Collection ID: SC 65
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Summary

Creator:
Indiana University, Bloomington. Archives of African American Music and Culture
Abstract:
This collection consists primarily of interviews conducted by AAAMC assistant director Stephanie Shonekan and director Portia K. Maultsby for the exhibit, Something in the Water : The Sweet Flavor of Dayton Funk, hosted by the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center in Wilberforce, Ohio. The exhibit was organized by NAAMCC curator Michael Sampson and Portia K. Maultsby with consultation by Ricky Vincent and was on display from October 3, 1998 through February through February 1999.
Extent:
1 document case (0.42 linear feet; transcripts and documentation), 24 Audiocassettes (approximately 1,312 minutes), 2 Videocassettes (approximately 211 minutes), and 24 photographs
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

Something in the Water : The Sweet Flavor of Dayton Funk, SC 65, Archives of African American Music and Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington.

Background

Biographical / Historical:

The National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center, located in Wilberforce, Ohio, near Dayton aims to educate the public about African American history and culture from African origins to the present through a variety of programs, including museum exhibits, research and publications, visiting scholars, oral and visual history and adult and children's educational activities. More information about the center is available on their website at: http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/places/sw13/index.shtml.

Information about the Archives of African American Music and Culture is available on our website at: http://www.indiana.edu/~aaamc.

Scope and Content:

This collection consists primarily of interviews conducted by AAAMC assistant director Stephanie Shonekan and director Portia K. Maultsby for the exhibit, Something in the Water : The Sweet Flavor of Dayton Funk, at the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center in Wilberforce, Ohio. The exhibit was organized by NAAMCC curator Michael Sampson and Portia K. Maultsby with consultation by Ricky Vincent and was on display from October 3, 1998 through February 1999.

The interviewees include notable funk musicians from Dayton and their relatives and former teachers as well as local disc jockeys and club and record label owners. Topics include the Dayton music scene, music education, the lyrical depiction of local businesses and culture, and how Dayton's nature as a middle class black community impacted the music.

The materials consist of interviews on two dozen audio cassettes with typed transcripts, two videotaped multi-person interviews, project files for the exhibit, photographs of the exhibit and interviewees, and an article and paper based on the project and presented by AAAMC staff.

Acquisition information:
Interviews conducted and recorded by AAAMC staff in 1997-1998.
Processing information:

Processed by AAAMC staff. Completed in 2000.

Arrangement:

Arranged in two series:

Series 1: Interviews
Series 2: Project Files
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

Use of time-based media materials (audio and video) may require production of listening or viewing copies.

Access to streaming audio, moving image, and full resolution digital image materials may currently be restricted to researchers who can authenticate with an IU account or who are physically present on campus. Remote streaming to individual researchers may be allowed with the completion of applicable forms.

For further information about access to online audiovisual materials, contact AAAMC staff at aaamc@indiana.edu.

TERMS OF ACCESS:

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, including but not limited to the Indiana Public Records Act (5-14-3-2 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which Indiana University assumes no responsibility.

Copyright is retained by the creators/authors of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. All requests for copying and publishing materials must be submitted in writing to the Archives of African American Music and Culture, and may require the written permission of the creator(s)/author(s) or donor(s).

PREFERRED CITATION:

Something in the Water : The Sweet Flavor of Dayton Funk, SC 65, Archives of African American Music and Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington.

CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
Smith Research Center, Rooms 180-181
2805 East 10th Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47408-2601, United States
CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
CONTACT:
812-855-8547
aaamc@indiana.edu