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Ernest "Tad" Truesdale papers
- Title
- Ernest "Tad" Truesdale papers, 1945-1987.
- Author
- Truesdale, Ernest, 1926-1988.
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | portfolio | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 103 portfolio | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 2 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 103 Box 2 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 103 Box 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Description
- .6 lin. ft.
- Summary
- The Ernest "Tad" Truesdale Papers primarily document the performer's professional career and includes biographical information, playscripts, news clippings, reviews, programs, correspondence and financial records.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
- Subject
- Note
- Audiotapes transferred to Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.
- Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.
- Sketches and posters transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.
- Source (note)
- Charlotte Evans
- Biography (note)
- Ernest Truesdale, whose stage name was Tad Truesdale, was a dancer, choreographer, actor, writer, producer and director.
- Processing Action (note)
- Accessioned
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- Sc MG 103
- OCLC
- NYPW088000001-A
- Author
- Truesdale, Ernest, 1926-1988.
- Title
- Ernest "Tad" Truesdale papers, 1945-1987.
- Biography
- Ernest Truesdale, whose stage name was Tad Truesdale, was a dancer, choreographer, actor, writer, producer and director. He studied acting at the New School for Social Research, and dance with Charles Weidman and at the Katherine Dunham School. A versatile performer, Truesdale's career dealt mostly with African, calypso and African American aspects of theater. His work primarily was in New Jersey and New York City. As a dancer, he had two dance acts in the 1950's: Truesdale and Francine, and Truesdale and Theral, and also danced in Broadway musicals, including "St. Louis Woman" and "Carmen Jones," and toured Europe and Asia with a variety of shows including the Harlem Blackbirds. He was a student member of the American Negro Theatre Company and appeared in the Broadway production of "Anna Lucasta." Truesdale also performed in several Off-Broadway productions, television and made recordings. From 1975-1984 he worked with La Mama Experimental Theatre Club in New York City as playwright and director. He also was active with dramatics in the public schools.
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- Sc MG 103