Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Baptiste, Bala J.
- Abstract:
- The collection consists primarily of interviews and articles regarding radio stations and music in New Orleans, including information about the first African American deejays in New Orleans and the Poppa Stoppa radio program.
- Extent:
- 1 document case (0.42 linear feet) and 15 CD-Rs
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
Bala Baptiste Collection, SC 138, Archives of African American Music and Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Bala Baptiste is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana. A scholar of journalism and mass communication, his research focuses on the intersection between African Americans, mass media and history. He received a bachelor's degree in print journalism at Southern University at New Orleans, earned a master's degree in journalism at the University of Mississippi, and a doctor of philosophy in mass communications at Indiana University in 2003. He is currently associate professor and division chair of the communications department at Miles College in Fairfield, Alabama.
Materials in this collection were utilized in Baptiste's book, Race and Radio: Pioneering Black Broadcasters in New Orleans (University Press of Mississippi, 2019), that traces the history of the integration of radio broadcasting and the rise of Black broadcasters in New Orleans between 1945 and 1965, as well as the overall Black experience in radio during this period.
- Scope and Content:
The collection is arranged into two series. The first series contains newspaper clippings related to Black Radio, the majority found in Louisiana Weekly. This series also contains information about Tex Stephens, including an interview transcript. The second series consists of audio cassette tapes of interviews conducted by Baptiste and recordings of university lectures and panels.
- Acquisition information:
- Donated in 2007 by Bala Baptiste.
- Processing information:
Processed by AAAMC staff. Completed in 2021.
- Arrangement:
Arranged in two series:
- Series 1: Clippings and subject files
- Series 2: Audio
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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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:
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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:
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Bala Baptiste Collection, SC 138, Archives of African American Music and Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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Smith Research Center, Rooms 180-1812805 East 10th StreetBloomington, Indiana 47408-2601, United States
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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812-855-8547aaamc@indiana.edu