Sound recordings
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 122 Collections and/or Records:
National Conference of Artists records
Collection
Identifier: 620
Content Description
The National Conference of Artists (NCA) was founded March 28-29,1959, at Dean Sage Hall of Atlanta University during the opening of the Atlanta University Eighteenth Annual Art Exhibition. The records consist of correspondence, reports, minutes and agenda, conference materials, exhibition materials, speeches, and publications. Membership information is also included, as are news clippings, financial records, and memorabilia. Audiocassette tapes include speeches, business meetings, and...
Dates:
Other: 1943-1993
Marcus Neustadter, Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: 448
Content Description
The papers of Marcus Neustadter Jr. reflect his civic and professional affairs, including his work as Public Relations Director at Dillard University and his membership in the Original Illinois Club, the Prince Hall Masons, and other organizations. Included are news clippings, correspondence, programs, photographs, materials related to social organizations such as the Original Illinois Club and the Beau Brummel Club, audio cassettes of programs and courses held at Dillard University, and...
Dates:
Other: circa 1950-1990
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Marcus Neustadter, Jr. papers
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation oral history collection
Collection
Identifier: 274
Content Description
This collection includes 59 audiocassette tape interviews with 27 Louisiana-based musicians across multiple genres, including jazz, zydeco, classical, R&B, and Mardi Gras Indian traditions. The collection was formed out of a project funded by NOJHF and coordinated by Tom Dent from 1983-1988. The Foundation donated the collection to Amistad prior to the formation of its own archives.Interviewees include Placide Adams, Alvin Alcorn, Morris Ardoin, Danny Barker, Alvin Batiste,...
Dates:
Other: 1982-1984
J. Susannah Norton papers
Collection
Identifier: 642
Content Description
The collection consists of research materials Dr. Josephine Susannah Norton developed during trips to the West Indies, Ghana, and while working on her thesis at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies. The collection is rich with documentation on languages, folklore, and music from the Caribbean and West Africa. Research materials regarding African American dialects and language are also extensively covered in the collection. Slides from her trips to Ghana and...
Dates:
Other: 1940-2003
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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J. Susannah Norton papers
Odyssey through Literature interviews
Collection
Identifier: 2253
Content Description
This collection of interviews contains six tape recordings of the Odyssey Through Literature radio program, which was produced as a continuing education service of the Department of Comparative Literature at Penn State University. This collection includes recoded broadcasts of Dennis Brutus; Kashim Tala on the oral literature of Cameroon; Ali Haji Papa Bunko Susso and Nakoyo Susso on the role of the griot in Africa; J. M. Coetzee; and Chaim Potok.
Dates:
1989
Operation Crossroads Africa records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 281
Scope and Contents
The Operation Crossroads Africa (OCA) records measure 34.4 linear feet and contain approximately 22 linear feet of correspondence. Most of this correspondence is dated between 1968 and 1975. Other record types in the accession are financial accounts, biographical profiles, reports, photographs, brochures, pamphlets, programs, newspaper articles, agenda and minutes, handbooks, and other printed items. The correspondence includes political items to and from American and foreign, particularly...
Dates:
Created: 1958-1979; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1979
Ed Pincus collection
Collection — Reels 1-751
Identifier: 624
Scope and Contents
The Ed Pincus collection consists of approximately 90 hours of 16mm black and white film footage used to create two civil rights era documentaries, Black Natchez and Panola. Filmmakers Ed Pincus and David Neuman shot the footage in Natchez, Mississippi, between June and September 1965. In 1967, they returned to Natchez and shot 10 additional hours of film for a planned sequel to Black Natchez,...
Dates:
Created: 1965-1967; Other: Date acquired: 05/01/2002
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Ed Pincus collection
Race Relations Department of the United Church Board for Homeland Ministries records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 368-05-002-309
Scope and Contents
The Race Relations Department was established in 1942 to define problem areas related to race relations in the United States, to develop programs and techniques designed to promote constructive action, and to work toward relieving areas of tension utilizing, wherever possible, local resources. Population movements during World War II had created pressure points in several cities. Race riots occurred with alarming frequency and the newly organized department attempted to alleviate or prevent...
Dates:
Created: 1943-1970; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1970
Morris Reynaud oral history interview
Collection — Audiocassette
Identifier: 2147
Scope and Contents
The Morris Reynaud oral history interview chronicles Reynaud's participation in the Bonus Expeditionary Force, more commonly known as the Bonus March on Washington or Bonus Army of 1932. The collection includes an audio recording of Reynaud's 1978 interview with Glenda B. Stevens, a typescript transcription of the interview, and a 1979 newspaper article on Reynaud's involvement in the Bonus March. Morris Reynaud, interviewed by Glenda B. Stevens, briefly describes his upbringing,...
Dates:
Created: 1978-1979; Other: Date acquired: 07/28/1978
Matthew (Mack) Robinson oral history interview
Collection
Identifier: 2148
Content Description
One audiocassette of an interview with Mack Robinson, the older brother of baseball player Jackie Robinson, at his home in Pasadena, California, conducted by Clifton H. Johnson. Mack Robinson was a member of the 1936 Berlin Olympics team and was a silver medalist in the 200 meter sprint. The collection also includes a signed photograph of Mack Robinson and ephemera pertaining to the career in athletics of both Mack and Jackie Robinson.
Dates:
Other: 1936-1987