Research Catalog
Isabel Washington Powell collection
- Title
- Isabel Washington Powell collection, 1929-1981.
- Author
- Powell, Isabel Washington, 1908-2007.
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | folder 1 | Moving image | Use in library | Sc MG 163 folder 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Description
- 1 folder.
- Summary
- The Isabel Washington Powell collection contains news clippings relating to Powell's appearance in the plays "Bamboola" (1929), "Harlem" (1929), and "Singin' the Blues". Additional clippings refer to her engagement and marriage to Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. There are also several letters deal with her work as a public school teacher, speaker, and Jimmy Carter supporter
- Subject
- Powell, Isabel Washington, 1908-2007
- Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr., 1908-1972
- Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
- African Americans in the performing arts
- African Americans > Social life and customs
- African American women > Political activity
- African American women teachers
- African American actresses
- United States > Politics and government > 1977-1981
- Note
- Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.
- Recordings transferred to Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.
- Source (note)
- Powell, Isabel Washington
- Biography (note)
- Isabel Washington Powell (1908-2007) was an actress, teacher, and the first wife of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
- Processing Action (note)
- Surveyed
- Processed
- Cataloging updated
- Call Number
- Sc MG 163
- OCLC
- NYPW89-A179
- Author
- Powell, Isabel Washington, 1908-2007.
- Title
- Isabel Washington Powell collection, 1929-1981.
- Biography
- Isabel Washington Powell (1908-2007) was an actress, teacher, and the first wife of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 163