Letter to Harold Courlander from Frederic Ridgely Torrance: Museum Object and Cultural History
Letter to Harold Courlander from Frederic Ridgely Torrance: Date: March 18, 1939. Created by: Frederic Ridgely Torrence, American, 1874 - 1950. Subject of: Harold Courlander, American, 1908 - 1996.
The object in the museum catalogue
Typed letter on "The Neighborhood Association" letterhead addressed to Harold Courlander from Ridgely Torrance, the Director of Study of the Negro Theatre in American Drama at the Rockefeller Foundation regarding the Foundation's interest in a study of Negro play material and the Karamu Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio. Torrance inquires about plays by Courlander in addition to his play "Swamp Mud" which was performed at Karamu.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: March 18, 1939
- Created by: Frederic Ridgely Torrence, American, 1874 - 1950
- Subject of: Harold Courlander, American, 1908 - 1996
- Subject of: Karamu House, American, founded 1915
- Type: letters (correspondence)
- Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions: H x W: 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
- Place made: Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Theatre
- Object number: 2011.84.2
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Michael Courlander.
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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