[WFAA Black Forum interview with Doctor Eva Jessye on U-Matic] Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title [WFAA Black Forum interview with Doctor Eva Jessye on U-Matic]

Creator

  • Director: Johnson, Tom
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Interviewee: Jessye, Eva
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Donor: The Black Academy of Arts and Letters
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

  • Name: The Black Academy of Arts and Letters
    Place of Publication: Dallas, Texas

Date

  • Creation: 1980-06-12

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a tape broadcast for the WFFA program "Black Forum" on June 12th, 1980. The U-Matic footage shows famous choral director Doctor Eva Jessye being interviewed by a black male journalist on a television news recording set. Jessye was the first black woman to receive international distinction as a professional choral conductor. She is notable as a choral conductor during the Harlem Renaissance.
  • Physical Description: 1 videocassette (Umatic) (25 min., 41 sec.) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Black Academy of Arts and Letters (Dallas, Tex.)
  • Keyword: The Black Academy of Arts and Letters
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Communications - Media
  • Keyword: TBAAL
  • Keyword: JBAAL
  • Keyword: black women
  • Keyword: interviews
  • Keyword: broadcast clips
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: People - Ethnic Groups - African Americans
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Social Life and Customs - Popular Culture - Television
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Journalism
  • Keyword: choral directors
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Arts and Crafts - Music

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Dallas County - Dallas
  • Coverage Date: 1980
  • Time Period: mod-tim

Citation

  • Preferred Citation: The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Records (AR0797), University of North Texas Special Collections

Collection

  • Name: The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Records
    Code: BLACKA

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Special Collections
    Code: UNTA

Rights

  • Rights License: copyright
  • Rights Holder: The Black Academy of Arts and Letters
  • Rights Statement: Copyright for all content in the TBAAL Archive is owned solely by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters. Inquiries to obtain permission for commercial and/or non-educational use of material from the TBAAL Archive, should be directed to Curtis King, president, The Black Academy of Arts and Letters.

Resource Type

  • Video

Format

  • Video

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: UNTA_AR0797-691513-014-5001937335
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc1997695

Note

  • Digital Preservation: This material was digitized by Scene Savers in the Spring of 2022.
  • Digital Preservation: Tape begins on bars, roughly cuts to title, to black, then fades to content. Audio on two channel. Headswitching present across bottom with intermittent video dropout. Minor chroma noise is present.
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