Descriptive Summary
Access
Access Restrictions
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Processing Information
Biography / Administrative History
Scope and Content of Collection
Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Shades of North Oakland photograph collection
Dates: circa 1888-1999
Collection number: MS 99
Collector:
African
American
Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)
Collection Size:
.75 linear feet
(2 boxes)
Repository:
African
American
Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)
Abstract: Shades of North Oakland was a neighborhood photograph collecting project conducted by the
African
American
Museum & Library at Oakland and the Oakland Public Library in July 1999. The project was an outgrowth of a statewide photograph
project, Shades of California, that sought to document the daily lives and the historical, political, and cultural contributions
of diverse communities in California.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.
Access Restrictions
Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.
Publication Rights
Permission to publish from the Shades of North Oakland Photograph Collection must be obtained from the
African
American
Museum & Library at Oakland.
Preferred Citation
Shades of North Oakland photograph collection, MS 99,
African
American
Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.
Acquisition Information
Photographs were collected and donated to the
African
American
Museum & Library at Oakland by North Oakland community members at a photograph donation and reproduction clinic conducted
at Washington Elementary on July 10-11, 1999.
Processing Information
Processed by Sean Heyliger, Archivist, October 20, 2016.
Biography / Administrative History
Shades of North Oakland was a neighborhood photograph collecting project conducted by the
African
American
Museum & Library at Oakland and the Oakland Public Library in July 1999. The project was an outgrowth of a statewide photograph
project, Shades of California, that sought to document the daily lives and the historical, political, and cultural contributions
of diverse communities in California. Funding for the project was provided by a $10,000 grant from the Library Services and
Technology Act of the California State Library’s Shades of California Program, a statewide extension of the Shades of Los
Angeles Project at the Los Angeles Public Library. The mission of the Shades of North Oakland Project was to document the
activities and history of current and former residents of African descent of the North Oakland neighborhood by copying photographs
from family albums and private collections. The photographs were reproduced and donors provided details of the history of
each donated photograph and their family’s migration to California. The reproduction prints and negatives were housed in the
collection of the archives of the
African
American
Museum & Library at Oakland and the California State Library.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Shades of North Oakland Photograph Collection consists of photographs, negatives, and project files documenting the neighborhood
documentation project. The collection is organized into three series: I. Photographs, II. Negatives III. Shades of North Oakland
Project Files. The photograph series includes 273 photographic reproductions and is organized by donor. The photographs document
the social, religious, educations, business and political activities of
African
Americans
living in North Oakland mostly from the 1940s-1990s. Most of the photographs are family photos taken by family members and
document the everyday life of
African
Americans
in North Oakland. A copy negative was created for each image and also included in the collection. The Shades of North Oakland
project files consist of donor information sheets, promotional fliers, program agenda, press release, and a training manual
for volunteers.
Arrangement
Series I. Photographs
Series II. Negatives
Series III. Shades of North Oakland project files
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Oakland (Calif.)--Culture.
Oakland (Calif.)--Social conditions.
African
Americans
--California--Oakland--Social conditions--20th century.