Research Catalog

Title

Gertrude Hadley Jeannette papers.

Author

Jeannette, Gertrude, 1914-2018

Publication

1948-2016.

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Details

Subject

• Davis, Ossie
• Dee, Ruby
• O'Neal, Frederick, 1905-1992
• American Negro Theatre
• Actresses, Black
• African American theater
• Authors, Black
• Black author
• Dramatists
• Theater > Production and direction
• Women in the theater > United States

Source (note)

• Gift of Angela Hadley Brown, April 2019.

Location of Other Archival Materials (note)

• American Negro Theatre records, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library; Frederick O'Neal papers, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library

Call Number

Sc MG 965

OCLC

1129259812

Author

Jeannette, Gertrude, 1914-2018, creator.

Title

Gertrude Hadley Jeannette papers.

Production

1948-2016.

Description

5.96 linear feet (17 boxes)

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Description

Arranged into four series: (1) Personal; (2) Professional; (3) Writing; and (4) Subject files.

Summary

Gertrude Hadley Jeannette was an actor, playwright, director, and producer. Additionally, she is believed to be the first woman to get a taxi license and drive a cab in New York City. Her papers consist of personal material, correspondence, printed matter, and drafts and manuscripts of her writing.

Location of Other Archival Materials

American Negro Theatre records, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library; Frederick O'Neal papers, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library

Materials Separated from the Resource: Transferred to the Art and Artifacts Division: one drawing. Transferred to the Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division: six books. Transferred to the Moving Image and Recorded Sound (MIRS) Division: audio and moving image materials. For more information, please contact the division at schomburgaudiovisual@nypl.org or 212-491-2270. Transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division: five boxes of photographs (includes photo albums) and oversized framed photographs.

Source

Gift of Angela Hadley Brown, April 2019.

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Research Call Number

Sc MG 965