Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 08-107
National Museum of American History. Program in African American Culture
Program Records, 1972-1999
Collection Overview
| General Information About This Collection | |
|---|---|
| Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
| Creator: | National Museum of American History. Program in African American Culture |
| Title: | Program Records |
| Dates: | 1972-1999 |
| Quantity: | 6 cu. ft. (6 record storage box) |
| Collection: | Accession 08-107 |
| Language of Materials: | English |
| Summary: | This accession consists of the records of the Program in African American Culture (PAAC) which document planning for exhibitions, conferences, symposiums, music performances, and special events. Some earlier records date back to when PAAC was known as the Program in African American History and the Program in Black American Culture, respectively. Materials include the correspondence, memoranda, and notes of Bernice Johnson Reagon, Director, 1983-1988; Gwendolyn Robinson, Director, 1989-1992; Niani Kilkenny, Acting Director, 1988-1989, and Director, 1992- ; and Alonzo Nelson Smith, Research Historian. The records also include meeting minutes, budget summaries, research information, program proposals and schedules, contracts and agreements, fellowship information, articles on present and past African American related events, press releases, and audiotapes. |
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of the records of the Program in African American Culture (PAAC) and document planning for exhibitions, conferences, symposiums, music performances, and special events. Some earlier records date back to when PAAC was known as the Program in African American History and the Program in Black American Culture (PBAC), respectively. Materials include the correspondence, memoranda, and notes of Bernice Johnson Reagon, Director, 1983-1988; Gwendolyn Robinson, Director, 1989-1992; Niani Kilkenny, Acting Director, 1988-1989, and Director, 1992- ; and Alonzo Nelson Smith, Research Historian. The records also include meeting minutes, budget summaries, research information, program proposals and schedules, contracts and agreements, fellowship information, articles on present and past African American related events, press releases, and audiotapes.
Index Terms
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Name
- Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942-
- Simmons, Gwendolyn Zoharah
- Kilkenny, Niani
- Smith, Alonzo Nelson
- Smithsonian Institution. Program in Black American Culture
- National Museum of American History (U.S.). Program in African American History
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 08-107, National Museum of American History. Program in African American Culture, Program Records
Container List
Box 1
Jazz in the Palm Court, 1984-1989
Sojourner Neighborhood Center, 1989
Southern University, 1982
Hymn Singing Weekend, 1982
Lining Hymn File (Claude Joseph Johnson), 1987
William T. Dargan, 1988
Jazz in the Palm Court Radio Series, 1989 (2 folders)
Niani Kilkenny: Memoranda, 1989
Correspondence (general), 1986
PBAC Name Change, 1989-1990
Carmen de Lavallade, 1987
National Dance Theatre of Zaire, 1981
Barry Martin, 1986
Billy Pope Dance Company of America, 1985-1986
Ladja Camara African Music Dance Company, 1985
Ilu African Drum Ensemble, 1986
Eva Anderson, 1986
LNTBR City Row, 1982-1986
Talking Drums, 1986
My Ethnic Dance Test, 1979
Paula and Randy Heflin Dancing in Phoenix, 1985
The Solomon Dance Company, 1986
Thelma Hill Arts Center, 1983
Lydia Abarca, 1979
Addresses
Pearl Primus, 1984
Jubilatio Dance Company, 1986
African Heritage Dancers and Drummers
Junior Black Academy Arts and Letters, 1986
Report on National Conference of Black Dance Companies, 1986
Ishangi Dance Family, 1974
Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Company, 1986
Greg Reynolds Dance Quintet, 1980
Pepsi Bethel Authentic Jazz Theatre, 1981
Sounds in Motion, 1986
African American Dance Company
The Changing Times Tap Dancing Co.
Sweet Saturday Night Review, 1984
Dance USA, 1986
Arthur Hall African American Dance Ensemble, 1983
Articles (general), 1980
Computer Search, 1985
Dance Black America Performances, 1983
Cherise Bates, 1980
Rita C. Organ: Correspondence, 1986
Phila Danco, 1986
Dinizulu Dance Company, 1977
Art of Black Music and Dance, 1986
Raymond McKethan, 1972
Photographs (photocopies)
Jean Leon Destine/Afro Haitian Dance Company, 1986
Citi Center Dance, 1984-1986
Claire Haywood and Doris Jones, 1976
Candombe, 1986
Ewajo Dance Workshop, 1984
Capoeira
Katherine Dunham, 1985-1986
Mercedes Ellington, 1981
Eleo Pomaize, 1978
Chuck Davis African American Ensemble, 1974-1986
Sandman Simms, 1980
Cakewalk, 1972
Sandra Fortune, 1973
Prelude to Swing, 1986
Notes re: Garth Tate and Glory Van Scott, 1986
Danny Sloan Company, 1985
Majwa Dance Corps, 1986
No Maps On My Taps, 1980
Correspondence re: Voices of the Civil Rights Movement, 1979
Bernice Johnson Reagon: Correspondence, 1986-1987 (8 folders)
Box 2
Bernice Johnson Reagon: Correspondence, 1987
Bernice Johnson Reagon: Smithsonian Collections, 1990-1993
Elizabeth Stewart: Correspondence, 1994-1995
Links, Incorporated, 1992-1993
"Wade in the Water" Exhibition: Design Concept Proposal, 1995
Wider Audiences Outreach Conference, 1987
Wider Audiences Outreach Conference: Papers, 1987
Wider Audiences Outreach Conference: Correspondence, 1987
National Outreach Program Schedule, 1987
National Public Radio, 1985-1987
"Requiem for Brother Martin" Program Booklets, 1985
Michael Hamlin: Panelist for the "African American Freedom Struggle" Program, 1997
"African American Freedom Struggle" Program: Budget, 1997
"Liberalism on Trial" Symposium: Panelists, 1997-1998
"Liberalism on Trial" Symposium: Program Booklet, 1998
"Liberalism on Trial" Symposium: Planning Notes, 1997-1998
"Liberalism on Trial" Symposium: Press Release, 1998
"Liberalism on Trial" Symposium: Acknowledgments, 1998
"Liberalism on Trial" Symposium: Budget, 1998-1999
"Liberalism on Trial" Symposium: Poster and Flyer, 1998
"Liberalism on Trial" Symposium: Project Proposal
"Liberalism on Trial" Symposium: Contacts List, 1998
External Resource Development
African Americans in the West Project Plan, 1997
Alonzo N. Smith: AAMA Annual Conference/Narrative, 1996
Correspondence re: Civil Rights Movement in the Midwest, 1997-1998
Margaret Burroughs, 1997-1998
Black Activism in the Midwest: Conference Call, 1997
P.U.S.H. History, 1996-1998
Fundraising Letters, 1998-1999
Ishmael Flory, 1998
EPC Proposal-African American Struggle in the Midwest, 1997-1998
Jackson Collection
Alonzo N. Smith: Correspondence, 1997-1998
Contacts List, 1998
Adele Alexander (George Washington University), 1998
"Between Slavery and Freedom" Conference: Bibliography, 1998
"Between Slavery and Freedom" Conference: Panelists, 1998
"Between Slavery and Freedom" Conference: Books
"Between Slavery and Freedom" Conference: Board Expenses, 1998
"Between Slavery and Freedom" Conference: Form Letters and Faxes, 1998
"Between Slavery and Freedom" Conference: Flyer Material, 1998
"Between Slavery and Freedom" Conference (general), 1998
"Between Slavery and Freedom" Conference: James Oliver Horton, Chair, 1997-1998
"Between Slavery and Freedom" Conference: Lois E. Horton, Co-chair, 1997
"Between Slavery and Freedom" Conference: Luncheon List (NMAH), 1998
"Between Slavery and Freedom" Conference: Frederick Morsell, Performer, 1998
"Between Slavery and Freedom" Conference: Nianni Kilkenny, 1997-1998
"Between Slavery and Freedom" Conference: Program, 1998
"Between Slavery and Freedom" Conference: Reception, 1998
"Between Slavery and Freedom" Conference: Richard Allen Singers, 1998
"Between Slavery and Freedom" Conference: Scholar's Contact List, 1998
"Between Slavery and Freedom" Conference: Volunteers, 1998
"Between Slavery and Freedom" Conference: Schedule, 1998
"La Francophonie Noire" Symposium: Flyer, 1997
"La Francophonie Noire" Symposium: Folkloric Brazil, 1976
Box 3
"La Francophonie Noire" Symposium: Response to Concept Statement, 1997
"La Francophonie Noire" Symposium: Resource-Spaces, 1997
"La Francophonie Noire" Symposium: Program Booklet, 1997
"La Francophonie Noire" Symposium: Filmography, 1996-1997
"La Francophonie Noire" Symposium: Film Festival, 1996
"La Francophonie Noire" Symposium: Dignitaries and Officials, 1996
"La Francophonie Noire" Symposium: Concept Papers, 1996-1997
"La Francophonie Noire" Symposium: Transcripts of Meetings, 1997
"La Francophonie Noire" Symposium: Meetings (cassette tape)
"La Francophonie Noire" Symposium: Louisiana Background and Outreach, 1996
"La Francophonie Noire" Symposium: Volunteers List, 1996-1997
"La Francophonie Noire" Symposium: Wrap Up Meeting, 1997
"La Francophonie Noire" Symposium: Working Committee, 1996
"La Francophonie Noire" Symposium: University Contacts, 1996-1997
"La Francophonie Noire" Symposium: Senegal Background and Outreach, 1997
"La Francophonie Noire" Symposium: Update/Alonzo Smith/Kemi Ilesanmi, 1996-1997
"La Francophonie Noire" Symposium: Conference Outline, 1997
"La Francophonie Noire" Symposium: Participant Contact Sheet, 1997
"La Francophonie Noire" Symposium: Newspaper Clipping (photocopies), 1997
"La Francophonie Noire" Symposium: Music, 1997
"La Francophonie Noire" Symposium: Meeting Notes
"La Francophonie Noire" Symposium: Letters to the Participants, 1997
"La Francophonie Noire" Symposium: Advisory Committee Agreements, 1996
"La Francophonie Noire" Symposium: Haitian Background and Outreach
"La Francophonie Noire" Symposium (general), 1997
"La Francophonie Noire" Symposium: Advisory Committee, 1996-1999
"La Francophonie Noire" Symposium: Thank You Letters, 1996-1997
"La Francophonie Noire" Symposium: Planning Meeting, 1996
"La Francophonie Noire" Symposium: Cultural Marketplace, 1997
Field to Factory Performance Series, 1987
Smithsonian Cultural Education Committee, 1987
"Jazz in the Palm Court" Series (general), 1987
"Jazz in the Palm Court" Series: Aisha Kahlil (Artist in Residence), 1986
"Jazz in the Palm Court" Series: Gerry Eastman (Artist in Residence), 1986
"Jazz in the Palm Court" Series: Wallace Burton (Artist in Residence), 1986-1987
"Jazz in the Palm Court" Series: Akbar Ali (Artist in Residence), 1987
"Jazz in the Palm Court" Series: Geri Allen (Artist in Residence), 1987
"Jazz in the Palm Court" Series: Robert Hill, Production Assistant, 1986-1987
"Jazz in the Palm Court" Series: Keith Holmes, Accompanist, 1986
"Jazz in the Palm Court" Series: WomanSound, Inc., 1986-1987
"Jazz in the Palm Court" Series: Arnae Burton, Producer, 1986-1987
"Jazz in the Palm Court" Series: Correspondence (general), 1986-1987
"Jazz in the Palm Court" Series: Program Notes, 1989-1990
"Jazz in the Palm Court" Series: News Releases, 1986-1987
"Jazz in the Palm Court" Series: Brochure,1986-1987
"Jazz in the Palm Court" Series: Vendors, 1986-1987
Technical Specifications for the Middle Passage Event, 1999
"Mind on Freedom" Conference: Advisory Board, 1995
"Mind on Freedom" Conference: Black College Legacy, 1996
"Mind on Freedom" Conference: Biographical Data
"Mind on Freedom" Conference: Concept Paper
"Mind on Freedom" Conference: Concept Statement, 1996
"Mind on Freedom" Conference: Contact Lists, 1996
"Mind on Freedom" Conference: Conference Certificate Recipients, 1996
"Mind on Freedom" Conference: Final Project Report, 1996
"Mind on Freedom" Conference: Flyer, 1996
"Mind on Freedom" Conference: Lifetime Achievement Awards, 1995
"Mind on Freedom" Conference: Meeting Transcripts
"Mind on Freedom" Conference: Draft Letters to Dignitaries, 1996
"Mind on Freedom" Conference: Correspondence, 1995-1996 (6 folders)
Box 4
"Mind on Freedom" Conference: Correspondence, 1996 (7 folders)
"Mind on Freedom" Conference: Step Show, 1996
"Mind on Freedom" Conference: Niani Kilkenny Interview/HBCU (cassette tapes), 1996
Go Forth and Serve: Intern Manual, 1996
Script for the Wider Audiences Conference, 1987
Bernice Johnson Reagon: Correspondence, 1986-1987 (13 folders)
"Wade in the Water" Exhibition: Discover Wade Scripts, 1995
"Wade in the Water" Exhibition: Administrative Contacts, 1993
Folk Life Festival, 1988
Cooks, Diaspora
Jazz: Second Annual Ellington Symposium
Women's Committee Grants (Portia Maultsby), 1984-1987
Women's Committee Grants, 1985
VCRM Brochure/Program Listings (Radio Series)
We'll Never Turn Back, 1981-1982
The Vietnam Generation, 1980
Video Documentation for PBAC, 1984
Smithsonian Foreign Currency Program, 1973
VCRM Art Work- Lois Maillou Jones, 1979
Richard Ahlborn: Correspondence, 1975-1981
Program in Black American Culture, 1984-1985
Tape Releases, 1987
Smithsonian National Associates Lecture and Seminar Program (Tokyo, Japan), 1985
International Association of African American Music (IAAM), 1993
Biography Files, S-Z
Temujin Ekunfeo, 1981-1986
Jackie Torrence (Storyteller), 1986
Mildred Thornhill McGowan, 1984-1991
Georgia Endowment for the Humanities, 1981-1982
Studying U.S. History Through Songs
"Freedom's Fight Continues" Event: Volunteers, 1998-1999
"Freedom's Fight Continues" Event: Contacts, 1996
"Freedom's Fight Continues" Event: Tour Information
"Freedom's Fight Continues" Event: Public Affairs, 1999
"Freedom's Fight Continues" Event: Dr. Leslie McLemore, 1999
"Freedom's Fight Continues" Event: Photographs (photocopies)
"Freedom's Fight Continues" Event: Publicity, 1998
Correspondence (general), 1986
Correspondence re: Latin American/Caribbean Scholars, 1989
Correspondence re: Cultural Festival, 1997
Smithsonian Institution Council, 1984-1985
African Hispanic Field Research, 1981
"The Other American Revolution" Proposal, 1981
"National Council for Black Studies" Conference, 1982
Struggle and The Black Intellectual Tradition, 1982
Box 5
Unwritten Traditions: George Washington Celebration, 1980-1983
National Council for Black Studies, 1982
Blues Music Program and Research, c. 1972-1981 (3 folders)
Contact Sheets: "In Search of Blueprints," 1994
Contact Sheets: "Band of Sister and Brother," 1994
Photographs: "Jazz in the Palm Court" Performers, 1985-1988
Photographs: "Jazz in the Palm Court" Performers, 1989-1990
Contact Sheets: "100 Years of Black Film" Event, 1995
Photographs: "100 Years of Black Film" Promotional Prints, 1995
"Of Songs, Peace, and Struggle" Event: Photographs, 1993
"Of Songs, Peace, and Struggle" Event: Brochure and Program, 1992, 1997
Rural Blues Conference, 1990
Program in Black American Culture: Brochure (draft)
Program in Black American Culture: Mailing Lists, 1988
Program in Black American Culture: Correspondence, 1984-1985
Events at the National Museum of American History, 1986-1989
Contemporary Black American Congregational Song & Worship Traditions, 1989
List of Black Clergy, 1988
"Jazz in a Museum?" Symposium & Concert: Performance Program, 1990
"Jazz in a Museum?" Symposium & Concert: Nathan Young, 1990
"Jazz in a Museum?" Symposium & Concert: Charlie Young, 1990
"Jazz in a Museum?" Symposium & Concert: Martin Williams, 1990
"Jazz in a Museum?" Symposium & Concert: Task List
"Jazz in a Museum?" Symposium & Concert: Gunther Schuller, 1990
"Jazz in a Museum?" Symposium & Concert: Harold Summey, 1990
"Jazz in a Museum?" Symposium & Concert: Status Reports, 1990
"Jazz in a Museum?" Symposium & Concert: AB Spellman, 1990
"Jazz in a Museum?" Symposium & Concert: Thomas Short, 1990
"Jazz in a Museum?" Symposium & Concert: Clarence Seay, 1990
"Jazz in a Museum?" Symposium & Concert: Ronald Rudano,
"Jazz in a Museum?" Symposium & Concert: Press Release, 1990
"Jazz in a Museum?" Symposium & Concert: James Newton, 1990
"Jazz in a Museum?" Symposium & Concert: Dan Morgenstern, 1990
"Jazz in a Museum?" Symposium & Concert: Abbey Lincoln, 1990
"Jazz in a Museum?" Symposium & Concert: Logistical Schedule
"Jazz in a Museum?" Symposium & Concert: Calvin Jones, 1990
"Jazz in a Museum?" Symposium & Concert: Registration Listing
"Jazz in a Museum?" Symposium & Concert: James Howard, 1990
"Jazz in a Museum?" Symposium & Concert: Daphne Duval Harrison, 1990
"Jazz in a Museum?" Symposium & Concert: Flyer, 1990
"Jazz in a Museum?" Symposium & Concert: Entertainment Sound, 1990
"Jazz in a Museum?" Symposium & Concert: Sharon Fanner, 1990
"Jazz in a Museum?" Symposium & Concert: Douglas Evant, 1990
"Jazz in a Museum?" Symposium & Concert: Bill Dixon, 1990
"Jazz in a Museum?" Symposium & Concert: Correspondence (general), 1990
"Jazz in a Museum?" Symposium & Concert: Stanley Crouch, 1990
"Jazz in a Museum?" Symposium & Concert: John Conyers, 1990
"Jazz in a Museum?" Symposium & Concert: Dwight Andrews, 1990
"Jazz in a Museum?" Symposium & Concert: Arne Burton, 1990
"Jazz in a Museum?" Symposium & Concert: Amiri Baraka, 1990
"Jazz in a Museum?" Symposium & Concert: Mark Batson, 1990
"Jazz in a Museum?" Symposium & Concert: Geri Allen, 1990
Booklet People
Church Music Conservatories and Colleges, 1982
"Music of the Black American Composer" Lecture and Concert, 1986-1988
Landmark Voting Rights Conference: Transcripts, 1990
Black Hair Seminar Outline, 1982
Women in the Civil Rights Movement, 1988
Richard Smallwood and Myrna Summers, 1980
The Echo Singers, 1979
The Harmonizing Four, 1981
The Dynamics/Norvus Miller & Company, 1980
Marion Williams, 1980
United House of Prayer, 1980
"Easy Lawd: Death African American Style" Script
Song Journey Retrospective of Gospel Music (Composer Rev. Brewster), 1982
Memphis Gospel Blues, 1982
The Scott A White Family, 1981
Conference on Black American Culture and Scholarship: Contemporary Issues, 1983
Dead Man's Blues
"Creative Survival" Colloquium: Regret Letters, 1987
Black Migration and the American City, 1988
"Field to Factory" Exhibition: Publications, 1987-1988
Correspondence re: "Black Migration" Conference, 1987-1988
Elezabeth Clark Lewis, 1987
Jacki Ruffin, 1987-1988
Blues Program, 1988
Afro-American Educational Outreach Program: Prospective Panelists, 1987
First Annual Smithsonian National Outreach Conference, 1987
Box 6
"Quilting: A Docu-Drama," 1987
"Quilting: A Docu-Drama": Correspondence, 1987
"Quilting: A Docu-Drama": Media, 1987
"Quilting: A Docu-Drama": Radio Script
"Quilting: A Docu-Drama": Michael Kilkenny, 1987
"Quilting: A Docu-Drama": Larry Lewman, 1987
Ignaciao Duran Loera (panelist), 1987
Smithsonian National Outreach Conference, 1987
Smithsonian National Outreach Conference: Edwardo Matos (panelist), 1987
Smithsonian National Outreach Conference: Mailing List, 1987
Smithsonian National Outreach Conference: Brochure, 1987
Smithsonian National Outreach Conference: Luncheon, 1987
Smithsonian National Outreach Conference: Information Requests, 1987
Smithsonian National Outreach Conference: Alicia Gonzalez (panelist), 1987
Smithsonian National Outreach Conference: Facilities, 1987-1988
Smithsonian National Outreach Conference: S. Dillon Ripley, 1987
Smithsonian National Outreach Conference: Registration Forms
Smithsonian National Outreach Conference: Lynda Smith, 1987
Smithsonian National Outreach Conference: Applications for Panels
Smithsonian National Outreach Conference: Incoming Correspondence, 1987
Smithsonian National Outreach Conference: Conference Schedule, 1987
Smithsonian National Outreach Conference: Vera Hyatt, 1987
Smithsonian National Outreach Conference: Panelist Biographies
Smithsonian National Outreach Conference: Jorge Bibriesca (panelist), 1987
Smithsonian National Outreach Conference: Correspondence, 1987
Smithsonian National Outreach Conference: Participant Listing, 1987
Smithsonian National Outreach Conference: "Easy Lawd" Script, 1986
Smithsonian National Outreach Conference: "Easy Lawd" Invitations, 1987
Smithsonian National Outreach Conference: Goal Outline, 1987
Smithsonian National Outreach Conference: Career Awareness Program, 1987
Smithsonian National Outreach Conference: Rejected Proposals, 1987
Smithsonian National Outreach Conference: Press Release, 1987
Smithsonian National Outreach Conference: Ethel Raim (panelist), 1987
Smithsonian National Outreach Conference: Proposal Contacts, 1987
Smithsonian National Outreach Conference: Rajeev Sethi (panelist), 1987
Black Congregational Songs, 1987
"Black Migration" Program Booklet, 1988
"Black Migration" Papers, 1987
The Tarrytown Group, 1985
City Sound Productions, Inc., 1987
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