Research Catalog

Title

Mildred Stock research collection, 1940-1979.

Author

Stock, Mildred.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Marshall, Herbert, 1906-1991.

Description

5.9 lin. ft.

Summary

The Mildred Stock research Collection consists of research files concerning Stock's studies of African-American and European stage actors, slavery and other subjects. The bulk of the collection is comprised of research files and correspondence relating to the book she co-authored with Herbert Marshall, "Ira Aldridge: The Negro Tragedian." Included is correspondence, manuscript drafts, notes and clippings pertaining to her research on Aldridge, Thomas Greene Bethune a.k.a. "Blind Tom," Toussaint Louverture, Paul Cuffe, and fugitive slaves (e.g., Henry "Box" Brown, William and Ellen Craft, Venture Smith and others). Other topics of her research were the nineteenth century Irish actor, Tyrone Power, and Victoria Woodhull, the nineteenth century women's rights advocate. Musical scores composed by Blind Tom can be found in the collection. Stock also prepared draft manuscripts for baby books aimed at African American, Asian Indian and general audiences. Some personal papers are also included.

Subjects

• Aldridge, Ira Frederick, 1807-1867
• African Americans > Music
• Woodhull, Victoria C., (Victoria Clafin), 1838-1927
• Power, Tyrone, 1797-1841
• Toussaint Louverture, 1743?-1803
• African American composers
• Craft, William
• Brown, Henry Box, 1816-
• Baby books
• Craft, Ellen
• Slavery > United States
• Sheet music
• African American actors
• Fugitive slaves > United States
• Smith, Venture, 1729?-1805
• Blind Tom, 1849-1908

Note

• Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.
• Sketch of Blind Tom transferred to Art and Artifacts Divison.

Source (note)

• Andrew Stock (nephew)

Biography (note)

• Mildred Stock (1902-ca.1980) was a writer and researcher, best known for the work, "Ira Aldridge: The Negro Tragedian", which she co-authored with Herbert Marshall. Stock was born in New York City in 1902. "Ira Aldridge: The Negro Tragedian" (Macmillan, 1958) was a major work on the nineteenth century African American Shakespearean actor. She also conducted research on other performers and figures in African American history, as well as on slavery, particularly fugitive slaves. Stock died in around 1980.

Processing Action (note)

• Accessioned
• Cataloged

Call Number

Sc MG 177

OCLC

NYPW97-A122

Author

Stock, Mildred.

Title

Mildred Stock research collection, 1940-1979.

Biography

Mildred Stock (1902-ca.1980) was a writer and researcher, best known for the work, "Ira Aldridge: The Negro Tragedian", which she co-authored with Herbert Marshall. Stock was born in New York City in 1902. "Ira Aldridge: The Negro Tragedian" (Macmillan, 1958) was a major work on the nineteenth century African American Shakespearean actor. She also conducted research on other performers and figures in African American history, as well as on slavery, particularly fugitive slaves. Stock died in around 1980.

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Finding Aid

Added Author

Marshall, Herbert, 1906-1991. Ira Aldridge.

Research Call Number

Sc MG 177