Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 09-084
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
Productions, 1973, 1986, 1988, 1990, undated
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of audiovisual materials created during the production of "Through the Looking Glass Darkly: Struggle for Rights;" "Afro-Americans and the Evolution of a Living Constitution;" "Life and Times of Richard Allen;" and "Harlem Renaissance." "Through the Looking Glass Darkly: Struggle for Rights," produced in 1973, deals with the history of African Americans in Oklahoma. The Smithsonian Institution may have repurposed all or part of this production from an Oklahoma television station. "Afro-Americans and the Evolution of a Living Constitution" is a videotape of a live teleconference of the same name held on March 16, 1988. "Life and Times of Richard Allen" accompanied an exhibition at the Anacostia Museum in 1990. Richard Allen was the first bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. "Harlem Renaissance" is a 15 minute film produced in 1986. It accompanied an Anacostia Neighborhood Museum exhibition of the same name. Materials include negatives, soundtracks, source tapes, masters, and related materials on film, videotape, and magnetic tape. Materials also include a videotape of exterior footage of the Anacostia Museum.
Restrictions
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Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Allen, Richard, 1760-1831
- Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
- African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Anacostia Museum
- Afro-Americans and the Evolution of a Living Constitution (Teleconference) (1988)
- Harlem Renaissance (Exhibition) (1986: Washington, D.C.)
- Through the Looking Glass Darkly: Struggle for Rights (Motion picture : 1973)
- Afro-Americans and the Evolution of a Living Constitution (Video recording : 1988)
- Life and Times of Richard Allen (Video recording : 1990)
- Harlem Renaissance (Video recording : 1986)
Subject
- African Americans
- African Americans -- Civil rights
- African Americans -- Religion
- African Americans -- History
- Constitutional history
- Museum exhibits
- Harlem Renaissance
- Documentary videos
- Video recordings -- Production and direction
- Documentary films
- Motion pictures -- Production and direction
- Oklahoma -- History
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 09-084, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications, Productions