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Archives of African American Music and Culture

Archives of African American Music and Culture

Smith Research Center, Rooms 180-181
2805 East 10th Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47408-2601, United States
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The Archives of African American Music and Culture (AAAMC) is a repository for materials covering a wide range of African American musical idioms and cultural expressions from the post-World War II era. Highlights include interviews, researcher documentation, and publicity materials featuring Black performers, artists, radio personalities, and music industry executives.

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William Banfield Collection, 1983-2007

2 document cases (1.42 linear feet) Collection ID: SC 99
This collection consists of manuscript scores of Banfield's music, promotional and ephemeral material relating to Banfield, and recordings and transcripts of interviews that Banfield conducted with a variety of African-American composers as well as recordings of Banfield's radio show, Landscapes in Color.

Undine Smith Moore Collection of Original Music and Manuscripts by Black Composers, 1940-2022

5 document cases (4 linear feet) Collection ID: SC 1
Manuscript and printed scores, photographs, biographical material, and recordings by Black composers active from 1950 to present.

The Black Composer Speaks Collection, 1958-1987, bulk 1970-1977

10 document cases (4.78 linear feet) Collection ID: SC 35
This collection includes interviews and research materails used for the production of the book The Black Composer Speaks (1978), a project initiated by the Afro-American Arts Institute at Indiana University, and co-edited by Lida M. Belt, David N. Baker and Herman C. Hudson. The majority of the interviews were conducted by Lida Belt (Baker).

Extensions of the Tradition concert series, 1994-2017

1 document case (0.21 linear feet) Collection ID: SC 123
Extensions of the Tradition is an annual event featuring a concert of music by black composers with related exhibits and programs, co-sponsored by Indiana University's African American Arts Institute, the AAAMC, and the Jacobs School of Music. The event is documented through program booklets, flyers, photographs, and video and audio recordings.