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Minstrel shows

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Crawford Theater collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1387
Abstract:

The collection consists of playbills and programs, photographs in a variety of formats, engravings, posters, clippings, and other printed material which document the performing arts in the United States and throughout the world from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries. Material relating to dramatic performance forms the nucleus of the collection, but dance, opera, motion picture, circus, radio, and television performances are also represented.

Dates: 1663-1992
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > Crawford Theater collection

Orpheus M. McAdoo and Mattie Allen McAdoo papers

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Call Number: JWJ MSS 60
Abstract: The collection consists of material documenting the entrepreneurial and performance activities of Orpheus M. McAdoo as a member of the Jubilee Singers and director of the Virginia Concert Company and Jubilee Singers, as well as material relating to Mattie Allen McAdoo and the McAdoo and Allen families. Highlights include scrapbooks containing announcements, clippings, and ephemera for the Fisk Jubilee Singers Tour of Australia in 1886-1888 and "McAdoo's Virginia Jubilee Singers and Concert...
Dates: circa 1850-1966, bulk 1886-1936
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Orpheus M. McAdoo and Mattie Allen McAdoo papers

Olivette Miller and Bunny Briggs collection

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Call Number: JWJ MSS 364
Scope and Contents: The collection includes materials related to both the personal and professional lives of Olivette Miller and Bunny Briggs. The collection includes Miller's contacts' addresses, correspondence, a scrapbook of clippings, and photographs. Scripts, contracts, and photographs related to Briggs' career are included. Also included are programs from performances that Miller and Briggs appeared in. Photographs and writings related to Flournoy E. Miller's biographical materials potentially relate to...
Dates: 1942-2019
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Olivette Miller and Bunny Briggs collection

The South Before the War Company Papers

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 87
Abstract:

Music and other materials from the touring minstrel show The South Before the War

Dates: [Late 1890s?]
Found in: Gilmore Music Library > The South Before the War Company Papers