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Box 7

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Contains 19 Results:

Playscript: "The Little Tommy Parker Celebrated Colored Minstrel Show", undated

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Holds typescript of play in a sprial bound booklet.

Dates: undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Carlyle Brown papers / Series 2: Playscripts and Screenplays / 2.1: Playscripts / 2.1.1.: "The Little Tommy Parker Celebrated Colored Minstrel Show" / a. Pre-Production: Playscript Drafts and Research Documents

Blueprint of set/stage design, 1987 January 12

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Designed for the Penmbra Theatre Company.

Dates: 1987 January 12
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Carlyle Brown papers / Series 2: Playscripts and Screenplays / 2.1: Playscripts / 2.1.1.: "The Little Tommy Parker Celebrated Colored Minstrel Show" / b. Stage and Post Production

Playbills and flyers, undated

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

Holds various play programs from The Puppet House, The Laughing Mirror Theatre, The Texas Commission on the Arts Theatre Three, Penumbra, Just Above Midtown/Downtown and St. Louis Black Repertory Company.

Dates: undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Carlyle Brown papers / Series 2: Playscripts and Screenplays / 2.1: Playscripts / 2.1.1.: "The Little Tommy Parker Celebrated Colored Minstrel Show" / b. Stage and Post Production

Reviews of play and newspaper articles, 1987, 1989, 1991, and undated

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains stage blueprint; playbills and flyers; reviews of plays with newspaper articles, and correspondence.

Dates: 1987, 1989, 1991, and undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Carlyle Brown papers / Series 2: Playscripts and Screenplays / 2.1: Playscripts / 2.1.1.: "The Little Tommy Parker Celebrated Colored Minstrel Show" / b. Stage and Post Production

Correspondence , 1981-1984

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

Holds letters to Brown regarding play comments and declines of production from various theatre companies.

Dates: 1981-1984
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Carlyle Brown papers / Series 2: Playscripts and Screenplays / 2.1: Playscripts / 2.1.1.: "The Little Tommy Parker Celebrated Colored Minstrel Show" / b. Stage and Post Production

Correspondence: The Negro Ensemble Company, 1991-1992, 1999

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents

Includes play program and newspaper articles regarding the theatre company's financial challenges.

Dates: 1991-1992, 1999
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Carlyle Brown papers / Series 2: Playscripts and Screenplays / 2.1: Playscripts / 2.1.1.: "The Little Tommy Parker Celebrated Colored Minstrel Show" / b. Stage and Post Production

Original photos of the real Tommy Parker, undated

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Holds sepia and black and white photographs of Tommy Ancrum, Brown's great-great-great uncle (Brown's maternal grandmother's brother.)

Dates: undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Carlyle Brown papers / Series 2: Playscripts and Screenplays / 2.1: Playscripts / 2.1.1.: "The Little Tommy Parker Celebrated Colored Minstrel Show" / a. Pre-Production: Playscript Drafts and Research Documents

Photographic images for the play, undated

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Holds sepia tone and black and white photographs. Includes a black and white image of Carlyle Brown.

Dates: undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Carlyle Brown papers / Series 2: Playscripts and Screenplays / 2.1: Playscripts / 2.1.1.: "The Little Tommy Parker Celebrated Colored Minstrel Show" / a. Pre-Production: Playscript Drafts and Research Documents

Playscript: "The Little Tommy Parker Celebrated Colored Minstrel Show", undated

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Holds typescript of play; copy was sent to the United States Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

Dates: undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Carlyle Brown papers / Series 2: Playscripts and Screenplays / 2.1: Playscripts / 2.1.1.: "The Little Tommy Parker Celebrated Colored Minstrel Show" / a. Pre-Production: Playscript Drafts and Research Documents

Playscript: "The Little Tommy Parker Celebrated Colored Minstrel Show", undated

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Soft bound typescript of play.

Dates: undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Carlyle Brown papers / Series 2: Playscripts and Screenplays / 2.1: Playscripts / 2.1.1.: "The Little Tommy Parker Celebrated Colored Minstrel Show" / a. Pre-Production: Playscript Drafts and Research Documents
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