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Eulalie Spence papers

Title
Eulalie Spence papers 1926-1991.
Author
Spence, Eulalie, 1894-1981.

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Box 1Mixed materialUse in library Sc MG 552 Box 1Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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Spence, Eulalie.
Description
.4 linear feet (1 box).
Summary
The Eulalie Spence collection consists of correspondence, playbills, scripts, agreements and newspaper clippings.
Subjects
Note
  • Photographs were transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division.
Source (note)
  • Kathy A. Perkins
Biography (note)
  • Eulalie Spence was born in Nevis, West Indies, on June 11, 1884. She and her family moved to New York in 1902. Ms. Spence was among the pioneer playwrights during the Harlem Renaissance and wrote fourteen plays, five of which were published. She wrote only one three act play, "The Whipping", which was optioned by Paramount Studios, but never made into a film. Several of Spence's plays won awards.
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Call Number
Sc MG 552
OCLC
NYPW95-A61
Author
Spence, Eulalie, 1894-1981.
Title
Eulalie Spence papers 1926-1991.
Biography
Eulalie Spence was born in Nevis, West Indies, on June 11, 1884. She and her family moved to New York in 1902. Ms. Spence was among the pioneer playwrights during the Harlem Renaissance and wrote fourteen plays, five of which were published. She wrote only one three act play, "The Whipping", which was optioned by Paramount Studios, but never made into a film. Several of Spence's plays won awards.
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Occupation
Playwrights.
Added Author
Spence, Eulalie.
Research Call Number
Sc MG 552
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