Scope and arrangement
The collection consists of five videos of performances and film adaptations of Batson's plays, arranged chronologically. Four films were presented by Batson Communications.
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- Creator
- Batson, Gary, 1956-
- Call number
- Sc MIRS Batson 2012-31
- Physical description
- 5 video_recordings
- Language
- English
- Preferred Citation
- Gary Batson moving image collection, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division, The New York Public Library
- Sponsor
- 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.
- Repository
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division
- Access to materials
- Appointment preferred: Request an in-person research appointment.
Gary Batson is a playwright, president of Batson Communications and Entertainment Company, and a publisher with Batson-Jones-Rea Publishing Company. The Gary Batson moving image collection consists of five videos of performances and film adaptations of Batson's plays.
Biographical/historical information
Gary Batson is a playwright, president of Batson Communications and Entertainment Company (Batson Communications), and a publisher with Batson-Jones-Rea Publishing Company. He earned his BA from Fordham University, two MAs in education and communications from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a PhD in education administration from the University of Maryland. In the 1980s, Batson was a member of the Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop and involved with the Negro Ensemble Company. His plays have been produced at the Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play and Strawberry One-Act Festivals, as well as Michael Carson Studios, Negro Ensemble Company, Paul Robeson Theater, and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. In 2008, he co-founded the Mount Vernon Theater Company in New York, now known as Phoenix Arts, for which he is executive producer. Additionally, Batson has published fiction and poetry, and was a news reporter and editor.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Gift of Gary Batson, December 2012.
Revision History
Item extent notes updated to facilitate public access by Ornella U. Baganizi. (2026-04-30)
Processing information
Collection inventoried by Christopher Arena. Collection processed and described by Ornella U. Baganizi, archivist. Finding aid published in 2024.
Separated material
See the Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Division for the Gary Batson collection, Sc MG 872.
See the Photographs and Prints Division for the photographs.
Related Material
Frank Silvera Writers Workshop records, Sc MG 64.
Negro Ensemble Company records, Sc MG 345.
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Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801
Third Floor