- unitid
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{"value"=>"186381", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"b22892015", "type"=>"local_b"}
{"value"=>"Sc MIRS Frye 1995", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1986-1995", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1986/1995"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Charles A. Frye audio and moving image collection"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"9 audio_recordings", "unit"=>"audio_recordings"}]}
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 video_recording", "unit"=>"video_recordings"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Charles Anthony Frye (1946-1994), an early proponent of Black studies, taught philosophy, religion, and literature, in addition to being a published novelist and poet. The Charles A. Frye audio and moving image collection consists of one video and nine audio recordings relating to his diverse career as an academic and writer."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Frye, Charles A.", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Charles Anthony Frye (1946-1994), an early proponent of Black studies, taught philosophy, religion, and literature, in addition to being a published novelist and poet.</p> <p>In 1970, Frye earned an MA in African studies focused on religion and philosophy from Howard University, and a PhD from the University of Pittsburgh in higher education, curriculum development and administration in 1976. He taught at several universities, including Howard University, Hampshire College, Prairie View A and M University, and Southern University at New Orleans.</p> <p>As a visiting humanities professor at Albright College (1988-1999), he co-organized a symposium on Toni Morrison's novel <em>Beloved</em>, which is a significant portion of this collection. Frye published seven books including the reputed <em>Towards a Philosophy of Black Studies</em> (1979) and <em>From Egypt to Don Juan: The Anatomy of Black Philosophy</em> (1988). Additionally, he wrote a novel, <em>The Peter Pan Chronicles</em> (1989), and a screenplay, <em>Solina</em>, as well as short stories and a number of poems. Frye received the Benjamin A. Mays Academy Scholars Award and the Ford Foundation Advance Study Fellowship.</p> <p>At age forty-eight, Frye died of lymphoma in New Orleans leaving behind unfinished writings. His memorial service and a special tribute is included in the collection.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Charles A. Frye audio and moving image collection consists of one video and nine audio recordings. They are arranged chronologically. Since the collection's original format is audio cassettes, some of the items contain two parts, one for each side of the cassette. When the spelling of participants' names is unclear, they appear in square brackets in the item description.</p> <p>The audio recordings include a staged reading from Frye's novel <em>The Peter Pan Chronicles</em>, recordings from \"<em>Beloved</em>: A Two-Day Symposium on Toni Morrison,\" and Frye's memorial service in New York City in 1995. The video recording is a special tribute for Frye from faculty members, students, and friends at Southern University at New Orleans.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Claudia Menza, 1997.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>See the Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Division for the Charles A. Frye papers, 1874-1999, Sc MG 585.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Collection inventoried by <span class=\"name\">Virginia Mullaney</span>. Collection processed and described by <span class=\"name\">Ornella U. Baganizi</span>, archivist; and <span class=\"name\">Shola Lynch</span>, curator. Finding aid published in <span class=\"date\">2024</span>.</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p><span class=\"title\">The Peter Pan chronicles</span> by Charles Frye, Sc D 91-188.</p>"}
- sponsor
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{"value"=>"An anonymous donor funded preliminary processing for this collection. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation supported a research library-wide grant for the digitization, and funded the Schomburg for the description and production of the finding aid as part of The Next Century of Black Studies Project."}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Item titles, scope and content notes, and extent notes updated to facilitate public access by Ornella U. Baganizi.", "date"=>"2026-04-22"}
- date_start
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1986
- keydate
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1986
- date_end
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1995
- date_inclusive_start
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1986
- date_inclusive_end
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1995
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Charles A. Frye audio and moving image collection, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division, The New York Public Library"}