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Smithsonian Institution
National Public Radio
National Public Radio
Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942-
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1994
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27 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0516
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Original performance and interview audio recordings, audio outtake materials, program masters, and finished program tapes from the Smithsonian Institution/National Public Radio series WADE IN THE WATER. Collection documents the influence of religion on various African American sacred and secular music styles, including gospel, spirituals, classical...
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Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942- interviewee
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1986
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3 audiotapes (reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Accession 009612
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Oral History Program is part of the Smithsonian Institution Archives. The purpose of the program is to conduct interviews with current and retired members of the Smithsonian staff who have made significant contributions, administrative and scholarly, to the Institution. The project's goal is to supplement the published record and manuscrip...
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Frye, Theodore M. (singer)
Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI
Dorsey, Thomas A. (choral director)
Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942-
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1931-1945
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0456
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Eugene D. Smallwood Gospel Music Collection consists of an album of Gospel music scores collected or composed by Reverend Eugene D. Smallwood andnineteen additional loose scores published by Rev. Smallwood's company. The publication dates range from 1931 to 1945. The scores were performed by Reverend Smallwood's choirs. As a composer/arranger, ...
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Richardson, Deborra
Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942-
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circa 1822-1994
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6.55 Cubic feet (17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0653
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the customs and culture of black gospel song and its performance in 19th- and 20th-century America. Dr. Reagon collected photographs, sheet music, and other primary and secondary sources chronicling the development and legacy of this medium, from the Civil War to the Civil Rights movement, from blues to Gospel to classical to jazz. Among the subjects included in this collection are trailblazers such as Charles Tindley, Thomas A. Dorsey, Rosetta Tharpe, Duke Ellington, and Nathaniel Dett. Noted performers are the Fisk Jubilee Singers, the Harmonizing Four, the Hampton University Choir, and the Chick Webb Orchestra.
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Koenig, Ruth
Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942-
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1964-1966
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0.33 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0558
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Materials related to the Civil Rights struggle, voter registration drive in Holly Springs, summer 1964: includes diaries, correspondence, business records, periodical articles, newsletters, and ephemera.
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McNamara, Norris
Moon, Moses
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1963-1964
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4 Cubic feet (18 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0556
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Recorded by Moses Moon (known at the time as Alan Ribback) and assisted by Norris McNamara during 1963 and 1964, the collection includes audio recordings of interviews with civil rights leaders and participants as well as free-style recordings of mass meetings, voter registration events, and other gatherings organized by Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). This collection provides a mostly unfiltered documentation of significant moments in the civil rights movement.
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Davies, Diana, 1938-
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1963-2009
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3.83 Cubic feet (8 binders containing contact sheets, slides, and prints; 7 boxes (8.5"x10.75"x2.5") of 35 mm negatives; 2 binders of 35 mm and 120 format negatives; and 1 box of 11 oversize prints.)
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- CFCH.DAVIE
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Diana Davies photographs consist of images taken by Diana Davies at various stages of her career. Locations include the Festival of American Folklife, the Newport Folk Festival, the Philadelphia Folk Festival, the Poor People's Campaign, various peace and protest marches and outdoor performances, New York City, and the Georgia Sea Islands. The collection includes contact sheets, negatives, photographic prints, and slides. Original photographs, negatives, and color slides taken by Diana Davies. Materials date from 1963-2009. Bulk dates: Newport Folk Festival, 1963-1969, 1987, 1992; Philadelphia Folk Festival, 1967-1968, 1987.
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Maltsby, Portia
Smithsonian Institution. Program in African American Culture
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1850-2004, undated
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100 Cubic feet (309 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0408
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection primarily documents the activities of the National Museum of American History's Program in African American Culture (PAAC) dating from 1979 through 2004. The Program in African American Culture (PAAC) created public programs documenting the black experience in the United States, as well as, other countries. Archival materials include photographs, programs, administrative files, magnetic tape, audiocassettes, U-matic and VHS video cassettes.
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National Museum of American History. Department of Public Programs
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1968-1992
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41 cu. ft. (41 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 584
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records mostly consist of staff correspondence and memoranda documenting administrative and program-oriented activities of the Department of Public Programs. The records pertain to fundraising, social history lectures and seminars, the Senior Series Program, budget, educational outreach proposals, grant information, planning for the...
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Martin and Morris Music Company
Morris, Necey, Mrs.
Martin, Sallie
Morris, Kenneth, 1917-
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circa 1930-1985
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8.7 Boxes (28 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0492
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Martin and Morris Company Records date from ca. 1930 to 1985 and document a neglected part of the American music historical record. The collection is particularly important because of the company's contributions to the field of Gospel music. According to Horace Boyer (in We'll Understand It Better....), Martin and Morris Music Company was the o...