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Box 6

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Contains 36 Results:

Letter to R. Russell Maylone, The Curator of the Ira Aldridge Collection, Northwestern University, 1999 March 15

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 3, Item: 1
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: 1999 March 15

Map with Aldridge tours marked; map of Russian Empire, undated

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 1, Item: 1
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: undated

19 photographic reproductions of Aldridge, family members, undated

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 1, Item: 2
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: undated

1 photographic reproduction of King Leopold of Belgium, undated

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 1, Item: 3
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: undated

Owen Mortimer, Queen Victoria’s African Actor. Wangaratta, Victoria (82pp.), 1999

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 2, Item: 1
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: 1999

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 (4pp.), 1999

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 2, Item: 2
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: 1999

Owen Mortimer, Six talks on Ira Aldridge in the U.S.A., 1949-1959, 1999

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 3
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: 1949-1959, 1999

Press clippings, publicity cards and notices, 1949-1959

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 3, Item: 2
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: 1949-1959

O.M., “Research on Ira Aldridge: A Journey of Discovery in Theatre History,” Typescript photocopy, 1959 (18pp.); includes copies of correspondence between O.M. and Mildred Stock, erratum by O.M., and prospectus of O.M.’s biography of Aldridge., 1959

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 3, Item: 3
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: 1959

Owen Mortimer miscellaneous, 1992-1999

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 4
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: 1992-1999

Fact sheet on Ira Daniel Aldridge (2pp.), circa 1997

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 4, Item: 1
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 1997

Printout from O.M. website on Ira Aldridge (4pp.), 1996 June 27

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 4, Item: 2
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: 1996 June 27

Owen Mortimer resume, circa 1992

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 4, Item: 3
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 1992

List of photocopies given to Northwestern University Library, 1992

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 4, Item: 4
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: 1992

Last will and testament of O.M., photocopy, 1999 January 1

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 4, Item: 5
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: 1999 January 1

O.M., “Regarding Owen Mortimer’s biography: Speak of Me as I Am: The Story of Ira Aldridge”, undated

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 4, Item: 6
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: undated

Robin Scott Peters, "The African Tragedian" dramatic montage, with letter and clippings, 2000

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 5, Item: 1
Scope and Contents

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.)

Dates: 2000

Barry Smith, “Black Man on a White Stage,” review of Owen Mortimer’s Biography, Speak of Me as I Am (12pp.), 1996 Christmas

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 6, Item: 1
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: 1996 Christmas

Owen Mortimer’s correspondence with Barry Smith (3pp.), 1996 April 23

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 6, Item: 2
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: 1996 April 23

Copy of correspondence with Krystyna Kujawinska Courtney (3pp. copy), 2003 August 3

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 6, Item: 3
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: 2003 August 3