Sam Stiefel’s son, Bernard M. Stiefel, has maintained extensive personal archives documenting his father’s distinguished career in the entertainment business.  These include numerous photographs, business and personal correspondence, promotion posters, playbills, contracts, and other memorabilia.  Most importantly, his recollections of joining his father during many of his encounters with the show business luminaries mentioned earlier are truly priceless.  Bernie is seeking to create a collaborative partnership with a scholar interested in exploring his father’s career as the subject of a master’s thesis or doctoral dissertation. As important is a collaboration with an individual who would be interested in researching the life and times of Shep Allen, one of the 20th Century's earliest and most successful African-American producers and promoters of musical and theatrical events.

E-mail inquiries should be addressed to bstiefel@earthlink.net.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to make history!