Minstrel Show
BookRags.com Overview of the Minstrel Show.
Center for American Music Brief historical overview of the Minstrel Show.
Columbia Encyclopedia Brief entry on Minstrel Shows.
David Pilgrim Article on the Minstrel Show and Jim Crow.
David Pilgrim Fantastic image collection of Minstrel Show performers, memorabilia and posters.
Eastern Kentucky University Useful facts about the Minstrel Show.
Encyclopedia.com Brief entry on the Minstrel Show.
Fansite Article on Minstrel Shows in relation to how the blues affected race relations in the United States.
George Mason University Overview of the characteristics and major performers of the Minstrel Show.
George Mason University Minstrel Show publicity posters.
Jim Comer Historical account of the Minstrel Show as a form of entertainment.
John P Birchall Useful overview of the Minstrell Show.
Jochen Scheytt Excellent academic paper on the various characterisitcs of the Minstrel Show form.
Musicals 101 Very good history of the Minstrel Show in two parts by John Kenrick.
New World Records CD liner notes on the Minstrel Show.
Nugrape Records Overview of Minstrelsy in Australia.
PBS Excellent series of questions and answers about Blackface Minstrelsy with several historians.
Princeton University Details of the Minstrel Show collection of advertising material (1850s to 1920s) in the Princeton University Library.
Southern University Definition of the Minstrel Show.
Susan Smulyan Article arguing today’s entertainment derives from the Minstrel Show.
Tim Faigin Article on the Minstrel Show’s contribution to folk music.
University of Colorado at Boulder Timeline of the Minstrel Show.
University of Texas at Austin Details of the Minstrel Show collection at the University of Texas.
University of Virginia Excellent collection of historical Minstrel Show publicity posters.
University of Virginia Account of Blackface Minstrelsy in relation to Huckleberry Finn and Mark Twain’s love for the art form. Includes photographs and script.
Wikipedia Excellent account of the Minstrel Show from its early development to structure and characters, through to major performers and its eventual decline around the end of the first World War.
Wikipedia Useful entry on ‘blackface’, the type of make-up used in Minstrel Shows.