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Photographs of Aldridge family and friends (21), including Margaret Gill Aldridge and Amanda Pauline Ericksson Brandt Aldridge (wives of Ira Aldridge), Frederick Olaff Aldridge and Luranah Aldridge (children), gravesites of Ira Aldridge and Luranah Aldridge; Marian Anderson by Lotte Meitner-Graf, photographer; photograph of letter by Jenny Lind Goldschmidt re: Amanda Aldridge, circa 1915 and undated

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Aldridge Collection consists of materials relating to 19th century African-American tragedian Ira Frederick Aldridge (1807-1867) and his children, mainly his daughter Amanda Christina Elizabeth Aldridge (known as Amanda Ira Aldridge, who composed under the pseudonym Montague Ring; 1866-1956). Materials related to Ira Aldridge include transcriptions of letters, honors and citations, copies of legal documents, newspaper clippings, and photographic engravings or reproductions. Amanda Ira...
Dates: circa 1915 and undated