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David Levering Lewis "Voices from the Renaissance" audio collection.

Title
David Levering Lewis "Voices from the Renaissance" audio collection.
Author
Lewis, David Levering, 1936-
Publication
[1978]
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Additional Authors
  • Adams, Wilhelmina F. (Wilhelmina Ferris), 1900-
  • Abdul, Raoul.
  • Andrews, Regina.
  • Cannon, Poppy.
  • Content, Marjorie, 1895-1984.
  • Cook, Mercer, 1903-1987.
  • Cowl, Carl.
  • Cullen, Ida Mae Roberson.
  • Daniels, Jimmy, 1910-
  • Davis, Arthur Paul, 1904-1996.
  • DeWitt, Miriam Hapgood, 1906-1990.
  • Diggs, Ellen Irene, 1906-1998.
  • Dodson, Owen, 1914-1983.
  • Douglas, Aaron.
  • Fauset, Arthur Huff, 1899-1983.
  • Fisher, Ivy.
  • Fisher, Pearl.
  • Fleming, G. James (George James), 1904-1990.
  • Harper, Emerson.
  • Hutson, Jean Blackwell, 1914-1998.
  • Immerman, Aida.
  • Russell, Maurice V.
  • Jackman, Ivie.
  • James, C. L. R. (Cyril Lionel Robert), 1901-1989.
  • Johnson, Helen A.
  • Johnson, Mildred L.
  • Kellner, Bruce.
  • Knopf, Alfred A., 1892-1984.
  • Logan, Rayford Whittingham, 1897-1982.
  • Major, Gerri, 1894-1984.
  • Miller, May.
  • Moon, Henry Lee, 1901-1985.
  • Moon, Mollie.
  • Nelson, A'Lelia Ransom.
  • Nugent, Bruce, 1906-1987.
  • Patterson, Louise Thompson, 1901-1999.
  • Redd, George N.
  • Schuyler, George S. (George Samuel), 1895-1977.
  • Sebree, Charles.
  • Spady, James G.
  • Spingarn, Amy Einstein, 1883-1980.
  • Wesley, Charles H. (Charles Harris), 1891-1987.
  • West, Dorothy, 1907-1998.
  • Whipper, Leigh R. (Leigh Rollin), 1877-1975.
  • Wilson, Edith, 1896-1981.
  • Wright, Corinne Cooke.
  • Wright, Mae.
  • Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.
Description
51 audiocassettes
Summary
The David Levering Lewis "Voices from the Renaissance" interviews collection consists of the audiotapes of the interviews Lewis conducted with individuals who were either active during the Harlem Renaissance period or who knew people who were Harlem Renaissance figures. The interviews were done for Lewis' book, "When Harlem was in Vogue" (1981). The collection consists of fifty-one cassette tape sound recordings. They are primarily interviews David Levering Lewis conducted with and about notable Harlem Renaissance figures from 1974 to 1978. The collection includes some recordings in which Lewis alone recounts earlier interviews, as well as recordings of unidentified Paul Robeson 78s. The interviewees in the collection are Raoul Abdul, Wilhelmina Adams, Regina Andrews, Helen Armstead-Johnson, Poppy Cannon, Mercer Cook, Carl Cowl, Ida Mae Cullen, James Daniels, Arthur P. Davis, Miriam Hapgood DeWitt, Irene Diggs, Owen Dodson, Aaron Douglas, Arthur Huff Fauset, Pearl and Ivy Fisher, G. James Fleming, Emerson "Geechie" Harper, Jean Blackwell Hutson, Aida Immerman, Ivie Jackman, C.L.R. James, Mildred Johnson, Bruce Kellner, Alfred A. Knopf, Rayford Logan, Gerri Major, May Miller, Henry Lee and Mollie Moon, A'Lelia Ransom Nelson, Richard Bruce Nugent, Louise T. Patterson, Mae Wright Peck, George N. Redd, Maurice V. Russell, George Schuyler, Charles Sebree, James Spady, Amy Spingarn, Marjorie Content Toomer, Charles H. Wesley, Dorothy West, Leigh Whipper, Edith Wilson, and Corinne Wright.
Uniform Title
Voices from the Renaissance
Subjects
Biography (note)
  • David Levering Lewis published When Harlem Was in Vogue in 1981. The book is a history of the Harlem Renaissance, with an emphasis on the period's literature and the institutions that facilitated its development. Upon publication, the book was favorably reviewed by the New York Times Book Review, Library Journal, and the Journal of American History, among others. David Levering Lewis is an African American historian whose work has focused on political biography, race and literature, and the intellectual, social, and cultural histories of the African diaspora in the 19th and 20th centuries. He is professor emeritus of history at New York University and previously taught at institutions including the University of Ghana, Howard University, Harvard University, and Rutgers University, where he was appointed the Martin Luther King, Jr., Professor of History in 1985. Among his awards are Pulitzer Prizes for both volumes of his biography of W.E.B. DuBois (1994 and 2001), the Bancroft Prize (1994), and the National Humanities Medal (2009).
Linking Entry (note)
  • See the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division for the David Levering Lewis "Voices from the Renaissance" collection, 1974-1977, Sc MG 335.
Call Number
Sc MIRS Levering 1987-15
OCLC
1336607008
Author
Lewis, David Levering, 1936- creator.
Title
David Levering Lewis "Voices from the Renaissance" audio collection.
Publisher
[1978]
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audiocassette
Biography
David Levering Lewis published When Harlem Was in Vogue in 1981. The book is a history of the Harlem Renaissance, with an emphasis on the period's literature and the institutions that facilitated its development. Upon publication, the book was favorably reviewed by the New York Times Book Review, Library Journal, and the Journal of American History, among others. David Levering Lewis is an African American historian whose work has focused on political biography, race and literature, and the intellectual, social, and cultural histories of the African diaspora in the 19th and 20th centuries. He is professor emeritus of history at New York University and previously taught at institutions including the University of Ghana, Howard University, Harvard University, and Rutgers University, where he was appointed the Martin Luther King, Jr., Professor of History in 1985. Among his awards are Pulitzer Prizes for both volumes of his biography of W.E.B. DuBois (1994 and 2001), the Bancroft Prize (1994), and the National Humanities Medal (2009).
Linking Entry
See the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division for the David Levering Lewis "Voices from the Renaissance" collection, 1974-1977, Sc MG 335.
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Added Author
Adams, Wilhelmina F. (Wilhelmina Ferris), 1900-
Abdul, Raoul.
Andrews, Regina.
Cannon, Poppy.
Content, Marjorie, 1895-1984.
Cook, Mercer, 1903-1987.
Cowl, Carl.
Cullen, Ida Mae Roberson.
Daniels, Jimmy, 1910-
Davis, Arthur Paul, 1904-1996.
DeWitt, Miriam Hapgood, 1906-1990.
Diggs, Ellen Irene, 1906-1998.
Dodson, Owen, 1914-1983.
Douglas, Aaron.
Fauset, Arthur Huff, 1899-1983.
Fisher, Ivy.
Fisher, Pearl.
Fleming, G. James (George James), 1904-1990.
Harper, Emerson.
Hutson, Jean Blackwell, 1914-1998.
Immerman, Aida.
Russell, Maurice V.
Jackman, Ivie.
James, C. L. R. (Cyril Lionel Robert), 1901-1989.
Johnson, Helen A.
Johnson, Mildred L.
Kellner, Bruce.
Knopf, Alfred A., 1892-1984.
Logan, Rayford Whittingham, 1897-1982.
Major, Gerri, 1894-1984.
Miller, May.
Moon, Henry Lee, 1901-1985.
Moon, Mollie.
Nelson, A'Lelia Ransom.
Nugent, Bruce, 1906-1987.
Patterson, Louise Thompson, 1901-1999.
Redd, George N.
Russell, Maurice V.
Schuyler, George S. (George Samuel), 1895-1977.
Sebree, Charles.
Spady, James G.
Spingarn, Amy Einstein, 1883-1980.
Wesley, Charles H. (Charles Harris), 1891-1987.
West, Dorothy, 1907-1998.
Whipper, Leigh R. (Leigh Rollin), 1877-1975.
Wilson, Edith, 1896-1981.
Wright, Corinne Cooke.
Wright, Mae.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.
Added Title
Voices from the Renaissance
Research Call Number
Sc MIRS Levering 1987-15
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