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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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Tom Draper Collection, 1970-1998

2 document cases (0.42 linear feet) Collection ID: SC 160
Draper's collection documents the career of an African American music executive and covers his tenures at RCA Records and Warner Bros. Records.

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).

The Afro-American in Indiana radio series, 1971-1983

124 open reel tapes Collection ID: SC 165
Audio recordings of taped radio show episodes, primarily from the series The Afro-American in Indiana, but also including the additional programs Reflections in Black and Black Heritage, as well as a radio special and recordings from a NAACP convention. The radio shows, hosted by Fr. Boniface Hardin, featured multiple high-profile guests. The episode topics includes sports, music, education, historiography, slavery, the American Civil War, Reconstruction, segregation, the Indiana Constitution, the United States Constitution, church, religion, the NAACP, WWI, WWII, medicine, black businesses, the Institute of Afro American Studies, prison, labor history, and more.

Teresa Hairston Collection, 1950-2013, bulk 1980-2013

39 document cases (21.6 linear feet) Collection ID: SC 162
This collection documents Dr. Teresa Hairston's work in the gospel music industry from the late 1980s into the early twenty-first century and consists of materials related to the publication of her gospel music magazines Score, Gospel Today, and Gospel Industry Today as well as events and television programs produced by Dr. Hairston. Included are publicity materials, photographs, press kits, magazines, correspondence, business records, and time-based media in both published and unpublished audio and video formats.

Stan Lewis Collection of 45 rpm Records, 1965-1985

83 Audio Discs (45 rpm; 7 in.) Collection ID: SC 48
Selection of 45rpm singles issued in the 1960s-1980s on record labels owned by Stan Lewis in Shreveport, Louisiana. Includes rhythm and blues, blues, and gospel music on Jewel Records and Stan's Record Division subsidiary labels Ronn Records, Paula Records, Susie Q Records, and Head.

Soul and Funk: The Naptown Sound, 2003-2005

1 document case (0.21 linear feet) Collection ID: SC 113
The collection consists primarily of interviews conducted by AAAMC Project Manager Jason Housley for the 2005-2006 Indiana Historical Society Exhibit, "Soul and Funk: The Naptown Sound," as well as related production materials and photographs.

Something in the Water : The Sweet Flavor of Dayton Funk, 1980-2004, bulk 1997-1998

1 document case (0.42 linear feet; transcripts and documentation) Collection ID: SC 65
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.

Skipper Lee Frazier Collection, approximately 1970s-1980s

12 photographs (black & white ; 8 x 10 in.) Collection ID: SC 95
Photographs documenting the career of Houston deejay Skipper Lee Frazier, copied from his personal collection. Additional photo descriptions with biographical information transcribed from an interview with Frazier are available in accession folder. The collection consists of 12 b&w photographs with negatives primarily documenting Skipper Lee Frazier's activities in connection with KCOH in Houston during the 1970s and '80s.

Rowena Stewart IU Lectures, 2001

1 document case (0.21 linear feet) Collection ID: SC 23
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."

Roni Sarig Collection, 1984-2007, bulk 2000-2007

2 document cases (0.84 linear feet) Collection ID: SC 148
Interviews with key figures in southern hip hop music and related secondary source materials including articles, press clippings, press releases and photographs.