Descriptive Summary
Access
Access Restrictions
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Processing Information
Scope and Content of Collection
Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Henry Williams Jr. film collection
Dates: 1937-1979
Collection number: MS 195
Collector:
Williams, Henry Jr.
Collection Size:
7 linear feet
(6 boxes)
Repository:
African American Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)
Abstract: The Henry Williams Jr. Film Collection consists of 175 films and 3 reel-to-reel audiotapes mostly documenting the Black Panther
Party and student and union protest movements of the late 1960s.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
Access to original film reels is restricted. See archivist for details.
Access Restrictions
Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.
Publication Rights
Permission to publish from the Henry Williams Jr. Film Collection must be obtained from the African American Museum and Library
at Oakland.
Preferred Citation
Henry Williams Jr. film collection, MS 195, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland,
California.
Acquisition Information
Collection donated to African American Museum & Library by Henry Williams Jr. on July 7, 1992.
Processing Information
Processed by Sean Heyliger, May 21, 2016.Finding aid updated with material from accession 2017-094 by Sean Heyliger on December
27, 2017.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Henry Williams Jr. Film Collection consists of 175 films and 3 reel-to-reel audiotapes mostly documenting the Black Panther
Party and student and union protest movements of the late 1960s. The collection is organized into five series: Series I:
Black Panther Party films; Series II: Union and student protest films; Series III: British films; Series IV. Chinese films;
Series V. Assorted films. The Black Panther Party film reels include outtakes and b-roll footage shot in preparation of the
California Newsreel film MayDay and includes film footage of Kathleen Cleaver, Bobby Seale, Huey Newton, and other party leaders.
The union and student protest series consists of assorted footage of protest rallies in the late 1960s and 1970s, and includes
footage of Vietnam War protests, UAW and OCAW union strikes, the Farah Manufacturing Company strike of 1972, and student protests
at high schools in Oakland, California following the police shooting of Melvin Black in 1979. British films include six educational
and newsreels from the 1940s-1950s and four unidentified Chinese films. The assorted series consists of 59 films of stock
footage, educational films and unidentified films. For the unidentified films, a short description of the initial film frames
has been supplied by the cataloger in brackets.
Arrangement
Series I: Black Panther Party films. Series II: Union and student protest films. Series III: British films Series IV. Chinese
films Series V. Assorted films
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Black Panther Party--History--Pictorial works.
Strikes and lockouts--Chemical workers.
Student movements--California.
California Newsreel (Firm).