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Title: Friends of Negro Spirituals oral history collection
Dates: 2007
Collection number: MS 196
Creator:
Friends of Negro Spirituals (Organization)
Collection Size:
1.0 linear feet
(1 box)
Repository:
African American Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)
Oakland, CA 94612
Abstract: The Friends of Negro Spirituals Oral History collection consists of DVDs and transcriptions of ten oral history interviews
conducted in 2007 with supporters of Negro spirituals who work to preserve spirituals in the African American community. The
collection includes interviews with William Bell, Lyvonne Chrisman, Marcella Huggins Conley, Doug Edwards, Sam Edwards, Jacqueline
B. Hairston, Autris Thomas Paige, Linda Tillery, and Cleophas and Sadie Carter Williams.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.
Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.
Permission to publish from the Friends of Negro Spirituals must be obtained from the African American Museum & Library at
Oakland.
Friends of Negro Spirituals oral history collection, MS 196, African American Museum and&
The Friends of Negro Spirituals Oral History Collection was donated to the African American Museum & Library at Oakland by
Lyvonne Chrisman.
Collection processed by Sean Heyliger, September 2, 2016.
Biography / Administrative History
The Friends of Negro Spirituals is a educational and cultural organization based in Oakland, California dedicated to the preservation
and promotion of Negro spirituals. Founded in 1998 by Sam Edwards and Lyvonne Chrisman, the Friends of Negro Spirituals offers
lectures and radio programs on Negro spirituals, research assistance to scholars studying Negro spirituals, and publishes
a news journal,
The Negro Spiritual.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Friends of Negro Spirituals Oral History collection consists of DVDs and transcriptions of ten oral history interviews
conducted in 2007 with supporters of Negro spirituals who work to preserve spirituals in the African American community. The
collection includes interviews with William Bell, Lyvonne Chrisman, Marcella Huggins Conley, Doug Edwards, Sam Edwards, Jacqueline
B. Hairston, Autris Thomas Paige, Linda Tillery, and Cleophas and Sadie Carter Williams. The interviewee discuss the importance
of Negro spirituals within the African American community and their significance in their own lives. Each interview transcript
includes an overview of the oral history project and an introductory essay by Sam Edwards, "Negro spirituals: folk songs birthed
by Black slaves, inspired by American slavery".
Series I. Oral history interviews
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
African American musicians--California.
Spirituals (Songs)--History and criticism.