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The Civil Rights History Project: Survey of Collections and RepositoriesNew York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture515 Malcolm X Boulevard Phone: 212-491-2200 Repository URL: http://www.nypl.org/locations/schomburg Repository code: nnsc Repository description (CRHP): The Moving Image and Recorded Sound (MIRS) Division documents the experiences of peoples of African descent, as they have been captured via audiovisual technology. The Division collections encompass a variety of formats including motion picture film (released prints and outtakes), video recordings, and music and most importantly the spoken arts recordings which include original cast recordings of theatre productions, historic dramatizations from radio's golden age, speeches from the modern civil rights period, and contemporary lectures and conference proceedings. Repository description (extant): The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a research unit of The New York Public Library, is generally recognized as one of the leading institutions of its kind in the world. For over 80 years this national research library has been devoted to collecting, preserving and providing access to resources documenting the experiences of peoples of African descent throughout the world. Repository type: Public Library Collections:
African-American migration and southern folkways in New York City oral history project |
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