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The following bibliographic sources were used in JUBA's research. Specific bibliographic sources are also linked from individual person, event, venue and troupe pages.

The Bibliography contains all sources used to compile the Early Blackface Minstrelsy in Britain Database. At this stage of our data entry, most documentation you will find here will be from nineteenth century daily and weekly British journals, searched by our Research Participants; all such entries are linked to one or more of the database entries: Event, Individual, Troupe, Venue, Documentation.

British Library, BL Mic. C. 13137 Playbills 396: Feb. 1-2, 1849 (Sheffield TR)
British Library, BL Mic. C. 13137 Playbills 172: Jan. 19, 1846 (Astley's)
British Library, BL Mic. C. 13137 Playbills 172: March 6, 1848 (Astley's)
British Library, BL Mic. C. 13137 Playbills 172: June 1, 1846 (Astley's)
British Library, BL Mic. C. 13137 Playbills 385, 386: May 19, 1847 (Sadler's Wells)
British Library, BL Mic. C. 13137 Playbills 396: Nov. 18, 1845 (Sheffield TR)
British Library, BL Mic. C. 13137 Playbills 251: July 10, 1846 (Queen's)
British Library, BL Mic. C. 13137 Playbills 172: Jan. 8, 1849 (Astley's)
British Library, BL Mic. C. 13137 Playbills 396: Oct. 15, 1847 (Sheffield TR)
Broadbent, R.J. Annals of the Liverpool Stage. Liverpool: Edward Howell, 1908.
T. Allston Brown’s Burnt Cork Biography Online. 09/04/2008 (http://www.circushistory.org/Cork/BurntCork4.htm)
Burnt Cork Business
Byrnes, Dan. The Blackheath Connection. A website book. 03/23/2008 (http://www.danbyrnes.com.au/blackheath/article1.htm)
Carder, Timothy. Encyclopaedia of Brighton, The. Lewes: East Sussex County Libraries, 1990.
Carnie, William. Reporting Reminiscences. Aberdeen: Aberdeen UP, 1902.
Carthalia - Theatres on Postcards Website. 09/14/2008 (http://www.andreas-praefcke.de/carthalia/index.html)
Chatsworth House, Devonshire MSS 6th Duke's Chiswick Scrapbook: Ref. 14 D2.
Chatsworth House, Devonshire MSS 6th Duke's Chiswick Scrapbook: Ref. 14 D2.
Cheshire, David F. Music Hall in Britain. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1974.
Chester City Council/Grosvenor Museum Website. 03/06/2008 (http://www.chester.gov.uk/tourism_and_leisure/culture_and_leisure/grosvenor_museum/grosvenor_museum_guide/chester_timeline/georgian.aspx)
Chiswick House & Gardens Trust Website. 09/14/2008 (http://www.chgt.org.uk/)
Chiswick House Gallery Website. 09/14/2008 (http://www.virtual-chiswick.ukonline.co.uk/chiswick_house/index.html)
City and County of Swansea, Listed Building Index. 03/09/2008 (http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1524)
City of London Libraries and Guildhall Art Gallery Collage Site. 03/26/2008 (http://213.86.34.242:8180/collage/app)
Clarke, Henry Green. London in All Its Glory. London: H.G. Clarke & Co., 1851.
Commercial Journal and Family Herald (Dublin) October 6, 1851: 4: 1.
Constitutional & Perthshire Agricultural & General Advertiser September 12, 1849: 1: 3.
Constitutional & Perthshire Agricultural & General Advertiser September 12, 1849: 3: 1.
Constitutional & Perthshire Agricultural & General Advertiser September 19, 1849: 1: 2.
Corbett, Theodore. The Making of American Resorts. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers UP, 2001.
Court Gazette & Fashionable Guide (London) February 21, 1846
Court Gazette and Fashionable Guide (London) February 14, 1846: ?.
Court Gazette and Fashionable Guide (London) March 7, 1846: ?.
Court Journal (London) June 24, 1848: ?.
Critic (London) January 1, 1849: 21.
Cunningham, P. Modern London; or, London as it is. London: John Murray, 1851.
Daily Advertiser (London) May 26, 1847
Info in Record: Piece noting the publication of the “nineteenth thousand of the celebrated and justly popular ballad, ‘Mary Blane’” as well as “the first and second act of ‘Mary Blane Quadrilles’”
Daily Advertiser (London) May 26, 1847
Info in Record: Piece noting the publication of fifty-two “Ethiopian Melodies,” including “Mary Blane, “Coloured Fancy Ball,” and “Who’s dat Knocking at de Door?” Music arranged by Robert Pelham.
Daily Advertiser (London) May 26, 1847
Info in Record: Ad aimed toward “Flute and Violin Players” noting the publication of fifty popular Negro Melodies” by Wellington Guernsey.
David Coke’s Vauxhall Website. 02/21/2008 (http://www.vauxhallgardens.com/)
Davis, Jim & Victor Emeljanow. Reflecting the Audience. London Theatregoing, 1840-1880. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2001.
Dead Pubs Society Website. 03/28/2008 (http://www.deadpubssociety.org.uk/index.php/The_Horns)
Department of Music, University of Bristol Website. 02/29/2008 (http://www.bristol.ac.uk/music/facilities/vicrooms/)
Deutsche Londoner Zeitung June 16, 1848
Dibdin, James C. Annals of the Edinburgh Stage. Edinburgh: R. Cameron, 1888.
Dickens, Charles. . All the Year Round. A Weekly Journal. London: Messrs. Chapman & Hall, 1879.
Dickens, Charles Jr. Dickens's Dictionary of London. Reproduced on The Dictionary of Victorian London Website. 03/28/2008 (http://www.victorianlondon.org/publications/dictionary.htm)
Dictionary of Victorian London Online. 07/27/2008 (http://www.victorianlondon.org/)
Discovering Leeds Website. 09/14/2008 (http://www.leeds.gov.uk/discover/discovery.asp?pageno=&page=2003218_251720608&topic=2003219_253704250)
Dougan, David. Newcastle—Past and Present . Newcastle Upon Tyne: Graham, 1971.
Dublin Evening Mail September 12, 1851 : 4: 3.
Dumont, Frank. "The Younger Generation in Minstrelsy and Reminiscences of the Past”. New York Clipper March 27, 1915
Dumont, Frank. "The Golden Days of Minstrelsy.". New York Clipper December 19, 1914
Dundee Courier September 26, 1849: 3: 1.
Edinburgh City Libraries, Capital Collections Website. 03/06/2008 (http://www.capitalcollections.org.uk/)
Edinburgh Evening Courant August 30, 1849: 3: 1.
Edinburgh News September 1, 1849: 4: 4.
Edinburgh News and Literary Chronicle August 25, 1849: 1: 1.
Edinburgh News and Literary Chronicle September 1, 1849: 1: 1.
Edwards, K.C. (ed). Nottingham and Its Region. Nottingham: Derry and Sons, 1966.
Elmes, James. Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century. London: Jones & Co., 1828.
Era (London) April 7, 1844: 4:2.
Era (London) June 29, 1851: 10:3.
Era (London) July 22, 1849: 13:2.
Info in Record: Reprinting of a conundrum from a New York Paper, which is written in “minstrel dialect”.
Era (London) August 25, 1844: 4:1.
Era (London) June 4, 1848: 12:1.
Era (London) May 6, 1849: 1:2.
Era (London) October 8, 1843: 2:2-3.
Info in Record: Description (from the Memoirs of Robert William Elliston) of an accident which took place during a performance of ‘The Castle Spectre’ in Buxton. On this occasion, an actor playing a “black slave” role became trapped in and inadvertently pulled down the scenery.
Era (London) February 6, 1848: 12:1.
Era (London) December 2, 1849: 10:1.
Info in Record: A piece recounting the verdict at an inquest following the death of “a female slave, whipped to death by her master” (in Boston).
Era (London) February 27, 1848: 12:1.
Era (London) May 2, 1847: 8:3.
Era (London) July 27, 1851: 12:3; 12:4.
Performance Type Indicated: Exhibition Troupe Name as Given: “Kaffir and Zoolu chiefs” Performers Listed: none Days & Times Given: none Venue Name as Listed: “Dublin, Portobello Gardens” Other Acts on Bill Listed: none Program Info Listed: none Other Info in Record: other (“seeing the Kaffir and Zoolu chiefs and wife partaking of their meals”) Info About Other Categories: none Performance Type Indicated: Minstrel Show Troupe Name as Given: “Mr. Thomas and Master W. Kennedy, the Blacks” “Meesrs. Allen and Hollins, the Southern Minstrels” “Mr. Mackney” Performers Listed: “Mr. Thomas and Master W. Kennedy the Blacks” “Meesrs. Allen and Hollins, the Southern Minstrels” Days & Times Given: none Venue Name as Listed: “Manchester, The Polytechnic” Other Acts on Bill Listed: “Meesrs. Allen and Hollins, the Southern Minstrels” Program Info Listed: none Other Info in Record: reception Info About Other Categories: none Performance Type Indicated: Minstrel Show Troupe Name as Given: “Mr. Mackney” Performers Listed: “Mr. Mackney” Days & Times Given: “appears for two nights (Monday and Tuesday) on his way to Belfast” Venue Name as Listed: “Manchester, The Polytechnic” Other Acts on Bill Listed: none Program Info Listed: none Other Info in Record: reception Info About Other Categories: none
Era (London) August 31, 1851: 5:4.
Info in Record: Piece about an upcoming boxing match in Birmingham, which mentions a venue (likely a tavern) called “the Jim Crow, Hill-street”.
Era (London) February 23, 1851: 11:2.
Era (London) June 25, 1848: 1:3.
Era (London) May 28, 1848: 12:3.
Era (London) January 14, 1849: 12:2.
Era (London) October 1, 1848: 12:1.
Era (London) August 20, 1848: 11: 3.
Era (London) March 19, 1843: 7:4.
Info in Record: " African Notes for General Circulation (From the New York Spirit of the Times), full lyrics for a song for Charles Dickens "FROM DE DRIBER OF STAGE NO. 1", Tune - Dennis Belgrudery "
Era (London) August 20, 1848: 11:3.
Era (London) April 4, 1847: 8:2.
Era (London) May 4, 1851: 1:1.
Era (London) June 2, 1850: 10: 4.
Era (London) November 28, 1847: 12:1.
Era (London) August 11, 1850: 12:2.
Era (London) October 21, 1849: 11:4.
Era (London) November 30, 1851: 12:3.
Era (London) September 8, 1844 : 5:3-4.
Era (London) July 19, 1846: 3:3.
Info in Record: Performance Type: Dramatic Performers Listed: “The African Roscius” Venue Name: “the Queen’s Theatre” (Manchester) Program Info: “he has been personating Bertram in Maturin’s tragedy, Gambia, in “The Slave,” Othello, Obi, Mungo, &c. &c”
Era (London) June 8, 1851: 1:2.
Era (London) May 3, 1846: 6:2.
Document Note: reprinted (in this paper) on May 10 and 17 1846 (both p6), with dates changed accordingly
Era (London) July 4, 1847: 11:3.
Era (London) December 17, 1848: 1:2.
Era (London) January 31, 1847: 8:3.
Era (London) October 18, 1846: 10:1.
Era (London) September 9, 1849: 2:4.
Info in Record: A curious addition at the bottom of a page, which reads as follows: “Darkness. A blind Ethiopian, in a dark cellar, at midnight, looking for a black cat”.
Era (London) October 19, 1851: 1:1.
Era (London) April 21, 1850: 11: 4.