Friends of Negro Spirituals oral history collection, 2007

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Summary

Creators:
Friends of Negro Spirituals (Organization)
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.
Extent:
1.0 linear feet (1 box)
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:

Friends of Negro Spirituals oral history collection, MS 196, African American Museum and&

Background

Scope and content:

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".

Biographical / historical:

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.

Acquisition information:
The Friends of Negro Spirituals Oral History Collection was donated to the African American Museum Library at Oakland by Lyvonne Chrisman.
Processing information:

Collection processed by Sean Heyliger, September 2, 2016.

Arrangement:

Series I. Oral history interviews

Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.

Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.

Terms of access:

Permission to publish from the Friends of Negro Spirituals must be obtained from the African American Museum & Library at Oakland.

Preferred citation:

Friends of Negro Spirituals oral history collection, MS 196, African American Museum and&

Location of this collection:
659 14th Street
Oakland, CA 94612, US
Contact:
(510) 637-0198
aamlo@oaklandlibrary.org
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