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Leigh Rollin Whipper photograph collection.

Title: Leigh Rollin Whipper photograph collection.
Author: Whipper, Leigh R. (Leigh Rollin), 1877-1975
Publication: [between 1880 and 1959?]

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Leigh Rollin Whipper Collection	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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p1pc Whipper, Leigh R. (Leigh Rollin), 1877-1975 Leigh Rollin Whipper papers, 1861-1963 (OCoLC)122346178

Description

162 items (.3 cubic ft., one box); 26 x 21 cm and smaller.
132 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white, some hand color ;
3 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
8 photomechanical prints : halftone, black and white ;
3 programs : halftone, black and white ;
9 broadsides : halftone, black and white ;
3 drawings : ink, black and white ;
1 drawing : charcoal, black and white ;
1 drawing : crayon, color ;
1 stat : black and white ;
1 negative : gelatin silver, black and white ;

Summary

Collection depicts some aspects of the personal life and the acting career of African American actor Leigh Whipper, from approximately the 1880s to the 1950s. Depictions of Whipper's stage and film career are limited; much of the collection depicts other performers.
The collection consists of studio portraits of Whipper, family members, and other performers who were associates of Whipper's; group portraits showing Whipper with friends and colleagues; candid shots of Whipper, relatives and friends; some publicity photographs of stage and film productions; candid shots of a theater production; group portraits of a football team, a choir and some youth groups; and views of a bust of Whipper. Also included are some illustrations of Whipper, and broadsides and programs for musical performances by colleagues.
Of note are portraits of Whipper's father and mother, Judge William J. Whipper and teacher/physician Frances Rollin Whipper (alias Frank A. Rollin), and his sister, reformer Dr. Ionia R. Whipper; studio portraits and candid shots of his wife Lillian Whipper; publicity photographs from the theatrical production "Stevedore" (1934); and views of sculptor Augusta Savage working on a bust of Whipper (ca. 1930s).

Subjects

Genre/Form

Portrait photographs – 1880-1959.
Group portraits – 1890-1959.
Publicity photographs – 1910-1959.
Gelatin silver prints – 1880-1959.
Drawings – 1900-1939.
Ephemera – 1950-1959.
Scrapbooks – 1930-1939.

Note

Title taken from Leigh Rollin Whipper Papers.
Some photographs bear photographer's or photography studio's hand stamp on verso; some items bear photographer's name on recto; one item bears photographer's signature on recto. Some items bear handwritten captions on verso; some items printed captions attached to verso; two items bear printed captions on verso; some items bear printed captions on recto.
Many items are mounted to loose scrapbook pages; one item is mounted to verso of scrapbook cover; some scrapbook pages bear handwritten captions. Some clippings are mounted to scrapbook pages. Some mounted items bear inscriptions. Some items bear cropping marks; some items are cropped. Some items are duplicates.
Collection contains work by James C. Campbell, Hale Haberman, Edward Pearlene , and Vandamm Studio, among others.

Terms of Use (note)

Some item are restricted; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography (note)

Leigh Rollin Whipper, 1877-1975, was an African American stage, film and televison actor. His best known role is that of Crooks in both the 1937 Broadway production "Of Mice and Men" and the 1939 motion picture version. Whipper was the first African American member of the Actors' Equity Association (1913), and a co-founder of the Negro Actors Guild of America (1937).

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of the Leigh Rollin Whipper Papers, 1861-1963.

Call Number

Sc Photo Leigh Rollin Whipper Collection

OCLC

1054360064

Author

Whipper, Leigh R. (Leigh Rollin), 1877-1975, collector.

Title

Leigh Rollin Whipper photograph collection.

Production

[between 1880 and 1959?]

Type of Content

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Terms Of Use

Some item are restricted; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography

Leigh Rollin Whipper, 1877-1975, was an African American stage, film and televison actor. His best known role is that of Crooks in both the 1937 Broadway production "Of Mice and Men" and the 1939 motion picture version. Whipper was the first African American member of the Actors' Equity Association (1913), and a co-founder of the Negro Actors Guild of America (1937).

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Leigh Rollin Whipper Papers, 1861-1963.

Local Note

Sc MG 47

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Added Author

Bernard, Bruno, photographer.

Campbell, James C., photographer.

Connelly, James Hargis, photographer.

Crawley, Robert D., photographer.

Haberman, Hale, photographer.

Hawkins, David J., photographer.

Mosley, J. M., photographer.

Pearlene, Edward, photographer.

Smith, Irving C., photographer.

Fred Hess & Son, photographer.

Talbot (New York, N.Y.) photographer.

Vandamm, photographer.

Found In:

p1pc Whipper, Leigh R. (Leigh Rollin), 1877-1975 Leigh Rollin Whipper papers, 1861-1963 (OCoLC)122346178

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Leigh Rollin Whipper Collection

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