During the audio tour of exhibition, The Renaissance: Black Arts of the Twenties, narrator Robert Hall 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 profiled. Including brief biographical histories and achievements by Marcus Garvey, James Weldon Johnson, Jessie Fauset, A. Philip Randolph, Claude McKay, Nella Larson, Carl Van Vechten, Countee Cullen, Alain Locke, Harry T. Burleigh, Paul Robeson, Roland Hayes, Lois Mailou Jones, Jules Bledsoe, Fletcher Henderson, Bessie Smith, and Mamie Smith.
Self guided audio tour narration. Part of The Renaissance: Black Arts of the Twenties Audiovisual Records. AV001362: master. Undated.
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.
Local Numbers:
ACMA AV001362
General:
Title transcribed from physical asset.
Series Restrictions:
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This short documentary provides an overview of the development of church music alongside the growth of African American churches in the eastern United States from the arrival of black Africans in Jamestown in 1619 through 1877 and the Reconstruction era. The evolution of church music within African American churches included the formation of music programs and performances, hymnals, choirs, negro spirituals, and music education as well as the addition of organs to accompany the singing of psalms, hymns, and anthems. During the Great Awakening of the 1730s and 1740s, the Christianization of slaves and Africanization of Protestant hymns swept through the American colonies. European Christianity and the emotionalism of the African homeland were combined during the Second Awakening, which began in the late eighteenth century and lasted until the middle of the nineteenth century. The history of church music created by urban and rural congregations within New England and Southern states is explored.
Short documentary. Part of Climbing Jacob's Ladder Audiovisual Records. Complete production: AV000962, AV003327. Production elements: AV002679 [narration], AV003345 [outtakes - sound], AV003421 [music], AV003336 [music]. AV003421: 6 songs including We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder [also known as Jacob's Ladder] and Battle Hymn of the Republic [also known as Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!]. AV003336: 2 recordings of We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder. Dated 19940923 [AV000962]. Undated [all other recordings].
Biographical / Historical:
Church Songs of Black Americans 1740 - 1877 was created alongside the Climbing Jacob's Ladder: The Rise of Black Churches in Eastern American Cities, 1740 - 1877 exhibition which explored the growth and central role of African American churches during the 18th- and 19th-centuries in the eastern United States: Boston, Savannah, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and Richmond. The exhibition was organized by the Anacostia Museum and held there from October 1987 to October 1988.
Local Numbers:
ACMA AV003327
ACMA AV002679
ACMA AV003345
ACMA AV003421
ACMA AV003336
ACMA AV002642
General:
Title transcribed from opening credits of video recording.
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Climbing Jacob's Ladder argues for the importance of documenting and preserving the history of the African American church as explained by church historians, archivists, and curators. The African American church tells the story of African Americans, provides direction and goals for the young, and is the center of African American life. Its history is illustrated through photographs and moving images, which are endangered of being lost and forgotten if preservation measures are not taken. The short documentary also provides an overview of the history of the black church and African American worship from slavery through present day, the role and style of black preachers, black church music and choirs, and clothing worn to religious services.
Short documentary. Part of Climbing Jacob's Ladder Audiovisual Records. AV001152: dated 19920324. AV005160: transferred from VHS, captions burnt into image, dated 1991. AV005350: 16mm Preservation Color Interpositive, no sound, dated 20150317.
Biographical / Historical:
Climbing Jacob's Ladder was based on the Climbing Jacob's Ladder: The Rise of Black Churches in Eastern American Cities, 1740 - 1877 exhibition which explored the growth and central role of African American churches during the 18th- and 19th-centuries in the eastern United States: Boston, Savannah, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and Richmond. The exhibition was organized by the Anacostia Museum and held there from October 1987 to October 1988.;The African American church provides the spiritual, educational, social, political, and economic center for the African American community. Because the history of the African American church tells the story of African Americans, the church is the largest repository of African American history.
Local Numbers:
ACMA AV005160
ACMA AV005350
General:
Title transcribed from open credits of video recording.
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Michael W. Howell dramatizes Richard Allen's life from his birth into slavery through his establishment of what was to become the modern-day African Methodist Episcopal Church. Events which led to the founding of the Free African Society and Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia are explained.
Short one-man dramatization with still images and narration interspersed. Part of Climbing Jacob's Ladder Audiovisual Records. Complete production: AV000961 [captions burned into image]. Production elements: AV003353 and AV003356 [narration]. AV003356: first minute only [remaining recording related to Twelfth Baptist Church of Boston]. Dated 19941031 [AV000961]. Undated [all other recordings].
Biographical / Historical:
The Times of Richard Allen was created alongside the Climbing Jacob's Ladder: The Rise of Black Churches in Eastern American Cities, 1740 - 1877 exhibition which explored the growth and central role of African American churches during the 18th- and 19th-centuries in the eastern United States: Boston, Savannah, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and Richmond. The exhibition was organized by the Anacostia Museum and held there from October 1987 to October 1988.;Born a slave in 1760 on the Delaware property of Benjamin Chew and later sold to Stokely Sturgis, Richard Allen was one of the founders of the Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia in 1789. In 1801, his collection of spiritual songs and hymns helped to establish an ongoing tradition of hymn singing at Mother Bethel. Allen also formed the Free African Society, Philadelphia's first black mutual aid society to serve the needs of African Americans regardless of religious beliefs, with Absalom Jones in 1787 after African Americans were segregated during worship services at St. George's United Methodist Church in Philadelphia.;Michael W. Howell collaborated with Smithsonian staff to create The Times of Richard Allen, a one-man dramatization performed by Howell at the Smithsonian's Museum of American History in 1987 to augment the museum's exhibit "After the Revolution: Everyday Life in America, 1780-1800," which focused in part on Allen. [McIntyre, Mike. Accolade for Round House. The Washington Post, Feb. 17, 1987.]
Local Numbers:
ACMA AV003353
ACMA AV003356
General:
Title transcribed from opening credits of video recording.
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Audio tour for the exhibition - Climbing Jacob's Ladder: The Rise of Black Churches in Eastern American Cities, 1740 - 1877 - presents African American religious history beginning with the first African slaves who brought African religious faith with them and the incorporation of African religion customs with Euro-Christian faith. The audio tour includes the history of Black Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist, and Episcopalian congregations in the North; black congregations in the South during Civil War and Reconstruction; black churches and politics, including slave rebellions; the work of Reverends and Preachers; negro spirituals; and vodou. Names profiled include Cotton Mather, David Walker, Nat Turner, Henry M. Turner, and the Fisk Jubilee Singers.
Audio tour. Part of Climbing Jacob's Ladder Audiovisual Records. AV002681: dated 19871201. AV001345: undated.
Biographical / Historical:
Climbing Jacob's Ladder Audio Tour was created for the Climbing Jacob's Ladder: The Rise of Black Churches in Eastern American Cities, 1740 - 1877 exhibition which explored the growth and central role of African American churches during the 18th- and 19th-centuries in the eastern United States: Boston, Savannah, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and Richmond. The exhibition was organized by the Anacostia Museum and held there from October 1987 to October 1988.
Local Numbers:
ACMA AV001345
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.
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Restrictions:
Access by appointment only. Where a listening copy or viewing copy has been created, this is indicated in the respective inventory; additional materials may be accessible with sufficient advance notice and, in some cases, payment of a processing fee. Older papers are housed at a remote location and may require a minimum of three weeks' advance notice and payment of a retrieval fee. Certain formats such as multi-track audio recordings and EIAJ-1 videoreels (1/2 inch) may not be accessible. Contact the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections at 202-633-7322 or rinzlerarchives@si.edu for additional information.
Collection Rights:
Copyright and other restrictions may apply. Generally, materials created during a Festival are covered by a release signed by each participant permitting their use for personal and educational purposes; materials created as part of the fieldwork leading to a Festival may be more restricted. We permit and encourage such personal and educational use of those materials provided digitally here, without special permissions. Use of any materials for publication, commercial use, or distribution requires a license from the Archives. Licensing fees may apply in addition to any processing fees.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1984 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Festival Recordings: Narrative Stage: Mayan Indian Culture in Guatemala: Afro-American Corn rowing: Federal Cylinder Project
Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. Cultural Conservation Program 1985 Washington, D.C. Search this
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Search this
Extent:
sound tape reel
1 Item (sound-tape reel, analog, 7 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Place:
United States
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
1985 June 30
Local Numbers:
FP-1985-7RR-0410
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
United States Cultural Conservation Program 1985
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, June 30, 1985.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights:
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Musical group, The Colombians, of Washington, D.C., and narrator Wendell Cheathum of WGTS-FM provide a historical profile and performance of the black spiritual.
Music. Part of Broadcast Programs. AV003443-2: music performance until 005919 (followed by Discussion on Revolution and Insurrection). Undated.
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Recorded in: Cleveland (Miss.), United States, Mississippi, 1970.
Restrictions:
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Recorded in: Mississippi, United States, March 15, 1974.
Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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Walter Parjham, Bill McElreath, Clint Howard, Fred Price-- All the good times have passed and gone--Shout Lula; Clint Howard--Worried man blues; Bill McElreath- Clogging song; Swan Silvertones--Mary don't you weep--Martin Luther King tribute
Track Information:
101 Gospel / Swan Silvertones.
102 Tennessee String Band / Clarence Howard, Clint Howard, Fred Price. Fiddle,Guitar.
General note:
DPA number 68.101.21
Local Numbers:
FP-1968-RR-0021
General:
CDR copy
68.101.21
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, July 5, 1968.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. SI permission.
Collection Rights:
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101 Afro-American Music / Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick. English language.
102 Shouts,Jubilees,Spirituals,Ring Games / Sea Island Singers, Bessie Jones.
General note:
DPA number 68.101.28
Local Numbers:
FP-1968-RR-0028
General:
CDR copy
68.101.28
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, July 6, 1968.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights:
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Walter Parjham, Bill McElreath, Clint Howard, Fred Price-- All the good times have passed and gone--Shout Lula; Clint Howard--Worried man blues; Bill McElreath- Clogging song; Swan Silvertones--Mary don't you weep--Martin Luther King tribute
Track Information:
101 Gospel / Swan Silvertones.
102 Tennessee String Band / Clarence Howard, Clint Howard, Fred Price. Fiddle,Guitar.
General note:
DPA number 68.101.06
Local Numbers:
FP-1968-RR-0006
General:
CDR copy
68.101.06
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, July 5, 1968.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights:
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comments on Pennsylvania folklore by Jim Morris, S. Dillon Ripley and Governor Raymond Shafer, Vesey Ceilidh Band with John Vesey, Clarence and Eva Girvin, the Spiritual Echoes
Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife (1969) Search this
Dillon Ripley, Jim Morris--comments; Vesey Band--three songs; Girvin Family--Dream of the miner's child--Battle of Gettysburg (Two soldiers)--I'm leaning on Jesus; Spiritual Echoes--Jesus is all the world to me--You don't have to get in trouble--Blind bottom-
Track Information:
101 Pennsylvania Folklore / English language.
102 Traditional Irish Music / Vesey Ceilidh Band, John Vesey.
103 Mountain Songs and Ballads / Clarence Girvin, Eva Girvin. English language.
104 Gospel Music / Spiritual Echoes (Musical group). English language.
General note:
DPA number 69.101.17
Local Numbers:
FP-1969-10RR-0017
General:
69.10.17
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, July 6, 1969.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights:
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101 Gospel Music / Spiritual Echoes (Musical group). English language.
102 Lumberjacks / Rudy Kocjancic.
103 Serbian Social Music / Aliquippa Tamburitzans (Musical group).
104 Croatian Dances / Kolo Club Marian (Musical group).
General note:
DPA number 69.101.18
Local Numbers:
FP-1969-10RR-0018
General:
69.101.18
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, July 6, 1969.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights:
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mono dub of 69.101.02: Ralph Rinzler introduction- "Family" music; The Moving Star Hall Singers with Janie Hunter and children, The Balfa Brothers; Ardoin Family with Alphonse "Bois-sec" Ardoin and Canray Fontenot
Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife (1969) Search this
Moving Star Hall Singers; Balfa Brothers; Ardoin Family
Track Information:
101 Sea Island Singers / Moving Star Hall Singers, Bessie Jones, Janie Hunter.
102 Cajun Music / Dewey Balfa, Balfa Brothers. Fiddle. French language.
General note:
DPA number 69.101.26
Local Numbers:
FP-1969-7RR-0026
General:
CDR copy
69.101.26
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, July 3, 1969.
Restrictions:
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