Talk:Rose McClendon

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@EthnicStudies101: In this series of edits, you added information that McClendon's "Negro People's Theater" became the Rose McClendon Theater, and that

In 1946, Carl Van Vechten established the Rose McClendon memorial collection in Howard university, this was a collection of 100 photographs of prominent African-American artists and writers.

You attributed both of these facts to

Haz, Nicholas. "Rose McClendon." Broadway Photographs. University of Chicago Press, 2013. Web. 20 Apr. 2015.

Presumably, you meant this page but if not, please provide the URL for the source you used.

Unfortunately, Haz seems to be the only author who states that the Negro People's Theater became the Rose McClendon Theater. Other sources, including The Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance,^[1] Regina Anderson Andrews, Harlem Renaissance Librarian,^[2] and The New York Public Library Archives^[3] (the citation you replaced with your own) mention both the Negro People's Theater and the Rose McClendon Theater, but make no mention of the latter being a renaming of the former, but rather that, upon McClendon's death, Dick Campbell founded a new organization to honor her memory. And, while there is verifiably a Rose McClendon Collection at Howard University, there doesn't seem to be a source available to verify its establishment by any given person or at any given date. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 21:40, 20 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I added a source for Van Vechten establishing the Rose McClendon Collection at Howard University in 1946, but there is no summary of its contents in the finding aid. — WFinch (talk) 14:18, 21 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Investigating further, the name Nicholas Taz is a photo credit below a photograph of Rose McClendon, on a web page presenting a biographical statement about her. Nicholas Taz is not the author of the page, or the site, or the book Broadway Photographs. The author is Dr. David S. Shields, University of South Carolina. The site is described as a work in progress. — WFinch (talk) 14:32, 21 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@WFinch: Yes, you found the same link I did above (listed as "presumably this page"). But because there is a reference to the University of Chicago Press, I presumed there might be a book associated with the Broadway Photographs website (or just coincidentally named). But I have been unable to find such a book at Google Books. Attempts to engage the involved editor (Ethnicstudies101 (talk · contribs)) have proven fruitless. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 14:44, 21 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm very glad you questioned the information. The fact that Nicholas Taz is credited as the author confirms that web page as the source. The other sources you cite above are more reliable. I think the edits regarding the Negro People's Theatre becoming the Rose McClendon Players can and should be reverted. — WFinch (talk) 15:22, 21 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. — I, too, had thought there was a book but I was confused; there's only the website, Broadway Photographs. — WFinch (talk) 15:46, 21 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've rewritten the "Legacy" section to reflect what reliable sources have to say on the subject. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 16:08, 21 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]