Aldridge Collection
Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections
- Title
- Aldridge Collection
- Creator
- Scobie, Edward
- Identifier
- MS4
- Size
- 8 Linear Feet 6 boxes, 1 half-file box, 1 oversize flat box, 1 oversize folder
- Dates
- 1806-2017
- Predominant Dates
- 1846-1959
- Abstract
- The Aldridge Collection consists of materials relating to 19th century African-American tragedian Ira Frederick Aldridge (1807-1867) and his children, mainly his daughter Amanda Christina Elizabeth Aldridge (known as Amanda Ira Aldridge, who composed under the pseudonym Montague Ring; 1866-1956). Included in the collection are correspondence, photographs and engravings, newspaper clippings, musical manuscripts and scores, personal and legal documents, articles, memorabilia, two portraits and a sculpture.
- Language
- English
Scope and Contents
The Aldridge Collection consists of materials relating to 19th century African-American tragedian Ira Frederick Aldridge (1807-1967) and his children, mainly his daughter Amanda Christina Elizabeth Aldridge (known as Amanda Ira Aldridge, who composed under the pseudonym Montague Ring; 1866-1956). Materials related to Ira Aldridge include transcriptions of letters, honors and citations, copies of legal documents, newspaper clippings, and photographic engravings or reproductions. Amanda Ira Aldridge materials include correspondence, musical manuscripts and scores, and an autobiographical statement. This collection also contains articles about Ira Aldridge and his theatrical career by Edward Scobie (born Vivian Edward George Dalrymple) and Owen Mortimer. Additional materials on Aldridge and 19th century theatre which were received include a portrait of Aldridge in the role of Mungo and a bust by Pietro Calvi (1833-1844): "Bust of Othello: the Moor of Venice."
Arrangement
The Aldridge Collection is organized into 6 series: Ira Aldridge materials (1817-1962, 1993-2012); Materials on Slavery (1806-1846, 1952-1963); Amanda Aldridge materials (1869-1956); Correspondence (1888-1991); Owen Mortimer materials (1949-2017); Artifacts (circa 1825-1870s, 2000).
Acquisition Information
Most of the original Aldridge materials were received from Edward Scobie. Photocopies of documents, articles, and correspondence were gifts of Aldridge scholars Owen Mortimer or Bernth Lindfors. Additional materials on Aldridge and 19th century theatre were acquired from Bernth Lindfors in 2017.
Conditions Governing Access
Available for research.
Processing Information
Processed by Sigrid Pohl Perry in September 1982; revised in February 1993, January 1999, September 2001, April 2004, January 2018; encoded version revised in March 2006; February 2010; February 2013; January 2018; August 2021.
Processing Information note
This collection was surveyed as part of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium's Survey Initiative on 2010 March 15 by Lisa Calahan and Lauren Kalal.
Preferred Citation
Aldridge Collection, Manuscript Series IV, Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections, Northwestern University Library
Biographical Information
Ira Frederick Aldridge was born in New York City on July 24, 1807, to Reverend Daniel and Luranah Aldridge. He received his education at New York's African Free School and the University of Glasgow, Scotland. Although he performed in amateur productions in New York, his performance did not receive notice until he debuted as the first black actor at Royal Coburg Theatre, London on October 10, 1825 in the role of Prince Oroonoko of Africa. He toured in the British Isles and the European continent, receiving special acclaim in Poland and Russia; one of his most frequent roles was Othello. In 1825 Aldridge married Margaret Gill of England; after her death in 1864 he married Countess Amanda von Brandt of Sweden. His grown children included Ira Daniel Aldridge, teacher of languages; Ira Frederick Olaff Aldridge, musician and composer; Irene Luranah Pauline Aldridge, opera singer; and Amanda Christina Elizabeth Aldridge, known as Amanda Ira Aldridge (1866-1956), teacher and composer under the name of Montague Ring. Aldridge became a naturalized British subject in 1863. He died August 7, 1867 while on a theatrical tour of Poland, and was buried in Lodz, Poland on August 9, 1867.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright for materials resides with the literary executors of individual letters and documents. All users must comply with federal copyright regulations.
Indexed Terms
- African American actors
- Aldridge, Ira Frederick, 1807-1867
- Andrews, Cyril Bruyn, 1885-1948
- Dalrymple, Vivian
- Hayes, Roland, 1887-1977
- Kovačević, Mihailo, 1891-1961
- Lindfors, Bernth
- Mortimer, Owen
- Ring, Montague
- Scobie, Edward
Indexed Terms
Inventory
- Title
- Correspondence (15pp.)
- Dates
- 1853-1866 and undated
- Title
- Ira Aldridge to Amalia, Halle [Germany] (2pp.)
- Dates
- 1854 December 30
Amalia is an actress whose family lives in Vienna; Aldridge discusses his European tour and hope to take a German troupe to England.
- Title
- Ira Aldridge -- typescripts transcribed from letters (8pp.)
- Title
- Annie Binn to Aldridge
- Dates
- 1866
- Title
- Mr. and Mrs. Dease (dinner invitation)
- Title
- Rosa Hennebert to Aldridge
- Dates
- 1853
- Title
- R.H. Gibbons & Co. to Aldridge
- Title
- Honors and citations (9pp.)
- Dates
- 1853-1865
- Title
- Hapsburg Court, 1853. Kazan, 1865.
- Dates
- 1853, 1865
- Title
- St. Petersburg. Czar Alexander Nikolayevich
- Dates
- 1859-01-09
- Title
- Documents (copies)
- Dates
- 1817-1932
- Title
- Marriage certificates (2pp.): Aldridge & Margaret Gill, 1825; Aldridge & Countess Amanda Von Brandt, 1865
- Dates
- 1825, 1865
- Title
- Verification of birth and death of Rachael Margaret Frederika Aldridge (1p.)
- Dates
- circa 1867, 1869
- Title
- Deaths of Ira Aldridge's parents: (4pp.) Lurana Aldridge, 1817; Daniel Aldridge, 1840
- Dates
- 1817, 1840
- Title
- Death certificates (9pp.): Margaret Aldridge, 1864; Amanda Aldridge, 1915; Lurana Aldridge, 1932; Ira Aldridge (Polish and English), August 8, 1867.
- Dates
- 1864, 1867, 1915, 1932
- Title
- Memorial by Ira Aldridge for certificate of naturalization in England, 1863 (4pp.)
- Dates
- 1863
- Title
- Performance place-list (1p. holograph)
- Title
- Contemporary newspaper clippings (16pp.)
- Title
- Typed transcriptions of articles re: Ira Aldridge's death in 1867 (7pp.)
- Dates
- 1867
- Title
- Posthumous newspaper clippings (31pp.)
- Dates
- 1915-1929; 1932-1939; 1943-1955
- Title
- Posthumous newspaper clippings: The Era, "One Hundred Years of Negro Drama"
- Dates
- 1933 November 22
- Title
- Photographs of Ira Aldridge as himself (6); includes photographs inscribed by Amanda Aldridge to Vivian Dalrymple and a photograph by Abdullah Freres, Constantinople
- Title
- Photographs of Ira Aldridge in various roles (18), including Othello, Shylock and King Lear. Photographers include Thomas Fall, London; Abdullah Freres, Constantinople
- Title
- Ira Aldridge by various artists (6)
- Dates
- 1848 and undated
- Title
- Russian lithograph of Aldridge as Othello
- Title
- Photograph of engraving in the "Theatrical Times" of Aldridge as Othello
- Dates
- 1848-04-15
- Title
- Photograph of illustration by "G.D." of Aldridge as Zanga in "The Revenge"
- Title
- Photograph of bust of Aldridge as Othello by Pietro Calvi (2 copies, one inscribed by Amanda Aldridge)
- Title
- Tintype photo of Ira Fredrick Aldridge and Ira Daniel Aldridge
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Constitution for Poland and Russia inscribed to Aldridge (29pp.)
- Dates
- 1863
- Title
- Property deed
- Dates
- 1864 January 15
- Title
- Property deed
- Dates
- 1864 January 14
- Title
- Personal estate materials
- Dates
- 1867, 1870 and undated
- Title
- Will in Vivian Dalrymple's [Edward Scobie's] handwriting
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Letter to Mrs. Aldridge from S. May (4pp.)
- Dates
- 1867 December 16
- Title
- Policy of Assurance for Amanda Aldridge from the Phoenix Assurance Company of London
- Dates
- 1867 September 28
- Title
- Policy of Assurance for Amanda Aldridge from the Phoenix Assurance Company of London
- Dates
- 1870 January 6
- Title
- Letters to Mrs. Aldridge (4pp.); A. Boeker, 1868; H. Reeck (?), 1869
- Dates
- 1868-1869
- Title
- Ira Aldridge misc. clippings and photo (19pp.)
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Ira Aldridge misc. clippings: The World, "Your Negro Doctor"
- Dates
- 1954 September
- Title
- Facsimile score, Possum up a Gum Tree, possibly sung by Aldridge; published in US as A South Carolina Negro Air
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Copy of portrait of Henry Christophe, Haitian president, by Richard Evans, Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1818
- Dates
- 1818
- Title
- 19th century engravings of Ira Aldridge in various roles including Zanga, Mungo, Aaron (7); photograph of portrait of Aldridge as Mungo
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Ira Aldridge in the role of Othello (6 engravings or copies).
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Ira Aldridge (copy of portrait engraving)
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- The Theatrical Observer; and Daily Bills of the Play; no. 773, 24 May 1824; no. 1480 2 September 1826 (both issues have articles that reference a performance by Ira Aldridge)
- Dates
- 1824-1826
- Title
- Peter Davey [notes on Ira Aldridge with a list of performances in England, 1829-1860]
- Dates
- 1934 October 4
- Title
- Miscellaneous theatrical engravings depicting Othello, Oroonoko, Andronicus, and Edmund Edmund Kean as Coriolanus (7)
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Engravings of Surrey Theatre, Blackfriars Road, London, England (6)
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Engravings of miscellaneous theatres: Olympic Theatre, Wych St.; Royal Coburg Theatre; Haymarket Theatre; Lyceum Theatre, Sadlers Wells; St. George's Church, Bloomsbury; theatre in the palace of Versailles (11)
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Miscellaneous theatre engravings: "Mr. Mathews as Jonathan and Mr. Sloman as Agamemnon"
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Miscellaneous theatre ephemera: includes engraving of St. George's Church, Bloomsbury. From a drawing by Roy Hutchinson (with greeting card & negative of image). Miscellaneous modern postcards with photos of famous theaters.
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Amanda Aldridge's scrapbook with photographs, etc. re: Ira Aldridge (44pp.)
- Dates
- 1830-1935
- Title
- Cyril B. Andrews, "Black Ebony" manuscript (151pp.)
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Cyril B. Andrews, "Ira Aldridge: the African Roscius" notes and manuscript with Ida Shepley's Checkers magazine article (15pp.)
- Dates
- 1949 January and undated
- Title
- Ira Aldridge organizations; Charlotte Marshall "In Memorium" (3pp.)
- Dates
- 1917, 1955 and undated
- Title
- Owen Mortimer, "Mr. Aldridge of the Theatre. . .;" with notes (34pp.)
- Dates
- 1954 December 2 and undated
- Title
- Edward Scobie's notes from interviews with Aldridge family (171pp.)
- Dates
- 1953 and undated
- Title
- Aldridge articles (see box 5 for additional articles)
- Dates
- 1947-1955
- Title
- Dr. McCune Smith, typescript of Anglo-African Magazine article (11pp.)
- Title
- Owen Mortimer, "Ira Aldridge, Shakespearean Actor," Crisis, April, 1955 (17pp.)
- Dates
- 1955-04
- Title
- Stanislaw Dabrowski, "Othello on the Lodz Stage in the 19th Century," (excerpts, 1947-1948; 3pp.)
- Dates
- 1947-1948
- Title
- Eugene Szwankowski, "Ira Aldridge in Poland," 1953 (2pp.)
- Dates
- 1953
- Title
- Dr. Bernth Lindfors, "Ira Aldridge: Shakespearean Tragedian" (7pp.)
- Title
- Misc. brief articles and clippings re: Aldridge (4pp.)
- Title
- "The Signifying Flunkey: Ira Aldridge as Mungo," from The Literary Griot (vol. 5 no.2), pp. 1-11.
- Dates
- 1993 Fall
- Title
- "'Nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice': New Biographical Information on Ira Aldridge," from African American Review (vol. 28 no. 3), pp. 457-472.
- Dates
- 1994
- Title
- "Ira Aldridge, 'The African Roscius,'" from South African Theatre Journal: SATJ (v. 10 no. 1), pp.71-84.
- Dates
- 1996 May
- Title
- "The Perils of Playing the Provinces," from Nordic Theatre Studies (v.10), pp.131-138
- Dates
- 1997
- Title
- "Ira Aldridge's London Debut," from Theatre Notebook (vol. 60 no. 1), pp. 30-44
- Dates
- 2006
- Title
- "Ira Aldridge's Life in New York City," from Afro-Americans in New York Life and History (vol. 32 no. 1), pp. 7-45.
- Dates
- 2008
- Title
- "Ira Aldridge's Aaron," from Le Litteratures Africaines, pp. 49-64 (photocopy)
- Dates
- 2011
- Title
- "The Lost Life of Ira Daniel Aldridge (part 1)," Text Matters (no. 2), pp. 194-208 (photocopy)
- Dates
- 2012
- Title
- "Ira Frederick Aldridge – Black Shakespearean Actor (1807-1867)," 7pp.
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- "Amanda Ira Aldridge – She Taught the Great to Sing," 5pp.
- Dates
- circa 1962
- Title
- "Jenny Lind Taught Me Singing" [interview with Amanda Aldridge], 5pp.
- Dates
- circa 1954
- Title
- Edward Scobie, "Some Interesting Items and Artifacts in My Ira Aldridge Collection", 8pp.
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Bills (2) on the registry and manumission of slaves (20pp.)
- Dates
- 1819, 1825
- Title
- George III. Act to prevent slave importation (2pp.)
- Dates
- 1806 May 23
- Title
- Page from The Pictorial Times, 1846 (1p.)
- Dates
- 1846
- Title
- The Anti-Slavery Reporter (9 issues, 64pp.)
- Dates
- 1827, 1830, 1952-1963
- Title
- Portrait of Amanda Aldridge by Nellie M.H. Edmunds (1p.)
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Photographs of Aldridge family and friends (21), including Margaret Gill Aldridge and Amanda Pauline Ericksson Brandt Aldridge (wives of Ira Aldridge), Frederick Olaff Aldridge and Luranah Aldridge (children), gravesites of Ira Aldridge and Luranah Aldridge; Marian Anderson by Lotte Meitner-Graf, photographer; photograph of letter by Jenny Lind Goldschmidt re: Amanda Aldridge
- Dates
- circa 1915 and undated
- Title
- Amanda Aldridge photographs (20)
- Dates
- circa 1883, 1900, 1950s
- Title
- Amanda Aldridge photographs (20)
- Dates
- circa 1883, 1900, 1950s
Includes photographers "Julian", Dr. Heinz Zinram, and S. Marsden Evans. Views include Amanda Aldridge in her home, with Ida Shepley or Muriel Smith, in the BBC studios with Muriel Smith and Eric Robinson.
- Title
- Duplicate photographs (16); 2 contact sheets of same Amanda Aldridge photographs
- Dates
- circa 1883, 1900, 1950s
- Title
- Materials related to Amanda Aldridge's death on 9 March 1956: posthumous articles: The Evening News
- Dates
- 1956 August 27
- Title
- Materials related to Amanda Aldridge's death on 9 March 1956: posthumous articles: The Star paper
- Dates
- 1956 August 27
- Title
- Materials related to Amanda Aldridge's death on 9 March 1956: Obituary in The Daily Telegraph
- Dates
- 1956 March 13
- Title
- Prayerbook used at Amanda's burial on 16 March 1956 (13pp.) [Burial Service for the Use of the New Church (London, 1932) 2 copies
- Dates
- 1932
- Title
- Advertisement for Amanda's teaching with list of her pupils (26pp.)
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Clippings, reviews by her students: Marian Anderson, Marian Asquith, Lawrence Brown, Alyce Fraser, Roland Hayes, Ida Sheply
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Clippings, reviews by her students: Radio Times, "Midland Regional"
- Dates
- 1933 May 19
- Title
- Clippings, reviews by her students: Lawrence Brown: New York Amsterdam News
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Clippings, reviews by her students: Ida Sheply: "Jimmy O'Dea at Opera House"
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Clippings, reviews by her students: Marian Anderson: "Women with Golden Voices"
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Jenny Lind materials
- Dates
- 1887-1894
Includes presentation copy of Jenny Lind by Otto Goldschmidt (1894), 4 photographs, news clipping, and a letter by Jenny Lind Goldschmidt certifying that Amanda Ira Aldridge was her student (25 June 1887, 3pp.)
- Title
- Articles on the death of Dr. Jonathan Phillips (1869-1935), 2pp.
- Dates
- 1935
- Title
- Amanda Aldridge's Schumann Album of Songs (104pp.)
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- S. De Mensenkamp: Signed photo (1p.)
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Fred Aldridge programs, 1880, 1882; piano certificate, 11 February 1885; copy of score for Luranah by Ira F. Aldridge
- Dates
- 1880-1885
- Title
- Luranah Aldridge material (74pp.): Programs for vocal recitals (7)
- Dates
- 1893-1913
- Title
- Luranah Aldridge material: Programs for vocal recitals: "Paris Dieppe"
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Luranah Aldridge material: Programs for vocal recitals: "Theater Royal Covent Garden, Promenade Concerts"
- Dates
- 1893 September 10
- Title
- Immigration document, 1894; miscellaneous clippings, reviews of performances
- Dates
- 1894
- Title
- Montague Ring (Amanda Aldridge's pseudonym) piano-vocal scores, programs
- Dates
- 1910-1934
- Title
- Composition list (4 copies); programs for Antar of Araby and Chappell Ballad Concerts
- Dates
- 1910 November 12, 1925 December 14 and undated
- Title
- Musical scores (copies)
- Dates
- 1910-1934
The following musical scores are copies; for originals, see oversize folder 2: At Cupid's Ball (1923; incomplete score); Blue Days of June (1915); The Bride (1910); Little Rose in My Hair (1917); Mirette Serenade (1934); Summah Is De Lovin' Time (1925); Supplication (1914)
- Title
- Musical scores (originals)
- Dates
- 1910-1934 and undated
- Title
- Carl Henschel, "Lullaby", holograph mss. (4pp.), signed by "Ira [Amanda] Aldridge"
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- M.B. Bridgetower, "Diatonica Harmonica" mss. (5pp.)
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- At Cupid's Ball (incomplete score)
- Dates
- 1923
Amanda Aldridge, aka Montague Ring
- Title
- Blue Days of June
- Dates
- 1915
Amanda Aldridge, aka Montague Ring
- Title
- The Bride
- Dates
- 1910
Amanda Aldridge, aka Montague Ring
- Title
- Little Rose in My Hair
- Dates
- 1917
Amanda Aldridge, aka Montague Ring
- Title
- Mirette Serenade
- Dates
- 1934
Amanda Aldridge, aka Montague Ring
- Title
- Summah Is De Lovin' Time
- Dates
- 1925
Amanda Aldridge, aka Montague Ring
- Title
- Supplication
- Dates
- 1914
Amanda Aldridge, aka Montague Ring
- Title
- Carl Henschel, "Lullaby", holograph mss. (4pp.), signed by "Ira [Amanda] Aldridge"
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- M.B. Bridgetower, "Diatonica Harmonica" mss. (5pp.) [copies only; originals in oversize Folder 2]
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Programs, reviews, clippings; autobiographical statement in Amanda's hand (34pp.)
- Dates
- 1898-1954
- Title
- Clippings
- Dates
- 1952
- Title
- Amanda Aldridge to Cyril B. Andrews (5pp.)
- Dates
- 1940
- Title
- Amanda Aldridge with Vivian Dalrymple (6pp.)
- Dates
- 1950-1952
- Title
- Amanda Aldridge with Vivian Dalrymple (20pp.)
- Dates
- 1953
- Title
- Amanda Aldridge with Vivian Dalrymple (47pp.)
- Dates
- 1954 January-June
- Title
- Amanda Aldridge with Vivian Dalrymple: "Prize Winner" news clipping
- Dates
- circa 1954
- Title
- Amanda Aldridge with Vivian Dalrymple, (37pp.)
- Dates
- 1954 July-December
- Title
- Amanda Aldridge with Vivian Dalrymple (20pp.)
- Dates
- 1955
- Title
- Amanda Aldridge correspondence from music publishers and admirers (17pp.)
- Dates
- 1901-1955
- Title
- Marian Anderson to A. Aldridge (11pp.)
- Dates
- 1928-1931
- Title
- Cyril B. Andrews correspondence (35pp.)
- Dates
- 1934-1949
- Title
- Vivian Dalrymple to A. Aldridge (8pp.)
- Dates
- 1954
- Title
- Vivian Dalrymple with Gregory, Rowcliffe & Co. (3pp.)
- Dates
- 1954
- Title
- Vincent D'Indy to A. Aldridge (1p.)
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Charlotte Marshall poem to "Miss Ira Aldridge" (1p.)
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Roland Hayes to A. Aldridge (38pp.)
- Dates
- 1919-1922
- Title
- Michel Kovatchevitch correspondence (8pp.)
- Dates
- 1939-1945
- Title
- Letter to M.K. from A.A. (?) re: photograph sent by father at her birth (2pp.)
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Michel Kovatchevitch and Vivian Dalrymple correspondence (39pp.)
- Dates
- 1956-1957
- Title
- Owen Mortimer correspondence
- Dates
- 1953-1955
- Title
- to A. Aldridge (3pp.)
- Dates
- 1953
- Title
- to Vivian Dalrymple (2pp.)
- Dates
- 1953
- Title
- to Edward Scobie (2pp.)
- Dates
- 1954
- Title
- with A. Aldridge, 1953 - 1955 (48pp. copies only)
- Dates
- 1953-1955
- Title
- Owen Mortimer correspondence re: Ira Aldridge and Amanda Aldridge (copies, 5pp.)
- Dates
- 1955, 1965, 1991
- Title
- Paul Robeson correspondence with A. Aldridge (2pp.)
- Dates
- circa 1920s
- Title
- Arthur Schomberg correspondence (17pp.)
- Dates
- 1935-1938
- Title
- Edward Scobie correspondence (18pp.)
- Dates
- 1951-1956
- Title
- Mildred Stock correspondence to A. Aldridge (2pp.)
- Dates
- 1953-1955
- Title
- Mildred Stock to Edward Scobie (18pp.)
- Dates
- 1953-1956
- Title
- Mildred Stock to Owen Mortimer (14pp. copies)
- Dates
- 1955-1959
- Title
- R.H. Thomas correspondence re: Ira Aldridge (1p.)
- Dates
- 1934
- Title
- Eva Wagner correspondence & photos sent to A. A. (7pp.)
- Dates
- 1896-1897
- Title
- Correspondence to Amanda Aldridge (various authors, 34pp.)
- Dates
- 1888-1955
- Title
- Owen Mortimer biography of Ira Aldridge
- Dates
- circa 1989-1996
- Title
- "Speak of me as I Am: the Story of Ira Aldridge" press release
- Dates
- circa 1992
- Title
- Notes re: Aldridge research
- Dates
- 1989-1991
- Title
- Prospectus of Aldridge biography by Mortimer
- Dates
- circa 1992
- Title
- Barry Smith, "Black Man on a White Stage," review of Mortimer's biography, published in Our Alma Mater; appended with notes by Mortimer (11pp.)
- Dates
- 1996 Christmas
- Title
- Owen Mortimer articles (copies with signed presentations by Mortimer)
- Dates
- 1958-1959, 1991-1997
- Title
- Owen Mortimer, "The Soviet Union Honors Ira Aldridge," 1958, with note and copies of correspondence by O.M., 1958, 1993 (11pp.)
- Dates
- 1958
- Title
- Owen Mortimer, "Research on Ira Aldridge: A Journey of Discovery in Theatre History," 1959, 27pp.
- Dates
- 1959
- Title
- Owen Mortimer, "Now Join Our Hands: Ira Aldridge's Entreaty," 1995 (16pp.; 2 copies)
- Dates
- 1995
- Title
- Owen Mortimer, trans., Uta Sadji, "Ira Aldridge - African Actor on German Stages," Etudes Germano-Africaines, no. 91, 1991, pp. 91 - 95. (9pp. - 2 copies)
- Dates
- 1991
- Title
- Owen Mortimer, "Journey's End: Ira Aldridge and Poland," 1996 (7pp.)
- Dates
- 1996
- Title
- Owen Mortimer, "Ira Aldridge, Knight of Saxony, 1807-1867," 1996 (7pp.)
- Dates
- 1996
- Title
- Owen Mortimer, "Theophile Gautier on Ira Aldridge, 1858," 1997 (8pp.)
- Dates
- 1997
- Title
- Owen Mortimer correspondence re: Aldridge articles
- Dates
- 1950-1954, 1994-2000
- Title
- Fountain Peyton to O.M. (1p.) with Fountain Peyton, "Ira Frederick Aldridge," 1917 (13pp. copy)
- Dates
- 1950
- Title
- Marie Trommer to O.M. (4pp.) with Marie Trommer, "Ira Aldridge, American Negro Tragedian and Taras Shevchenko, Poet of the Ukraine -Story of a Friendship," 1939 (9pp. copy)
- Dates
- 1952
- Title
- Owen Mortimer miscellaneous correspondence, copies
- Dates
- 1953-1954, 1994-2000
- Title
- Map with Aldridge tours marked; map of Russian Empire
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- 19 photographic reproductions of Aldridge, family members
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- 1 photographic reproduction of King Leopold of Belgium
- Dates
- undated
- Title
- Owen Mortimer, Queen Victoria's African Actor. Wangaratta, Victoria (82pp.)
- Dates
- 1999
- Title
- Dr. Gregory Haines, Book review of Queen Victoria's African Actor by Owen Mortimer, 3pp. (2 copies), with two letters from O.M. to R. Maylone, December (4pp.)
- Dates
- 1999
- Title
- Owen Mortimer, Six talks on Ira Aldridge in the U.S.A.
- Dates
- 1949-1959, 1999
- Title
- Letter to R. Russell Maylone, The Curator of the Ira Aldridge Collection, Northwestern University
- Dates
- 1999 March 15
- Title
- Press clippings, publicity cards and notices
- Dates
- 1949-1959
- Title
- O.M., "Research on Ira Aldridge: A Journey of Discovery in Theatre History," Typescript photocopy, 1959 (18pp.); includes copies of correspondence between O.M. and Mildred Stock, erratum by O.M., and prospectus of O.M.'s biography of Aldridge.
- Dates
- 1959
- Title
- Owen Mortimer miscellaneous
- Dates
- 1992-1999
- Title
- Fact sheet on Ira Daniel Aldridge (2pp.)
- Dates
- circa 1997
- Title
- Printout from O.M. website on Ira Aldridge (4pp.)
- Dates
- 1996 June 27
- Title
- Owen Mortimer resume
- Dates
- circa 1992
- Title
- List of photocopies given to Northwestern University Library
- Dates
- 1992
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- Last will and testament of O.M., photocopy
- Dates
- 1999 January 1
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- O.M., "Regarding Owen Mortimer's biography: Speak of Me as I Am: The Story of Ira Aldridge"
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- undated
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- Robin Scott Peters, "The African Tragedian" dramatic montage, with letter and clippings
- Dates
- 2000
Performed October 7, 2000, University of Hawaii at Manoa. (18pp. copy) With correspondence to and From Owen Mortimer (5pp. copies); publicity photograph, program, and Copies of Peters' correspondence and reviews (3pp.)
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- Barry Smith, "Black Man on a White Stage," review of Owen Mortimer's Biography, Speak of Me as I Am (12pp.)
- Dates
- 1996 Christmas
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- Owen Mortimer's correspondence with Barry Smith (3pp.)
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- 1996 April 23
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- Copy of correspondence with Krystyna Kujawinska Courtney (3pp. copy)
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- 2003 August 3
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- Ira Aldridge exhibit, Wangaratta City Library, Victoria, Australia
- Dates
- 2000 July
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- Photographs of exhibit (2) and photocopies of publicity (3pp.)
- Dates
- circa 2000
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- Information about framed portrait of Ira Aldridge by Lara Reginato, Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia
- Dates
- 2000
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- Invitation to "Ira Aldridge (1807-1867): An International Symposium Celebrating the Bicentennial Anniversary of his Birth," University of Lodz, Poland
- Dates
- 2007 July 23-25
includes correspondence with Sigrid P. Perry, McCormick Library of Special Collections (see also catalog of symposium in McCormick Library)
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- DVD copy of "Ira Aldridge: The Black Tragedian," documentary written and directed by Joseph Mydell (library use only)
- Dates
- circa 2006
Gift of Dr. Tracie Morris.
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- Commemorations of Ira Aldridge, Lodz, Poland
- Dates
- 2005-2014
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- Note from Hugh McLean with photocopy of a photograph of Ira Aldridge's gravesite, Cmentarz Enwangelicko-Augsburski, Lodz, Poland (8 February 2005).
- Dates
- 2005
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- Interview and comments about Ira Aldridge at his gravesite by Barbara J. Williams and Dr. Krystyna Kujawinska-Courtney, University of Lodz (15 September 2012, DVD, 18min.).
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- 2012
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- Correspondence from Barbara J. Williams re: commemorative plaque for Ira Aldridge (24 February 2014).
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- 2014
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- Copy of article about Ira Aldridge and ceremony to lay plaque at site where Aldridge died (posted by the International Shakespeare Study Center, University of Lodz).
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- Lolita Chakrabarti, Red Velvet
- Dates
- 2016
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- Advertisement for 2016 production of Red Velvet at Garrick Theatre With note to Bernth Lindfors about the 2012 opening of the play
- Dates
- 2016
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- Commemorations of Ira Aldridge, Lodz, Poland
- Dates
- 2016-2017
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- Copy of European Studies blog post about the Aldridge memorial plaque
- Dates
- 2016 September 20
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- Copy of letter by Sigrid Pohl Perry, PhD, Northwestern University Library to Dr. Krystyna Kujawinska-Courtney, on the occasion of an Ira Aldridge exhibit at the University of Lodz to open on 6 November
- Dates
- 2017 October 17
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- Copies of posts and articles from Lodz, Poland about the activities commemorating Ira Aldridge on the 150th anniversary of his death
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- 2017 August 8-November 17
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- Belt worn by Ira Aldridge performing Othello in some productions
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- circa 1825-1867
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- Framed portrait of Ira Aldridge by Lara Reginato, Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia
- Dates
- 2000