- unitid
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{"value"=>"23340", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"b22095537", "type"=>"local_b"}
{"value"=>"Sc MIRS Harlem 1982", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1981-1982", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1981/1982"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"<emph>Harlem in Transition</emph> Public Programs collection"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"78 video_recordings", "unit"=>"video_recordings"}]}
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"13 audio_recordings", "unit"=>"audio_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"=>"<span class=\"title\">Harlem in Transition: Diversity and Change</span> was a series of free public programs exploring aspects of the changing Harlem community presented from October, 1981, through March, 1982. The collection consists of seventy-eight videos and thirteen audio recordings, representing eighteen of <span class=\"title\">Harlem in Transition's</span> original twenty-seven programs."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"New York Public Library", "type"=>"corpname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p><span class=\"title\">Harlem in Transition: Diversity and Change</span> was a series of free public programs exploring aspects of the changing Harlem community presented from October, 1981, through March, 1982. The twenty-seven programs, including twenty-one talks and six community forums, were held at New York Public Library's (NYPL) Countee Cullen Branch Library, as well as the 115th Street, 125th Street, George Bruce, Hamilton Grange and Harlem branches, and El Museo del Barrio. NYPL's Schomburg Center and Aguilar Branch Library also provided support for the programs. <span class=\"title\">Harlem in Transition</span> was the result of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)-funded project of the New York State Library system titled <span class=\"title\">A Sense of Community: Diversity and Change</span>. As described by the NEH, the grant aimed to \"promote wider use of library humanities' resources throughout the state\" with \"forums coordinated by scholars, regional experts, librarians, and community representatives.\" When asked to participate, NYPL decided to base the programs in Harlem because of the community's significant history.</p> <p>As one of ten libraries in the pilot project, the Countee Cullen Branch, in conjunction with the Schomburg Center and broader NYPL, assembled a steering committee for <span class=\"title\">Harlem in Transition</span> that was composed of Professor John Henrik Clarke of Hunter College, Professor Gerterlyn Dozier of Baruch College, and former Schomburg Center Chief Jean Blackwell Hutson. Poet and educator Rosemari Mealy served as the series coordinator.</p> <p><span class=\"title\">Harlem in Transition: Diversity and Change</span> was originally organized in three series: \"Harlem: People, Institutions, Places,\" \"Harlem: Issues for the Present, Assignments for the Future,\" and \"What is Harlem? Who Lives There?\" The programs featured many notable speakers with significant ties to the neighborhood, including <span class=\"title\">New York Times</span> journalist C. Gerald Fraser, political scientist Dr. Leonard Jeffries, civil rights activist Yuri Kochiyama, actress Butterfly McQueen, journalist Gil Noble, poet Sonia Sanchez, jazz musician Billy Taylor, and author Piri Thomas.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The <span class=\"title\">Harlem in Transition</span> Public Programs collection consists of seventy-eight videos and thirteen audio recordings created from October, 1981, to circa March, 1982. These recordings represent eighteen of the original twenty-seven programs, as well as three videos created to publicize the full event series. The recordings are arranged according to the programs' original three series, and chronologically within each.</p> <p>In addition to <span class=\"title\">Harlem in Transition</span> Series Coordinator Rosemari Mealy, and steering committee members John Henrik Clarke, Gerterlyn Dozier, and Jean Blackwell Hutson, several New York Public Library staff members appear regularly throughout the event recordings. Among them are Jomarjo Bowen, adult services specialist and assistant branch librarian at Countee Cullen Library; Don Walker, associate director for programs and services at NYPL; and Wendell Wray, chief of the Schomburg Center. James Briggs Murray, head of the center's Audio Visual Section (also referred to as the \"Audiovisual Section\"; now the Moving Image and Recorded Sound division), worked on many of the recordings and video production, and also occasionally appears throughout the collection in that capacity. Speakers' titles reflect their roles at the time of recording, and square brackets indicate unclear names or spelling. Event locations are noted in each series' or item's content note. Unless otherwise noted, series and item titles appear as described in original collection documentation.</p> <p>Of <span class=\"title\">Harlem in Transition's</span> original twenty-one talks, five were not recorded. Additionally, none of the series' six community forums, held at the Countee Cullen branch from December, 1981, to March, 1982, were recorded. Details about the unrepresented programs are indicated in each series' content note.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The <emph>Harlem in Transition</emph> Public Programs collection is arranged in four series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scl/23340#c1811649'>SERIES I: HARLEM: PEOPLE, INSTITUTIONS, PLACES</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1981 October- November</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Forty videos and thirteen audio recordings reflecting seven programs in <span class=\"title\">Harlem in Transition's</span> first series, \"Harlem: People, Institutions, Places.\" These programs were all held at New York Public Library's Countee Cullen branch from October 3rd to November 28th, 1981. Among the notable panelists and speakers in this series are journalist Gil Noble, actor and American Negro Theater founder Frederick O'Neal, poet Sonia Sanchez, and pianist Billy Taylor. The audio and video recordings were made contemporaneously. Because the audio recordings were originally made on cassette tapes, most contain two parts, one for each side of the cassette.</p> <p>The original \"Harlem: People, Institutions, Places\" series comprised eight programs. The second of these, described as a \"walking tour highlighting the diversity of Harlem's architecture\" with guides Kevin Dickey and Ghislaine Hermanuz, was not recorded.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scl/23340#c1811671'>SERIES II: HARLEM: ISSUES FOR THE PRESENT, ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE FUTURE</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1981 November-December</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Thirteen videos reflecting three programs held at New York Public Library's Countee Cullen branch from November 18th to December 16th, 1981. Among the notable panelists and speakers in this series are <span class=\"title\">Amsterdam News</span> Executive Editor John Davis; WLIB Program Director David Lampel, and Malcolm-King College President Dr. Mattie Cook.</p> <p>The original \"Harlem: Issues for the Present, Assignments for the Future\" series comprised four programs. The third, \"Sports in the Harlem Community,\" was not recorded.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scl/23340#c1811675'>SERIES III: WHAT IS HARLEM? WHO LIVES THERE?</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1981 November-1982 January</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Twenty-two videos reflecting seven programs held at El Museo del Barrio, as well as New York Public Library's 115th Street, 125th Street, Countee Cullen, George Bruce, Hamilton Grange, and Harlem branches, from November 21st, 1981, to January 16th, 1982. Among the notable panelists and speakers in this series are civil rights activist Yuri Kochiyama, author Piri Thomas, and journalists C. Gerald Fraser and Louise Meriwether.</p> <p>The original \"What Is Harlem? Who Lives There?\" series comprised nine programs. The third and seventh, \"Landmarks of Harlem\" and \"New Thrust, Decisive Choices,\" respectively, were not recorded.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scl/23340#c1811682'>SERIES IV: PROGRAM CLIPS</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1981-1982</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Three videos composed of clips of the <span class=\"title\">Harlem in Transition</span> programs, created by Schomburg Center staff to publicize the series. Titles are amended from those noted in original program documentation.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Collection inventoried by <span class=\"name\">Alison N. Quammie</span>, reference librarian; and <span class=\"name\">Liavon Yurevich</span> and <span class=\"name\">Stacey Doyle Ference</span>, archivists. Collection processed and described by <span class=\"name\">Anika Paris</span>, archivist. Finding aid published in <span class=\"date\">2026</span>.</p>"}
- accessrestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>At the time of publishing, one video recording is not available pending digitization.</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>See the Moving Image and Recorded Sound division for original program flyers and ephemera.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>Schomburg Center Public Programs, Sc MIRS Schomburg PP.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>Schomburg Public Programs at the Countee Cullen Library collection, Sc MIRS Countee.</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."}
- date_start
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1981
- keydate
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1981
- date_end
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1982
- date_inclusive_start
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1981
- date_inclusive_end
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1982
- extent_statement
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78 video_recordings. 13 audio_recordings
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<emph>Harlem in Transition</emph> Public Programs collection, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division, The New York Public Library"}