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| Title | "Doc" Brown Cake Walker |
| Abstract | Manuscript about the famous Kansas City cake walker, Joseph "Doc" Brown (Doctor William Henry Joseph Cutter Brown), that consists of a chronological collection of 149 published articles, notices, and advertisements. |
| Notes | Origin of cake walking: "The practice of cake-walking, or walking for prizes, originated in the south during the old slavery days, says the New York World. In those days it was called a dance and always took place at a corn-husking or quilting party. They used to give them in the open air by candle light, under the old system of burning fat and cotton batting in a tin pan, so that everything could go on joyfully" (The Wichita Daily Eagle; Wichita, Kansas; December 31, 1892; Page 4). |
| Compiler | Nannette Rod
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| Date | 2011 |
| Location | Manuscript File: Rod, Nannette |
| Page | 66 pages |
| Subject | Entertainers
Entertainment
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| Local Subject | African Americans
Brown, Joseph (Doc)
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| Illustrations | No |
| Item Type | Manuscript
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| Access This Item | This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests |
| CONTENTdm number | 40071 |
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