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African American women

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Gwen Reed Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-Reed
Scope and Content Papers of Gwen Reed, a Hartford tobacco worker turned actress, educator, and community worker. Included are papers from her involvement with Community Players, Hartford Stage Company, and Playtime for Tots. Theater programs and scripts constitute about a third of the collection. A valuable source of information is Reed's scrapbook from her time with the Charles Gilpin Players (1936-1939), a beneficiary of the Federal Theater Project. Reed is also well known for having portrayed Aunt...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1936 - 1974