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List of contents
Guide to the Aldridge Collection
Container list
Ira Aldridge material
Correspondence (13pp.)
[ Box 1 Folder 1 ]
Ira Aldridge – typescripts transcribed from letters
(8)
[ Box 1 Folder 1 ]
Annie Binn to Aldridge
[ Box 1 Folder 1 ]
Mr. & Mrs. Dease (dinner invitation)
[ Box 1 Folder 1 ]
Rosa Hennebert to Aldridge
[ Box 1 Folder 1 ]
R.H. Gibbons & Co. To Aldridge
[ Box 1 Folder 1 ]
Honors and citations (9pp.)
[ Box 1 Folder 2 ]
Hapsburg Court,
1853. Kazan,
1865.
[ Box 1 Folder 2 ]
St. Petersburg. Czar Alexander Nicoliav,
January 9,
1859.
[ Box 1 Folder 2 ]
Documents (copies)
[ Box 1 Folder 3 ]
Marriage certificates (2pp.) - Aldridge & Margaret
Gill,
1825; Aldridge
& Countess Amanda Von Brandt,
1865.
[ Box 1 Folder 3 ]
Verification of birth & death of Rachael Margaret
Frederika Aldridge (1p.)
[ Box 1 Folder 3 ]
Deaths of Ira Aldridge's parents (4pp.) Lurana Aldridge,
1817; Daniel Aldridge,
1840.
[ Box 1 Folder 3 ]
Death certificates (9pp.) Margaret Aldridge,
1864; Amanda Aldridge,
1915; Lurana Aldridge,
1932; Ira Aldridge (Polish and English),
August 8,
1867.
[ Box 1 Folder 3 ]
Memorial by Ira Aldridge for certificate of
naturalization in England,
1863 (4pp.)
[ Box 1 Folder 3 ]
Performance place-list (1p. holograph)
[ Box 1 Folder 4 ]
Contemporary newspaper clippings (16pp.)
[ Box 1 Folder 5 ]
Posthumous newspaper clippings (31pp.); copies of
clippings on Aldridge's death (7pp.)
[ Box 1 Folder 6 ]
Photocopy of photo of the restored gravesite for Ira
Aldridge in Lodz, Poland.
[ Box 1 Folder 6 ]
Belt used by Aldridge as Othello
[ Box 1 Folder 7 ]
Photographs (24pp.) Aldridge in various roles (21);
Roscius; Othello (signed lithograph)
[ Box 1 Folder 8 ]
Photographs (24pp.) Ira Aldridge (mounted;
retouched)
[ Box 1 Folder 8 ]
Tintype photo of Ira F. And Ira D. Aldridge
[ Box 1 Folder 9 ]
Constitution for Poland and Russia,
1863, inscribed to Aldridge
(29pp.)
[ Box 1 Folder 10 ]
Property deeds (2)
[ Box 1 Folder 11 ]
Personal estate materials: will in Vivian Dalrymple's
handwriting; letter to Mrs. Aldridge from
S. May (4pp.); insurance policies (10pp.
oversize)
[ Box 1 Folder 12 ]
Letters to Mrs. Aldridge (4pp.); A. Boeker; H. Reeck
(?)
[ Box 1 Folder 13 ]
Ira Aldridge miscellaneous clippings and photograph
(19pp.)
[ Box 1 Folder 14 ]
Facsimile score,
Possum up a Gum Tree, composed by
Amanda Ira Aldridge; also published as
A South Carolina Negro
Air.
[ Box 1 Folder 15 ]
Amanda Aldridge's scrapbook with photographs, etc. re:
Ira Aldridge (44pp.)
[ Box 2 Folder 1 ]
Cyril B. Andrews, “Black Ebony” manuscript
(151pp.)
[ Box 2 Folder 2 ]
Cyril B. Andrews, “Ira Aldridge: the African Roscius”
notes and mss. with Ida Shepley's
Checkers magazine article
(15pp.)
[ Box 2 Folder 3 ]
Ira Aldridge organizations; Charlotte Marshall “In
Memorium” (3pp.)
[ Box 2 Folder 4 ]
Owen Mortimer, “Mr. Aldridge of the Theatre…;” with
notes (34pp.)
[ Box 2 Folder 5 ]
Edward Scobie's notes from interviews with Aldridge
family (171pp.)
[ Box 2 Folder 6 ]
Aldridge articles (see box 4 for additional articles)
[ Box 2 Folder 7 ]
Dr. McCune Smith, typescript of
Anglo-African Magazine article
(11pp.)
Owen Mortimer, “Ira Aldridge, Shakespearean Actor,”
Crisis,
April, 1955
(17pp.)
[ Box 2 Folder 7 ]
Stanislaw Dabrowski, “Othello on the Lodz Stage in the 19th Century,”
(excerpts,
1947-1948; 3pp.)
[ Box 2 Folder 7 ]
Eugene Szwankowski, “Ira Aldridge in Poland,”
1953 (2pp.)
[ Box 2 Folder 7 ]
Dr. Bernth Lindfors, “Ira Aldridge: Shakespearean Tragedian” (7pp.)
[ Box 2 Folder 7 ]
Miscellaneous brief articles and clippings re: Aldridge (4pp.)
[ Box 2 Folder 7 ]
Materials on Slavery
Bills (2) on the registry and manumission of slaves (20pp.) [ Box 2 Folder 8 ] George III. Act to prevent slave importation (2pp.) [ Box 2 Folder 9 ] Page from The Pictorial Times, 1846 (1p.) [ Box 2 Folder 9 ] The Anti-Slavery Reporter (9 issues, 64pp.) [ Box 2 Folder 10 ] Miscellaneous correspondence re: Ira Aldridge and Amanda Aldridge (copies, 5pp.) [ Box 2 Folder 11 ]
Amanda Aldridge materials
Programs, reviews, clippings; autobiographical statement in Amanda's hand [ Box 3 Folder 1 ] (34pp.) [ Box 3 Folder 1 ] Portrait of Amanda Aldridge by Nellie M.H. Edmunds (1p.) [ Box 3 Folder 2 ] Photographs [ Box 3 Folder 3 – 5 ] Obituary; posthumous article; prayerbook used at Amanda's burial (13pp.) [ Box 3 Folder 6 ] Clippings and reviews of Amanda's students; advertisement for Amanda's teaching with list of her pupils (26pp.) [ Box 3 Folder 7 ] Jenny Lind material (49pp.) [ Box 3 Folder 8 ] Articles on the death of Dr. Phillips (2pp.) [ Box 3 Folder 9 ] Amanda's Schumann songbook (104pp.) [ Box 3 Folder 10 ] S. De Mensenkamp –signed photo (1p.) [ Box 3 Folder 11 ] Fred Aldridge material (6pp.) Includes copy of the score for Luranah by Ira F. Aldridge. [ Box 3 Folder 12 ] Luranah Aldridge material (74pp.) [ Box 3 Folder 13 ] Montague Ring (pseud.) piano-vocal scores, programs (48pp.) The Bride 1910; Mirette; serenade 1934; Supplication 1914; Blue Days of June 1915; Little Rose in My Hair 1917; At Cupid's Ball 1923; Summah Is de Lovin' Time 1925. [ Box 3 Folder 14 ] Carl Henschel, Lullaby autograph mss. (4pp.) [ Box 3 Folder 15 ] M.B. Bridgetower, Diatonica Harmonica mss. (5pp.) [ Box 3 Folder 15 ]
Correspondence
Amanda Aldridge to Cyril B. Andrews,
1940 (5pp.)
[ Box 4 Folder 1 ]
Amanda Aldridge with Vivian Dalrymple,
1950-1952(6pp.)
[ Box 4 Folder 2 ]
Amanda Aldridge with Vivian Dalrymple,
1953 (20pp.)
[ Box 4 Folder 3 ]
Amanda Aldridge with Vivian Dalrymple,
Jan - June, 1954
(47pp.)
[ Box 4 Folder 4 ]
Amanda Aldridge with Vivian Dalrymple,
July - Dec, 1954
(37pp.)
[ Box 4 Folder 5 ]
Amanda Aldridge with Vivian Dalrymple,
1955 (20pp.)
[ Box 4 Folder 6 ]
Amanda Aldridge correspondence from music publishers and
admirers,
1901-1955 (17pp.)
[ Box 4 Folder 7 ]
Marian Anderson to A. Aldridge,
1928-1931 (11pp.)
[ Box 4 Folder 8 ]
Cyril B. Andrews correspondence,
1934-1949 (35pp.)
[ Box 4 Folder 9 ]
Vivian Dalrymple to A. Aldridge,
1954 (8pp.)
[ Box 4 Folder 10 ]
Vivian Dalrymple with Gregory, Rowcliffe & Co.,
1956 (3pp.)
[ Box 4 Folder 10 ]
Vincent D'Indy to A. Aldridge,
n.d. (1p.)
[ Box 4 Folder 11 ]
Charlotte Marshall poem to “Miss Ira Aldridge”
(1p.)
[ Box 4 Folder 11 ]
Roland Hayes to A. Aldridge,
1919-1922 (38pp.)
[ Box 4 Folder 12 ]
Michel Kovatchevitch corr.,
1939-1954 (8pp.)
[ Box 4 Folder 13 ]
Letter to M.K. from A.A. (?) re: photograph sent by
father at her birth,
n.d. (2pp.)
[ Box 4 Folder 13 ]
Michel Kovatchevitch and Vivian Dalrymple corr.,
1956-1957 (39pp.)
[ Box 4 Folder 14 ]
Owen Mortimer correspondence
[ Box 4 Folder 15 ]
Owen Mortimer correspondence to A. Aldridge,
1953 (3pp.)
[ Box 4 Folder 15 ]
Owen Mortimer correspondence to Vivian Dalrymple,
1953 (2pp.)
[ Box 4 Folder 15 ]
Owen Mortimer correspondence to Edward Scobie,
1954 (2pp.)
[ Box 4 Folder 15 ]
Owen Mortimer correspondence with A. Aldridge,
1953-1955 (48pp.
copies)
[ Box 4 Folder 15 ]
Paul Robeson correspondence with A. Aldridge,
1920s? (2pp.)
[ Box 4 Folder 16 ]
Arthur Schomberg correspondence,
1935-1938 (17pp.)
[ Box 4 Folder 17 ]
Edward Scobie correspondence,
1951-1956 (18pp.)
[ Box 4 Folder 18 ]
Mildred Stock correspondence to A. Aldridge,
1953-1955 (2pp.)
[ Box 4 Folder 19 ]
Mildred Stock correspondence to to Edward Scobie,
1953-1956 (18pp.)
[ Box 4 Folder 19 ]
Mildred Stock correspondence to Owen Mortimer,
1955-1959 (14pp.
copies)
[ Box 4 Folder 19 ]
R.H. Thomas correspondence re: Ira Aldridge,
1934 (1p.)
[ Box 4 Folder 20 ]
Eva Wagner correspondence & photos sent to A. A.,
1896-1897 (7pp.)
[ Box 4 Folder 21 ]
Miscellaneous correspondence with Amanda Aldridge,
1888-1955 (34pp.)
[ Box 4 Folder 22 ]
Owen Mortimer biography of Ira Aldridge
[ Box 4 Folder 23 ]
Press release for
Speak of me as I Am: the Story of Ira
Aldridge press release
[ Box 4 Folder 23 ]
Press clippings re: Ira Aldridge's death
(copies)
[ Box 4 Folder 23 ]
Notes re: Aldridge research
[ Box 4 Folder 23 ]
Prospectus of Aldridge biography by Mortimer
[ Box 4 Folder 23 ]
Re: Owen Mortimer's biography:
Speak of me as I Am: The Story of Ira
Aldridge, photocopy, 22pp.
[ Box 4 Folder 23 ]
Barry Smith, “Black Man on a White Stage,” review of
Mortimer's biography, published in
Our Alma Mater, Christmas,
1996; appended with
notes by Mortimer
[ Box 4 Folder 23 ]
Owen Mortimer articles (copies with signed presentations
by Mortimer)
[ Box 4 Folder 24 ]
Owen Mortimer, “The Soviet Union Honors Ira Aldridge,”
1958, with note and copies of
corr. by O.M.,
1958,
1993 (11pp.)
[ Box 4 Folder 24 ]
O.M., “Research on Ira Aldridge: A Journey of Discovery
in Theatre History,”
1959, 27pp.
[ Box 4 Folder 24 ]
O.M., “Now Join Our Hands: Ira Aldridge's Entreaty,”
1995 (16pp.)
[ Box 4 Folder 24 ]
O.M., trans., Uta Sadji, “Ira Aldridge - African Actor
on German Stages,”
Etudes Germano-Africaines, no. 91,
1991, pp. 91 - 95. (9pp. - 2
copies)
[ Box 4 Folder 24 ]
O.M., “Journey's End: Ira Aldridge and Poland,”
1996 (7pp.)
[ Box 4 Folder 24 ]
O.M., “Ira Aldridge, Knight of Saxony,
1807-1867,”
1996 (7pp.)
[ Box 4 Folder 24 ]
O.M., “Theophile Gautier on Ira Aldridge,
1858,”
1997 (8pp.)
[ Box 4 Folder 24 ]
Mortimer correspondence re: Aldridge articles
Fountain Peyton to O.M.,
1950 (1p.) with Fountain
Peyton, “Ira Frederick Aldridge,”
1917 (13pp. copy)
[ Box 4 Folder 25 ]
Marie Trommer to O.M.,
1952 (4pp.) with Marie
Trommer, “Ira Aldridge, American Negro Tragedian and Taras Shevchenko, Poet of
the Ukraine"
[ Box 4 Folder 25 ]
Marie Trommer to O.M.,
1952 (4pp.) with Marie
Trommer, “Ira Aldridge, Story of a Friendship,”
1939 (9pp. copy)
[ Box 4 Folder 25 ]
Owen Mortimer miscellaneous correspondence,
copies
[ Box 4 Folder 25 ]
Bernth Lindfors, miscellaneous articles on
Aldridge
[ Box 4 Folder 26 ]
“ The Signifying Flunkey: Ira Aldridge as Mungo” (
1993)
[ Box 4 Folder 26 ]
“ ‘Nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice’: New
Biographical Information on Ira Aldridge” (
1994)
[ Box 4 Folder 26 ]
“ Ira Aldridge, ‘The African Roscius’” (
1996)
[ Box 4 Folder 26 ]
“ The Perils of Playing the Provinces,” (
1997)
[ Box 4 Folder 26 ]
Miscellaneous maps and photographs
[ Box 5 Folder 1 ]
Map with Aldridge tours marked; map of Russian Empire
[ Box 5 Folder 1 ]
19 photographic reproductions of Aldridge, family
members
[ Box 5 Folder 1 ]
1 photographic reproduction of King Leopold of
Belgium
[ Box 5 Folder 1 ]
Owen Mortimer,
Queen Victoria's African Actor.
Wangaratta, Victoria,
1999. (82pp.)
[ Box 5 Folder 2 ]
Dr. Gregory Haines, Book review of
Queen Victoria's African Actor by
Owen Mortimer, 3pp. (2 copies), with two letters from O.M. to R. Maylone,
December, 1999
(4pp.)
[ Box 5 Folder 2 ]
Owen Mortimer, Six talks on Ira Aldridge in the U.S.A.,
1949-1959
[ Box 5 Folder 3 ]
Press clippings, publicity cards and notices
[ Box 5 Folder 3 ]
O.M., “Research on Ira Aldridge: A Journey of Discovery
in Theatre History,” Typescript photocopy,
1959 (18pp.); includes copies
of corr. Between O.M. and Mildred Stock, erratum by O.M., and prospectus of
O.M.'s biography of Aldridge.
[ Box 5 Folder 3 ]
Owen Mortimer miscellaneous
[ Box 5 Folder 4 ]
Fact sheet on Ira Daniel
Aldridge (2pp.)
[ Box 5 Folder 4 ]
Printout from O.M. website
on Ira Aldridge (4pp.)
[ Box 5 Folder 4 ]
Owen Mortimer
resume
[ Box 5 Folder 4 ]
List of photocopies given to
McCormick Library of Special Collections
[ Box 5 Folder 4 ]
Last will and testament of O.M.,
1999, photocopy
[ Box 5 Folder 4 ]
O.M., “Regarding Owen
Mortimer's biography:
Speak of Me as I Am: The Story of Ira
Aldridge”
[ Box 5 Folder 4 ]
Robin Scott Peters.
The African Tragedian. Performed
October 7, 2000,
University of Hawaii at Manoa. (18pp. copy) With
correspondence to and from Owen Mortimer (5pp. copies); publicity photograph,
program, and copies of Peters' correspondence and reviews
(3pp.)
[ Box 5 Folder 5 ]
Barry Smith, “Black Man on a White Stage,” review of
Owen Mortimer's biography,
Speak of Me as I Am
(12pp.) ; Mortimer's correspondence with Barry (3pp.); Copy of correspondence with Krystyna Kujawinska
Courtney (3pp. copy)
[ Box 5 Folder 6 ]
Ira Aldridge exhibit, Wangaratta City Library, Victoria,
Australia,
July 2000. Photographs of exhibit (2) and photocopies of publicity
(3pp.)
[ Box 5 Folder 7 ]