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Letter: Washington D.C. to Charles Henry Douglass, Jr., Macon, Georgia, 1926 July 27

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Letter from Sidney Easton, Savannah-born vaudeville comedian, playwright, songwriter, and leader of the musical act formerly known as Easton and Easton, to Charles Henry Douglass, Jr., African American entrepreneur and owner of the Douglass Theatre, dated July 27, 1926, regarding a possible show at the Douglass Theatre. Easton writes that he is traveling south to see his mother and explains that he was supposed to have visited the previous week but was held over. Easton proposes to put on a show at the Douglass Theatre while he is in town. He mentions that he will bring only his male partner, and that he still has his organ. He adds that he will not write to Mr. "Reevins" because he cannot come to terms with him. This may be a reference to Sam E. Reevin, the manager of Theatre Owners Booking Association (T.O.B.A.), a Tennessee-based booking agency from 1920 to the 1930s for African American vaudeville acts, (see dbr047, dbr048, and dbr049 of the Douglass Theatre Web site). If so, it appears that Easton is attempting to work without an agent.Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2005, as part of Georgia HomePLACE. This project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
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