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  • Men about town minstrels; a collection of new first-parts, skits, sketches, monologues, jokes, etc.

    • Text
    • Philadelphia : D. Mckay, [c1938]
    • 1938
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Book/text Sc C 77-157Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Masquerade in black / by William Torbert Leonard.

    • Text
    • Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1986.
    • 1986
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Book/text MWET 87-1405Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Book/text Sc D 87-306Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • "Gentlemen, be seated!" : A parade of the old-time minstrels / by Dailey Paskman and Sigmund Spaeth ; with a foreword by Daniel Frohman ; profusely illustrated from old prints and photographs and with complete music for voice and piano.

    • Text
    • Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Doran, 1928.
    • 1928
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Book/text MWFW (Paskman, Dailey)Offsite
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Book/text Sc 791.1-P (Paskman, D. Gentlemen, be seated!)Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Minstrel memories : the story of burnt cork minstrelsy in Great Britain from 1836 to 1927 / by Harry Reynolds.

    • Text
    • London : A. Rivers, [1928]
    • 1928
    • 3 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Book/text MWFW (Reynolds. Minstrel memories)Offsite
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Book/text NCOM (Reynolds, H. Minstrel memories)Offsite
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Book/text Sc 791.1-R (Reynolds, H. Minstrel memories)Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Wilhelmina F. Adams photograph collection [graphic].

    • Still image
    • 1900-1987.
    • 1900-1987
    • 2 Items

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/cf969260-c608-012f-dd5a-58d385a7bc34
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Picture Sc Photo Wilhelmina F. Adams CollectionSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

    Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.

    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Picture Sc Photo Wilhelmina F. Adams CollectionSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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  • The evolution of the images of African-American characters in the American commercial musical / by Warren B. Burdine.

    • Text
    • 1991.
    • 1991
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Book/text Sc D 97-218Offsite
  • Dis-integrating the musical : African American musical performance and the American musical film, 1927-1959 / by Arthur L. Knight III.

    • Text
    • 1998.
    • 1998
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Manuscript JMD 00-258Offsite
  • The moon shines on the moonshine / lyric by Francis De Witt ; music by Robert Hood Bowers.

    • Notated music
    • New York : Shapiro, Bernstein, 1920.
    • 1920
    • 1 Item

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-4f6c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Notated music M.C. (Ziegfeld follies, 1920. Moon shines on the moonshine)Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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  • O-hi-o : o-my!-o! / words by Jack Yellen ; music by Abe Olman.

    • Notated music
    • Chicago : Forster Music Pub., c1920.
    • 1920
    • 1 Item

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-4fe3-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Notated music M.C. (Midnight rounders, 1920. O-hi-o)Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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  • Good-bye boys / words by Andrew B. Sterling and William Jerome ; music by Harry Von Tilzer.

    • Notated music
    • New York : H. Von Tilzer, c1913.
    • 1913
    • 1 Item

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8e1ec306-72aa-facb-e040-e00a180678ae
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Notated music M.C. (Honeymoon express, 1913. Good-bye boys)Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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  • I makes mine myself / lyric by Francis De Witt ; music by Robert Hood Bowers.

    • Notated music
    • New York : Shapiro, Bernstein, c1921
    • 1921
    • 1 Item

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-c2cb-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Notated music M.C. (Broadway brevities, 1920. I makes mine myself)Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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  • I want to know where Tosti went : (when he said "good-bye") / [words and music] by Chris. Smith.

    • Notated music
    • New York : Shapiro, Bernstein, c1920.
    • 1920
    • 1 Item

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-c2d1-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Notated music M.C. (Broadway brevities, 1920. I want to know)Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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  • Hello Broadway keysheets.

    • Still image
    • New York, 1914.
    • 1914
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/7c22cac0-c5b8-012f-4613-58d385a7bc34#/?tab=navigation&roots=1:f953e580-c5b9-012f-8340-58d385a7bc34/59:3374d970-c5ba-012f-4cc0-58d385a7bc34
  • Vaudeville [videorecording] / Producer, Rosemary Garner ; A Production of Thirteen/WNET, KCTS/9 Television, and Palmer/Fenster ; conceived and written by Greg Palmer.

    • Moving image
    • c1997.
    • 1997
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    VHS NCOX 1614Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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  • Daniel Decatur Emmett [microform] : author of "Dixie" / by Charles Burleigh Galbreath ; illustrated.

    • Text
    • Columbus, Ohio : Press of Fred. J. Heer, 1904.
    • 1904
  • George Primrose and Foley Twins / photograph, no credit given.

    • Still image
  • Sinbad keysheets.

    • Still image
    • New York, 1918.
    • 1918
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/7c22cac0-c5b8-012f-4613-58d385a7bc34#/?tab=navigation&roots=1:f953e580-c5b9-012f-8340-58d385a7bc34/152:928b48a0-c5ba-012f-2b97-58d385a7bc34
  • Watch your step keysheets.

    • Still image
    • New York, 1914.
    • 1914
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/7c22cac0-c5b8-012f-4613-58d385a7bc34#/?tab=navigation&roots=1:f953e580-c5b9-012f-8340-58d385a7bc34/175:a93ca530-c5ba-012f-1808-58d385a7bc34
  • The Ziegfeld follies of 1914 keysheets.

    • Still image
    • New York, 1914.
    • 1914
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/7c22cac0-c5b8-012f-4613-58d385a7bc34#/?tab=navigation&roots=1:f953e580-c5b9-012f-8340-58d385a7bc34/188:b559aff0-c5ba-012f-2d8b-58d385a7bc34
  • Jolson & Company : the new musical [videorecording] / Ric Wanetik and Crimson Productions present ; [written] by Stephen Mo Hanan & Jay Berkow ; direction and musical staging by Jay Berkow ; [video prod. company] Parker/Hodges Productions ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.

    • Moving image
    • New York, c2002.
    • 2002
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Film, slide, etc. NCOV 2664Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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  • G.H. Eliiot [sound recording] : the golden age of music hall.

    • Audio
    • Wadhurst, E. Sussex, England : Flapper, p1994.
    • 1994-1904
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Music CD *LDC 13931 [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.

    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Music CD *LDC 13931 [Notes]Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • [Interview with Mel Watkins : raw footage] [videorecording] / [directed by Michael Kantor]

    • Moving image
    • New York, 2002.
    • 2002-1022
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    VHS NCOX 2135Performing 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.

    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    VHS NCOX 2135Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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  • [Interview with Robert Snyder : raw footage] [videorecording] / [directed by Michael Kantor]

    • Moving image
    • New York, 2003.
    • 2003-225
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    VHS NCOX 2145Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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  • [Interview with André De Shields : raw footage] [videorecording] / [directed by Michael Kantor]

    • Moving image
    • New York, 2003.
    • 2003-512
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    VHS NCOX 2152Performing 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.

    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    VHS NCOX 2152Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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  • [Interview with Stephen Mo Hanan : raw footage] [videorecording] / [directed by Michael Kantor]

    • Moving image
    • New York, 2003.
    • 2003-315
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    VHS NCOX 2147Performing 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.

    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    VHS NCOX 2147Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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  • Frank Brower : autographed photographs [graphic].

    • Still image
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Picture *T-AUTPH (Brower, Frank)Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • "Is it 'cos I's black?" : Jews and the whiteness problem / Andrew R. Heinze.

    • Text
    • Ann Arbor : University of Michigan, 2007.
    • 2007
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Book/text JAX H-8304Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111

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  • Duncan Sisters : photographs.

    • Still image
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Picture *T-Pho B (Duncan Sisters)Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Dutch Masters Minstrels : photograph.

    • Still image
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Picture *T-Pho B (Dutch Masters Minstrels)Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Excuse me : photographs.

    • Still image
    • 1911.
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Picture *T-Pho B (Excuse me)Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Four Brown Girls : photographs.

    • Still image
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Picture *T-Pho B (Four Brown Girls)Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Tess Gardella : photographs, 1927-[193-?].

    • Still image
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Picture *T-Pho B (Gardella, Tess)Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Goforth and Doyle : photographs.

    • Still image
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Picture *T-Pho B (Goforth and Doyle)Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Rich Hayes : photograph.

    • Still image
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Picture *T-Pho B (Hayes, Rich)Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Frank Hunter : photographs.

    • Still image
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Picture *T-Pho B (Hunter, Frank)Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Al Jolson in Galesburg [videorecording] / produced by Martin Litvin ; directed and edited by William Morris ; text written by Martin Litvin ; produced for WGPA-TV.

    • Moving image
    • Galesburg, Ill., 1990.
    • 1990
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    VHS NCOX 587Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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  • Harmoneons Carolina melodies : arranged for the piano forte.

    • Notated music
    • Boston : C. Bradlee & Co., 1845.
    • 1845
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Book/text Sc Rare+ 811.08-N (Nigger melodies)Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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  • Philip Sterling interviews Abbie Mitchell and Lee Whipper.

    • Audio
    • [between 1959 and 1962].
    • 1959-1962
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bdf33120-b8c7-0133-a997-60f81dd2b63c
  • Philip Sterling reads chapters from his book on Bert Williams.

    • Audio
    • [between 1959 and 1962].
    • 1959-1962
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/22782370-b8c8-0133-62fc-60f81dd2b63c
  • Photographs / Harrison Sisters.

    • Still image
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Picture *T-Pho BPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Jenny Eddy Trio: photographs, 1898.

    • Still image
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Picture *T-Pho C (Jenny Eddy Trio)Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Photographs, 1912 / George W. Day: photographs.

    • Still image
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Picture *T-Pho APerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Photographs / Williamson and O'Connor.

    • Still image
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Picture *T-Pho APerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Photographs / Tanean Brothers.

    • Still image
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Picture *T-Pho APerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Philip Sterling reads chapter from his book on Bert Williams : The journey.

    • Audio
    • 1959.
    • 1959
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f10651f0-b911-0133-8a3c-60f81dd2b63c
  • Philip Sterling reads chapter from his book on Bert Williams : Rosenbaum.

    • Audio
    • [1960?]
    • 1960
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6252c300-b914-0133-bb4e-60f81dd2b63c
  • Saunders Reynolds song : compilation of radio programs.

    • Audio
    • [1960?]
    • 1960
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cee5cf40-b915-0133-d585-60f81dd2b63c
  • Cooch Dance [videorecording] / Conception/dance, John Edward Heys ; [video director] Michael Bidner.

    • Moving image
    • Berlin, Germany, c2008.
    • 2008
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    DVD NCOX 2713Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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  • Reflexion von ethnischer Identität(szuweisung) im deutschen Gegenwartstheater / von Hanna Voss ; herausgegeben von Peter Marx, Kati Röttger und Friedemann Kreuder.

    • Text
    • Marburg : Tectum Verlag, [2014]
    • 2014
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Book/text Sc D 16-459Offsite
  • Aren't we all?

    • Mixed material
    • 1923-1936.
    • 1923-1936
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Archival mix MWEZ+ n.c. 19224Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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