Opalanga Donna Pugh Papers
Content Description
Contains material related to Opalanga Pugh's professional and personal life including programs, photographs, oral history, awards, event information, newspaper clippings and articles and material related to her father Dempsey A. Pugh.
Dates
- 1947-2013
Creator
- Pugh, Opalanga D., 1952-2010 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Copyright
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Biographical / Historical
Opalanga Donna Pugh was born October 31, 1952, in Denver, Colorado, to Thomas and Mary Edmonson. She had one brother Lloyd E. Pugh. Pugh was a storyteller in the African oral tradition and travelled, worked and studied in West Africa. She attended East High School and received her B.S. degree in communication studies from the University of Wisconsin. She worked as a professional storyteller in Denver and Five Points as well as travelling throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, West Africa and the Caribbean. She passed away on June 5, 2010.
Extent
3 Boxes (2.5 linear feet)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Lloyd E. Pugh, 2011.
General
Catalog record based on preliminary inventory.
- African American women -- Colorado -- Denver. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- African Americans -- Colorado -- Denver. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Drinkwater, Mary Ellen Pughe, 1876-1925 -- Archives
- Personal papers Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Pugh, Dempsey A., -- Archives.
- Storytelling -- Colorado -- African Americans Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library Repository
2401 Welton St.
Denver Colorado 80205
