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FDR's New Deal Work  Projects  Administration created a massive reaseach volume of San Francisco Theatre Research as part of the  Federal Theatre Project (FTP)
comprising 21 Volumes of the History  of  the  San  Francisco  Theatre.
compiled by the Northern  California Writers'  Project. These volumes had an exceedingly low print run (less than 150 copies) with art print photo documents lovingly mounted on tan card stock in the books. These volumes were mainly inteded for libraries and not available for public sale.

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San Francisco Theatre Research

Vol • 13


MONOGRAPH XXV MINSTRELSY


Lawrence Estevan Editor


Compiled  by  Workers  of  the  Writers'  Program 
of  the  Work  Projects  Administration 
in  Northern  California 


Sponsored  by  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco 
1939

CALIFORNIA STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Official sponsor of the Northern California Writers' Project

FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY
John M. Carmody, Administrator

WORKS PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION
Howard O. Hunter, Commissioner
Florence Kerr, Assistant Commissioner
William R. Lawson, Administrator for Northern California


Original Edition 1939 by Writers'  Program of  the  Work  Projects  Administration Softcover 11x8.5" tan covers with original Linoleum cut, double sided mimeographed with art print b/w photo plates inserted 300 pages



CONDITION VERY GOOD
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Although Negro minstrelsy, a uniquely American creation, enjoyed worldwide popularity for many years, there has yet to be a comprehensive history dedicated to this subject. While there exist some books like "Monarchs of Minstrelsy," which mainly focus on biographical aspects, and "Gentlemen Be Seated," a concise and popular treatment, the literature on this subject remains limited to individual book chapters and articles. The current work represents a significant regional addition to the existing bibliography. Nevertheless, the task of crafting a definitive history chronicling the ascent and decline of Negro minstrelsy is a challenge that awaits a future historian.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

MINSTRELSY

PAGES PART I (1849 - 1879) 1-112

Antecedence 1

Beginnings of Blackface 3

Miniature Jim Crow 4

The Initiation of Troupes 4

Titles and Showmanship 5

Parades, Small Boys, and Drum Majors 6

In the Tradition 7

Noise Makers 9

Bones and Tamho in 1849 12

Participation of Tom Maguire 14

Concerning the Origin of "Jim Crow" 15

Early .'"linstrel Songs 17

Strolling Minstrels 19

Arrivals of the Serenaders 22

Commentary 24

Rise and Spread of Minstrelsy in the West. ... 26

Desperate Ventures . 27

Of Edwin Booth, Minstrel 28

Maguire Anticipates A Trend 34

Fame of Charles Backus 35

Minstrelsy or Promenade? 37

Enter Tom Briggs 38

Poor Tom Briggs 39

The Saga of Eph Horn 41

Adventirres in California 44

"Old Dan Tucker" 44

Christy-Backus Minstrels 45

Minstrelsy -- 1850-1860 47

Variations of Opera 49

Bryant's Blackface Corps . ...... 50

Lotta Crabtree, Minstrel ..... 51

Maguire 's Disinterest 52

Females in Blackface ....... 53

Festival 54

Minstrelsy Heyday Begins . ., 55

Saga of Johnny De Angelis 56

Something About Backus and Billy Birch 60

Minstrels in San Francisco and the Interior. . . 61

Minor Houses 63

Brudder Bones 64
Variety Apes tjia "Cakewalk" 65

Lotta Crabtree Again 68

Into the Washoe 70

Wit, Ballad, and Song 71

"Marfa's Wedding DayV 72

"Agah : We Come, 'We Cornel" 73

The Fabulous George Christy , 74

Christy's Troupe 75

Box and Oox 76

The Grand Manner 78

"No Roses in Kansas" 80

More Nonsense 82

Emerson and Maguire 83

Versatile Impersonators . 85

Genial Funny Business 87

"A Joy Bird Sat on a Hickory Limb" 87

Supremacy of Emerson's Minstrels 88

"King of Them All" 90

An Odd Contrast 91

Of the Sun Flower and Queen Victoria 92

A Scalped Railroad Ticket 93

British Blondes 95

Ascendancy of Women Minstrels 96

Fight Between Nigger Singers 97

The Rentz Female Minstrels 100

Not Very Naughty; Not Very Nice 101

"Forty -- Count «Em — Forty" 103

Havorly's Sensation 103

Two Bottles of Wine 105

Harrigan and Hart 106

Team Work 108

A Critic's Appraisal 109

Forty-Nine I Forty-Nine 1 110

PART II (187y - 1922) 113-220

The Palmy Days 113

Reminiscences of Mr, Sawyer . 115

Coffee Dan's 118

The Big Bonanza ..... 120

Plantation Darkies and "Ham Fatters" 120

Slapstick and Variety 121

The Quaker 123

Banjos, Ballads, and Clog Dancers 124

Legend of Billy, the King 125

The Rascal's Nonsense 126

Emerson's Oddities 127

New Alhambra Theatre 127
Minstrel King -- Theatrical Monarch 129

Comraent by an Historian 131

They Go on Forever , 132

Haverly's Fanfare , 133

A Brief Critique 135

Colonel Jack 136

Hooley, Morton, and Homer 138

Haverly and Emerson 141

A Grand Climax 142

Emerson Reopens the Standard Theatre ....... 143

Topics of the Day 144

More Slapstick Comicalities 144

King of Them All 145

Callcnder's Genuine Negroes 146

Opening Night at the Standard, 148

Subsequent Appearances 149

Callender's Minstrels and Col, Haverly 149

"Uncle Tom's Cabin" or Billy Emerson? 150

One Hundred and Eight Weeks 151

Charlie Reed's Burlesques 152

Added Novelties 153

Greco-Roman Business 154

Courtwright and Hawkins' Minstrels ........ 155

Emerson Receives an Offer, 156

"California" 156

The King Departs 157

Enigma 157

Charlie Reed's Dilemma 158

Loon and Cushman Present a Novelty , 160

The Plain Comedian 161

The World Fair Minstrel Company 162

Who Ovms the Theatre? 164

Billy Sv;eatnam and Carroll Johnson 165

Advent of the Debacle. 167

Talc of the Schoolmaster 167

Charles Backus, Chaperon 169

Impersonations, Insurance, and Mimicry 170

Reed's Bolero l''''^

Performance Milltaresque ....<> 173

The Pinafore Boom 1'74

Piracy of H. M, S. Pinafore in San Francisco , . , 176

Gilbert and Sullivan in Nev; York 177

The Pirates of Penzance 177

More Light Operas in San Francisco 178

"Mickey-boo" — A Burlesque 179

Reed's "Pa-Quit-Her" 180

Billy Birch, "in the Yellov/ of His Leaf 181

Charlie Reed, Apologist 182

"Nan-Off,'' "t'lacbreath," and Conundrums 183

Labor Trouble 183

Murphy and Mack 185

The Refined Minstrels 185

Reed Performs in White Pace 187

Band's Minstrels 187

Boycott of the California Theatre 188

Female Minstrels •«• ..... 189

Decadence, 190

Lew Docks tader 191

Emerson and the Kaverly-Cleveland Troupe .... 192

City of a Thousand and One Nights 193

Saga of Gustav 'Salter 194

Rise of the Orpheum 195

Shades of Shakespeare 195

Edward Harrigan. 197

Dearth of Minstrelsy 198

Haverly Stages a Revival 199

An Intervlev/ with Billy Rice . 200

What Became of The Pioneers? 203

Call for Billy Sheppard 203

Last Appearance of the King 206

The Black Troubadours 207

William West's Minstrels 208

Death of the King of Blaclcface 210

Reminiscences 211

Amateur Minstrels, 213

Shade of Wambold 213

Obit by Porter Garnett ..... 215

The Last Stage 217

From Mountebank to Star 218

Envoy. 218

BIBLIOGRAPHY 221

NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS 222

APPENDICES 224-298


ILLUSTRATIONS Thomas D, Rice, "Daddy of American Minstrels", • Frontispiece

FOLLOWING PAGE

Original Buckley Serenaders 23

Charlie Backus 35

Billy Birch 35

Dave Wambold 35

William H. Bernard 35

Eph Horn 41

Christy's Melodies 46

Typical Minstrel Song Design 71

Eugene 75

The Only Leon 75

The Great Ricardo 75

Billy Emerson, "King of Them All" 125

Colonel "Jack" Haverly 125

Bert Williams 125

Lou Dockstader 125

William Henry Rice in a Wench Role 186

Minstrelsy's Last Stand 218

Original Title Page of "Dixie" 246



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