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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.

Era (London) March 26, 1848: 10:1.
Info in Record: notice of publication of musical periodical containing “negro melodies”
Era (London) January 26, 1851: 12:2.
Era (London) April 16, 1848: 12:1.
Era (London) September 28, 1851: 11:4.
Era (London) July 7, 1850: 13: 2.
Era (London) December 16, 1849: 12:2-3.
Era (London) May 9, 1847: 8:3.
Era (London) March 2, 1846: 3:4.
Info in Record: Article about the death of a 6 month old Ioway Indian child while touring with the Ioway Indians. The group originally consisted of 14, but after leaving Edinburgh lost the child. A group of ladies (friends of Mr. Catlin’s) assisted the family in arranging a funeral. The Ioway Indians wanted the child buried in Newcastle, “in which place they had been treated with great kindness by some members of the Society of Friends”.
Era (London) August 24, 1851: 12;2.
Era (London) October 6, 1850: 11: 4.
Era (London) October 10, 1847: 11:2.
Era (London) August 2, 1846: 13:1.
Info in Record: report on victims in a surveying team: “Accounts from the coast of Africa state that two of the officers employed in the surveying expedition….have been murdered by the natives.”
Era (London) February 4, 1849: 12:2.
Era (London) March 16, 1851: 12: 1.
Info in Record: Performance Type: Dramatic Performers Listed: “Messrs. Hurst, Donnelly, Birchenough, Bengough, Laurence, Phillipps, Pratt, Smith, and Sykes sustained the principal characters; also Mesdames Birchenough, Donnelly, and Laurence.” Venue Name: “Peterborough” Other Acts on Bill: “Bride of Lammermoor, Rose of Ettrick Vale, Luke the Labourer” Program Info: “The Jewess”; “The Stranger” Other: audience Info About Other Categories: Other Troupe Info (calendar – “The company have proceeded to Spalding”) Other Venue Info (lessee – “Mr. J. Douglas”)
Era (London) October 22, 1848: 12:1.
Era (London) March 15, 1846: 4:2.
Era (London) November 25, 1849: 1:2.
Era (London) August 17, 1851: 1:1.
Era (London) November 4, 1849: 7:2.
Info in Record: Account of the attempted escape of eight slaves in Hawesville, Kentucky.
Era (London) August 20, 1848: 15:4.
Era (London) April 11, 1847: 8:2.
Era (London) October 5, 1851: 1:1.
Era (London) March 10, 1844: 6:1.
Era (London) November 21, 1847: 8:2.
Era (London) August 6, 1848: 11:3.
Era (London) December 7, 1851: 12:2.
Era (London) February 19, 1843: 4:1.
Document Note: Repeated (in this paper), with slight variations, on Feburary 26, 1843 (4;1).
Era (London) May 4, 1851: 9:2.
Info in Record: News article discussing American Slavery. Notes that there are “nearly 3 million ‘darkies’ in the States”, and that the current situation might lead to trouble down the road.
Era (London) September 14, 1851: 11.
Era (London) March 9, 1851: 11:2.
Era (London) February 7, 1847: 10:3.
Era (London) April 30, 1848: 11:4.
Era (London) September 23, 1849: 11:4.
Era (London) April 16, 1848: 8:2.
Era (London) April 30, 1848: 1:2.
Evanion Collection, British Library Evan.474
Evanion Collection, British Library Evan.2755
Evanion Collection, British Library Evan.504
Evanion Collection, British Library Evan.1462 (1847)
Evanion Collection, British Library Evan.1855
Evening Sun (London) April 27, 1847
Examiner (London) October 17, 1846: 669.
Examiner (London) July 18, 1846: 461.
Examiner (London) January 3, 1846: 5.
Examiner (London) April 18, 1846: 254.
Examiner (London) September 23, 1848: 618.
Fitzgerald, Percy Hetherington. A New History of the English Stage, from the Restoration to the Liberty of the Theatres. London. Tinsley Brothers: 1882, .
Forbes, John (ed.). The Tourist’s Companion Through Stirling. 3rd ed. Stirling: John Forbes, 1850.
Fountain, Nigel. Lost Empires: The Phenomenon of Theatres Past, Present and Future. London: Cassell Illustrated, 2005.
Francis Frith Website. 09/14/2008 (http://www.francisfrith.com/search/england/warwickshire/nuneaton/photos/nuneaton_N89126.htm)
Friend (London) June, 1847: 119: 2.
Info in Record: Heading: Anti Slavery Meeting of Friends
Friend (London) September, 1846: 163.
Info in Record: Article about "Anti-Slavery Feeling in Virginia"
Friend (London) September, 1846: 164.
Info in Record: "Memoir of Rebecca Butler, a Coloured Girl." Details of the death of Ms. Butler in prison.
Friend (London) June, 1847: 119: ?.
Info in Record: Description of an “Anti-Slavery Meeting of Friends” that took place "at Gracechurch Street," “After the sitting on Fourth-day evening, the 26th”
Geograph British Isles Website. 09/14/2008 (http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/714848)
Georgian Index Site, Egyptian Hall Page. 04/23/2008 (http://www.georgianindex.net/Bullocks/Egyptian_Hall.html)
Glasgow City Council Website. 09/14/2008 (http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/Parks_Outdoors/Parks_gardens/glasgowgreen.htm)
Glasgow Constitutional July 14, 1849: 2:6.
Glasgow Constitutional August 29, 1849: 2:6.
Glasgow Story Website. 09/14/2008 (http://www.theglasgowstory.com/index.php)
Glasgow's Concert Halls Website. 09/15/2008 (http://www.glasgowconcerthalls.com/cityhalls)
Globe and Traveller (London) December 28, 1846: ?.
Globe and Traveller (London) July 15, 1848: ?.
Globe and Traveller (London) June 30, 1846: ?.
Globe and Traveller (London) August 4, 1848: ?.
Globe and Traveller (London) August 26, 1848: ?.
Globe and Traveller (London) September 8, 1848: ?.
Globe and Traveller (London) September 26, 1848: ?.
Globe and Traveller (London) June 13, 1848: ?.
Globe and Traveller (London) June 2, 1846: ?.
Godfrey, Walter H. & W. McB. Marcham (eds.). Survey of London. Vol 24 (1952). Reproduced at British History Online.. 09/14/2008 (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=745)
Gomme, Andor Harvey, Michael Jenner & Bryan D.G. Little. Bristol: An Architectural History. London: Lund Humphries, 1979.
Green, Benny (ed.). Bibliography ID 8609. London: Pavilion, 1986.
Guildhall Library, Prints, Maps & Drawings Taverns Folder, Playbill (April 11, 1843)
Guildhall Library, Prints, Maps & Drawings Circus Folder, Playbill (May 25, 1843) #3
Guildhall Library, Prints, Maps & Drawings Circus Folder, Playbill (July 31, 1843)
Guildhall Library, Prints, Maps & Drawings Circus Folder, Playbill (August 7, 1843)
Guildhall Library, Prints, Maps & Drawings Circus Folder, Playbill (May 25, 1843) #2
Guildhall Library, Prints, Maps & Drawings Circus Folder, Playbill (April 27, 1843)
Guildhall Library, Prints, Maps & Drawings Circus Folder, Playbill (August 2, 1843)
Guildhall Library, Prints, Maps & Drawings Circus Folder, Playbill (March 25, 1843) #1
Guildhall Library, Prints, Maps & Drawings Fairgrounds Folder, Playbill (1843)
Guildhall Library, Prints, Maps & Drawings Misc Folder, Unidentified Clipping (Aug. 12, 1852)
Guildhall Library, Prints, Maps & Drawings Misc Folder, Playbill (nd)
Guildhall Library, Prints, Maps & Drawings Misc Folder, Unidentified Clipping (Aug. 31, 1852)
Guildhall Library, Prints, Maps & Drawings Misc Folder, Playbill (nd)
Guildhall Library, Prints, Maps & Drawings Misc Folder, Playbill (July 13, 1846)
A Hand-book for Visitors to Oxford. Oxford: John Henry Parker, 1847.
Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library Sadler's Wells Playbill. June 4, 1849
Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library Minstrelsy Folder, Unidentified Clipping
Harvard Theatre Collection, Vauxhall Microfilm v.7, Unidentified Clipping (dated 10.7.48): 137 (5th block, 1st column).
Performance Type Indicated: Variety Troupe Name as Given: not given Troupe Size Given: not listed Performers Listed: none Days & Times Given: "announced for today,” but “postponed until Friday next” Other Acts on Bill Listed: not specified Other Info in Record: context: “Fete in Aid of the Distressed Needlewomen’s Society” other (reason for postponement: “several of the artistes who had volunteered their services having to assist at Drury lane to-night on the occasion of Her Majesty’s state visit”)
Harvard Theatre Collection, Vauxhall Microfilm v.7, Unidentified Clipping (dated 27.7.48): 137 (3rd block, 3rd column).
Performance Type Indicated: Variety Troupe Name as Given: “Pell’s Serenaders” Troupe Size Given: not listed Performers Listed: "Juba" “Pell” Days & Times Given: "to-night” Other Acts on Bill Listed: “the unrivalled band of the Germania society” “Herr Redl’s celebrated band of 60 performers” Other Info in Record: venue staff audience context: “first Grand Bal Masque of the season” description/review performance time programme (specific act – Plantation Dance) ticket info weather (mention of space for 3000, regardless of weather) Juba: acts other (order of bill – Ethiopian Serenaders to come first)
Harvard Theatre Collection, Vauxhall Microfilm v.7, Unidentified Clipping (dated 8.7.48): 137 (6th block, 1st column).
Performance Type Indicated: Variety Troupe Name as Given: not given Troupe Size Given: not listed Performers Listed: none Days & Times Given: "Friday next, July 14” Other Acts on Bill Listed: “Grand fete, public breakfast, Concert, Dress Ball, and other entertainments” equestrian troupe,” including “Madlle Macarte” “vocal and instrumental concert” “model of Constantinople” “grand pyrotechnic display” “many other entertainments” Other Info in Record: venue description/décor/performance environment context reception ticket info weather other (mention of other advertising) other (venue moniker: “The Royal Gardens”)
Harvard Theatre Collection, Vauxhall Microfilm v.7, Unidentified Clipping (dated 16.7.48): 137 (2nd block, 2nd column.
Performance Type Indicated: Variety Troupe Name as Given: “Mr. Pell and his negro minstrels” Troupe Size Given: not listed Performers Listed: "Juba" “Mr. Pell” Days & Times Given: "yesterday” Other Acts on Bill Listed: “riding, vaulting, &c.” “vocal performances” “instrumental bands” “evening concert” “equestrian amusements” “fireworks” “dancing” Other Info in Record: venue description/décor/performance environment audience context description/review performance time Juba: description/review, moniker other (mention of other advertising)
Harvard Theatre Collection, Vauxhall Microfilm v.7, Unidentified Clipping (dated 14.7.48): 137 (3rd block, 2nd column).
Performance Type Indicated: Variety Troupe Name as Given: not given Troupe Size Given: not listed Performers Listed: none Days & Times Given: "This day” Other Acts on Bill Listed: “Grand Fete, Public Breakfast, Concert, Dress Ball, and other entertainments” Other Info in Record: context: "in aid of the Funds of the Distressed Needlewomen's Society" ticket info: "Tickets may be had this day at the office of the Society up to 2 o'clock; they can be obtained at the Committee Room Water-gate, Vauxhall gardens, from 2 to half-past 3" other (Patronage information: "Under the Special Patronage of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness Prince Albert") other (mention of other advertising: "For the arrangements see bills of the day") other (venue moniker: "Royal Gardens, Vauxhall")
Harvard Theatre Collection, Vauxhall Microfilm v.7, Unidentified Clipping : 137 (3rd block, 2nd column; 2nd article).
Performance Type Indicated: Variety Troupe Name as Given: not given Troupe Size Given: not listed Performers Listed: none Days & Times Given: not specified Other Acts on Bill Listed: “Grand Fete Champetre” Other Info in Record: audience: “will be one of the most brilliant reunions of beauty and fashion” description/review: “on a scale of unprecedented grandeur never before attempted in this country” ticket info: “Tickets as above” other (Patronage information: "Under the Special Patronage of Her Most Gracious Majesty and His Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the principal Nobility") other (venue moniker: "the Royal Property")
Harvard Theatre Collection, Vauxhall Microfilm v.7, Unidentified Clipping (dated 27.8.48): 132 (1st article on LS).
Harvard Theatre Collection, Vauxhall Microfilm v.7, Unidentified Clipping (dated 12.8.48): 134 (top half of page).
Performance Type Indicated: Variety Troupe Name as Given: not given Troupe Size Given: not listed Performers Listed: "Juba" Days & Times Given: "a few weeks since” Other Acts on Bill Listed: “a masquerade” “circus” “concert” including “Sharpe’s conundrums” and “many enigmas connected with the musical entertainment” “dancing,” with accompaniment by “the orchestra” “fireworks” Other Info in Record: venue description/décor/performance environment audience description/review ticket info Juba: description/review, moniker, performer endorsement imagery
Harvard Theatre Collection, Vauxhall Microfilm v.7, Unidentified Clipping (dated 22.8.48): 134 (bottom half of page, last article in 1st column).
Harvard Theatre Collection, Vauxhall Microfilm v.7, Unidentified Clipping (dated 6.9.48): 132 (3rd block on LS; "Times" written in).