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Martha Pryor Anderson papers
- Title
- Martha Pryor Anderson papers, 1943-1990.
- Author
- Anderson, Martha Pryor.
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | box 1 | Text | Use in library | Sc MG 510 box 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. | box 2 | Text | Use in library | Sc MG 510 box 2 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | box 3 | Text | Use in library | Sc MG 510 box 3 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | box 4 | Text | Use in library | Sc MG 510 box 4 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | box 5 | Text | Use in library | Sc MG 510 box 5 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | box 6 | Text | Use in library | Sc MG 510 box 6 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | box 7 | Text | Use in library | Sc MG 510 box 7 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Description
- 2 lin. ft. (1 carton, 4 boxes)
- Summary
- Correspondence, notebooks, programs, printed matter and scrapbooks documenting Martha Pryor Anderson's activities as a poet and diseuse, and her membership in the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York.
- Subjects
- Note
- Photographs transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division.
- Biography (note)
- Born in Richmond, VA. in 1890, Martha Pryor Anderson was an African American woman poet and dramatic performer.
- Call Number
- Sc MG 510
- OCLC
- 122466500
- NYPW93-A343
- Author
- Anderson, Martha Pryor.
- Title
- Martha Pryor Anderson papers, 1943-1990.
- Biography
- Born in Richmond, VA. in 1890, Martha Pryor Anderson was an African American woman poet and dramatic performer. She founded the Pryor's Dramatic Players in Richmond in the 1930s, but later moved to New York where she started the group anew. She made her debut at Carnegie Hall in the early 1940s. She travelled extensively, appearing in churches, local schools and colleges. Her repertoire included some of her own poems and dramatic works. She died in Harlem in 1993.
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- Sc MG 510