PAUL ROBESON 26 PIECE COLLECTION SPANNING 1926-1978.
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Auction #208 - Part I
Item numbers 1 through 1277 in auction 208
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Item Description
This remarkable collection is devoted to famous singer, actor and civil rights leader Paul Robeson. A) 1926 Symphony Hall Brochure 5.5x8.5”, 4 pages, tip off one back cover; B) 1931 Eastman Theater Concert brochure, 6.5x10.5”, 4pgs. C) 1931 Oppenheimer Concert brochure 6x9.5”. 4 pgs., small ink notations on interior “Program Of Negro Music” and vertical fold. D) 1937 Show Boat of 1937 sheet music. 9.5x12”. English with edge and corner wear. E) c. 1941 Columbia Univ. Program (back cover shown) 6.5x10.5”, 2 horizontal folds. F) 1943 “Othello” Playbill program 6.5x10.5”. 36 pgs. Cover foxing. G) 1943 “Othello” Playgoer program 6x9”. H) 1945 “Othello” Playgoer program 6x9”. I) c. 1945 Souvenir Book (many photos) 9x12”. Partial spine splits. J) Likely 1945 Keil Auditorium program 6x9”. Very tanned. K) 1949 English Souvenir Program 9x11”. Much front cover dust soil. L) & M) Two modern prints of 1940 (World Youth Festival Camp) and 1948 (Camp Kinderland) photos. N) 1949 booklet “Address By Paul Robison At Welcome Home Rally New York. June 19, 1949.” 5.5x8.5”. Newsprint, tanned but Very Fine. Anti Jim Crow text on back. O) 1949 “Report” on violence at Peekskill, N.Y. Robeson concerts in name of anti Communism. Glossy pages of photos of mob violence. 8x10.5”. Loose center fold. Minor cover age. P) 1950 booklet “The Negro People And The Soviet Union” by Robeson. 3.75x5”. Q) 1951 booklet about Robeson “Lift Every Voice For Paul Robeson.” 3.75x5”. R) 1954 “Souvenir Programme Peace Arch Concert” sponsored by Vancouver “Union Of Mine, Mill And Smelter Workers.” Robeson mentions a tribute to Joe Hill in an advance letter to union official. 6.5x10”. A few cover spots. S) 1963 German/English music folio “Songs For Peace” 8.25x11.5”. Published in Berlin. Light cover soil. T) 1965 “San Francisco Salute To Paul Robeson” program. 8.5x11”. Tanned edges, back cover. U) 1960s folder speech excerpts “In Honor Of Paul Robeson.” 4x8.5” Minor creases. Water mark. V/W ) 1975 Berlin (in German) “German Academy of the Arts” booklet in his honor. Includes mimeographed letter from “Robeson Archive” group addressed to recipient Alva Bessie, one of the blacklisted “Hollywood Ten.” 8x11.5” Tanned covers. X) 1976 Booklet by him “Forge Negro–Labor Unity For Peace And Jobs.” 5.5x8.5”. Y) 1977 Booklet “Youth Salute Paul Robeson.” 7x9”. Many photos. Slight vertical crease. Z) 1978 “Paul Robeson Birthday Celebration April 8, 1978, Phipps Auditorium.” (Denver) program. 7.5x8.5”. Slight cover mark. Couple interior lines of smudged type as printed. An outstanding group with many rarely seen pieces.
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