Richard R. Wright Jr. films, 1920-1960

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Summary

Abstract:
The Richard R. Wright Jr. films comprise a collection of 13 moving images created circa the 1920s through the 1960s. Richard Robert Wright Jr. (1878-1967) was an African American sociologist, social worker, and minister for the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Wright was married to Charlotte Crogman Wright, who authored a memoir relating to her travels throughout South Africa as the wife of a Methodist bishop, Beneath the Southern Cross (1955). The contents of the recordings include home movies and footage relating to the Wrights' religious missions in South Africa and elsewhere, with labels on the film reels including "Cape Town farewell," "African wood carvings," "Victoria Falls," and "Gibraltar." Other films in the collection appear to be home movies, with footage of weddings, graduation ceremonies, and children playing in an American suburb.
Extent:
2 Linear Feet 2 boxes and 163 Gigabytes 20 MOV files
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Richard R. Wright Jr. films, Collection no. 6204, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Background

Scope and content:

A collection of 13 films created by Richard R. Wright Jr. and/or other Wright family members. The contents of the recordings include footage of the Wrights' religious missions in South Africa and elsewhere, with labels on the film reels including "Cape Town farewell," "African wood carvings," "Victoria Falls," and "Gibraltar." Other films in the collection appear to be home movies, with footage of weddings, graduation ceremonies, and children playing in an American suburb. The films are recorded on 14 reels of 16mm film.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Phillip G. Wright, March 2019.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Access to the original analog films in the collection is restricted. The Hugh M. Hefner Moving Image Archive at USC digitized the recordings in 2019. The access copies of the digitized recordings are publicly accessible via the USC Digital Library.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

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Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Richard R. Wright Jr. films, Collection no. 6204, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Location of this collection:
Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Room 209
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189, US
Contact:
(213) 740-5900
specol@usc.edu
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