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Purlie; a musical based on the play Purlie Victorious by Ossie Davis. Lyrics by Peter Udell, book by Davis-Rose-Udell.
- Text
- New York, S. French [1971]
- 1971
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Book/Text JND 72-31 Offsite Purlie; a musical based on the play Purlie Victorious by Ossie Davis. Lyrics by Peter Udell. Music by Gary Geld. Book by Davis-Rose-Udell.
- Text
- New York, S. French [c1971]
- 1971
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Book/Text Sc 812-G (Geld, G. Purlie) Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Jamaica [Sound recording] : an original cast album of the Broadway hit musical comedy / book by E. Y. Harburg & Fred Saidy ; music by Harold Arlen ; lyrics by E. Y. Harburg.
- Audio
- Camden, N. J. : Radio Corporation of America, [1958].
- 1958
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Musical recording *LSRX 7445 Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.
Purlie : vocal selections / lyrics by Peter Udell ; music by Gary Geld ; piano arrangements by "Bugs" Bower.
- Notated music
- New York, NY : Mourbar Music, c1970.
- 1970
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Notated music JNG 87-270 Offsite The Negro Ensemble Company [videorecording] / RBK Productions ; produced and directed by Richard Kilberg.
- Moving image
- New York : RBK Productions, 1987.
- 1987
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Moving image Sc Visual VRA-27 Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
With Ossie and Ruby. Two from Langston [videorecording] / KERA-TV, Dallas ; producer and director, David Dowe.
- Moving image
- Dallas, Tex. : KERA-TV, 1981-02.
- 1981
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Moving image Sc Visual DVD-335 Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
With Ossie & Ruby. Love is [videorecording] / KERA-TV, Dallas ; produced and directed by David Dowe.
- Moving image
- Dallas, Tex. : KERA-TV, 1981-05.
- 1981
- 2 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Film, Slide, etc. Sc Visual VRA-1018 Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Film, Slide, etc. Sc Visual VRB-275 Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
The autobiography of Malcolm X / with the assistance of Alex Haley ; introduction by M.S. Handler ; epilogue by Alex Haley.
- Text
- New York : Grove Press, [1965]
- 1965
- 4 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Book/Text Sc B-X (Little, M. Autobiography of Malcolm X) Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Not available - In use until 2025-08-04 - Please for assistance.Item details Format Call Number Item Location Book/Text Sc B-X (Little, M. Autobiography of Malcolm X) Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Book/Text Sc Rare E 24-1 Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Hatch-Billops collection [sound recording] : [taped interviews of theater].
- Audio
- 1970-1974.
- 1970-1974
Gordon's war motion picture stills collection [graphic].
- Still image
- <1973.>
- 1973
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Picture Sc Photo Motion pictures Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Black girl motion picture stills collection [graphic].
- Still image
- <1972.>
- 1972
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Picture Sc Photo Motion pictures Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Purlie victorious theater stills collection [graphic] / Friedman-Abeles.
- Still image
- <1961-1989?>
- 1961-1989
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Picture Sc Photo Theater Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Maurice Evans papers, 1934-1970.
- Mixed material
- 1934-1970
- 98 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Archival Mix *T-Mss 1979-001 Box 95 Offsite Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Archival Mix *T-Mss 1979-001 Box 96 Offsite Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Archival Mix *T-Mss 1979-001 Box 97 Offsite Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.
All about Zora : the life of Zora Neale Hurston / produced and directed for television by Bill Pratt.
- Moving image
- United States : WHMM-TV, 1983-12-01.
- 1983
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location VHS Sc Visual VRA-52 Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
The Black west / WCVB-TV, Boston ; produced by Karl Nurse ; directed by Larry Jordon.
- Moving image
- United States : WCVB-TV, 1984-02-29.
- 1984
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Film, Slide, etc. Sc Visual VRA-101 Service copy Sc Visual VRB-1952 Original of: Sc Visual VRA-101 Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Malcolm X, Denzel Washington : a Spike Lee joint / photography by David Lee.
- Text
- [S.l.] : Ya-Dig, Sho-Nuff, c1992.
- 1992
- 2 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Book/Text Sc G 94-2 Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Book/Text Sc G 99-53 Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Julian Mayfield papers, 1949-1984.
- Mixed material
- 1949-1984
- 42 Items
Available Online
http://archives.nypl.org/scm/20734Item details Format Call Number Item Location Archival Mix Sc MG 339 Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Archival Mix Sc MG 339 Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Archival Mix Sc MG 339 Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Treemonisha (Videotape)
- Moving image
- 1982.
- 1982
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location VHS *MGZIA 4-409 Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.
Do the right thing [videorecording]
- Moving image
- 1989.
- 1989
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location VHS *MGZIA 4-874 Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.
Baseball [sound recording] : a film by Ken Burns : original soundtrack recording.
- Audio
- New York : Elektra Nonesuch, p1994.
- 1994
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Music CD *LDC 10868 (F) Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.
The Zulu and the Zayda [sound recording].
- Audio
- [New York, NY] : Columbia Records, [1965].
- 1965
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Musical recording *LZR 6872 Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.
Cotton comes to Harlem motion picture stills collection [graphic].
- Still image
- <1970.>
- 1970
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Picture Sc Photo Motion pictures Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Making "Do the right thing" [motion picture] / The Chamba Organization and 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks ; a film by St. Clair Bourne.
- Moving image
- New York, N.Y. : First Run/Icarus Films, c1989.
- 1989
- 3 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Moving image Sc Visual VRA-256 Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Moving image Sc Visual MPB-198 Reel 1 Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound Not available - Please for assistance.Item details Format Call Number Item Location Moving image Sc Visual MPB-198 Reel 2 Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound Not available - Please for assistance.The 1999 Lucille Lortel awards for outstanding achievement Off-Broadway [videorecording] / [Video prod. company] Character Generators, Inc. ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director.
- Moving image
- New York, c1999.
- 1999
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Moving image NCOV 2325 Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.
I'll make me a world. The dream keepers [videorecording] / produced by Blackside Inc. in association with Thirteen/WNET ; produced, directed and written by Tracy Heather Strain.
- Moving image
- New York, N.Y. : WNET-TV, c1999.
- 1999
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location VHS *MGZIA 4-3771 Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.
Purlie; a musical based on the play Purlie victorious, by Ossie Davis. Lyrics by Peter Udell. Book by Ossie Davis, Philip Rose, Peter Udell.
- Text
- [New York, Studio Duplicating Service, 1970]
- 1970
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Manuscript NCOF+ (Geld, G. Purlie) Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.
A last dance for Sybil [videorecording] / Woodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theatre at the Theatre at St. Clement's presents ; [written by] Ossie Davis ; supervising director, Lloyd Richards ; directed by Edward G. Smith ; [video director] David Smith ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.
- Moving image
- New York, c2002.
- 2002
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Moving image NCOV 2673 Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.
Up from slavery. [sound recording] / Booker T. Washington.
- Audio
- New York : Caedmon, p1976.
- 1976
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Spoken word recording *LZR 13825 [Disc] Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.
Tough poems for tough people. [sound recording].
- Audio
- New York, N.Y. : Caedmon, [1972]
- 1972
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Spoken word recording *LZR 13791 [Disc] Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.
Arther B. Morrison presents President Jimmy Carter in Project Tooth Decay, Dateline Washington [sound recording].
- Audio
- Beverly Hills, CA : Cornucopia Records, p1977.
- 1977
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Audio *LZR 19089 [Disc] Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.
Jamaica [sound recording] : original Broadway cast recording / [music by Harold Arlen ; lyrics by E.Y. Harburg ; book by E.Y. Harburg & Fred Saidy].
- Audio
- New York, NY : RCA Victor, [1995?]
- 1995-1958
- 2 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Music CD *LDC 31077 [CD] Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Music CD *LDC 31077 [Notes] Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.
Another step forward in the struggle for freedom and human dignity [sound recording].
- Audio
- New York, N.Y. : Sue Records, [196-?]
- 196
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Spoken word recording *LZR 44490 [Disc] Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.
The meaning of July 4th for the Negro. [sound recording] By Frederick Douglass.
- Audio
- [New York] : Folkways Records, 1975.
- 1975
- 2 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Audio *LRX 8219 [Disc] Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Audio *LRX 8219 [Notes] Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.
Purlie [videorecording] / [Produced by] NY City Center, Arlene Shuler, president & CEO, Mark Litvin, Sr. V.P. & managing director, City Center Encores!, Jack Viertel, artistic director, Rob Fisher, music director ; music by Gary Geld ; lyrics by Peter Udell ; book by Ossie Davis, Philip Rose, Peter Udell ; based on the play Purlie Victorious by Ossie Davis ; concert adaptation, David Ives ; choreographer, Ken Roberson ; director, Sheldon Epps ; [video director] Stucker ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.
- Moving image
- New York, c2005.
- 2005
- 2 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Moving image NCOV 2923 Videocassette 1 Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Moving image NCOV 2923 Videocassette 2 Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.
The Negro Ensemble Company [videorecording] / RKB Productions presents ; produced and directed by Richard Kilberg.
- Moving image
- New York : RBK Productions, 1987.
- 1987-313
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Moving image NCOX 5432 Offsite The 48th Annual Tony Awards [videorecording] / produced and directed by Walter C. Smith ; written by Buz Kohan ; executive producer Gary Smith ; originally broadcast on the CBS Television Network.
- Moving image
- New York, c1994.
- 199-1994
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Moving image NCOX 1056 Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.
The Zulu and the zayda [sound recording] : a play with music / by Howard DaSilva and Felix Leon ; music and lyrics by Harold Rome.
- Audio
- [New York] : Columbia Masterworks, [1965]
- 1965
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Musical recording *LZR 56727 [Disc] Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.
Alice Childress papers, 1937-1997.
- Mixed material
- 1937-1997
- 50 Items
Available Online
http://archives.nypl.org/scm/20917Item details Format Call Number Item Location Archival Mix Sc MG 649 Box 48 Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Archival Mix Sc MG 649 Box 49 Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Archival Mix Sc MG 649 Box 51 Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Be my guest. Ossie Davis [videorecording] / Continental Cablevision presents ; written and created by Michall Jeffers ; produced and directed by John Warner.
- Moving image
- Ossining, N.Y., c1986.
- 1986
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Film, Slide, etc. NCOX 544 Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.
Purlie: typescript.
- Text
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Manuscript RM 5022 Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.
Purlie [sound recording] / words by Peter Udell ; music by Gary Geld.
- Audio
- New York : Mourbar Music, [1969]
- 1969
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Audio *LZR 65401 [Disc] Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.
Silhouettes in courage [sound recording].
- Audio
- New York : Silhouettes in Courage, [c1969-]
- 1969-present
- 5 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Audio *LZR 69140 [Notes] Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Audio *LZR 69140 [Notes] Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Audio *LZR 69140 [Notes] Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.
The Negro Ensemble Company [videorecording] / Produced and directed by Richard Kilberg.
- Moving image
- Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, 1987.
- 1987
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location VHS Y VTH 1205 N Offsite Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.
Lasting impressions [videorecording].
- Moving image
- New York : Cinema Guild Film and Video, c1998.
- 1998
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location VHS VTH 4317 L Offsite Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.
Black shadows on a silver screen [motion picture] / WTOP-TV, Gould Enterprises Corporation.
- Moving image
- Morris Plains, N. J. : Lucerne, 1976.
- 1976
- 2 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Moving image M16 1991 B C.1 REEL 1 OF 2 C.1 REEL 1 OF 2 Offsite Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Moving image M16 1991 B C.1 REEL 2 OF 2 C.1 REEL 2 OF 2 Offsite Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.
Do the right thing [motion picture] / Universal ; produced by Spike Lee with Monty Ross.
- Moving image
- St. Louis, MO : Swank, 1989.
- 1989
- 4 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Film, Slide, etc. M16 4278 D C.1 REEL 2 OF 4 C.1 REEL 2 OF 4 Offsite Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Film, Slide, etc. M16 4278 D C.1 REEL 3 OF 4 C.1 REEL 3 OF 4 Offsite Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Film, Slide, etc. M16 4278 D C.1 REEL 4 OF 4 C.1 REEL 4 OF 4 Offsite Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.
The Second American revolution [videorecording] / created and developed by Corporation for Entertainment and Learning and Bill Moyers ; produced in association with WNET/New York and KQED/San Francisco.
- Moving image
- [Alexandria, VA] : PBS Video, 1988.
- 1988
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location VHS VTH 912 S Part I Part I Offsite Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.
Purlie : a musical based on the play Purlie Victorious by Ossie Davis / music by Gary Geld ; lyrics by Peter Udell ; book by Ossie Davis, Philip Rose, Peter Udell ; concert adaptation by David Ives, 2005.
- Text
- 2005
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Manuscript NCOF+ 10-8060 Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.
Haiti, killing the dream / directed by Babeth, Katharine Kean, Hart Perry and Rudi Stern.
- Moving image
- [United States] : Crowing Rooster Productions, 1992.
- 1992-1992
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Moving image Sc Visual VRA-944 Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
From dreams to reality [motion picture] : a tribute to minority inventors / U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ; [produced by] EVKO Productions ; producer, director, writer, Vickie Kodama.
- Moving image
- Washington, DC : The Office : Distributed by National Audiovisual Center, 1986.
- 1986
- 2 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Moving image Sc Visual MPB-226 Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound Not available - Please for assistance.Item details Format Call Number Item Location Moving image Sc Visual VRA-888 Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
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