Collection ID: COL 35
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Summary

Creator:
Burnham Ware
Abstract:
Video and audio prints of lectures filmed by filmmaker and still photographer, Burnham Ware.
Extent:
12 Items
Language:
Materials are in English
Preferred citation:

[item], Burnham Ware Collection, Special Collection BW, Black Film Center & Archive, Indiana University, Bloomington.

Background

Biographical / Historical:

Burnham Ware (b. 1949- ), filmmaker and still photographer, donated nine Super 8mm films to the Black Film Center/Archive. Mr. Ware shot the footage while attending lectures in the early 1980s at Georgetown and Kentucky State Universities.

Mr. Ware currently lives in Owenton, Kentucky, and is retired from his job as a laborer. He has had photographs published in 20 publications, books and newspapers. He enjoys Blues recordings; plays guitar, harmonica and the washboard. Mr. Ware has made five short films in the 1980s on various topics.

Scope and Content:

The Burnham Ware Collection contains two 8mm reels on Houston Baker, lecturer at Kentucky State University; four 8mm reels on Alex Haley, lecturer at Georgetown College, Georgetown, Kentucky on October 7, 1982; one 8mm reel on Gloria Naylor, lecturer at the Women's Writer's Conference, University of Lexington, Lexington, Kentucky; and two 8mm reels on Terry McMillan, lecturer at Kentucky State University.

Acquisition information:
The collection was donated in October 1993.
Processing information:

Processed/cataloged by Monique Threatt.

General note:

In 2022, the Black Film Center/Archive (BFC/A) transitioned to its current name, the Black Film Center & Archive (BFCA). This finding aid was created under the organizational name Black Film Center/Archive. Upon this organizational name change, all previous references to the BFC/A were updated in this finding aid to match the current name, Black Film Center & Archive.

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

This collection is open for research.

TERMS OF ACCESS:

Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Archivist.

PREFERRED CITATION:

[item], Burnham Ware Collection, Special Collection BW, Black Film Center & Archive, Indiana University, Bloomington.

CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
1320 East Tenth Street
Herman B Wells Library, Room 044
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-7000, United States
CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
CONTACT:
812-855-6041
bfca@iu.edu