Descriptive Summary
Access
Access Restrictions
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Processing Information
Biography / Administrative History
Scope and Content of Collection
Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education Oral History collection
Dates: 2001
Collection number: MS 192
Creator:
Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education
Collection Size:
1.5 linear feet
(2 boxes)
Repository:
African American Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)
Abstract: The Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education Oral History Collection consists of 29 oral history interviews conducted
in 2001 by Earl Caldwell with prominent black journalists that began their careers during the 1960s-1970s. A majority of the
interviewees worked at television stations or newspapers in California or New York and include interview with: Leandra Abbot,
Robert L. Allen, Ed Bradley, Audreen Buffalo, Mary Ellen Butler, Earl Caldwell, Belva Davis, Joy Elliot, Joy Elliot, George
Goodman, Al Harvin, Charles Hobson, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Jane Tillman Irving, Lenore Jenkins-Allen, Jerri Lange, Claude
Lewis, Austin Long Scott, Nancy Hicks Maynard, Marquita Poole-Eckert, Dennis Richmond, Gil Scott, Robert Terrell, Wallace
Terry, Melba Tolliver, Mel Watkins, Hollie West, Ben Williams, and Valena Williams.
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 Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education Oral History Collection must be obtained
from the African American Museum & Library at Oakland.
Preferred Citation
Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education Oral History collection, MS 192, African American Museum & Library at
Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.
Processing Information
Processed by Sean Heyliger, 11/06/2015.
Biography / Administrative History
The Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education Oral History Project began in 1999 with the Caudwell Journals, a
series of personal accounts written by journalist Earl Caldwell on his experiences working as a black journalist. The project
was expanded into an oral history project to document the experiences of other black journalists whose careers started during
the 1960s and 1970s. The project completed a total of 29 oral history interviews with black journalists mostly working in
California and New York and documents their experiences and struggles as journalists. The interviews were conducted in collaboration
with the Freedom First Amendment Center with funding from the John S. and James K. Knight Foundation.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education Oral History Collection consists of 29 oral history interviews conducted
in 2001 by Earl Caldwell with prominent black journalists that began their careers during the 1960s-1970s. A majority of the
interviewees worked at television stations or newspapers in California or New York and include interview with: Leandra Abbot,
Robert L. Allen, Ed Bradley, Audreen Buffalo, Mary Ellen Butler, Earl Caldwell, Belva Davis, Joy Elliot, Joy Elliot, George
Goodman, Al Harvin, Charles Hobson, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Jane Tillman Irving, Lenore Jenkins-Allen, Jerri Lange, Claude
Lewis, Austin Long Scott, Nancy Hicks Maynard, Marquita Poole-Eckert, Dennis Richmond, Gil Scott, Robert Terrell, Wallace
Terry, Melba Tolliver, Mel Watkins, Hollie West, Ben Williams, and Valena Williams.
Arrangement
Series I: oral history videotapes
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education
African American journalists -- 20th century -- Biography.
African American journalists -- Interviews.
African American women journalists--Biography.