American drama -- African American authors
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 140 Collections and/or Records:
“Freedom Train Children’s Material”; Freedom Train uncorrected proofs. 4 of 4, undated
File — Box 4254, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Archival materials received from playwright, Celeste Bedford Walker pertaining to her professional works from 1974-2020. The collection focuses on her written and performed productions of Black Spurs, More Than Christmas, Praise the Lord and Raise the Roof, Harlem After Hours, Adam and Eve, Spirits, Smoke’s Bayou, Black Diamonds, Noble Lofton Buffalo Soldier, The Boule, Greenwood, Shared Secrets, I Barbara Jordan, Sassy Mamas, Sassafras Girls, Piccolo Sergeant, Distant Voices, Brothers...
Dates:
undated
“Freedom Train Children’s Material”; playscript drafts, proposal for the Jazz Chronicles, budget, prop list, development investment agreement form, notes, magazine, research. 2 of 4, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2015
File — Box 4254, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Archival materials received from playwright, Celeste Bedford Walker pertaining to her professional works from 1974-2020. The collection focuses on her written and performed productions of Black Spurs, More Than Christmas, Praise the Lord and Raise the Roof, Harlem After Hours, Adam and Eve, Spirits, Smoke’s Bayou, Black Diamonds, Noble Lofton Buffalo Soldier, The Boule, Greenwood, Shared Secrets, I Barbara Jordan, Sassy Mamas, Sassafras Girls, Piccolo Sergeant, Distant Voices, Brothers...
Dates:
2004, 2006, 2007, 2015
“Freedom Train Children’s Material”; research, playbills, correspondence, children’s plays, CD, photos, reviews, show schedule, academic certification. 1 of 4, 2000, 2003, 2005
File — Box 4254, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Archival materials received from playwright, Celeste Bedford Walker pertaining to her professional works from 1974-2020. The collection focuses on her written and performed productions of Black Spurs, More Than Christmas, Praise the Lord and Raise the Roof, Harlem After Hours, Adam and Eve, Spirits, Smoke’s Bayou, Black Diamonds, Noble Lofton Buffalo Soldier, The Boule, Greenwood, Shared Secrets, I Barbara Jordan, Sassy Mamas, Sassafras Girls, Piccolo Sergeant, Distant Voices, Brothers...
Dates:
2000, 2003, 2005
“Freedom Train”; “Waiting Room”, untitled VHS tapes , 2003
File — Box 4254, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Archival materials received from playwright, Celeste Bedford Walker pertaining to her professional works from 1974-2020. The collection focuses on her written and performed productions of Black Spurs, More Than Christmas, Praise the Lord and Raise the Roof, Harlem After Hours, Adam and Eve, Spirits, Smoke’s Bayou, Black Diamonds, Noble Lofton Buffalo Soldier, The Boule, Greenwood, Shared Secrets, I Barbara Jordan, Sassy Mamas, Sassafras Girls, Piccolo Sergeant, Distant Voices, Brothers...
Dates:
2003
“Greenwood”; reviews, research, notes, script, correspondence, newspaper. 3 of 3, 2015-2020
File — Box 4258, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Archival materials received from playwright, Celeste Bedford Walker pertaining to her professional works from 1974-2020. The collection focuses on her written and performed productions of Black Spurs, More Than Christmas, Praise the Lord and Raise the Roof, Harlem After Hours, Adam and Eve, Spirits, Smoke’s Bayou, Black Diamonds, Noble Lofton Buffalo Soldier, The Boule, Greenwood, Shared Secrets, I Barbara Jordan, Sassy Mamas, Sassafras Girls, Piccolo Sergeant, Distant Voices, Brothers...
Dates:
2015-2020
“Greenwood”; reviews, research, notes, script, correspondence, thank you cards, newspaper. 2 of 3, 2015-2020
File — Box 4258, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Archival materials received from playwright, Celeste Bedford Walker pertaining to her professional works from 1974-2020. The collection focuses on her written and performed productions of Black Spurs, More Than Christmas, Praise the Lord and Raise the Roof, Harlem After Hours, Adam and Eve, Spirits, Smoke’s Bayou, Black Diamonds, Noble Lofton Buffalo Soldier, The Boule, Greenwood, Shared Secrets, I Barbara Jordan, Sassy Mamas, Sassafras Girls, Piccolo Sergeant, Distant Voices, Brothers...
Dates:
2015-2020
“I Barb Jordan”; script, notes for I, Barbara Jordan, 2008
File — Box 4255, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Archival materials received from playwright, Celeste Bedford Walker pertaining to her professional works from 1974-2020. The collection focuses on her written and performed productions of Black Spurs, More Than Christmas, Praise the Lord and Raise the Roof, Harlem After Hours, Adam and Eve, Spirits, Smoke’s Bayou, Black Diamonds, Noble Lofton Buffalo Soldier, The Boule, Greenwood, Shared Secrets, I Barbara Jordan, Sassy Mamas, Sassafras Girls, Piccolo Sergeant, Distant Voices, Brothers...
Dates:
2008
“I, Barbara Jordan”; playscript drafts, proposal, synopsis. 2 of 2, 2004-2017
File — Box 4257, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Archival materials received from playwright, Celeste Bedford Walker pertaining to her professional works from 1974-2020. The collection focuses on her written and performed productions of Black Spurs, More Than Christmas, Praise the Lord and Raise the Roof, Harlem After Hours, Adam and Eve, Spirits, Smoke’s Bayou, Black Diamonds, Noble Lofton Buffalo Soldier, The Boule, Greenwood, Shared Secrets, I Barbara Jordan, Sassy Mamas, Sassafras Girls, Piccolo Sergeant, Distant Voices, Brothers...
Dates:
2004-2017
“I, Barbara Jordan”; scripts, reviews, research, correspondence, notes, bank forms, playbills. 1 of 2, 2004-2017
File — Box 4257, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Archival materials received from playwright, Celeste Bedford Walker pertaining to her professional works from 1974-2020. The collection focuses on her written and performed productions of Black Spurs, More Than Christmas, Praise the Lord and Raise the Roof, Harlem After Hours, Adam and Eve, Spirits, Smoke’s Bayou, Black Diamonds, Noble Lofton Buffalo Soldier, The Boule, Greenwood, Shared Secrets, I Barbara Jordan, Sassy Mamas, Sassafras Girls, Piccolo Sergeant, Distant Voices, Brothers...
Dates:
2004-2017
“L.A. Cambridge Reunion Bartersville”; playscript, research, reviews, 2008, 2014
File — Box 4257, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Archival materials received from playwright, Celeste Bedford Walker pertaining to her professional works from 1974-2020. The collection focuses on her written and performed productions of Black Spurs, More Than Christmas, Praise the Lord and Raise the Roof, Harlem After Hours, Adam and Eve, Spirits, Smoke’s Bayou, Black Diamonds, Noble Lofton Buffalo Soldier, The Boule, Greenwood, Shared Secrets, I Barbara Jordan, Sassy Mamas, Sassafras Girls, Piccolo Sergeant, Distant Voices, Brothers...
Dates:
2008, 2014
Landfill, I Barbara Jordan, other play materials. Celeste Bedford Walker bio & resume, correspondence, reviews, research, drafts, playbills, play proposal, thank you letters. 1 of 2, 1990-1993, 1999-2013
File — Box 4256, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Archival materials received from playwright, Celeste Bedford Walker pertaining to her professional works from 1974-2020. The collection focuses on her written and performed productions of Black Spurs, More Than Christmas, Praise the Lord and Raise the Roof, Harlem After Hours, Adam and Eve, Spirits, Smoke’s Bayou, Black Diamonds, Noble Lofton Buffalo Soldier, The Boule, Greenwood, Shared Secrets, I Barbara Jordan, Sassy Mamas, Sassafras Girls, Piccolo Sergeant, Distant Voices, Brothers...
Dates:
1990-1993, 1999-2013
Landfill, I Barbara Jordan, other play materials. Celeste Bedford Walker bio & resume, correspondence, reviews, research, drafts, playbills, play proposal, thank you letters. 2 of 2, 1990-1993, 1999-2013
File — Box 4256, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Archival materials received from playwright, Celeste Bedford Walker pertaining to her professional works from 1974-2020. The collection focuses on her written and performed productions of Black Spurs, More Than Christmas, Praise the Lord and Raise the Roof, Harlem After Hours, Adam and Eve, Spirits, Smoke’s Bayou, Black Diamonds, Noble Lofton Buffalo Soldier, The Boule, Greenwood, Shared Secrets, I Barbara Jordan, Sassy Mamas, Sassafras Girls, Piccolo Sergeant, Distant Voices, Brothers...
Dates:
1990-1993, 1999-2013
Letters, flyers, prize information, clippings, and PR materials for Camp Logan and Walker’s other plays , 1994-2011
File — Box 2958, Folder: 15
Abstract
From the Series:
Additions to the Celeste Bedford Walker archival collection from 1925-2012. The majority of the materials included in the collection are promotional flyers, photographs, correspondence, and newspaper articles relating to Walker’s play, Camp Logan and other plays such as Once in a Wife Time. Also included in the collection are two The New York Times papers from 1925-1926.
Dates:
1994-2011
“Longview Folder Writing Process Writing Workshops”; scripts, biography, research, education materials, 2003, 2007, 2014
File — Box 4256, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Archival materials received from playwright, Celeste Bedford Walker pertaining to her professional works from 1974-2020. The collection focuses on her written and performed productions of Black Spurs, More Than Christmas, Praise the Lord and Raise the Roof, Harlem After Hours, Adam and Eve, Spirits, Smoke’s Bayou, Black Diamonds, Noble Lofton Buffalo Soldier, The Boule, Greenwood, Shared Secrets, I Barbara Jordan, Sassy Mamas, Sassafras Girls, Piccolo Sergeant, Distant Voices, Brothers...
Dates:
2003, 2007, 2014
“MORE THAN CHRISTMAS. Draft, edited with annotations, notes, song lyrics, handwritten draft”; Includes video links, folder titled ‘Dew Mercy 3-11-19’, 2019
File — Box 4253, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Archival materials received from playwright, Celeste Bedford Walker pertaining to her professional works from 1974-2020. The collection focuses on her written and performed productions of Black Spurs, More Than Christmas, Praise the Lord and Raise the Roof, Harlem After Hours, Adam and Eve, Spirits, Smoke’s Bayou, Black Diamonds, Noble Lofton Buffalo Soldier, The Boule, Greenwood, Shared Secrets, I Barbara Jordan, Sassy Mamas, Sassafras Girls, Piccolo Sergeant, Distant Voices, Brothers...
Dates:
2019
Mountaintop Productions, Mountain Special Series, History as Drama Workshop, “Act n’ Write” with Walker’s bio, Alley Theatre Hype Workshop “Once in a Wife Time” partial script, Camp Logan partial script, program for Mountaintop Productions/Montgomery County Community College Camp Logan, January 16, 1993
File — Box 2958, Folder: 5
Abstract
From the Series:
Additions to the Celeste Bedford Walker archival collection from 1925-2012. The majority of the materials included in the collection are promotional flyers, photographs, correspondence, and newspaper articles relating to Walker’s play, Camp Logan and other plays such as Once in a Wife Time. Also included in the collection are two The New York Times papers from 1925-1926.
Dates:
January 16, 1993
Mounted soldier figure, 13.5” tall, attached plaque reads “To Camp Logan from XVIII ABN Corp EO Office”, this is 18th Airborne Corps, stationed at Fort Bragg , undated
Item — Box 3532, item: 1
Abstract
From the Series:
Additions to the Celeste Bedford Walker archival collection from 1925-2012. The majority of the materials included in the collection are promotional flyers, photographs, correspondence, and newspaper articles relating to Walker’s play, Camp Logan and other plays such as Once in a Wife Time. Also included in the collection are two The New York Times papers from 1925-1926.
Dates:
undated
Note from Walker indicating the materials donated , undated
File — Box 2958, Folder: 1
Abstract
From the Series:
Additions to the Celeste Bedford Walker archival collection from 1925-2012. The majority of the materials included in the collection are promotional flyers, photographs, correspondence, and newspaper articles relating to Walker’s play, Camp Logan and other plays such as Once in a Wife Time. Also included in the collection are two The New York Times papers from 1925-1926.
Dates:
undated
“Obama Effect & Excerpts from plays”; research, correspondence, references, notes for “The Obama Effect”. 5 of 5, 2007-2009
File — Box 4253, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Archival materials received from playwright, Celeste Bedford Walker pertaining to her professional works from 1974-2020. The collection focuses on her written and performed productions of Black Spurs, More Than Christmas, Praise the Lord and Raise the Roof, Harlem After Hours, Adam and Eve, Spirits, Smoke’s Bayou, Black Diamonds, Noble Lofton Buffalo Soldier, The Boule, Greenwood, Shared Secrets, I Barbara Jordan, Sassy Mamas, Sassafras Girls, Piccolo Sergeant, Distant Voices, Brothers...
Dates:
2007-2009
“Obama Effect & Excerpts from plays”; screenplay of “The Effect”, Shipping package to Celeste Bedford Walker. 2 of 5, 2009
File — Box 4253, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Archival materials received from playwright, Celeste Bedford Walker pertaining to her professional works from 1974-2020. The collection focuses on her written and performed productions of Black Spurs, More Than Christmas, Praise the Lord and Raise the Roof, Harlem After Hours, Adam and Eve, Spirits, Smoke’s Bayou, Black Diamonds, Noble Lofton Buffalo Soldier, The Boule, Greenwood, Shared Secrets, I Barbara Jordan, Sassy Mamas, Sassafras Girls, Piccolo Sergeant, Distant Voices, Brothers...
Dates:
2009
