Seeking, Receiving, and Spending: The Financing Game is a panel presentation and discussion from the First Annual National Black History Museum Seminar. James Lyons, Jeffrey Stans, and John Clarke from the Smithsonian's Office of Membership and Development speak about fundraising and finance. John Kinard provides an introduction of the panelists. Session concludes with a questions and answers.
Seminar. Part of Conference Recordings. AV003062 and AV004347: mostly same content (slightly different beginning and end of recordings), part 1. AV003083 and AV003186: mostly same content (slightly different beginning and end of recordings), part 2. Dated 19760529.
Biographical / Historical:
The First Annual National Black History Museum Seminar was held at the Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian Castle, and the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum in Washington, D.C. from May 29 - 30, 1976. The Anacostia Neighborhood Museum was the host of the seminar. The participants include staff from the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum in Washington, D.C., Museum of African American History in Boston, DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago, African American Museum of Detroit, Society for the Preservation of Weeksville and Bedford-Stuyvesant History in Brooklyn, and African American Historical and Cultural Society in San Francisco. The goal for the seminar was to develop a national coalition of black museum professionals and further define the goals of the seminar for the future locations - Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Brooklyn, and San Francisco.
Local Numbers:
ACMA AV004347
ACMA AV003083
ACMA AV003186
General:
Title transcribed from physical asset.
Other Archival Materials:
Related archival material - First Annual National Black History Museums Seminar: Introduction; An Afro-Centric Perspective in Museums: Dr. Leonard Jeffries; The Question of Funding Sources and Management; First Annual National Black History Museums Seminar: Business Meeting; First Annual National Black History Museums Seminar: Participant Statements; First Annual National Black History Museums Seminar: Adolphus Ealey Lecture; First Annual National Black History Museum Seminar: Institution Statements.
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