Collection ID: SC 134
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Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Hall, Adelaide
Abstract:
The collection contains photographic materials, articles, programs and ephemera related to Hall's performance career.
Extent:
1 document case (0.21 linear feet)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

Adelaide Hall Collection, SC 134, Archives of African American Music and Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington.

Background

Biographical / Historical:

Adelaide Hall was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1901. Hall performed on Broadway in the early 1920s and began touring Europe in 1925. Her Broadway career continued throughout the '20s and in 1928 she began performing in Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1928, which made her one of the most famous female performers in the United States. Hall continued to perform in the United States into the 1930s, but moved to Paris in 1935 after receiving several death threats following her public stand against racism. In the late 1930s Hall moved to London, and continued to perform throughout the 1940s and 1950s. In the 1960s her career declined, but was revived in the 1980s and '90s. Hall's last recording was made in 1992 at the Prince Edward Theater in London. Hall died in London in 1993.

Scope and Content:

The collection contains photographic materials, articles, and ephemera related to Hall's performance career. The first series includes publicity and candid photographs. The second series contains the articles and ephemera. Several articles were written in the first half of the 20th century. Other articles look at Hall's career from the late 20th and early 21st centuries, especially after a book about Hall was published. The third series contains several ephemera pieces including flyers, programs, receipts, and certificates.

Acquisition information:
Donated in 2003 by Kate Greer.
Processing information:

Processed by AAAMC Staff. Completed in 2017.

Arrangement:

Arranged in two series:

Series 1: Photographs
Series 2: Articles and ephemera
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

Use of time-based media materials (audio and video) may require production of listening or viewing copies.

Access to streaming audio, moving image, and full resolution digital image materials may currently be restricted to researchers who can authenticate with an IU account or who are physically present on campus. Remote streaming to individual researchers may be allowed with the completion of applicable forms.

For further information about access to online audiovisual materials, contact AAAMC staff at aaamc@indiana.edu.

TERMS OF ACCESS:

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, including but not limited to the Indiana Public Records Act (5-14-3-2 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which Indiana University assumes no responsibility.

Copyright is retained by the creators/authors of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. All requests for copying and publishing materials must be submitted in writing to the Archives of African American Music and Culture, and may require the written permission of the creator(s)/author(s) or donor(s).

PREFERRED CITATION:

Adelaide Hall Collection, SC 134, Archives of African American Music and Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington.

CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
Smith Research Center, Rooms 180-181
2805 East 10th Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47408-2601, United States
CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
CONTACT:
812-855-8547
aaamc@indiana.edu