Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. 4 lin. ft. (11 boxes)

Summary

1. The Richard Ward Papers consist of clippings, correspondence, production notes, photographs and scripts which deal with his career as a scriptwriter and actor.

Subject

1. Ward, Richard, 1915-1979
2. Clippings
3. Television authorship
4. Actors, Black
5. Scripts
6. African Americans in the performing arts
7. Photoprints

Genre/Form

1. Scripts.
2. Clippings.
3. Photoprints.

Call number

1. 8-MWEZ+ n.c. 26255-26264

Biography (note)

1. Richard Ward, actor, director, author, educator, and police detective, was born on March 15, 1915.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Inventory available.
2. Cards filed in the Cage catalog.

Processing action (note)

1. Described.
2. Cataloged

Author

1. Ward, Richard, 1915-1979.

Title

1. Richard Ward papers, 1949-1980.

Biography

1. Richard Ward, actor, director, author, educator, and police detective, was born on March 15, 1915. Mr. Ward started out in show business in vaudeville when he was 11 years old when he teamed up with his sisters, calling their act "Dot, Flo, and Dick." For ten years, Mr. Ward was a police detective assigned to the office of Frank S. Hogan, Manhattan district attorney. Richard Ward was born Richard Waugh. "Richard Ward" is a stage name. Mr. Ward died on June 30, 1979.

Indexes

1. Inventory available.
2. Cards filed in the Cage catalog.

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid
2. Request Access to Theatre Division Special Collections material

Occupation

1. Actors, Black.

Research call number

1. 8-MWEZ+ n.c. 26255-26264