Staging the Amateur Minstrel Show

Title

Staging the Amateur Minstrel Show

Description

Cover of a book which instructs the reader on how to plan, cast, and produce a successful minstrel show. This item was found in the Cornelius Recreation Club Collection. The Club put on several minstrel shows in the 1940s.

This is one item from a collection of materials that once belonged to the Cornelius Recreation Club, which was active in Cornelius, Oregon from 1947-1950. Their stated purpose was "to provide recreational activities for both the young and older people of the community," and their regular social activities included dances, sports, picnics and holiday parties. The Club also hosted several minstrel shows. These offensive musical plays featured white community members wearing blackface and dressed in clownish outfits, denigrating African American people and perpetuating racist stereotypes. These shows were presumably given to all-white local audiences.

Identifier

CORtxt_RG2_18

Extent

98 pages

Contributor

Walter H. Baker Company, publisher

Subject

Minstrel shows

Theatre

Cultural Studies

Language

English

Date Created

circa 1930s

Date

1930/1939

Source

Cornelius Public Library

Is Part Of

Cornelius Recreation Club Collection

Rights

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Type

Still Image