Oral history interviews

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This collection consists of a series of audiocassette interviews with jazz clarinetist Barney Bigard. Conducted by fellow musician Barry Martyn, these interviews formed the basis of Bigard’s posthumous autobiography, With Louis and the Duke, which Martyn edited. Interview topics range from Bigard’s life and prolific jazz career to Bigard’s perspectives on race and philosophy.

Scope and Contents: This collection includes interviews, correspondence, and recorded performances related to the life and career of clarinetist Perry Robinson. The collection materials formed the basis of research for Robinson's autobiography The Traveler, co-written by Florence Wetzel. The collection contains fifty-four cassette recordings of interviews conducted by Florence Wetzel between February 16, 1997 and December 27, 2001. The interview subjects include Perry Robinson,...

Scope and Contents: Series 1. The Conklin Hall Project, 1969-2008 The documents and audio recordings in Series 1 were compiled for a digital humanities project consisting of an oral history collection and a website in observance of the 40th anniversary of the Liberation of Conklin Hall, also known as the Conklin Hall Takeover. Series 1 contains three issues of the newsletter Spotlight on Blackness, a publication of the communications committee of the Black...