Adelaide Hall
Adelaide Hall was an American singer, actress and musician (1901–1993). She was born at Brooklyn and died at London.
Also recorded as Adelaide Louise Hall.
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Identity
What the record establishes about Adelaide Hall.
Donation of penicillin cultivation vessels to various museums is dated 1988-2001 and held by Wellcome Collection. Environment of Chipmunks is dated 1943 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1944.290). Panel is dated c. 1815 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1957.506). United Kingdom - correspondence is dated 1939-1969 and held by Wellcome Collection. The Art Institute of Chicago records 5 objects associated with this heading. League of Nations Union is dated Apr 1936 and held by Wellcome Collection.
Wellcome Collection records 16 objects associated with this heading. Adelaide Hall is recorded with the citizenship of United States. Adelaide Hall is recorded as singer, actress and musician. Open Library catalogues 2 works under this name.
Holdings and surviving copies
Adelaide Hall Intro Truckin Solitude (1936) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Adelaide Hall the Nicholas Brothers (1935) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
Catalogued works
6 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1936 to 1988.
Glossary of Important Symbols. Two Travelers in Europe : A Unique Story Told by One of Them. Environment of Chipmunks, dated 1943, watercolor and gouache on ivory watercolor paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1944.290. League of Nations Union, dated Apr 1936, held by Wellcome Collection. Donation of penicillin cultivation vessels to various museums, dated 1988-2001, held by Wellcome Collection. United Kingdom - correspondence, dated 1939-1969, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.
The Art Institute of Chicago: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 16 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Hall, Adelaide, Oxford Music Online, 2003. Hall, Adelaide, African American Studies Center, 2013. Hall, Adelaide, African American Studies Center, 2007. Hall [married name Hall-Hicks], Adelaide Louise Estelle (1901–1993), jazz and cabaret singer, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004. Hall, Adelaide., Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical, 2016.
Digitised editions and texts
2 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.
Adelaide Hall the Nicholas Brothers (1935) — Internet Archive. Adelaide Hall Intro Truckin Solitude (1936) — Internet Archive.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 23 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
Chronology
- 1815Panel is dated c. 1815 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1957.506).
- 1901Adelaide Hall born at Brooklyn.
- 1901Adelaide Hall was born in 1901 at Brooklyn.
- 1935Adelaide Hall the Nicholas Brothers (1935) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 1935Adelaide Hall the Nicholas Brothers digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1936League of Nations Union is dated Apr 1936 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1936Adelaide Hall Intro Truckin Solitude (1936) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 1936League of Nations Union (Wellcome Collection).
- 1936Adelaide Hall Intro Truckin Solitude digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1939United Kingdom - correspondence is dated 1939-1969 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1939United Kingdom - correspondence (Wellcome Collection).
- 1943Environment of Chipmunks is dated 1943 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1944.290).
- 1943Environment of Chipmunks (The Art Institute of Chicago).
- 1988Donation of penicillin cultivation vessels to various museums is dated 1988-2001 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1988Donation of penicillin cultivation vessels to various museums (Wellcome Collection).
- 1993Adelaide Hall died at London.
- 1993Adelaide Hall died in 1993 at London.
Connections
Each connection was recorded deliberately, with the basis for it kept on the internal record.
Associated with
- Harlem RenaissanceMovement
Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.
Died at
- LondonPlace
Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
Hall [married name Hall-Hicks], Adelaide Louise Estelle (1901–1993), jazz and cabaret singer, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Hall, Adelaide, African American Studies Center, 2007
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 3.
Hall, Adelaide, African American Studies Center, 2013
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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- 5.
Hall, Adelaide., Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical, 2016
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Open Library author record for Adelaide Hall (Internet Archive), 2 catalogued works.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
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Internet Archive, 7 digitised items catalogued under Adelaide Hall as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
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The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Adelaide Hall.
museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, open access collection records associated with Adelaide Hall.
museum collection · Unverified · The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Wellcome Collection catalogue records 16 works naming Adelaide Hall.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
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“Adelaide Hall”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q293087: Adelaide Hall
authority record · Unverified · Wikidata
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Plates
Each plate is reproduced under the terms the holding register itself publishes, with its creator and licence named.

Adelaide Hall and Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson in the musical comedy, Brown Buddies, on Broadway, in 1930.
uncredited · 1930, picture, in newspaper, The Richmond Planet, 15 November 1930 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The picture recordElsewhere in Music memorabilia
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