Eusebia Cosme papers, 1927-1973

Format:

Book

Series:

Women's Studies Archive: Female Forerunners Worldwide

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cosme, Eusebia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (35 manuscripts) illustrations

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] [publisher not identified] 1927-1973

Summary:

Eusebia Cosme (or Eusebia Cosme Almanza) was an Afro-Cuban poetry reciter, actress, interpreter of Afro-Antillian verse, concert performer and radio show host. Cosme was considered the most successful Cuban diseuse of Afro-Antillian verse. The Eusebia Cosme Papers, 1927-1973, deal mainly with Ms. Cosme's career as a diseuse and actress. The collection includes correspondence, personal papers, contracts, poems including some written about Cosme, essays, programs, newspaper and magazine clippings, scripts including radio scripts, certificates, posters, and photographs relating mainly to Cosme's career, including her readings of Afro-Antillian verse, chiefly by Hispanic poets using black themes, as well as Afro-American poets Paul Laurence Dunbar and Langston Hughes. Also, material on Cuba. Correspondents include Felix B. Caignet

Notes:

Date range: 1927-1973

Includes the following publications: Other artists and events; Contracts and others

Reproduction of the originals from the New York Public Library

Local Notes:

Images from the source libraries are selected contents of the original collection materials as representative of their value and pertinence to the digital product

OCLC:

1351523351

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license