- Creator
- Holt, Stella
- Call number
- Sc MG 226
- Physical description
- 0.21 linear feet (1 box)
- Language
- English
- Preferred Citation
- [Item], Stella Holt papers, Sc MG 226, 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
Stella Holt was the director and producer of the Greenwich Mews Theatre, an Off Broadway theater in New York, New York. A friend of Langston Hughes, she was one of the first producers to use integrated casts. Prior to her career in theater, Holt graduated from Cornell University, worked as a social worker, and managed art exhibitions. The Stella Holt papers include correspondence, news clippings, broadsides, programs, and sheet music relating to various productions at the Greenwich Mews Theatre, as well as materials for the Citizen's Council of the Upper West Side, of which Holt was executive secretary. Also included are several essays, poems, and playscripts, some of which were produced at the Theatre, by Langston Hughes.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Gift, Zaldivar, Gilberto
Gift of Gilberto Zaldivar, 1985.
Revision History
Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark. (2021 July 26)
Processing information
Accessioned by Mary Yearwood, March 1985.
Separated material
Transferred to the Art and Artifacts Division: poster.
Transferred to the Sheet Music collection, Sc MG 915, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division: sheet music.
Bibliography
The New York Times. "Stella Holt Dies; Blind Producer; Greenwich Mews Managing Director for 15 Years." Accessed July 26, 2021, https://www.nytimes.com/1967/08/29/archives/stella-holt-dies-blind-producer-greenwich-mews-managing-director.html.
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