Author: Thomas Jay Kemp
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780842029254
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Offers a guide to census indexes, including federal, state, county, and town records, available in print and online; arranged by year, geographically, and by topic.
The American Census Handbook
Author: Thomas Jay Kemp
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780842029254
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Offers a guide to census indexes, including federal, state, county, and town records, available in print and online; arranged by year, geographically, and by topic.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780842029254
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Offers a guide to census indexes, including federal, state, county, and town records, available in print and online; arranged by year, geographically, and by topic.
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Nickelodeons and Black Vaudeville
Author: Kathi Clark Wong
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 1621908038
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
In an era of online streaming, it may be difficult to recognize the importance of a woman who in 1908 established the first silent movie theater in Richmond, Virginia: the Dixie nickelodeon. But Amanda Thorp, an independent, self-made woman, was on the ground floor of a popular culture that would grow to be enormously influential in our modern era. In Nickelodeons and Black Vaudeville: The Forgotten Story of Amanda Thorp, Kathi Clark Wong’s extensive archival research uncovers Thorp’s impressive contributions not only to moviegoing and its growth in America, but also perhaps even more surprisingly, Thorp’s support of early Black vaudeville in the Jim Crow South. Movie theater entrepreneurs like Thorp, who got her start at her Wonderland Theater in Bucyrus, Ohio, helped create our culture’s insatiable appetite for film. But it was after she established the Dixie in Richmond, that Thorp—a White woman—also saw a market for providing Black-centric entertainment. She converted the Dixie to all-Black patronage and began to bring in scores of Black vaudeville acts. Later, she built the Hippodrome Theater, in the heart of Richmond’s now-historic Jackson Ward, expressly for Black entertainment. Though she eventually left the field of Black entertainment behind, Thorp developed other movie venues in Richmond that brought in tens of thousands of (White) moviegoers over the years and which were widely admired for their elaborate trappings. Thanks to Wong’s research, contemporary readers can now benefit from the story of Amanda Thorp, a woman who amidst severe gender role constraints not only claimed social capacity on the crest of a rapidly growing industry but also, almost inadvertently, contributed to the success of early Black vaudeville, a subject which thus far has not received the scholarly attention it deserves.
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 1621908038
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
In an era of online streaming, it may be difficult to recognize the importance of a woman who in 1908 established the first silent movie theater in Richmond, Virginia: the Dixie nickelodeon. But Amanda Thorp, an independent, self-made woman, was on the ground floor of a popular culture that would grow to be enormously influential in our modern era. In Nickelodeons and Black Vaudeville: The Forgotten Story of Amanda Thorp, Kathi Clark Wong’s extensive archival research uncovers Thorp’s impressive contributions not only to moviegoing and its growth in America, but also perhaps even more surprisingly, Thorp’s support of early Black vaudeville in the Jim Crow South. Movie theater entrepreneurs like Thorp, who got her start at her Wonderland Theater in Bucyrus, Ohio, helped create our culture’s insatiable appetite for film. But it was after she established the Dixie in Richmond, that Thorp—a White woman—also saw a market for providing Black-centric entertainment. She converted the Dixie to all-Black patronage and began to bring in scores of Black vaudeville acts. Later, she built the Hippodrome Theater, in the heart of Richmond’s now-historic Jackson Ward, expressly for Black entertainment. Though she eventually left the field of Black entertainment behind, Thorp developed other movie venues in Richmond that brought in tens of thousands of (White) moviegoers over the years and which were widely admired for their elaborate trappings. Thanks to Wong’s research, contemporary readers can now benefit from the story of Amanda Thorp, a woman who amidst severe gender role constraints not only claimed social capacity on the crest of a rapidly growing industry but also, almost inadvertently, contributed to the success of early Black vaudeville, a subject which thus far has not received the scholarly attention it deserves.
An Historical Sketch of the Old Village of New Lisbon, Ohio. With Biographical Notes of Its Citizens Prominent in the Affairs of the Village, State and Nation
Author: C S Speaker
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781019274200
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781019274200
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Pages & Pages
Author: Chris H. Bailey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Ancestry and descendants of Amos Page (1726-1788) whose great- grandfather, John Page, immigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony from England in the 1630's. He was the son of Thomas Page and Lydia Bixby and in 1749 married Abiah Flanders (b. 1727), daughter of Phillip Flanders and Joanna Smith. Descendants and relatives lived in New England, Nebraska, New York, Illinois, Missouri, and elsewhere.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Ancestry and descendants of Amos Page (1726-1788) whose great- grandfather, John Page, immigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony from England in the 1630's. He was the son of Thomas Page and Lydia Bixby and in 1749 married Abiah Flanders (b. 1727), daughter of Phillip Flanders and Joanna Smith. Descendants and relatives lived in New England, Nebraska, New York, Illinois, Missouri, and elsewhere.
A complete history of Fairfield County, Ohio
Author: Hervey Scott
Publisher: Dalcassian Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Publisher: Dalcassian Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
County by County in Ohio Genealogy
Author: Ohio State Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ohio
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Ohio
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
MacRaes to America!!
Author: Cornelia Wendell Bush
Publisher: Cornelia Wendell Bush
ISBN: 9781597150255
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
Persons with the surname McRae, or several variations thereof, are listed by state. Information was taken mainly from U.S. censuses from 1790 to 1850.
Publisher: Cornelia Wendell Bush
ISBN: 9781597150255
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
Persons with the surname McRae, or several variations thereof, are listed by state. Information was taken mainly from U.S. censuses from 1790 to 1850.