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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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World Famous Lessons in Jazz Collection, circa 2002-2006

1 document case (0.21 linear feet) Collection ID: SC 78
The collection consists primarily of CD-R copies of the radio series "Lessons in Jazz," produced by Kevin Anderson for MD Illegal Rap Radio. The series began airing in 2002 on Hampton University's student radio station WHOV 88.1 FM. Co-hosts of the series are Marcel "Big Cel" Canady and Montez "The Wiz" Martin.

Winona Fletcher Collection, 1939-1987, bulk 1982-1987

3 document cases (1.05 linear feet) Collection ID: SC 2
This collection documents the activities of Dr. Winona Fletcher as Producing Director of the Indiana University Afro-American Arts Institute's 1986 revival of the Federal Theatre Project's 1939 production Prelude to Swing, entitled Prelude to Swing +50.

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.

What Must Be Done radio series, 1968

13 Audiotape Reels (6.5 hours) Collection ID: SC 157
These materials comprise a thirteen-part radio series of public service broadcasts produced by Sam Chase for WLIB radio in New York in cooperation with Newsweek Magazine.

Wade in the Water: African American Sacred Music Traditions, 1994

1 document case (0.875 linear feet) Collection ID: SC 75
The collection consists primarily of audiocassette copies of the 26-part radio series Wade in the Water, produced by NPR in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, and concieved and hosted by Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon.

Vy Higginsen Collection, 1982-2012

2 document cases (0.84 linear feet) Collection ID: SC 28
The collection consists primarily of materials related to the gospel musicals Mama, I Want to Sing; Mama, I Want to Sing II; and Born to Sing! Mama 3. It includes scripts, programs, promotional materials, posters, photographs, videos, and sound recordings. Records of the Mama Foundation include programs, press clippings, publicity, and posters.

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.

Undine Smith Moore Collection, 1951-1981

1 document case (1 linear foot) Collection ID: SC 102
This collection consists of published and manuscript scores of Moore's music, as well as photographs of Moore and videos containing performances and interviews.

Travis Gardner Collection, approximately 1960s-1970s

12 photographs (black & white ; 8 x 10 in.) Collection ID: SC 96
Black radio photograph collection documenting events and personnel, including photos with rhythm and blues musicians, at Houston station KCOH in the 1960s and 1970s. Photographs were copied from the personal collection of Gardner. Accompanied by a transcription of an interview with Gardner which includes descriptions of each photograph.

Tony Douglas Collection of Jackie Wilson Photographs, circa 1950s-1960s

10 photographs Collection ID: SC 22
A small collection of photographs from the 1950s-1960s. The bulk of the photographs feature Jackie Wilson. Also included is early Motown recording artist Gino Parks.