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Harlem Renaissance Exhibit Tape

Anacostia Community Museum

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
Barthé, 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

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7898671df-3cfc-40e1-a81c-8520921174e6

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
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7898671df-3cfc-40e1-a81c-8520921174e6
ACMA.03-024
ACMA

Record ID

ebl-1554838805222-1554838805265-0

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