Object Details
Creator
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Names
Anacostia Community Museum
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
McClendon, Rose, 1884-1936
Taylor, Prentiss, 1907-1991
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Collection Creator
Anacostia Community Museum
Citation
Interview with Prentiss Taylor, Record Group AV09-023, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Scope and Contents
Prentiss Taylor talks about working with Langston Hughes to create The Negro Mother and the Scottsboro Limited. The illustrations created by Taylor, and the texts created by Hughes. Taylor talks about Hughes' personality and their relationship to Carl Van Vechten. Additionally, Taylor speaks of the Ethiopian Art Theatre, Rose McClendon, and the origin of Van Vechten's Nigger Heaven.
Interview. Sound is distorted. Part of ACM Museum Events, PR, and Ceremonies Recordings. Undated.
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Local Numbers
ACMA AV003312-2
Place
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.)
United States
Occupation
Artists
Topic
African Americans
African American artists
African American poets
Poets
Theater
Harlem Renaissance
Creator
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
See more items in
Museum Events, Programs, and Projects, 1967-1989
Extent
1 Sound recording (open reel, 1/4 inch)
Date
circa 1970s
Custodial History
Created for Anacostia Neighborhood Museum. Interviewer: Becky Welch. Recorded by: Denise Howell.
Archival Repository
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
Identifier
ACMA.09-023, Item ACMA AV003312-1
Type
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Interviews
Genre/Form
Sound recordings
Interviews
Note
002425 002426
Collection 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.09-023_ref639
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ACMA.09-023
ACMA
Record ID
ebl-1568815250523-1568815250709-0