Lukol Directory: Arts: Performing Arts: Theatre: Minstrel Shows

Minstrel and Vaudeville Ephemera
For sale over the internet.
http://pages.patsweeneyephemera.com/146/In...

A Mini Minstral Show
Includes a typical script, promotional images, and commentary.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/enam...

Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia
Features 4,000-piece collection of racist artifacts. Visitation is offered only as part of a university-approved academic course, workshop, or seminar. Located in Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Michigan.
http://www.ferris.edu/news/jimcrow/menu.ht...

Black-Face Minstrelsy
Includes images, background and a script sample.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/huck...

Lift Every Voice: Minstrels
Companion to the "Music in American Life" exhibit at the University of Virginia Library. Commentary accompanies pictures of original minstrel show programs, illustrations and paraphanalia.
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/exhibits...

Stephen Foster | Blackface Minstrelsy
From the website for the PBS American Experience documentary "Stephen Foster" a page of information on the Minstrel Show in the 19th century.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/foster/sfeatu...

Minstrelsy Homepage 1830-1852
Includes image gallery, songs, texts, notices and reviews, articles, and essays and interpretation of the minstrel show tradition.
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/utc/...

A Look Back at Minstrelsy
Read about minstrelsy, and find out why it was popular during the 19th century.
http://afroamhistory.about.com/library/wee...

Minstrel Show, The
Page from a site on the Jacksonian era in America provides a short history of the minstrel genre and an exploration of the archtypes it created.
http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/jackson/minstr...

Black and White Minstrel Show, The
Article on the 1950s BBC series filmed in the American tradition. From the Museum of Television online.
http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/B/htmlB/...

American Minstrel Show Collection
Information about the archive held at Princeton University.
http://libweb.princeton.edu/libraries/fire...

Africans in America
Information on the origins of the minstrel character, Jim Crow.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3h489.ht...

November 1901: Minstrel Show in Los Angeles
Contemporary newspaper account from the Los Angelies Herald.
http://www.ulwaf.com/LA-1900s/01.11.html

Minstrel Shows
Explores the musical tradition. Includes an article by John Kenrick and a typical minstrel program.
http://www.musicals101.com/minstrel.htm

Official Australasian Black & White Minstrel Show Website, The
Approved by Dot Mitchell, widow of George Mitchell.
http://www.geocities.com/blackwhiteminstre...

Sub Topics:
Foster, Stephen Collins


Related Topics:
Arts: Television: Programs: Comedy: Sitcoms: Amos 'n' Andy
Society: Ethnicity: African: African-American: Arts and Culture: Performing Arts
Arts: Music: History: 19th Century American
Society: Issues: Race-Ethnic-Religious Relations: Race and Racism



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