| Creator: | Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory |
| Title: | Claude Barnett and the Associated Negro Press |
| Collection No.: | ohrc028 |
| Dates: | 1976-1977 |
| Quantity: |
Quantity: 8 Interviews (Audio files, transcripts, and collateral materials ) |
| Abstract: | These interviews consist primarily of interviewees discussing their relationships with Claude Barnett, their work at the Associated Negro Press, and Barnett's ongoing efforts at improving race relations. In addition, many interviewees comment on the difficulties they encountered while working for the Press and its impact on the Civil Rights Movement. |
| Location: | Interviews are housed in Franklin Hall, Room 0030A. Contact ohrc@indiana.edu for more information. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office. |
| Language: | Materials are in English |
| Repository: | Center for Documentary Research and Practice Franklin Hall 0030B 601 E. Kirkwood Avenue Bloomington, Indiana 47405 Business Number: 812-855-2856 ohrc@indiana.edu URL: https://cdrp.mediaschool.indiana.edu/ |
This collection contains eight interviews over the course of four years, ranging from forty minutes to one hundred-eighty minutes. All interviews consist of typed transcripts and audio reels.
The archive of the Center for Documentary Research and Practice at Indiana University is open to the use of researchers. Copies of transcript pages are available only when such copies are permitted by the deed of gift. Scholars must honor any restrictions the interviewee placed on the use of the interview. Since some of our earlier (pre-computer) transcripts do not exist in final form, any editing marks in a transcript (deletions, additions, corrections) are to be quoted as marked. Audio files may not be copied for patrons unless the deed of gift permits it, and a transcript is unavailable for that interview. The same rules of use that apply to a transcript apply to the audio interview. Interviews may not be reproduced in full for any public use, but excerpted quotes may be used as long as researchers fully cite the data in their research, including accession number, interview date, interviewee's and interviewer's name, and page(s).
[interviewee first name last name] interview, by [interviewer first name last name], [interview date(s)], [call number], [project name], Center for Documentary Research and Practice, Indiana University, Bloomington, [page number(s) or tape number and side if no transcript; if digital audio and no transcript, cite time when quote occurs].
Oral history interviews conducted by the Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory from 1968 to the present, with particular focus on the history of twentieth-century America and the Midwest.
No(s): 77-001
Physical Description: 27 pages; 1 reel, 1 7/8 ips, 60 minutes; no index
Scope and Content Note: Frank Marshall Davis, born in 1905, describes his education, early work experience and how he came to work for the Associated Negro Press. He talks about Claude Barnett and their relationship over the years. He also talks about multiple organizations that he came in contact with for work.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 76-068
Physical Description: 77 pages; 3 reels, 1 7/8 ips, 180 minutes; appendix, newspaper clipping
Scope and Content Note: Ernest E. Johnson, born in 1913, talkis about his experience working for the Associated Negro Press. He chronicles the difficulties he encountered. He spends a substantial amount of time talking about the people he worked with. Also included are 77 pages of correspondence Mr. Johnson kept over the years. These letters span his career.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 77-017
Physical Description: 25 pages; 1 reel, 1 7/8 ips, 60 minutes; no index
Scope and Content Note: Frederick Douglass Patterson II, born on October 10, 1901, discusses Claude Barnett, especially their relationship regarding the Tuskegee Institute. Patterson tells about Barnetts' work to improve race relations between blacks and whites and also to improve education possibilites for African-Americans. Patterson tells about the people who Barnett worked with both in the newspaper business and in his political maneuvering.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 77-012
Physical Description: 31 pages; 1 reel, 1 7/8 ips, 70 minutes
Scope and Content Note: Harry Richardson talks about his knowledge of Claude Barnett and the black press. He also talks about race relations, religion, and the Back to Africa movement
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 77-011
Physical Description: 30 pages; 1 reel, 1 7/8ips, 70 minutes; no index
Scope and Content Note: C.A. Scott, born in 1908, discusses running a black newspaper. He talks about difficulties between blacks and whites and changes in race relations over the years. He talks about changes in publishing and acceptance of black reporters and newspapers. He also talks about howblack newspapers affected the Civil Rights Movement.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 80-042
Physical Description: 18 pages; 1 reel, 1 7/8 ips, 40 minutes; 6 page article: "Don't Order the Coffin Yet...The Corpse is Still Alive"
Scope and Content Note: William O. Walker tells about his experiences as a black newspaper reporter and owner during the nineteen twenties, nineteen thirties, and nineteen forties. He talks about Claude Barnett's influence on breaking down the barriers between blacks and whites. He tells about different newpapers and the types of news they covered as well as other influential men and women both in the newspaper business and in politics.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 76-053
Physical Description: 36 pages; 1 reel, 1 7/8 ips, 65 minutes
Scope and Content Note: Enoc P. Waters talks about his relationship with Claude Barnett and the Associated Negro Press. He tells about his experiences as a black reporter and the difficulties he encountered. He also talks about difficulties in general for both blacks and the black press in the nineteen thirties and nineteen forties. At the end of his interview he mentions the names of a number of people who were prominant in the black press during those years.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 76-069
Physical Description: 20 pages; 1 reel, 1 7/8 ips, 50 minutes
Scope and Content Note: Roy Wilkins tells about his experiences working in the black press. He talks about the financial difficulties they faced as well as the problems of segregation and discrimination. He also talks about Claude Barnett and the impact he had in the Associated Negro Press and in politics.
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Access Status: Open