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National Museum of African American History and Culture
Guide to the NMAAHC Collection Donor Oral History Project
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NMAAHC.2016.129
- Creators:
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National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Dates:
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2016
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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36 Video recordingsOral histories were recorded in 1920x1080 video
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
The NMAAHC Donor Oral History Project provides rich background interviews with 18 individuals who donoated collections to NMMAHC prior to the Museum opening in September 2016.
Arrangement
Arrangement
Collection is arranged with each oral history being its own series. There are 18 oral histories in this collection. Each oral history has two files - the unedited file and the edited file. The edited files trimmed silences from the beginning and end of the unedited file and added in NMAAHC logo and oral history information. Only the edited file is available for streaming.
Administration
Author
Bleakley McDowell ; Ja-Zette Marshburn
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Oral Histories were created by NMAAHC in 2016 and acquired into the Collection that same year.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Use
© Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Collection oral history videos are streaming for viewing.
Preferred Citation
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Oral histories (document genres) | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Civil rights | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| African Americans -- Civil rights | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Washington, D.C. 20004
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