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Contains 21 Results:

Owen Mortimer biography of Ira Aldridge, circa 1989-1996

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 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 1989-1996

“Speak of me as I Am: the Story of Ira Aldridge” press release, circa 1992

 Item — Box: 5, 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: circa 1992

Notes re: Aldridge research, 1989-1991

 Item — Box: 5, 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: 1989-1991

Prospectus of Aldridge biography by Mortimer, circa 1992

 Item — Box: 5, 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: circa 1992

Barry Smith, “Black Man on a White Stage,” review of Mortimer’s biography, published in Our Alma Mater; appended with notes by Mortimer (11pp.), 1996 Christmas

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 1, 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: 1996 Christmas

Owen Mortimer articles (copies with signed presentations by Mortimer), 1958-1959, 1991-1997

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 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: 1958-1959, 1991-1997

Owen Mortimer, “The Soviet Union Honors Ira Aldridge,” 1958, with note and copies of correspondence by O.M., 1958, 1993 (11pp.), 1958

 Item — Box: 5, 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: 1958

Owen Mortimer, “Research on Ira Aldridge: A Journey of Discovery in Theatre History,” 1959, 27pp., 1959

 Item — Box: 5, 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: 1959

Owen Mortimer, “Now Join Our Hands: Ira Aldridge’s Entreaty,” 1995 (16pp.; 2 copies), 1995

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 2, 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: 1995

Owen Mortimer, trans., Uta Sadji, “Ira Aldridge - African Actor on German Stages,” Etudes Germano-Africaines, no. 91, 1991, pp. 91 - 95. (9pp. - 2 copies), 1991

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 2, 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: 1991

Owen Mortimer, “Journey’s End: Ira Aldridge and Poland,” 1996 (7pp.), 1996

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 2, 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: 1996

Owen Mortimer, “Ira Aldridge, Knight of Saxony, 1807-1867,” 1996 (7pp.), 1996

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 2, 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: 1996

Owen Mortimer, “Theophile Gautier on Ira Aldridge, 1858,” 1997 (8pp.), 1997

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 2, Item: 7
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: 1997

Owen Mortimer correspondence re: Aldridge articles, 1950-1954, 1994-2000

 File — Box: 5, 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: 1950-1954, 1994-2000

Fountain Peyton to O.M. (1p.) with Fountain Peyton, “Ira Frederick Aldridge,” 1917 (13pp. copy), 1950

 Item — Box: 5, 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: 1950

Marie Trommer to O.M. (4pp.) with Marie Trommer, “Ira Aldridge, American Negro Tragedian and Taras Shevchenko, Poet of the Ukraine -Story of a Friendship,” 1939 (9pp. copy), 1952

 Item — Box: 5, 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: 1952

Owen Mortimer miscellaneous correspondence, copies, 1953-1954, 1994-2000

 Item — Box: 5, 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: 1953-1954, 1994-2000

"Ira Frederick Aldridge – Black Shakespearean Actor (1807-1867)," 7pp., undated

 Item — Box: 5, 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: undated

"Amanda Ira Aldridge – She Taught the Great to Sing," 5pp., circa 1962

 Item — Box: 5, 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: circa 1962

"Jenny Lind Taught Me Singing" [interview with Amanda Aldridge], 5pp., circa 1954

 Item — Box: 5, 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 1954