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Creator
Webb, Alyce Elizabeth, 1930-2000
Call number
Sc MG 694
Physical description
1.25 linear feet (3 boxes)
Language
English
Preferred Citation
[Item], Alyce Webb papers, Sc MG 694, 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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African American singer and actress Alyce Webb performed in several Broadway, Off-Broadway, and dinner theater productions. The Alyce Webb papers document Webb's career in theater, film, and television.

Biographical/historical information

African American singer and actress Alyce Webb performed in several Broadway, Off-Broadway, and dinner theater productions, including Finian's Rainbow (1962) and Lost in the Stars (1972). Webb also made recurring guest appearances on television's All My Children and appeared in films such as Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970), Claudine (1974), Identity Crisis (1989), and Boomerang (1992).

In 1966, Webb toured South America with the U.S. State Department-sponsored Music Theater, USA and received rave reviews. Her other international experience included appearances with the New Zealand Opera Company in New Zealand and Australia; tours with Alvin Ailey and the Robert Shaw Chorale in Asia; as well as tours in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East with Jazz Train and Free and Easy. Webb died on December 12, 2000.

Scope and arrangement

The Alyce Webb Papers document Webb's career in theater, film, and television. The bulk of the collection consists of playbills and playscripts for productions in which Webb performed, or for which she was the stage manager (The Royal Mass of Mogho, A Christmas Carol, Kiss Me Kate and Porgy and Bess). There is also a folder of musical scores from some of these productions. The Personal materials folder records Webb's scholastic achievements and goals as well as her community service. The Professional materials folder contains copies of her resume and contracts. In the Tributes and obituaries folder are tributes to Martin Luther King, Jr., Eubie Blake, Cab Calloway, W.C. Handy, and Ella Fitzgerald, among others.

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Gift of Asta Hairston, 2001.

Processing information

Accessioned by Edwine Ashie-Nikoi, March 2009.

Separated material

Transferred to the General Research and Reference Division: various books and periodicals

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