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Found 24 collections related to Interviews

StoryCorps (Project)
StoryCorps Black LGBTQ archive, 2004-2013
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division | Sc MG 931
Since 2003, StoryCorps, an independent nonprofit, has collected and archived more than 50,000 interviews with over 90,000 participants. StoryCorps' mission is to provide people of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share,... more
Poston, Ted, 1906-1974
Ted Poston research collection, 1927-1971
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division | Sc MG 557
0.42 linear feet (1 box)
Ted Poston was the first full-time African-American reporter for the New York Post, where he worked from 1936 covering many major black-oriented news stories, until his retirement in 1972. The Ted Poston Research... more
Weaver, Helen, 1931-
Helen Weaver papers, 1922-2015
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature | Berg Coll MSS 34292
5.0 linear feet (12 boxes)
Helen Weaver (1931-2021) was a literary translator, author, and astrologer. The Helen Weaver papers include research files, correspondence, and manuscripts related to the publication of her book The Awakener: A Memoir of... more
Castro, Jan Garden
Allen Ginsberg interview file and correspondence with Jan Castro, 1973-2023 [bulk 1973-1986]
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature | Berg Coll MSS 186265
0.21 linear feet (1 box). 1 audio recording
The Allen Ginsberg interview file and correspondence with Jan Castro contains correspondence, an interview transcript, notes, press, and an audio recording collected by Castro in preparation for her interview of Ginsberg, published in 1982 in her... more
Children's Art Carnival (New York, N.Y.)
Children's Art Carnival audio collection, 1982-1983
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division | Sc MIRS Children 1994-55
4 audio_recordings
Founded in 1969, the Children's Art Carnival (CAC) was a Harlem-based non-profit organization that provided free arts and educational programs for young people ages four to twenty-one, training courses for educators, and career development... more
Grimes, Henry
Henry Grimes papers, 1950-2018
Music Division | JPB 19-08
4.14 linear feet (12 boxes, 2 oversize folders). 37.5 gigabytes (711 computer files). 335 audio_recordings. 36 video_recordings
Henry Grimes (1935-2020) was an American jazz double bassist who performed with some of the leading jazz performers of the 1950s and 1960s including Sonny Rollins, Gerry Mulligan, Thelonious Monk, Cecil Taylor, Albert Ayler, Joe Henderson, and... more
Jahr, Cliff
Cliff Jahr research files, 1972-1991
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 1991-013
16.04 linear feet (39 boxes). 1811 audio files
Cliff Jahr (1937-1991) was an American journalist and writer. This collection consists of research files for celebrity profiles and other articles about the entertainment industry published between 1972 and 1991, and files on the 1988 book more
Crowdus, Gary, 1945-
Cineaste interviews, 1970-2017
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-AMI 2015-004
185 audio recordings
Cineaste is an American quarterly film magazine that was established in 1967. The Cineaste interviews are a collection of audio recordings that provided the basis for articles in the more
Pandemic Diaries collection, 2020-2021
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 186302
5.3 gigabytes (281 computer files)
The Pandemic Diaries collection was created from submissions to History Now: The Pandemic Diaries Project from 2020 to 2021. The project was led by Julie Golia, then Curator of History, Social Sciences, and Government Information at The New York... more
Fordin, Hugh, 1935-2019
Hugh Fordin collection, 1908-2005
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 2019-016
9.27 linear feet (27 boxes, 2 oversize folders). 160 audio recordings. 6 moving image recordings
The Hugh Fordin collection, dated 1908 to 2005, documents the career of writer and record producer Hugh Fordin (1935-2019). The collection primarily chronicles his research for Getting to Know Him: A Biography of Oscar... more
Weinberg, Sydney
Sydney Weinberg interviews with Robert Whitehead, 1998-1999
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 2024-011
0.63 linear feet (2 boxes)
Robert Whitehead (1916-2002) was a Canadian American theatrical producer, presenter, director, and performer whose career spanned nearly six decades and focused mainly on producing and directing plays on Broadway. The Sydney Weinberg interviews... more
Cortor, Eldzier, 1916-2015
Eldzier Cortor moving image collection, 2000
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division | Sc MIRS Cortor 2021
5 video_recordings
Eldzier Cortor (1916-2015) was an African American painter and master printmaker. The collection consists of five video recordings of an interview with Cortor on June 26, 2000 at Kenkeleba House, an art gallery in New York City.
Wood, Joe, 1964-
Joe Wood papers, circa 1986-1998
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division | Sc MG 1020
1.87 linear feet (5 boxes). 28.0 megabytes (460 computer files)
Joe Wood (1964- ) was a New York City-based writer and editor. Before his disappearance while hiking in Mount Rainier National Park on July 8, 1999, he had been conducting genealogical research for a book titled Blood in the... more
Lipton, Eric
Eric Lipton World Trade Center research files, 1945-2003
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 17759
11.67 linear feet (28 boxes). 63 audio recordings
The Eric Lipton World Trade Center research files consist of materials collected and produced by Lipton during the creation of his book City in the Sky. Eric Lipton is a noted journalist who created an extensive body of... more
Jowitt, Deborah
Deborah Jowitt interview transcripts, 1974-2003
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | *MGZMD 548
1.68 linear feet (4 boxes)
Deborah Jowitt (1934-) is an American dance critic and author. The Deborah Jowitt interview transcripts, dated 1974 to 2003, contain transcripts of interviews for her 2004 book, Jerome Robbins: His Life, His Theater, His... more
Wood, Marilyn, 1929-
Marilyn Wood papers, 1950s-2016
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | *MGZMD 546
4.37 linear feet (11 boxes); 14.1 gigabytes (3,206 computer files)
The Marilyn Wood papers, dating from the 1950s to 2016, consist of photographic materials, programs, notes, notebooks, journals, posters, fliers, interviews, press clippings, and video recordings created and collected by Wood over the course of... more
Greene, Jonnie
Jonnie Greene papers, 1930s-2000
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | *MGZMD 528
1.70 linear feet (5 boxes)
Jonnie Greene (1929-) is a retired American performing arts critic who directed two dance symposiums, Rethinking the Balanchine Legacy and Classic Black, at the New York Public Library in the... more
Farrell, Suzanne, 1945-
Suzanne Farrell collection, 1880-2019 [bulk 1962-1999]
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | *MGZMD 534
47.90 linear feet (107 boxes, 14 oversize folders, 1 tube)
The Suzanne Farrell collection, spanning from 1880 to 2019, documents the life, career, and legacy of ballerina Suzanne Farrell. The collection is organized into seven series encompassing a wide range of materials, including press and publicity... more
Bird, Dorothy, 1912-1996
Dorothy Bird papers, 1930-2015
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | *MGZMD 571
3.58 linear feet (9 boxes). 63 audio recordings. 1 moving image recording
Dorothy Bird (1913–1996) was a dancer with the Martha Graham Dance Company, a performer on Broadway, and a teacher of the Graham technique. Her papers provide a record of her career, containing audio recordings, an autobiography manuscript and... more
Woodside, Migs
Migs Woodside papers, 1960s-2020 [bulk 1970s-1990s]
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 186106
9 linear feet (24 boxes). 78.8 megabytes (60 computer files). 3 audio recordings. 23 moving image recordings
Migs Woodside is an expert in substance abuse and the founder and President of the Children of Alcoholics Foundation. She was married to William S. Woodside, CEO of American Can Company. Her papers, dating from the 1960s to 2020, chronicle her... more
Matheson, Katy
Katy Matheson papers, 1960-2004
Jerome Robbins Dance Division | *MGZMD317
24.63 linear feet (60 boxes). 55 audio recordings. 67 moving image recordings
Katy Page Matheson (1948-2005) was an American editor, writer, performer, teacher, and dance historian. The Katy Matheson papers (1960-2004) reflect Matheson's grfaduate and professional work in dance history, via correspondence, notes, slides,... more
Proulx, Annie
E. Annie Proulx papers, 1839-2024
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature | Berg Coll MSS 22245
119.71 linear feet (433 boxes, 183 volumes, 1 tube, 7 folders). 4.3 gigabytes (3,989 computer files). 60 audio recordings. 20 moving image recordings
E. Annie Proulx (1935-) is an American author, journalist, and historian who has published eleven books, including the novels Postcards, The Shipping News, Barkskins,... more
Worman, Martin
Martin Worman papers, 1960-2008 [bulk 1960-1993]
Billy Rose Theatre Division | *T-Mss 2009-002
11.7 linear feet (28 boxes, 4 oversize folders). 167 audio recordings. 18 moving image recordings
Martin Worman was an actor, playwright, lyricist, director, drag artist, activist, and academic working in the United States, primarily in San Francisco and New York from the late 1960s through the early 1990s. The bulk of this collection, which... more
Avakian, George
George Avakian and Anahid Ajemian papers, 1908-2016
Music Division | JPB 14-28
56.72 linear feet (149 boxes, 6 oversize folders, 1 tube). 1.7 gigabytes (148 computer files). 2225 audio_files. 64 video_files
George Mesrop Avakian (1919-2017) was an American music producer, recording executive, artist manager, writer, and educator best known for his work with artists such as Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, John Cage, Alan Hovhaness, Keith... more
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