Object Details
Creator
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Names
Anacostia Community Museum
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Cotton Club
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Roseland Ballroom (New York, N.Y.)
Savoy Ballroom (Harlem, New York, N.Y.)
Small's Paradise (Nightclub : Harlem, New York, N.Y.)
United States.. Army. Infantry Regiment, 369th
BartheĢ, Richmond, 1901-1989
Blake, Eubie (James Herbert), 1883-1983
Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946
Douglas, Aaron (1899-1979)
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
Fauset, Jessie Redmon
Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940
Henderson, Fletcher, 1897-1952
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
Johnson, Charlie, 1891-1959
Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
Johnson, Malvin Gray, 1896-1934
Johnson, William H. (1901-1970)
Locke, Alain, 1885-1954
McKay, Claude, 1890-1948
Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979
Robeson, Paul (1898-1976)
Sissle, Noble, 1889-1975
Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937
Toomer, Jean, 1894-1967
Collection Creator
Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum
Citation
Harlem Renaissance Exhibit Tape, Exhibition Records AV03-024, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Scope and Contents
Harlem Renaissance Exhibit Tape provides a brief overview of the exhibition, The Renaissance: Black Arts of the Twenties, which presents the evolution and achievements of black creative expression beginning in Harlem and spreading across the United States during th 1920s. Literary, visual, performance, and cinematic achievements are highlighted. Including Marcus Garvey, James Weldon Johnson, Jessie Fauset, A. Philip Randolph, Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, Alain Locke, Paul Robeson, Fletcher Henderson, Bessie Smith, and Duke Ellington. Exhibit Tape also provides historical context of Harlem and the Renaissance, and highlights educational offerings provided by the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, including artifacts, film footage, and programs.
Short exhibition film. Part of The Renaissance: Black Arts of the Twenties Audiovisual Records. AV003431: outtakes. AV003439: narration. AV003430: narration outtakes. AV003325 and AV003431: undated. AV003439 and AV003430: dated 19861110.
sova.acma.03-024_ref504
Local Numbers
ACMA AV003431
ACMA AV003439
ACMA AV003430
General
Title transcribed from physical asset.
Place
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.)
United States
Occupation
Artists
Topic
African Americans
African American women
Harlem Renaissance
African American authors
African American women authors
Authors
African American artists
Sculpture
Painting
African Americans in the performing arts
Musical theater
African American musicians
Musicians
Jazz
Museum exhibits
Creator
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
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The Renaissance: Black arts of the Twenties Exhibition Records
The Renaissance: Black arts of the Twenties Exhibition Records / Series 3: Audiovisual Material
Biographical / Historical
The exhibition - The Renaissance: Black Arts of the Twenties - showcased the evolution and achievements of the Renaissance, which was the explosion of literary, visual, performance, and cinematic creativity generated by black artists between the end of World War I and the early days of the Great Depression. Represented is the creativity of Marian Anderson, Richard Barthe, Countee Cullen, Aaron Douglas, Duke Ellington, Meta Warrick Fuller, Roland Hayes, Zora Neale Hurston, Malvin Gray Johnson, Alain Locke, "Jelly Roll" Morton, Paul Robeson, George Schuyler, and Wallace Thurman, among others. The exhibition, held at the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, ran from September 1985 - December 1986.
Extent
1 Video recording (open reel, 1 inch)
3 Sound recordings (open reel, 1/4 inch)
Date
circa 1985
Custodial History
Created for Anacostia Neighborhood Museum.
Archival Repository
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
Identifier
ACMA.03-024, Item ACMA AV003325
Type
Archival materials
Video recordings
Sound recordings
Documentary films
Narration
Genre/Form
Video recordings
Sound recordings
Documentary films
Narration
Note
000728 002145 001220 001242
Series Restrictions
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Some items are not accessible due to obsolete format and playback machinery restrictions. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
ACMA.03-024_ref504
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ACMA.03-024
ACMA
Record ID
ebl-1554838805222-1554838805265-0