Jack L. Cooper papers

  • Creator Names Cooper, Jack L. (Jack Leroy), 1888-1970.
  • Title Jack L. Cooper papers [manuscript], 1918-1988.
  • Physical description
    • 5 linear ft. (10 boxes, 1 scrapbook)
    • sound recording (1975).
  • Access and usage restrictions For listening purposes, it is necessary to use a copy, not the original (and to have a listening copy made if one is not available).
  • Collection summary Scripts of radio programs, correspondence, contracts, appointment books (12 v.), and scrapbook of Jack Leroy Cooper, a Chicago pioneer in African American radio broadcasting. Includes Black dialect comedy and other program scripts by Cooper, mainly 1930s; scrapbook of clippings and handbills on Cooper's early theater and radio career, chiefly 1918-1931; correspondence, 1939-1988, primarily relative to Jack L. Cooper Radio Advertising Service; radio broadcast advertising contracts, 1933-1943; sundry personal items of Cooper and his wife Gertrude Roberts Cooper; and a sound recording of the Rev. Isaiah Roberts, "Roberts Temple," Sept. 14, 1975.
  • Acquisition information Part of this collection was a gift of Mr. Cooper's widow, Gertrude R. Cooper, in 1983.
  • Location of Other Archival Materials Note Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the Jack L. Cooper photograph collection (1985.0395), the Jack L. Cooper collection of visual materials (1992.0130), and Radio program schedules by Jack L. Cooper Presentations, cataloged separately.
  • Names
    • Cooper, Jack L. (Jack Leroy), 1888-1970 Archives.
    • Cooper, Gertrude Roberts.
    • Pressmann, Arnold. If we told 'em, you sold 'em (Play)
    • Roberts, Isaiah L. d. 1989.
    • Jack L. Cooper Radio Advertising Service (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Church of God in Christ.
    • Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Cooper, Gertrude Roberts.
    • Pressmann, Arnold. If we told 'em, you sold 'em (Play)
    • Roberts, Isaiah L. d. 1989.
    • Church of God in Christ.
    • Jack L. Cooper Radio Advertising Service (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Subjects
    • African American churches Illinois Chicago.
    • African American entertainers Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • African American advertising agencies Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • African American radio broadcasters Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Black English.
    • Wit and humor Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Radio advertising Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Radio programs Illinois Chicago 20th century.
  • Geographic coverage Chicago (Ill.) Commerce 20th century.
  • Genre
    • Sound recordings, aat
    • Contracts. aat
    • Correspondence. aat
    • Scrapbooks. aat
    • Scripts. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.