Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Stewart, Rowena, 1932- and Archives of African American Music and Culture
- Abstract:
- Press materials, itinerary, promotional materials, and media recordings from Rowena Stewart's 2001 lecture at Indiana University, "Music: An Interpretative Voice in the Extraordinary World of Museums."
- Extent:
- 1 document case (0.21 linear feet), 2 Audiocassettes (analog), 2 Videocassettes (miniDV), and 1 Videocassette (VHS)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
Rowena Stewart IU Lectures, SC 23, Archives of African American Music and Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Dr. Rowena Stewart worked for nearly 35 years in the museum field as an administrator, curator, lecturer and published author before retiring in 2002. She held positions with the American Jazz Museum, Motown Museum, Afro-American Historical and Cultural Museum in Philadelphia, and Rhode Island Black Heritage Society.
Stewart received a B.A. degree in History from Edward Waters in Jacksonville, Florida in 1960. In 1975, she helped found the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society and served as its director for 10 years. She continued studying history and museum studies at the University of Rhode Island, and museum administration through Indiana University's African Studies Program in West Africa. In 1983, Stewart was awarded the Doctorate of Humanities from the University of Rhode Island.
In 1985, Stewart became Executive Director of the Afro-American Historical and Cultural Museum in Philadelphia. In 1992, she was appointed the Motown Museum's first Executive Director. Later, as Executive Director of the 18th and Vine Authority in Kansas City, MO, she developed the facilities for the American Jazz Museum, Visitors Center, Gem Theater, and the new home for the Negro League Baseball Museum.
Some of Dr. Stewart's publications include the book, Blacks in Rhode Island, A Heritage Discovered, and essays appearing in journals and books published by the National Center for Non-Profit Boards, American Association for State and Local History, and the Smithsonian Institution.
Dr. Stewart died at the age of 83 on September 19, 2015.
For more biographical information, please see the press release included in this collection.
- Scope and Content:
Rowena Stewart delivered a public lecture and a classroom presentation during her visit to IU for the 2001 event. Both lectures are recorded and present in the collection, as well as a press release, itinerary, promotional photograph of Stewart, and promotional flyer for the public lecture.
- Acquisition information:
- Created by the AAAMC in 2001.
- Arrangement:
Arranged in two series:
- Series 1: Organizing and promotional documents
- Series 2: Lecture recordings
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- African American musicians
Music
Museums
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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Rowena Stewart IU Lectures, SC 23, 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