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library
Repository
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
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Mildred Stock was a writer and researcher, best known for the work, Ira Aldridge: The Negro Tragedian", which she co-authored with Herbert Marshall. The Mildred Stock research collection consists of research files concerning Stock's studies of African American and European stage actors, slavery, and other subjects.

Biographical/historical information

Mildred Stock (1902-ca.1980) was a writer and researcher, best known for the work, Ira Aldridge: The Negro Tragedian, which she co-authored with Herbert Marshall. Stock was born in New York City in 1902. Ira Aldridge: The Negro Tragedian (Macmillan, 1958) was a major work on the nineteenth century African American Shakespearean actor. She also conducted research on other performers and figures in African American history, as well as on slavery, particularly fugitive slaves. Stock died in around 1980.

Scope and arrangement

The Mildred Stock research Collection consists of research files concerning Stock's studies of African American and European stage actors, slavery, and other subjects. The bulk of the collection is comprised of research files and correspondence relating to the book she co-authored with Herbert Marshall, Ira Aldridge: The Negro Tragedian. Included is correspondence, manuscript drafts, notes and clippings pertaining to her research on Aldridge, Thomas Greene Bethune, a.k.a. "Blind Tom," Toussaint Louverture, Paul Cuffe, and fugitive slaves (including Henry "Box" Brown, William and Ellen Craft, Venture Smith, and others). Additional topics of her research were the nineteenth century Irish actor Tyrone Power, and Victoria Woodhull, the nineteenth century women's rights advocate. Musical scores composed by Blind Tom can be found in the collection. Stock also prepared draft manuscripts for baby books aimed at African American, Asian Indian, and general audiences. Some personal papers are also included.

The Mildred Stock research collection is arranged in two series:

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Gift of Andrew Stock, November 1980.

Revision History

Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark. (2021 May 13)

Processing information

Accessioned by Janice Quinter, October 1993.

Separated material

Transferred to the Art and Artifacts Division: artwork.

Transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division: photographs.

Using the collection

Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801
Second Floor