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Summary Information
Theodore Pierce Papers
1867-1998
- Pierce, Theodore, 1907-1999
Mss 934; PH Mss 934; PH Mss 934 (3)
1.0 c.f. (3 archives boxes) and 201 photographs and 49 negatives (in 1 archives box and 1 oversize folder)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Papers, mainly 1925-1998, of an African-American resident of Madison,Wisconsin who served as messenger to several governors. The papers primarily document his family and relationships within the homosexual community. Included are biographical clippings; incoming personal correspondence spanning a 73 year period; outgoing correspondence, chiefly post-1985; photographs; writings; memorabilia; and additional correspondence, legal documents, and photographs documenting the family. The family papers primarily concern his uncle Samuel Pierce, who was also an executive messenger, and his grandfather John Pierce, a member of the Louisiana Legislature. Pierce's own correspondence contains details about the arts community in New York City in the early 1940s through correspondence with David Zellmer, as well as a few items from Merce Cunningham and Eric Hawkins, all members of the Martha Graham Dance Company. Other significant correspondents include Gordon Boardman, Donald Pryse Jones, and Harold Lindemann. The photographs and negatives include images of one of Madison's middle-class Black families primarily during the 1920s and candid photographs of friends, primarily 1960s through the 1980s. Among the photograph subjects are Gordon Boardman, Walter S. Goodland, the actor Canada Lee, Ruth Page, and Ted Shawn.
English
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